AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo

AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo, originally uploaded by AWI77.

A collaboration effort between AW177 (Allen Wen) and RAWRS (Dai Tran), this is a one-off custom Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo resin figure.

Bitsumo is a hand casted 4.5" tall resin collector toy. He has 7 points of articulation and a hand-tied mawashi. Metallic gold dragon painted on the back and completed with a slight gloss finish.

Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo will be on sale at the RAWRS store.
Also on sale will be the other bitsumo custom done up by Alex Shilin (check out rawrs.com).

AW177 custom Mickey Mouse figure for PlayImaginative

Our good friend, local artist AW177, got one of the 6.5" Mickey platforms in the mail from PlayImaginative, and in true AW177 style, he used bold graphics and cultural iconography to create this "Dragon Ninja" custom.

Allen writes:
I have a bit of news - I was asked by Play Imaginative to custom one of their 6.5" Mickey Mouse vinyl art figures.  This piece will be displayed at shows by Disney/Play Imaginative and will be up on their website.

To celebrate the year of the dragon 2012, I made Mickey into a "Dragon Ninja", complete with equipment belt, shurikens, pouches for gear, striking/climbing knives, dragon claws on feet and hands, and nunchucks! You can place the nunchucks into the back for storage.  Dragon symbol on the upper ear, black outlines to give it a more animated/cartoon feel.  This is my real first time sculpting, but I'm happy with the results.

This custom is based on one of the designs I submitted to Play Imaginative/Disney for possible production, so if you like to see it made, please let them know!

Pictures are up on my Flickr.

AW177 Year of the Dragon 2012 Custom 8in Kidrobot Dunny

AW177 "Year of the Dragon 2012" Custom 8" Kidrobot Dunny, originally uploaded by AWI77.

Our friend Allen (AW177) has been picked up by Kidrobot NY to display and sell customs in the custom case in their shop! He created a custom 8" Kidrobot dunny, "Year of the Dragon 2012", which celebrates Chinese New Year (January 23, 2012).

This custom dunny represents the dragon, the mightiest of all the Chinese zodiac signs, the supreme spiritual power, the most ancient mythological emblem of dominance and ambition.

The custom is displayed, and is for sale, at the Kidrobot NY store, located at:

118 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012

If you happen to visit the store, he'd love to see some pictures of the display- post the pics on his Facebook page if you go to the shop and see his pieces! Also for sale in KRNY is AW177's "Lucky" Miao & Mousubi custom set:

Definitely follow AW177 on his Flickr. His work is sick:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aw177