SDCC 2024 Exclusive Mominu x Somna Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x DSTLRY

Check out the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusive Mominu x Somna Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno! It is inspired by the main character, Ingrid, of the erotic folk horror classic comic book series Somna by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay. Both the comic book and this new 5” vinyl figure are produced by the new comic book publisher, DSTLRY. Limited to just 500 pieces, it can be purchased exclusively at the DSTLRY SDCC booth #2314 for $100.

SDCC 2024 Exclusive Mominu Gold Edition Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x DSTLRY

Mominu, DSTLRY’s premiere 5” collectible art toy designed by legendary artist and DSTLRY Founding Creator Junko Mizuno, is BACK with a San Diego Comic-Con 2024 exclusive new colorway!  This time, Mominu comes covered head to toe in all gold. The San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusive Mominu Gold Edition Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno is limited to just 500 pieces and can be purchased exclusively at the DSTLRY SDCC booth #2314 for $100. Less than 500 will be available at Comic-Con though as 100 units will be allocated to the direct comic book market via distributors Lunar and Diamond.

Witch Queen Blood Red Edition 8” Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Kidrobot

Kidrobot has released the fourth colorway of Junko Mizuno’s beautiful – yet haunting – vinyl figure, Witch Queen! Is she a powerful, outspoken, ahead-of-her-time woman who has been jealously labeled a witch, or is she really a witch? Why not both? This evocative 8” tall vinyl figure emanates a casual power and a chilling disregard for your categories. The Blood Red Edition White Queen feature a red, silver and gray color scheme, and is limited to just 300 pieces.

Hearts ignite and bloom pale green fire in her grasp… once they have been removed from their previous homes. Crowned in flowers and horns, she gazes past questions of good versus evil and sees her own reality. Collectors can pre-order Junko Mizuno’s Blood Red Witch Queen now at Kidrobot.com for $149.99.

Witch Queen 8” Resin Figure by Junko Mizuno x Kidrobot

Kidrobot has put up for pre-order this beautiful new resin figure, Witch Queen, by artist Junko Mizuno! Is she a powerful, outspoken, ahead-of-her-time woman who has been jealously labeled a witch, or is she really a witch? Why not both? This evocative 8” tall resin sculpture by famed artist Junko Mizuno emanates a casual power and a chilling disregard for your categories.

Hearts ignite and bloom pale green fire in her grasp… once they have been removed from their previous homes. Crowned in flowers and horns, she gazes past questions of good versus evil and sees her own reality. Collectors can purchase the Witch Queen now at Kidrobot.com for $149.99.

DCon 2021 Exclusive Be@rbrick Artist Series Box Set by Medicom Toy

For the third year in a row, Designer Con will be releasing an exclusive Be@rbrick Artist Series Box Set by Medicom Toy! This 100% Be@rbrick box set features designs from five amazing artists in the designer art toy scene – Tara McPherson, Sket One, Junko Mizuno, Aaron Kai and Brian Viveros. It will go on sale this weekend at the Medicom Toy booth #805 for around $100.

Ailurophile Glow SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Superplastic

Today, Superplastic will be releasing the third and final colorway of Junko Mizuno’s Ailurophile SuperJanky! Mizuno’s Ailurophile opus culminates in 8 glorious inches of glow in the dark vinyl guaranteed to keep you company during midnight meltdowns and 3am feline freak outs. The final toy in the series features bonus bait accessories – Killer Koi and Malicious Mouse. 

The Ailurophile Glow SuperJanky GID Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno stands 8” tall and goes on sale today, Tuesday, December 7th, at Superplastic.co for $90.

Janky Blind Box Series 3 by Superplastic

Superplastic has just unveiled its new Janky Blind Box Series 3, and it looks amazing!  According to the designer toy company, Janky Series Three is the most limited edition, highly coveted, and carefully curated collection of international artists...EVER.  Escape reality with each artist’s unique perspective on how art can save the world, interpreted onto 3.5” of vinyl. Every Janky toy is sealed in a super-secret blind box, so every unboxing is a total freakin’ surprise!

Janky Series 3 features 3.5” soft vinyl art toys created by 14 unique artists, representing nine amazing countries around the world.  Blind Boxes can be pre-ordered now at Superplastic.co for $12 each or a full case of $125.  All orders from now through Friday, September 25^th, receive a limited-edition JS3 enamel pin, and the first 200 orders of 2 full cases receives the super limited "Camp Crystal Lake" Guggimon Janky!

