Here it is! The 10" Teddy Troop designed by Flying Fortress and produced by Adfunture. I'll have some available here on the site soon.

I'm very excited about this new toy. Kaiju has, of course, become a really big inspiration for me. This is the next figure in the Kaiju For Grown Ups line, produced by intheyellow in Japan. They're only going to make 100 of this first colorway. More info on vinylpulse.com and toycyte. Sweet!

Ah yes, Halloween. Here are some jack-o'-lanterns. I made the first one a couple years ago; the others were sent to me.


Saturday is the Dia de los Muertos website exclusive release. 10am PST, in the online toy store.

I've been hard at work on all new painting for some group shows that are coming up. In chronological order:

"Clowns" November 15th at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles.


"Trailblazers" November 19 at Boutwell Draper Gallery in Sydney.

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"Titanium Expose" November 20 at Fecal Face Dot Gallery in San Francisco.

Oh, what a summer it's been. Here is a whole bunch of info about the recent past and the near future. First, above, me at the Metallica Disco in Manila. They even painted the cover of Ride the Lightning on the back wall of the main stage. And a photo of me and the guys at my Grey One Social signing. There are a ton of rad NEW photos of my 3 events in Manila here.



Of course, I just had a rad show at Corey Helford Gallery. I just put up all the new paintings from that show, and a few from my show at Giant Robot New York in April. Go here.



I released a couple prints this summer. The first one was released at Buff/Fest 2 and I held onto a few to sell here. The second one was released at Corey Helford Gallery, and you'll have to talk to them if you want one.


The kidrobot message board now has the Official Buff Monster thread, complete with a full list of all the toy releases. Amazing! Check it out here. Thanks to C-Money for his hard work. Here are photos of his amazing collection:








I did a design for the Miao and Mousubi figures, by Zakkamono. I have no idea when they'll be out, but I'm stoked on 'em.


Above, a random photo of a Buff Monster poster on the street in LA. Those were the days...


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I put a few small pieces in a show at Giant Robot San Francisco over the weekend.

I'm involved in a lot of group shows coming up. In order, they are:


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Group show of custom plush and vinyl figures at Gallery 1988 San Francisco. Opens October 10.


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The Devil Dog art show, featuring custom painted Devil Dog toys by an amazing group of artists. The Showroom NYC, opens October 31.

And two shows, which I don't have flyers for yet: First, Corey Helford Gallery is a doing a show of clown paintings, opening November 15. More info TBA. Second, Boutwell Draper Gallery in Australia is doing a show called Trailblazers, opening November 19. The current list of confirmed artists is Kill Pixie, Ben Frost, Anthony Lister, Stefan Marx, Andy Uprock, Cleon Peterson, Kelsey Brookes, DMote, Merda, Numskull, Trent Whitehead, Joe Shea, Buff Monster, 1337, Kid Zoom, Alex Pardee and HA HA.

Boutwell Draper Gallery
82-84 George Street
Redfern Sydney NSW 2016
Australia


I have a few open-box Series 2 3" toys on hand. #3, #7, #6 and #4 only available as part of a complete set. Send an email if you're interested.

And I added a bunch of new headers to the website. That's it! Hope you had an amazing summer!

Tomorrow (Thursday) at 11am PST, Fully Visual releases their latest metal figure, which I designed. I really like how they came out. Its a size and a sculpt that is different from any of my MINDstyle figures. Edition of 100 (99 silver, 1 gold). $130.

More info here.