Cool Toy Roundup

Toys that caught my eye this week:


Cucos Minis coming in October from Kidrobot.




Kang & Kodos, coming in October from Kidrobot.





Soul of Chogokin Big-O photo gallery.





Dehara and David Have Mono.



Bioshock Big Daddy available for preorder for $20 at Entertainment Earth.






Tenacious Toys has a bunch of new toys available for order and preoder including new opened Dunnys, Lilo as Stitch, and Gas Mask Mouse.





Relphe/Helper figure with removable helmet by Tim Biskup and Gargamel, to be available for $80.



And not quite a toy, but,


James Jean mints are on sale at Giant Robot. (I picked up one of each. Brown is chocolate mint, red is cinnamon, blue is peppermint.)

*Previously: Horse gas masks.

*Buy Soul of Chogokin toys at eBay.

Poketo x 826LA Wallet by Tim Biskup and Miro

I was lucky enough to win a Poketo x 826LA Wallet last week and was pleasantly surprised by how charming it is. One side features a short story by an eight-year old named Miro about a man who had breath so bad that he moved the Earth into the path of a meteor, causing the death of the dinosaurs. (The circular illustration is actually a removable button.)



The other side features Tim Biskup's illustration of the story:



There are several more wallets in the series, which can be bought from Poketo or 826LA. Oh, and I won the wallet at the illustration blog called Little Chimp Society.

*Previously: Time Travel Posters at 826LA.

*"McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories" is available for less than a $1 used at Amazon.

Obama's logo, modified by Tim Biskup

Tim Biskup and 20 other artists agreed to contribute a sketch to "Sketch for Change" to benefit Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign. They're all up for bid at eBay right now. Here's a few more of my favorites (links are to the artists' personal sites):


Glen Barr



Luke Chueh



Jeff Soto



Amanda Visell

*Previously: Download a copy of Tim Biskup's art book.

*Traumatize your child with Amanda Visell's board book.

Security camera papercraft by Kenn Munk

It's an insert in Modart Issue 18.

Relatedly, the Modart website has a desktop wallpaper by Tim Biskup:



And over at Kenn Munk's website (on the right, under "for me"), you can learn how he "tagged" Legoland by inserting a 2001 Monolith:



*Previously: Papercraft trophy head by Doktor A. and Kenn Munk.

*Buy a Kenn Munk Qee at eBay.