July 2010
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The Daily Variety Review of "The Vinyl Frontier" →
“Thanks to the designer vinyl craze, guys who grew up playing with “Star Wars” action figures now have an entirely new world of toys to collect — and now, thanks to “The Vinyl Frontier,” they have (another) documentary to validate their habit…” Read more:  http://bit.ly/b5DaFU
Jul 30th
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CNN Video-The secret world of Comic-Con collectors →
This link came from Huck Gee, and it’s a video explaining a little bit about vinyl toys and what they are.  Crazy to see it on CNN.  Let me know what you think.
Jul 22nd
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Jermaine Rogers at San Diego Comic-Con →
From Jermaine Rogers: Come see me…Bunches of rare stuff, some new stuff, finally - NEW mini-portfolios/prints, and live de-facing of an edition.If you bring a sketchpad for me to draw in for you, or ask me to doodle/deface something…as a gift offering…leave some art pens/sharpie’s. ;)
Jul 21st
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SDCC 2010 Toy Map
Jeremy Brautman over at Neon Monster has created a fantastic map with a detailed layout of where the vinyl toy booths are going to be at SDCC so you won’t get lost in the fray. Here’s a PDF as well as a hi res JPEG. Thanks Jeremy! 
Jul 20th
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Joey Potts' SOLEM to debut at SDCC 2010
Joey Potts’ addition to the Lake Monster series, SOLEM, will be popping up for sale in the Rotofugi booth (#4836) at SDCC.  He joins Chris Ryniak’s Muscamoot, Brian Morris’ Lake Dredge, and the upcoming Mini Snybora by Chris as well. SOLEM stands for “Single Optic Lake Effected Monster” and is based on painting done for the Toy Karma 2 Show at Rotofugi.
Jul 20th
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The Vinyl Frontier Screening in NYC
I’m happy to announce to announce that The Vinyl Frontier will finally have a screening in Noo Yahwk aka the Big Apple aka Nueva Yorka.  So here’s the skinny: The movie will be screening the closing night of the 2010 AceFest.  You can buy Tickets over Here.  They’re only 8 Bucks! They’ll be a Q&A to follow w/ some artists (exact ones are TBA).  And we’ll...
Jul 13th
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The Vinyl Frontier Screening at San Diego Comic...
I’m really happy to finally announce that my film was selected to screen at the San Diego Comic Con Film Festival! Afterwards there will be a Q&A with me, Attaboy, Brian McCarty, Frank Kozik, and Bwana Spoons.  Come by with those burning questions you’ve always wanted to ask your favorite artists. Friday, July 23, 2010 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Marriot Hotel &...
Jul 9th
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Jul 6th
June 2010
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Jun 30th
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TOY LORDS Of CHINATOWN: Episode 1
Check out the new video from The Sucklord TOY LORDS Of CHINATOWN: Episode 1 from SUPER SUCKLORD on Vimeo. “A new series from Suckadelic depicting the Supervillain bootleg wars below Canal Street. This multi-part epic begins to explain the backstory of the mysterious SUPER SUCKORD and his enemies as he tries to hold his position of Action Figure King on the mean streets of New...
Jun 29th
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Tim Biskup's Struthio
                          Tim Biskup’s concrete sculpture Struthio is the latest project at the Switcheroo Workshop. This monster is 8.5 inches tall made from concrete and an ostrich feather. It’s a limited edition of 44 $185, and available HERE.
Jun 18th
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The Vinyl Frontier World Premiere Screening (w/...
I’m very pleased to announce that The Vinyl Frontier will be having its world premiere at the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (July 2-3) at the lovely Roxie Theatre in the Mission District. Buy Tickets Here! Friday, July 2, 2010 8PM (Artists in Attendance after screening for a Q&A) http://bit.ly/crh7E2 Saturday, Jul 03, 2010 9:20 PM http://bit.ly/bUU7Yj If you...
Jun 17th
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The Vinyl Frontier World Premiere
I’m very proud to announce that The Vinyl Frontier will be having it’s world premiere on July 2nd as part of the opening night for the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival. Here’s some info about the screening: Friday July 2nd @ 8:00pm The Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 http://www.roxie.com
Jun 10th
May 2010
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Huck Gee's Stainless Steel Skullhead
Huck Gee’s done it again.  This time its a Stainless Steel Skullhead weighing in at 30 lbs with a super small run of 5.  This puppy will set you back $1700.  Grab it while you can at Fully Visual!
