Faces of Indonesia - OMI:DIY Contest Postponed To June 2011

As posted before, the "Faces of Indonesia, OMI:DIY Custom Contest" has been postponed to June 6th, with the custom exhibition / show happening between June 10th to 12th, 2011 at Plastic Culture, Grand Indonesia. (Previous May dateline). Total prize of Rp. 3.000.000, - from Plastic Culture and DAMN! I Love Indonesia can be won for the TOP 3 winners of "Faces of Indonesia" along with surprises from

Faces of Indonesia: Omi DIY Custom Contest by Plastic Culture x Damn! I Love Indonesia

Plastic Culture and Damn! I Love Indonesia presents Faces of Indonesia, OMI:DIY Custom Contest that will be held at Plastic Culture, Level One in East Mall, Grand Indonesia. Win a total prize of Rp. 3.000.000, - and surprises. The exhibition will kick off on the 27th of May and lasts thru to May 29th. The winner will be announced on a later date (TBD).To join, just simply get your OMI:DIY, and

Display Box Revealed for Golden Beat Up Boxer x Plastic Culture Edition

Plastic Culture reveals the display box and goodies found within the packaging for their exclusive all-Gold edition of The Beat Up Boxer with artist Breeanzz! As previously blogged, this edition is limited to only 5 pieces and priced at US$150. You can still score this figure by emailing joshua@plasticculture.net. This 9" tall resin figure comes with a card of authenticity, and a surprise secret

Toy-Snap Of The Week: Admiring Toys

This single-snap scene to me, epitomizes the most excellent way to look at toys - grab a stool, sit down, and stare! ~ now THAT's a lifestyle worth living!The gent in the pic is Jeffrey Burhan, whose reply to my query was: "yeah….stare it one by one....such a nice figure...the way they colour, it is interest(ing to) me".The scene is the in-shop display set-up for Day One for the I LOVE MONSTERS

Day One for I LOVE MONSTERS @ The Other Culture, Jakarta Indonesia

And while the term "kaiju" might mean different things to different people, subjected to intense categorization in some arenas - between old-school, classic or even modern interpretation of the genre - the word "KAIJU" means a whole lot of TOYS and classic memories to the folks in Indonesia! Heck my earliest memory of 'kaijus' were Ultraman villains in old television series after school - dubbed

Plastic Culture @ Jakarta 7th Toys & Comics Fair 2011

Happening right NOW in Indonesia is the Jakarta 7th Toys and Comics Fair 2011 [blogged], and these are quick snaps of our friends Plastic Culture's booth amidst the madness, with Johanes Djauhari of Saltnpaper in a Meet-n-Greet (until 5pm / shown above along with artwork done for the show), followed by Thunderpanda's session from 5pm-8pm. Also look out for Abell Octovan's "BoyCott", "Lord on

Golden Beat Up Boxer x Plastic Culture Edition (March 10 Pre-Order)

OOoooohhhh so shiny! ~ with memory still fresh of the Academy Awards (Ann was excellent while James was a cracked vase), Indonesian-based artist Brian Harsanto aka Breeanzz announces the Golden Beat Up Boxer X Plastic Culture edition! And as well the holder of the Golden one will have a chance to win a mini bust of the Beat Up Boxer next in line. "And will be notified first time to grab the next

Exclusive First Look @ Perry The Sea Wanderer from Plastic Culture

We last saw PERRY The Sea Wanderer at STGCC last year, and in 2011, we have the opportunity to bring you folks an exclusive first look at Perry in production, courtesy of producers Plastic Culture! Designed by Thunderpanda, Perry stands approx 8 inches tall on his tentacles, and is part of a three minster figure from the Wanderers series (protos also seen at STGCC). There is no definite release

Living The TOYSREVIL Lifestyle on TOYSREVIL (Jan/30/2011)

Mugs, Ceramic Coinbanks and Cookie Jars be the Uglydoll-way of saying "Buy Me Now", and tis pretty hard to say no, isn't it? Fill up your kitchen the Uglydoll-way by checking out this link. There's also ceramics goods at Giant Robot online. As well not forgetting to meet both Sun-Min and David Horvath at the "Giant Robot Babo Cookie Jar Event" on Feb 20th. Apologies for I have no further info of