Artists in Janky Series Three include: Andrea Kang, Anna Cattish, Caramelaw, Huck Gee, Jor Ros, Junko Mizuno, Mark Gmehling, Pete Fowler, Ricardo Cavolo, Scott Tolleson, Sentrock, Sket One, Wattle, and ???

Azure Ailurophile SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Superplastic

Today, Superplastic will be releasing the second colorway of Junko Mizuno’s Ailurophile SuperJanky! The legendary manga artist’s Azure Ailurophile SuperJanky is 8” of bewitchingly beautiful blue that will captivate cat comrades with her vivacious vinyl beauty.  The Azure Ailurophile SuperJanky comes with f**ked up fish and murderous mouse accessories, guaranteed to entice friendly felines.

The Azure Ailurophile SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno goes on sale today, Thursday, September 17^th, at Superplastic.co for $90.

Ailurophile SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Superplastic

Check out Superplastic’s newest SuperJanky – Ailurophile by Junko Mizuno! The beloved Japanese artist’s latest Janky design is the high priestess of the Cyclo-cats and protector of the Cyclo-cat kingdom of Atlantis. Adorned in ornate aquatic designs, Ailurophile comes equipped with offerings for Poseidon.

The Ailurophile SuperJanky soft vinyl figure by Junko Mizuno stands 8” tall, is limited to 666 pieces and will retail for $90 at Superplastic.co. It will go on sale at 2pm EDT today, Thursday, June 11th.

DCon 2019 Exclusive La Flamme Ice Edition Dunny 8” Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Kidrobot

Check out this beautiful new Designer Con 2019 Exclusive Ice Edition colorway of Junko Mizuno’s newest Dunny vinyl figure, La Flamme. Junko’s art is always mesmerizing and spellbinding, and she’s done it again with this beautiful new 8” Dunny by Kidrobot. Fans of Mizuno’s amazing work will not want to miss out on this super limited edition third colorway of the La Flamme Dunny.

The Designer Con 2019 Exclusive La Flamme Ice Edition Dunny by Junko Mizuno stands 8” tall and is limited to just 250 pieces. It can be purchased at the Kidrobot DCon booth for $100.

La Flamme Dunny 8” Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Kidrobot

This Friday, Junko Mizuno sets everything on fire with her newest 8” Dunny from Kidrobot! Your collection will definitely catch fire with this beautiful La Flamme Dunny by Junko Mizuno. The Green Edition is limited to 1,000 pieces and will be available at finer designer toy stores around the world, while the Black Edition is exclusive to Kidrobot.com and is limited to just 400 pieces. Both versions go on sale this Friday, October 11th, at 10am MDT.

White Lotus SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Superplastic

The newest colorway of Junko Mizuno’s popular Lotus SuperJanky drops today! Check out the illusive White Lotus SuperJanky. This ultra-fierce deity is outfitted in traditional Japanese schoolgirl uniform and wears metallic pink flamed Mary Jane shoes. The White Lotus SuperJanky’s magical tooth companion brings good luck…and cats.

The White Lotus SuperJanky by Junko Mizuno stands 8” tall, made of soft vinyl and is limited to just 444 pieces. Fans can purchase this figure at the Superplastic online store at noon EDT today, Thursday, June 20th, for $65.

Lotus SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Superplastic

Yesterday, Superplastic shocked its fans with a surprise release of Junko Mizuno’s beautiful Lotus SuperJanky vinyl figure! Check out that gorgeous new butterfly design. Based on Junko’s iconic design from Superplastic's Janky Series One, Japanese artist Junko Mizuno’s fierce Lotus SuperJanky deity is a famous protector of cats and young women. Dressed in a traditional Japanese schoolgirl uniform and fiery shoes, Lotus is accompanied by its faithful companion – a magical tooth.

The Lotus SuperJanky Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno stands 8” tall and is limited to just 300 pieces. It retailed for $75 at the Superplastic online store, but is now sold out.

JANKY Artist Series 1 Vinyl Figures by SUPERPLASTIC (Paul Budnitz x Huck Gee)

It’s finally here! SUPERPLASTIC, Paul Budnitz and Huck Gee’s new designer art toy company, has unveiled the full artist line up for its upcoming JANKY Series 1, and the only way to get your hands on this epic new blind box series is by backing SUPERPLASTIC’S JANKY Limited Edition Art Toys Kickstarter campaign. JANKY is an exciting new 3” platform vinyl figure designed by Huck and Paul that will hopefully bring a new sense of excitement and energy to the world of designer art toys!

