ToyCyte Review and Our Picks




Artist and writer Collin David has reviewed last week's Halloween Show for ToyCyte. Check them out, then come back to this post to see which customs we are naming "Best in Show".

Welcome back! 

The APW crew has decided to start the tradition of choosing three works from each show that we feel are exceptional (excluding our work).  The Halloween show is a pleasurably difficult start to this tradition as the submitted works have all been awesome. Hit the jump to see which three we decided to go with, and don't forget to hit our shop to choose your own fave.

Kerry's pick is Hollypop's Pentapus with its tentacled plushness.

Hans' pick goes to the leather clad Swissorhands by Playroll. 

Patrick's pick is the delicious looking Unipo custom by Pocketwookie.

Congrats to Hollypop, Playroll, and Pocketwookie for being chosen as the best in show. Thanks to all the artists for making the selection process a tough one. 


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Loads of Halloween Pics




Kerry aint afraid of no ghosts.

I know you all have been itching to see how last Friday's Halloween show turned out, so here are the pics. It was another great APW opening with an awesome selection of custom toys. Props to Osiris Orion and crew for coming in full costume. THANKS to all who came out. See you in a few for the Small Works Show.

More pics after the jump and even more pics in the following links:

For opening night pics and pics of the WORKS IN THE SHOW go to this page in the APW website. All works are also on sale here.

For MORE opening pics and other random goodness go to Oi Ling Hu's Flickr. A warm special thanks to Oi, our unpaid photography intern. Ha! ....just kidding dammit!

AND thanks to Geekanerd for covering the event. 


PLUS loads of pics after the jump!

Poet girl fixes her lipstick. 

AXH Animation shows artist Collin David how to play the world's smallest violin. If Collin cares, he really shouldn't.

Patrick Francisco explains why it's okay for adults to play with toys. Sung Mun is playing the violin in her pocket.

Steve asks, "Is this thing on?" LED indicates YES!

Gathered to listen to that same violin. LAST time I mention it I swear!

The crew is all smiles as Oi snaps a shot. In the back left, Piotr3D pretends he doesn't know us. 


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Halloween Preview


 All the customs are out of their boxes and on our shelves. Don't forget to pass by APW this Friday on your trick or treat rounds to see the works up close. We have some knockout submissions from all parts of the globe. Everything will be on our website for sale after the opening.


More fun after the jump.




AXH Animation helped out since he is great with decorating stuff.

Thanks to GeekaNerd and Archetoy for posting info on this show.


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Halloween Show on ToyCyte




Looks like there is a write-up on our upcoming Halloween show on Toycyte. Thanks to Collin David, who is also participating in the show, for writing about it. And CONGRATS to OsirisOrion for having his work featured in the article. Thanks, Rob, for letting me steal the screenshot! 

From Collin:
"Demons, goblins, wolfmen and pyroclasmic explosions of hellfire are guaranteed to be on display, and I’d conjecture that there’ll be more than a few terrifying mummies, Draculas, zombies and Palins scattered about the gallery as well."


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Halloween Artists List



Looks like this is gonna be a great show. See yawls at the opening.



Pock-it Palz * Motorbot * Collin van der Sluijs * RebelWookiee * Makkinoso * OsirisOrion * Forcefeed:swede * ijg3 * Monsterule * BAM POP! * Pocketwookie * Joe Manutti * Tricia Anders * Chris Ericson * Claire.B * Chocolate Log * Iza * Bakword * James Ivey * Omnicollective * Locografix * MAG * Neuideas * Genna Howard * Toiboy * Kunstrxns * John Lytle Wilson * Makalibuland * Kill Taupe * Halbritter * Russ LaChanse * Hollypop * Cidenzo * Ceasebreath * Hefnatron * Shigeo Satoh * Moopf * Mikey Denis * Beauty * Collin David * GoNi * Jessica Russo * Kelly Vetter * Noricat * Jared Cain * Ninjagrl * Hans Yim * Kerry Lee * Patrick Francisco * and more...




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Halloween Custom Toy Show





Trick or toy! Come see APW's first annual Halloween show. Featuring over 40 custom toys. Stay tuned for the complete list of participants.

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Opening Reception
10.31.08
6-8 pm

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