A Look at DesignerCon 2018 Keshi Exclusives!

Courtesy of Isumark of MWOTR (Instagram)

Welcome back to U&R!  We were just speaking of DesignerCon 2018, so let's keep that topic going with some more talk before the big designer toy event of the year rocks the west coast.  Here are just a few exclusives that caught my eye, but I know there are even more eluding me.  Let's take a look!

The first is from none other that Mystical Warriors of the Ring.  They have been quietly working on something as of late, and this announcement of this limited run of Tatsuya resins in blue and green hope to make it worth the wait.  And from the teaser picture, it appears there will be clear and metallic version available as well, but there is no way of actually knowing unless you visit them personally at Booth 2528.

The next feature comes from Robo Toy Fest, who hosts a convention of their own under the same name.  They seem free next week, so along with their attendance, they are bringing some hot robot action.  Hot pink robot action to be exact.   The RTF Robo Keshi is touching down at Booth 305 and this guy could be the sleeper sell-out of the weekend.  Only the second variant of this particular model, the dark green one that came prior instantly sold-out, so there is some indication this might follow suit.  I personally love this guy and will be hoping to mule this one home.  Hot pink.  Robots.  Exclusive and rare.  Gimme gimme gimme, and I sadly lost out on the green one, so this is my redemption song.

Courtesy of Nama,Niku (Instagram)

Our next comes from independent artists Eric Nilla and Nama Niku.  This collaboration is a beautiful kit-bashed bootleg deathmatch set, including two familiar kaiju monsters, now with some nicely oiled abs and thighs, and a ring to contain all their violent break-outs.  If you love the odd, strange, inventive, and independent, dropping by Booth 2325 might be something on your convention agenda.

Courtesy of PlanetXAsia (Instagram)

This final colorful look comes the far off distant world of Planet-X.  These rubber rainbow variants will be blind bagged in a set of five, with other figures not pictured here, with the whole mystery set only costing you twenty clams.  That's quite the steal for variants that could very well be looking at one-of-a-kind status.  Luckily Planet-X isn't as far away as first thought, you can visit Booth 1243 to get your very own.

Alright everyone, that's the batch for this update, but if I find more, expect me to come back and share what I find out!  Thank you and I'll see you guys next time!

http://www.designercon.com/

Robo Toy Fest Brings the Gold to Designer Con 2016!

Set your seats back to their normal upright position, because we're turning back to Designer Con!

Revealed today, the fine folks over at Robo Toy Fest will be bringing a brand new colorway of their RTF Robo mini-figure, exclusively for the Pasadena Convention Center.   This character, designed and modeled after their Robo Toy Fest character has seen his fair share of conventions, but always appears with a new colorful mood.  This time it's adorned in some glorious gold plating.

To be completely honest and transparent, this is the concept stuff I can really get behind.  This mini-figure only comes out of hiding for conventions, always with a new variant, and never asks for the moon, despite it being an exclusive get.  That sort of fun chase is what I can really get behind, and it saddens me to remember I don't actually own a RTF Robo yet.  I ought to fix that, like, right now, and if you're in the same boat as me, maybe you should fix it too.

Check out the link below!

http://www.planetxtoys.com/robo-toy-fest-exclusives/

ARM Monsterex + RTF Robo Designer Con 2015 Exclusives!

Hey everyone!  Designer Con is almost upon us!  Tomorrow morning, Saturday the 21st, to be exact, people will be piling into the Pasadena Convention Center to be checking out all the cool designer toys, artist offerings, fun events, and interesting panels.

Two more of keshi exclusives will be new colorways of previous minifigures you may or may not have seen before.

The first one is a new Ectoplasm Blue variant of AlienRobotMonster's super successful and beloved Monsterex.  If you want to start talking about a 'Best of' list for 2015, I would not be surprised to see this monster mash-up in a lot of them across collectors.

The second one is a metallic green/ glow in the dark gradient colorway of the RTF Robo from RoboToyFest called Atomic Green.  Sculpted by George Gaspar and usually held only at the Robo Toy Fest conventions, this guy looks like he couldn't resist the temptation any longer and will be finding himself with collector's as early as tomorrow.

Very cool stuff!  Designer Con looks to be a ton of fun and I swear I'll visit it some year.  For now, this should wrap up my previews of the convention, and I'll be back to random ramblings and oddball news very soon.  Keep an eye out for a new type of article I've been spit-balling for a little bit now.  I think it'll be interesting, I think.

Robo Toy Fest Con Exclusive Black Colorway!

Sculpted by George Gaspar of October Toys, this giant robot miniature has surfaced in a few Robo Toy Fests of the past.  Some may even recall some of the color variants, from flesh, green, glow in the dark, and now black with this years convention underway now.

Exclusive to the convention first, check with the con's web-store in the coming days to see any survivors available for purchase.  At the very least, a good amount of past variants are still available, and are totally worth the look.

You'll find these guys generally for $5 a piece, which I feel is pretty fair for convention exclusives.

Check them out here!

http://robotoyfest.com/

http://www.planetxtoys.com/robo-toy-fest-exclusives/