Sucklord's latest... usual star wars and mego mashups

[SeattleEd]

^^ Ditto.

More reason for the $L to get his out and Zica/Castaway.

Craig and David?

[4NDR01D]

Killer bootlegs confirmed an upcoming Mego figure on his instagram. Will be interesting to see what he does in the 8" format.

[samurainoir]

Was this the "This is not a toy" show? My wife, daughter and my in laws went, unfortunately I didn't get to go.

Yes! It was a really great show. I went on a tour with the curators and it was evident they deliberately chose not to include Sucklords stuff in the show itself, although Magic Pony had a gift shop downstairs that did include his figures.

[palitoy]

That spacecase one has really familiar font, I just can't place it, some sort of website I frequent maybe?

It's called Alba and I've seen it too....

[4NDR01D]

That spacecase one has really familiar font, I just can't place it, some sort of website I frequent maybe?

[SentientApe]

I agree with those who do not like his brand of "art," but I admire his spirit and his satiric sense of humor.

I wholeheartedly applaud Sucklord's deconstruction of the concept regarding what is a toy versus what is a worthless lump of molded plastic -- as the true value of such items lies only in the eyes of the beholder / collector / reseller / hoarder / nostalgist. To all you detractors -- remember that "Garbage Pail Kids" toys were once mainstream collectibles, while the 3.75" tall so-called "G. I. Joes" are often seen as an abomination by anyone over the age of 35.

All that being said, this Thread has motivated me. I am sorely tempted to create eight inches of plastic something based off Sucklord's line utilizing items out of this large pile of spare of T-1 bodies...

[SentientApe]

I wouldn't pay a dime for that crap...

...while YOU have defined the nature of an Art Collector.

[SentientApe]

...On the other hand some of the content is simply obscene for the sake of being vulgar and offensive.

You just defined the nature of "Art."

[4NDR01D]

Was this the "This is not a toy" show? My wife, daughter and my in laws went, unfortunately I didn't get to go.

I attended a recent Art-Toy show at the Toronto Design exchange (with Brazoo) that featured a HUGE version of this one.

[samurainoir]

I attended a recent Art-Toy show at the Toronto Design exchange (with Brazoo) that featured a HUGE version of this one.

[SeattleEd]

Brian,

I agree. Haven't bought any of this latest drops but there is talk of doing some exclusive Megos on the West Cost in PDX. He had plans for some Mold-A-Rama boots but the cost per mold would create a low profit margin. I certainly felt the motivation factor with some attempts and I'm glad I own that Micro-Naughty piece you dropped. Very coolio.

As for newbie artists on the horizon, there is pretty interesting stuff surfacing and really digging the Manly Art stuff for sure since I'm a big SW fan.
Have to admit some the DKE exclusives at the Con were pretty great:

[palitoy]

Normally i dig his stuff but the last batch seems kind of lazy and uninspired.

I'm not going to pretend that his success hasn't motivated me somewhat.

[samurainoir]

^^^
I think Sucklord generally should get the "first-in" cred, particularly the ironic hipster pose that is part and parcel with his stuff, but yeah Healymade and others have really picked up the ball and ran with it. It's funny though how Sucklord's even embraced folks riding on his coat-tails, particularly those with more skills and talent. He lends his name to a project and the price seems to go up automatically for something that would have sold for half that without the suckled brand.

But even outside of toys, the New York art scene is pretty much like this (this is no different than Warhol thirty-forty years ago), and embracing him seems to have created an audience outside the usual channels of toy collectors and created a weird "outsider" vibe for him beyond the regular vinyl art-toy crowd.

[4NDR01D]

I follow him on instagram, and I'm constantly changing my mind between "he's a genius" and "he's a hack". I prefer the stuff being made by guys like Healymade and Killer bootlegs, but I doubt they'd be doing what they do without the suck lord inspiration.

[argent007]

Thanks for letting me know he uses molds. That makes me feel better.