Tenacious Ninja - A Blog About Art Toys

Taylored Curiosities has added a bunch of her recent ‘Ish’ ceramic figures to her shop, including the new  Tree-Ish, Butterfly-Ish and Relaxed-Ish. Check out all of them here. They are small releases with between 2 and 5 figures in each edition and all completely handmade.

VOTING IS OPEN FOR THIS YEAR'S DESIGNER TOY AWARDS! In a bizarre twist, this Tenacious.Ninja blog is in the running as a finalist in the Best Media Outlet category! I'm flim-flammed and flummoxed. I'd like to thank the academy... not really, I'd like to thank the assorted members of the toy community who help create posts for this blog, as they are the real champs. Brandon, Mark, Bo are the most frequent contributors. If you'd like to contribute posts to the Tenacious Ninja blog, let Benny know! GO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE IN THE ABOVE LIST!

From the mind of Casper Kelly, the airwaves of Adult Swim, the talent of William Tokarsky, and the team at Pickman’s Vinyls comes The Killer from Too Many Cooks- in 3 3/4” action figure scale.    Each piece of the figure is hand sculpted and cast in solid resin, hand painted and features magnetic articulation, as well as a machete accessory for stalking all your other 3 3/4” figures.    Available NOW at www.pickmansvinyls.bigcartel.com $75 each plus Shipping Limited to 10 pieces Carded with a reasealable blister bubble for easy removal.   Card art by Ruth Mendez Printing by Chimera...

The finalists for the 9th Annual Designer Toy Awards (DTAs) have been announced and Public Voting has begun! To see the full list of finalist please visit https://www.designertoyawards.com/categories. We'd like to thank the nomination committees, who have worked tirelessly these last few weeks, to discuss each category and nomination in order to whittle down the 100’s of nominees to these top choices. Committee Members: Committee Members: Dov Kelmer, Benny Kline, Travis Lykins, Gary Rozanski, Vincent Yu, Keegan Rooney, Kyle Kirwan, Don Kratzer, Cory Rutter, Jason Freeny, Jack Muramatsu, Jeff Rawson, Yaniv Brick, Steve Braun, Sarah Churchill, Czee, Nick Curtis, Justin Cheah, Lee Funai, Rob Lumino, Katherine Park, Kevin Philips,...

Sticker Mule just gave us a SWEET and shareable promo on a pack of 50 die cuts stickers in the 3x3 inch size: just $19! That's a rad deal. If you're exhibiting at Five Points Fest in June, you can CLICK HERE, upload your file and still get the stickers in time for Five Points. Huge thumbs up. We ordered.