Upcoming New Toys on TOYSREVIL (Jan/19/2011)

In addition to the current release of Sprogs Edition B [blogged], UK-artist Cris Rose also teased an image of his upcoming KINGFISHERS series, which is tentatively scheduled for a February-release. While description and quantity is as yet revealed, it is mentioned it is not another edition of the self-made resin figure, of which I am an uber-lucky owner of a set of (hand-customed). And they are

Seen@STGCC 2010: The Wanderers by Thunderpanda x Plastic Culture

98 x pics in sildesow above / CLICK for full-screen slideshow]Making it's debut at the recent Singapore Toy Games and Comic Convention 2010 (STGCC / Tagged) is Eric "Thunderpanda" Wijanata's kaiju-monsters inspired resin sculpts, as produced by Plastic Culture. Postcard and buttons bearing the doodle of the monsters were also on hand to give developmental depth to the creatures, who clock in

Seen @ Munny World Festival Indonesia @ Plastic Culture (Day Two)

[7 x images in slideshow above / Full-screen Viewing]Day Two of Munny World Festival Indonesia saw an early Saturday (September 25th) start of with a signing session featuring Marine Ramdhani (creator of Jouwe) and yours truly, at the entrance of Plastic Culture in Grand Indonesia (East Mall), Jakarta. And no, your eyes deceive you not ~ for the handsome dude sitting next to me in the above

Seen Live @ Munny World Festival Indonesia @ Plastic Culture, Jakarta (MWFI Day 2)

WHEN: September 25th Saturday @ 4pmWHERE: Plastic Culture @ Grand Indonesia, East Mall (Level One), JakartaWHAT: CLICK THRU for snaps of the intensely packed crowd gathered in the Plastic Culture shop for Munny World Festival Indonesia. Are you among the crowd of toy-lurvers? And why aren't you here? :)(Shown above is Win Satrya, the co-founder of Plastic Culture) MUNNY WORLD FESTIVAL INDONESIA

Live A Lemi Life: A Toy Photo Contest by TOYSREVIL x Thunderpanda

UPDATED 17.10.2010: Contest Has Ended! We are no longeraccepting submissions! Thanks for taking Part!Continuing the September birthday-month of contests on TOYSREVIL, we present to you The LIVE A LEMI LIFE: A Toy Photo Contest! With a grand prize of a trio of Lemi Mini Plushies (courtesy of Thunderpanda aka Eric Wijanata), original small canvas drawings from Eric, and prints (courtesy of Plastic

Spotted@WonderCon: Jouwes In A Row @ KusoVinyl (Booth #1343)

Seen on display at the KusoVinyl-booth #1343 on Day 2 of WonderCon was an row of JOUWE vinyl figures in different colorways! Lined up alongside Red Jouwe [which made it's official US-debut release / blogged] were a White/Blank, (possibly) a GID, a Light-Blue, a bright Yellow and a Grey colorway Jouwe. Be it prototype color-samples or future exclusive collaboration-releases, they sure look mighty

Toy-Release: Jouwe (Red Edition) by Marine Ramdhani for KusoVinyl (@ WonderCon 2010)

KusoVinyl will be releasing their first production JOUWE (Red Edition) at the coming WonderCon in San Francisco. Check out booth #1343 as only 20 pcs (out of the 200pc worldwide run) will be made available during the show. Jouwe stands 10 inches tall and is priced at US$55 (with gift box). Designed by Marine Ramdhani (of My Tummy Toys) and co-produced by KusoVinyl and Plastic Culture, this will

Arkiv x My Tummy Toys 2010 / Live Painting for Plastic Culture

My Tummy Toys x ARKIV has released an image teaser (above-left) trailing sculptures Arkiv is making with the Bandung-based toy-makers specifically for a debut at his next solo show with Art Asylum Boston this coming June 2010. And if you want to see what Arkiv has been up to (besides releasing exclusive giclee prints with TOYSREVIL *cough*) ~ check out this report (on facebook) by Josh of Plastic