the unstoppable ink flow.

the man with the golden black pen has been rabidly busy since we last checked in. mr. jonpaulkaiser has taken great strides with his simple color palette, while being completely true to his style. every new piece is a little more refined and a lot more awesome. especially now that he's popped his cherry on some serious pieces of vinyl. there's no room for timid hands when you take a marker to a jaws/paws sculpt. there are few people i would trust with that freedom, and jpk is high on the list.

wrestles with the pain & fury.

i'll see your bald head and raise you a mustache.

huzzah!

he once killed three men and a horse with a single bitch slap.

panda murdering demon boy.

what's with all the giant hands?

don't look him in the eye or he'll turn your pants to shit.

perfectly demented and yet

can't find evil gloves or evil boots to save his life.

roasted by solo.

the only bounty hunter with eyes like a my little pony.

and the han still stands.

the empire will let in any ole nerfherder these days.

[silently wishing there were real stormtroopers]

boba. with trophy krayt dragon skull.

...moments after he escaped the sarlacc.

smelling strongly of gamorrean ball sweat.

ram-man and a tiny spartan hoplite.

helmets for he-man and hera.

warrior pandaimyo.

must have fallen asleep with his coffee mug on this chest.

s-words.

seven samurai. exquisitely captured by the always sharp jon paul kaiser. that is one classy clan of munnys. brilliant job of giving each little dude his own unique expression and flavor.

giants of vinyl. 2.

giants second class is ready for graduation. once again we pay tribute to the artists that love to get fiberglass threads buried in the fingers and fill their heads with toxic plastic fumes. we've gone even bigger this time around, reaching ridiculous heights and girths. and both in some cases... #bramble# #cough#

the starting team [left to right]

elizabeth by kathie olivas : qee by toy2r : smokestack by mars-1

jaws by coarsetoys : manute bol as himself : daft punk bearbricks

dissected by kaws : bramble by ashley wood : van orlax and snorse by pete fowler

mc supersized by ron english : helper by tim biskup

zliks by andrew bell : grin by ron english

click it. it gets bigger.

this is the stage of addiction where sadness reigns supreme. sadness because we don't have thousands of extra dollars to blow on sweet shit like giant robots. but there's light at the end of the tunnel... most of these killer behemoths come in shelf size. let's explore.

inkslinger by kathie olivas and brandt peters

pic from vinylpulse

it was a tossup between inky and pinky as to who would appear in the giant lineup. pinky got the nod, so inky gets the breakout love. both were recently for sale at the incredible shared show. which means some lucky child gets to cry themselves to sleep every night while staring at those big noggins. for shelf size, you can always substitute the beautiful hazel...

formerly blank qee by jonpaulkaiser

pic from jon

since there may only be one giant blank qee, i got to choose a killer custom to showcase. this snarling dog with creepy man hands works perfectly. he can let himself outside and still piss on your tires.

smokestack by mars-1

pic from smokebelch

and we've got our first true miniaturized version. this tiny by comparison poison factory hails from the invisible plan series. creepy old man face is pretty much standard. the big daddy is from the nuclear mystic show at the jonathan levine gallery last year.

jaws by coarsetoys

pic from tetedelard

ah, the desolate noop. so emo. so shirtless. the giant fiberglass version was the crown jewel of the noop show at rotofugi, which rocked. basically coarse teased all of their coolest shit almost two years ago, and now they're slowly producing a chosen few. the big guy was a one off, but you can own one of the eleventy different flavors of regular sized jaws, which are not tiny by any means. you can not however own the completely awesome "it hurts" version... yet.

manute bol

pic from hsupreme

made the list because he looks completely impossible.

plus you can't beat a bol/muggsy combo pic.

daft punk bearbricks by toy2r

pic from eric..

the big ones rule because of the helmets. but the little ones have those adorable bear ears... either way da funk will rock your face off. so shiny! i'm admittedly not a big bearbrick guy, but i'd sell a toe for the 1000% duo. (with nail polish)

dissected by kaws

pic from kush images

the alpha and the omega. everyone loves dissected, especially awash in 90s dayglo. the midgets routinely fetch a g in the aftermarket. the big one is a steal at about 4-5 times that. both more than most can pay for some divinely sculpted guts. this goes on the lottery list.

bramble by ashley wood

pic from twobags

oh bramble. how i love thee. the key to my lock. the icing to my cake. the heroin to my addict. you can't begin to understand the level of cool until you hold one in your hand. or in the case of the 1:1; hold its hand. i'm lucky enough to own one of the big little guys, and maybe someday i'll get close enough to just sniff the giant, but probably not. he will continue to tease me from across the interwebs. and i'm ok with that.

van orlax by pete fowler

pic from s2ok

just a horny little bastard with opposable toes. there are no little van orlaxi running around. which is a shame because he looks like he'd be a responsible father. on second thought, he does look a little high... and his hands are buried in the eye sockets of a skull... and that might be leprosy on his face... but other than that... totally responsible.

snorse by pete fowler

pic from expectmohr

the nosy steed takes flight! snorse just flat out rules. this little dude showed up in the blind box monsterism series 3, along with a ton of other classics... fun fact: for the longest time i thought his nostrils were eyes.