SUPERPLASTIC’s JANKY Series 1 includes some really fantastic designs by some of the biggest names in the art toy scene. The Blot was especially blown away by the amount of unique sculpts the SUPERPLASTIC team included in their first official release. JANKY Series 1 includes designs by Huck Gee, Pete Fowler, Junko Mizuno, McBess, Jason Limon, Ricardo Cavolo, Bubi Au Yeung, El Grand Chamaco, TADO, Joe Ledbetter, Sket One, Dolly Oblong, DALEK, Camilla d’Errico, and Mark Gmehling. There’s also some killer stretch goals in the works for additional designs by Jake Parker and Huck Gee.

If like The Blot you are drooling over these fantastic new designs, then head over to the JANKY Vinyl Figure Kickstarter campaign and help make this exciting new blind box series a reality! Each blind box retails for just $9 and there are a ton of exciting pledge tiers and other Kickstarter exclusives. But don’t take the Blot’s word for it…head over to Kickstarter right now and see for yourself!

Paul Budnitz & Huck Gee’s SUPERPLASTIC launches on Tuesday, May 15th, with a JANKY Vinyl Figure Kickstarter Campaign!

It seems like the entire world of designer toys is buzzing about SUPERPLASTIC, a new designer art toy company by Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz and Huck Gee! This new brand officially launches at noon EST tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15th, with a JANKY Kickstarter campaign. JANKY is an exciting new vinyl figure platform, and the only way to get one is by supporting SUPERPLASTIC’s JANKY Kickstarter campaign. Rumor has it that this KS campaign will including a variety of limited edition JANKY toys and exclusive designs by 20 world famous artists.

For those of you who are following SUPERPLASTIC's Instagram account, then you already know this bad ass Kickstarter campaign will include be JANKY figures by artists such as Huck Gee, Pete Fowler, Joe Ledbetter, TADO, mcbess, Junko Mizuno, Bubi Au Yeung, Grand Chamaco, Ricardo Cavolo and so many more! So head over to Kickstarter tomorrow to find out more about the JANKY, all the artists involved, and all the killer KS exclusives that will be dropping as part of SUPERPLASTIC’s huge launch. The designer art toy world may never be the same!

IKEA Art Event 2018 Designer Glass Figurines by Joe Ledbetter, Junko Mizuno, Michael Lau and More!

Today The Blot visited my local IKEA store to discover that the IKEA Art Event 2018 had hit Houston, Texas a few weeks earlier than advertised!!! The goal of this event is to “make art affordable for everyone while exploring the imaginative world connected to figurines.” For 2018’s Art event release, IKEA has teamed up with some of the biggest names in designer art toys – Joe Ledbetter, Junko Mizuno, Michael Lau, James Jarvis, Coarse, Nathan Jurevicius, Arkiv Vilmansa and Ludvig Löfgren – to create some amazing (and affordable) glass art figurines.

For the IKEA Art Event 2018, these eight artists were invited to the Målerås glass factory in southern Sweden to create contemporary glass figurines. Henrik Most, Creative Leader of this collection, explained, “we want to celebrate the amazing world of art collectibles and the imaginative universe connected to figurines, how they spark our fantasy, represent everyday and turn it upside down with fun and playfulness.”

While glass is a new material for many of the artists, IKEA was curious about how the different artists would apply their creativity, skill and knowledge to working with this unique substance. From a bunny to a, owl to fingers giving the peace sign, these detailed miniature glass sculptures have emerged from the imaginations of the contemporary urban artists. The IKEA Art Event 2018 will be available at all IKEA stores for a limited time for just $29.99 starting in April 2018 – but many stores already have these amazing designer glass figurines on store shelves now!

The IKEA Art Event 2018 Collection includes eight glass art multiples: a clear “Soul Toy” ghost by Michael Lau, a blue fox “Coarse” by Mark Landwehr and Sven Wasch, “Hira” by Arkiv Vilmansa, a green owl “Sutemos” by Nathan Jurevicius, the beautiful purple “Nocturnal” by Junko Mizuno, the “Evil Eye” by Ludvig Löfgren, a red “Bunny” by Joe Ledbetter, and a clear “Peace Sign” by James Jarvis.

DCon First Look: HANA Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno

At Designer Con 2017 this past weekend, Lulubell Toy Bodega gave the world its first look at Junko Mizuno’s newest sofubi figure, HANA! Not only that, but Lulubell made this beautiful purple glow First Prototype Edition Hana available for pre-order to those lucky enough to attend DCon this year. The figure’s first colorway features a special “inner glow” technique, which is cast in purple milky soft Japanese vinyl with green inner accents to give HANA the look of blown glass. While not expected to ship until Spring 2018, it was available for pre-order during Designer Con for $95. Here's hoping a few of them become available online at the Lulubell Toy Bodega online store!

