Designer Toys

Spotlight: Blood Guts Toys for Nightmare Fuel

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Gracing us at the Mutant Vinyl Hardcore curated “Nightmare Fuel” this November is the amazingly talented Blood Guts Toys.
Izumo Irezumi is more widely known for his work at Instinct Tattoo, but using zombies and classic monsters as his guides, has created astounding new monsterish conceptions. These pieces in vinyl and resin have become highly sought after with one of a kinds and ultra low editions. The paint is superb and you can’t escape these faces, even in your dreams! definitely fuel for nightmares.
Blood Guts Toys joins the Nightmare Fuel starting Nov. 14th at Stranger Factory.
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Crayon Muckey at DesignerCon!

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One of the Circus Posterus’ family’s favourite toys of the past couple years has been the adorable and slightly creepy bear from Instinctoy, Muckey. We are excited to let you know that we have partnered with Instinctoy for the convention, and we’ll be offering an exclusive early debut sale of the next Muckey colourway, the Crayon Muckey!
We’re absolutely enthralled with this Muckey version. As Instinctoy told us –
“We wanted this color way to be filled with joy, happiness ,and fun. That’s why this Muckey likes to draw things with crayons so much, he looks like a rainbow drew by crayon himself!
You can see his teeth just are like crayons, very cute colors. Usually we can’t use a strong color on his gums because it can be see through from the outside of his face. But this time, the neon yellow is match with the tomato red gums so well! This makes Crayon Muckey so bright and full of energy. The standard white flocking on his belly is now cream, which looks even better and high quality.”
The Crayon Muckey features a delightfully variegated glow-in-the-dark pattern and multicoloured teeth, and will be debuting this November at the Circus Posterus table at DesignerCon. Sales for Instinctoy’s Crayon Muckey will begin at 3:00pm Saturday, and at door opening on Sunday.
See you there!
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Designer Con 2014

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Circus Posterus returns to Designer Con for the fourth year in a row, and this time, we are going bigger, better, and more epic than ever!

This year’s annual art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer goods with urban, underground and pop art takes place over two amazing days in Pasadena, CA. All the amazing fun goes down on November 8-9, at the Pasadena Convention Center.

In the upcoming weeks, we will bring you all kinds of information regarding what you can expect from the Circus Posterus team which includes partnerships with some of our favorite toy companies. While we are busy finalizing releases, exclusives, and signings, we can at least tell you the artists we have coming in for this historic event:

Brandt Peters

Kathie Olivas

Stan Manoukian (flying in all the way from France!)

Chris Ryniak

Amanda Louise Spayd

Shing Yin Khor

Valency Genis

Tim Lee

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Brandan Styles 

Leecifer

Stephan Webb

We have a ton planned, so keep checking back for more info.

If you want to learn more on Designer Con, keep your eyes peeled here.

If you want to talk about Circus Posterus and DCON, join our forum here.
(trust us, it has advantages to be active)

 


Weekly Roundup September 20 – 26

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Did you miss something on our social media sites this week? If you did, have no fear because we have you covered in one easy post!

This week we announced two exciting releases at Bewitching IV and covered the progress of many artists from the show.

First up, we are beyond proud to finally bring you two amazing releases at this year’s installment of Bewitching with the brand new Pocket Sideshow set featuring Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Amanda Louise Spayd, and Chris Ryniak, along with the Stingy Jack “Pierrot” edition.

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We also looked into the studio of a handful of Bewitching IV artists. We got to see exactly what they are up to for the show! This always makes us want to see the finished work more and more.

Amanda Louise Spayd Carisa Swenson Jason Andrew Smith (2) Joe Scarano Lana Crooks

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BEWITCHING IV SPECIAL RELEASE STINGY JACK: “PIERROT” EDITION

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STINGY JACK: “PIERROT” EDITION

Stingy Jack will now only release for special events – 1-2 times a year in very limited quantities. To kick off Bewitching IV we have decided to drop a very limited edition Stingy Jack based loosely on the famous “sad clown” Pierrot.