May 27th
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Modnation Racers Artist Profile: Huck Gee
Recently the guys from Sony’s Modnation Racers  had a chance to interview Huck Gee about his toy work, custom and otherwise. The game is a cart racing game that allows players the ability to customize tracks, cars, and their characters as they see fit. The characters seem very much in the spirit of DIY toys and it’s refreshing to see something mainstream properly tackle the idea of...
May 26th
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Ferg's 1inch Stainless Steel Sqube
Ferg (of Jamungo fame) will be releasing the 1 inch Stainless steel version of his popular Sqube piece.  Here’s the release info: The release date is set for Tuesday, May 25, 12:00 noon - Central Time These will be made to order and only available for a limited time. The webstore for this release is located here  Price: $85 USD includes US shipping
May 24th
March 2010
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Huck Gee Releases Life Size Bronze Skullhead!
Via huckgee.com This is some seriously heavy F’in metal. Huck and Fully Visual have outdone themselves. We think VinylPulse may have said it best, “the new Huck Gee Skullhead in Bronze is in our opinion a Next Level piece. Without a doubt.” We have to agree, the finish is absolutely gorgeous… I think we’re in love. Tipping the scales at 40 lbs with marble base, it’s practically life size....
Mar 24th
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Sket One 8" Custom Bacon Swine Flu Edition ON SALE... →
Friday, March 12th at 12PM PST, Sket One is unleashing the Bacon Swine Flu Edition. These custom 8” Dunnys are dressed in issued scrubs, blood splattered paint and ready for inoculation. There are ten 8” hand-crafted Bacon Swine Flu Edition Dunnys in this set. Each is signed, numbered and comes with the shown accessories for $475 right here at Sket One’s Big Cartel Store....
Mar 12th
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February 2010
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Ferg's Black Misfortune Cat-On Sale Now!
Ferg’s Misfortune Cat ’BLACK’ on sale now! 9” Rotocast Vinyl Edition of 150 $85 - Includes shipping Click Here
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Joe Ledbetter talking about his cover art creation... →
via Spanky Stokes Above is a pretty cool video from the band Motion City Soundtrack, and how they came across paths with artist Joe Ledbetter to ask if he would design the cover art for the most recent album release “My Dinosaur Life”. Sit back and enjoy, and congrats Joe… well deserved!
Feb 10th
January 2010
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The Custom Yoka Show at Black Maria Gallery
“Ceci n’est pas un jouet” Daniel Zana For The Vinyl Frontier DKE Toys and AdFunture present the Custom Yoka Show Premiere gallery exhibition February 18-23, 2010 Opening Reception Thursday, February 18, 7:00 - 10:30pm Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles CA A while back, I was lucky enough to be asked to do a custom Yoka for the Custom Yoka Show.  AdFunture provided their 3”...
Jan 26th
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Black Magi by Gary Baseman x KidRobot Black
The Black Magi figure (ed. of 200) by awesome artist and VF star Gary Baseman was released a few days ago under the new label of KidRobot Black.  These toys are limited in number and hearken back to the halcyon days of vinyl toys.  Once the edition is made the mold is apparently destroyed, which seems rare in a world where toys have several colorways.  More toys will be released in the future...
Jan 13th
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New KAWS 4 foot Companion →
New KAWS 4’ Companion ed of 100.  This puppy will cost ya 4k but totally worth it. drops tomm at noon.
Jan 8th
November 2009
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The Vinyl Frontier Interview with Spread Magazine...
I recently got the opportunity to be interviewed by the Spread Magazine Blog. Check out the interview HERE and lemme know what you think. -Daniel
Nov 26th
October 2009
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Frank Kozik "Hubris" Art Show
Frank Kozik is having his Hubris solo show in at Billy Shire Fine Arts in Los Angeles.  Check out the full coverage from Vinyl Pulse here. Billy Shire Fine Arts 5790 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 323.297.0600
Oct 12th
September 2009
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Brian McCarty featured in Photoflex Showcase
Brian McCarty, one of the hardest working and most talented toy photogs out there today, was recently featured in one of Photoflex’s Showcase. For those who dont know, Photoflex makes professional lighting and photography gear used by most pros out there, so it’s fitting that they would choose Brian. The article takes a look at his process and vinyl toys in general.  Congrats! ...