Violet Soda Lady 8” Dunny by Junko Mizuno x Kidrobot

Kidrobot is excited to announce the official release of Junko Mizuno’s newest production 8” Dunny, the Violet Soda Lady! Following the sold out release of the convention exclusive Berry Chocolate Lady 8” Dunny at San Diego Comic-Con (seen here), Kidrobot will be dropping its companion piece next Friday, July 31st, at Kidrobot.com, Kidrobot retail locations and select retailers worldwide for $100. That same day Junko Mizuno will be holding a very special signing at Kidrobot San Francisco from 6-9pm where fans can get their Violet Soda Lady Dunnys signed by its designer!

As Junko Mizuno explained “The Purple Soda Girl Dunny that I designed in 2012 was very hard to create, so I'm really happy and excited that her big sisters, Violet Soda Lady and Berry Chocolate Lady, are coming out! I hope they will find a lot of happy owners! I think of my Purple Soda Girl Dunny from 2012 as a daughter of Kuro Megami that I designed for Kidrobot Black Series. When I designed her, I was using the photos I took of old god and goddess statues at Asian Art Museum as reference. So Kuro Megami is kind of like a goddess representing my art. Purple Soda Girl and the two new 8” Dunnys are all her daughters who have the same goddess-like feeling.”

SDCC 15 Exclusive Berry Chocolate Lady Dunny 8” Vinyl Figure by Junko Mizuno x Kidrobot

One of the worst kept secrets around is that Kidrobot is finally producing an 8” version of Junko Mizuno’s immensely popular Purple Soda Lady Dunny (from Dunny Series 2012)! What we didn’t all know is the character would be getting two new colorways, including one released exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con 2015!!! Check out the Comic-Con exclusive Berry Chocolate Lady 8” Dunny.

As Junko explained, “I think of my Purple Soda Girl Dunny from 2012 as a daughter of Kuro Megami that I designed for Kidrobot Black Series. When I designed her, I was using the photos I took of old god and goddess statues at Asian Art Museum as reference. So Kuro Megami is kind of like a goddess representing my art. Purple Soda Girl and the two new 8” Dunny’s are all her daughters who have the same goddess-like feeling.”

The San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Exclusive Berry Chocolate Lady Dunny 8” Vinyl Figure will be available for purchase at the Kidrobot SDCC booth in limited quantities and will retail for $100. What’s really cool about this release is Junko Mizuno will be at Comic-Con and signing at the KR booth on Thursday, July 9th, from 1-3pm and Friday, July 10th, also from 1-3pm. So you can pick up this awesome figure and get it signed by its amazingly talented creator!

Kidrobot’s Upcoming Release Schedule Gets A Little Clearer!

It sounds like the long hiatuses between Kidrobot releases is finally over! A lot has happened to our favorite designer toy company in the past year that caused those long periods of silence, including being sold to NECA and the installation of Frank Kozik as KR’s creative director. Now it seems like every day we see a new teaser for an upcoming release! Those teasers include possibly a new Circus Posterus Dunny series featuring works by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas, a new Adventure Time blind box series, a Junko Mizuno 8” Dunny, Scott Tolleson 8” Dunny and the very first production Dunny by WuzOne. But that’s not all!

Yesterday, Entertainment Earth posted a number of previously unannounced Kidrobot figures available for pre-order. While we don’t have any pictures of these exciting releases, the titles alone have The Blot super excited! While it’s not expected to hit store shelves until January 2016, we now know KR will be releasing a production Sketracha 3” Dunny by Sket One!!! It is going to seriously look amazing next to my custom resin Sketracha 8” Dunny. September 2015 brings us a new Tricky Cats blind box mini figure series, while November 2015 will see the release of more South Park mini figures! I can’t wait to find out what the “Many Faces of Cartman” is all about.

In January 2016 Amanda Visell’s long rumored artist blind box mini figure series “Ferals” will be released! If the teaser images hold true, this series will utilize a number of Kidrobot’s different Munny World characters. Last but not least are three artist inspired The Simpsons vinyl figures! Scheduled to also be released in January 2016, Kidrobot will be teaming up with world-renowned artist Ron English to release “Grin” versions of Homer and Bart as 3” vinyl figures. While that may not be something new, this next release is! KR is teaming up with Kenny Scharf to release an all new, medium sized Bart Simpsons vinyl figure inspired by Scharf’s work. This figure sounds like it could be insane! I can’t wait to find out more about all these awesome new Kidrobot releases.