mc supersized by ron english

pic from vtss vince

as american as crocs and elastic waist pants, mc supersized smiles lovingly at your exponentially expanding waistline. the sick little bastard knows what makes you drool. give him what he wants.

helper by tim biskup

pic from espritmentheaction

ah, the classic helper: like a cross between bender and a rancid hotdog. just as happy to help you off a cliff as across the street. the super giant version towers over your insecurities and still manages to tickle your soul. he looks so intense, but maybe he's just really in need of eye drops.

zliks by andrew bell

pic from joe marinaro

attention all zlik owners! the government has ordered that all zliks be released back into the gulf of mexico to eat their way through some sort of oil spill. probably no big deal, they should be back by dinner.

grin by ron english

pic from **shifty**

charlie may look cute, but he's got a devil inside just like everyone else. his just happens to be working its way out. keep stretching that skin skully, you'll be strangling lucy before you know it.

so there you go. the second round of giants already released to do their worst on the wallets of you and i. there's just too much talent floating around, which is good. the wanting is what makes it fun. so it's back to the lottery tickets. someday...

here's the original giants post for more big love.

class pic again by me, the mastodon. created with images stolen from these fine chaps. qee. smokestack. jaws. manute. daft punk. bramble. van orlax. snorse. mc supersized. helper. zlik.

my cold steel heart.

the soft and cuddly exterior tore like wet paper. the kid didn't mean to hug so hard. but he did. and now the fantasy was broken. the cold hard reality of his best friend shined in his face. the red lifeless eye whirred and clicked trying to gain focus without a liquid lens. angry and lonely, the kid continued tearing until his fingers scraped rusty iron.

johnpaulkaiser took a mecha sad bear from luke chueh and made it even sadder. the former kfgu has been lovingly padded, but stripped bare a little further as well. excellent contrast work as always. the dimension of the skin really adds a lot to the character. bravo.

because he's made of metal.

and robots are strong.

lock up your grandparents before the bear steals all their meds.

unrelated but interesting. this is the 100th post on the blog.

so that's cool.

the ackbar trap.

[ file this under: things i wish were mine ]

you can't repel awesomeness of this magnitude...

jonpaulkaiser is streaking right now. absolutely on fire.

my favorite martian:

admiral ackbar mini munny

with googly eyes and chin giblets!

he's off to hang with other star wars themed customs at artasylum boston

should be killer.

by the power of greyskull.

i was a he-man kid. i was also a star wars kid, a lego kid, a baseball card kid... you get the picture. but for a few short summers it was all he-man all the time. in between popsicles my neighbors and i would wage epic battles in the dirt, building caverns and pits. then birthdays came and they got greyskull. and i was jealous. but shortly after, my parents redeemed themselves and bought me skeletor's castle: snake mountain. you know, the purple greyskull with the sweet microphone that made it sound like you were a possessed slinky. after that, our dirt building escapades were elevated to moats and dungeons... way fucking cooler.

so with that long ass intro, we get to the real meat. apparently other kids liked he-man too... as evidenced by these sweet customs in all the flavors of eternia.

mighty mugg he-man by legendary customs

the pageboy haircut is the real source of all his power.

battlecat by legendary customs

...just a cowardly tiger who stole hawkman's mask.

skeletor madl by rebel wookiee

does crest make whitestrips for your face?

also, needs more havoc staff.

beastman mongolion by d-lux

blue feather diaper and all...

trapjaw scavenger by jonpaulkaiser

somehow tougher with a birthday hat than his purple football helmet...

skeletor rxh by motorbot

who knew he was rocking a mohawk under his little hood?

stinkor rxh by motorbot

gotta rub a little stank on it.

put your hands together for my childhood toys grown into my adulthood toys. i fully expect someone to pump out a queen marlena in astronaut gear sometime soon... or at least an orko.

i gotta go dig through my parents basement now...

artist spotlight: [ jon paul kaiser ]

some say he drifted ashore from the black freighter...

some say he's part squid...

some say he uses experimental nano robots to sharpen up his lines...

i say he's come to us from the second dimension to remind us why

we have three.

jonpaulkaiser is master of his inky domain. the great light absorber and the great light reflector are his weapons against nothingness.

razor sharp and visually gripping, his customs are as immediately attention-snapping as a legion of stormtroopers marching into town.

a monster burp with emphasis on monster

that's the smell of paint melting off the walls.

even more frightening post-burp.

porlzilla ozzel

a cuddly boba? impossibly possible.

das mo gimo

samuraaaiiiiii pepper grinder!

yar. has anybody got an extra nipple?

gratuitous monkey. gratuitous monkey. gratuitous monkey.

the spawn of the beast.

ruthless.

the virus is spreading.

ganesh crush car.

look at those abs! p90x?

wait. is that a color?

no possible way.

and the ringers...

a no bullshit sumo. and a badass rasputin.

so hardcore.

very few artists can put that much emotion into a static face,

but jon paul seems to do it every time. a little gritty, a little crisp, it's immediately apparent who's work you're looking at. there is no mistaking his style. well done sir. you've got it.

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all pics from jpk except sumo/rasputin. that's from gmiddleswarth.

better keep close eyes on that one... someone might snake it off your desk. ha.