Sep 4th
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Bellhedz and the Death To Vinyl Rally
As a result of Taco Bell’s recent foray into vinyl toys (read here) which to many is seen as blatant ripoff of the Kidrobot Dunny, Kidrobot has decided to stage a “Death To False Vinyl” rally in NYC (details here)  Definetly check it out if you have a chance. It’s sorta strange to see vinyl toys becoming a more and more mainstream slowly but surely in the three...
Sep 4th
August 2009
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SUCKADELIC Group Suckoff 2 Custom Toy Show
The Sucklord, one of the amazing artists featured in The Vinyl Frontier  is having an upcoming custom show in NYC coming up.   Here are the details: SUCKADELIC GROUP SUCKOFF 2 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 APW GALLERY LIC QUEENS NYC THE LONG AWAITED SEQUEL TO 2008’s MUNKY KING CUSTOM EXTRAVAGANZA! OVER 40 NEW ARTISTS AND RETURNING FAVORITES TAKE A SHOT AT CUSTOMIZING THE FAMOUS SUCKLORD 600...
Aug 28th
July 2009
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The Vinyl Frontier Sneak Peek (12 min)
Here’s the 12 minute long video that was shown at 5&A Dime during Comic Con.  Enjoy.
Jul 31st
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Vinyl Frontier Sneak Peek (Event Recap)
So last weeks San Diego Comic Con was fantastic and it was really great to see so many familiar friends, many of whom I hadn’t seen for about a year.  We had a screening of a excerpt from the film and afterwards a very insightful Q&A from several artists in the film. We Had: Jermaine Rogers Tara McPherson KaNo Keith Poon Sucklord El Maz Thomas Han Attaboy ...
Jul 29th
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The Vinyl Frontier Invades SDCC
We’ll be at San Diego Comic Con (July 23-26) this year wreaking havoc, handing out awesome buttons and postcards all weekend.  Saturday night is not to be missed.  We will be at 5&A Dime, a lovely store in downtown San Diego to preview some of the film to our loyal vinyl toy fans.  After the screening, the director will be doing a Q&A with artists from the film such as: Jermaine...
Jul 17th
May 2009
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May Update
Hey Everybody, I’ve been somewhat reluctant and out of touch on the interwebs with updates for the film, and for this I can only say it’s totally worth the wait!  We got a new episode of the The Vinyl Frontier spotlight coming soon and I’m working hard to get a finished film so stay tuned and Let us know whats going on in your lives! Twitter: @vinyl_frontier Email: info [at]...
May 18th
February 2009
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Feb 20th
December 2008
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Dec 12th
November 2008
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Paul Budnitz and Mark Graham @ Society of...
So I had a chance to check this lecture out and it was pretty amazing to see the creative process of both Paul from KR and Mark from ilovedust. To go from a very basic inkiling of an idea to a fully realized 3d toy or an amazing colored piece of graphic art is quite a task, but they broke it down for the full house. Check out the pics and enjoy.
Nov 6th
October 2008
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Oct 2nd
July 2008
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 2nd
June 2008
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June Production Update
Just a quick update on how the film’s coming along. I recently got to interview Paul Budnitz, founder of Kidrobot, who produce vinyl toys, apparel and other lifestyle stuff. It was a real treat to get his perspective on things since they’ve been in the toy game for quite some time. I’m doing my final interview next week and after that it’s a race to the finish line in...
Jun 13th
May 2008
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Toycyte Feature Article on The Vinyl Frontier!!!
Hey there, I just wanted to let all y’all know that I got featured on this nifty toy blog called Toycyte. They asked me a bunch of questions about myself as a film maker and the film. I did my best and gave em pretty decent answers but you tell me. Check it out Here.
May 15th
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May 13th
March 2008
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Mar 10th
February 2008
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Feb 7th
January 2008
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Bill McMullen Interview
I got to interview Bill McMullen, toy designer, graphic designer, and all around cool guy recently so I wanted to share some photos from the shoot with ya’ll. His most notorious piece in my humble opinion is the AD-AT from a couple years back. Still working on the film not too worry and I’ve got ...
Jan 30th
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Jan 16th
November 2007
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Nov 30th
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The Beast Within
So this entry is not really that exciting in that i’m not posting any cool videos or showcasing any new stuff for the film, but i wanted to let any New Yorkers about an awesome art show coming up on Halloween. Here’s the flyer: I also wanted to assure all the loyal readers that i’m definitely...
Nov 21st
October 2007
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Oct 21st