— Edition: 60 (half to Circus Posterus / half to Tomenosuke)
— Price: $95

NOTE:
***** Only one figure per household

***** You can purchase and combine (1) Stingy Jack / Pierrot Edition figure with any combination of Pocket Sideshow chibi packs available at same event for Bewitching IV.

***** This figure will be made available at the BEWITCHING IV exhibition opening reception at Stranger Factory, starting on October 10th.

***** If we have any Pierrot edition Stingy Jacks left after the Bewitching IV opening reception… a small amount will be made available online  the following Monday, October 13th, on www.circusposterus.com

INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS AND BUYERS: Please visit Tomenosuke.com and their blog for more information on when the Pierrot Edition Stingy Jack will be made available for International buyers online through their website and through their attended events.

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Pocket Sideshow Release 10.10.14

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“CHIBI” POCKET SIDESHOW

Tomenosuke + CP will be releasing our first color-way of POCKET SIDESHOW,  our brand new “chibi” line of sofubi figures (Made in Japan). These 3” tall figures will debut at both this year’s BEWITCHING IV group Halloween exhibition at Stranger Factory (Circus Posterus: North American & Canadian Sales) and at Taipei Toy Festival & tomenosuke.com (Tomenosuke: International Sales).

 — 1st colorway = Edition: 100 of each character – Penelope (Kathie Olivas) / Otto (Brandt Peters) / Puddlesproot (Chris Ryniak) / Snowshoe (Amanda Louise Spayd) — Please keep in mind that the editions will be split equally between Circus Posterus and Tomenosuke.

— All figure heads swap out between each other in the Chibi Pocket Sideshow series!

Pocket Sideshow Chibis will ONLY be sold in packs (and not individually) at the BEWITCHING IV Exhibition at Stranger Factory, starting on October 10th. They will be sold in the following manner:

 — Full Sets (Painted + matching  solid color “blank” figure sets) – 8 figures in total: $150

— Full sets (Complete set of all 4 painted figures) – 4 figures in total: $95

— Individual sets (1 painted figure + its matching “blank” figure) – 2 figures in total: $40

NOTE:

***** Sets are sold… (1) one set per household. You cannot combine an individual set of 2 figures with bigger full sets.

 ***** If we have any chibi packs left after the Bewitching IV opening reception… a small amount will be made available online  the following Monday, October 13th, on www.circusposterus.com

 ***** Individual figures will not be sold at this event. Blanks will not be sold unless combined with a painted figure as stated above.

 ***** We will have a small amount of individual painted chibis on hand for DesignerCon in November. They will retail for $25 each.

 INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS AND BUYERS: Please visit Tomenosuke.com and their blog for more information on when the Pocket Sideshow Chibis will be made available for International buyers online through their website and through their booth at Taipei Toy Festival.
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Presenting: The Pocket Sideshow

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Following up their successful vinyl collaborations on Stingy Jack, Calliope Jackalope, and Stinky Ginger, Circus Posterus and Tomenosuke are proud to present the new sofubi toy series, Pocket Sideshow! The Pocket Sideshow is an homage to the tiny and adorable Japanese “chibi” art style, and will feature well loved Circus Posterus characters in miniature format.

Brandt Peters

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Kathie Olivas
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Chris Ryniak
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Amanda Louise Spayd
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The first series will feature four figures designed by Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Chris Ryniak, and Amanda Louise Spayd, and sculpted by Yohei Kaneko. The figures will have interchangeable heads and will be approximately 3” tall.
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For more information on the making of the Pocket Sideshow, check out Tomenosuke’s blog here, written by our wonderful collaborator Shinji. Stay posted for more details, but I would bet on seeing these little darlings in the flesh at Bewitching next month!

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Carisa Swenson’s original creation – Max

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Available now in the Circus Posterus store with super easy checkout is Carisa Swenson’s original creation “Max“.

Max in his striped shirt and overalls is just going about his day pulling along some of his favorite toys. This mixed media 7″ x 12” creation features Carisa’s brilliant sculpting and fabricating talents, and as always, her work has such wonderful characters filled with rich definition and life. (The pull cart with toys really sets the personality of little Max – and of course, it goes with him everywhere he goes.).

Available now in the Circus Posterus store here!