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2010 Comic-Con Map of the Toy Growers Cultyard

By now, everybody’s got their own list of Comic-Con 2010 must have toys, but do you have your entrance strategy? Here’s some help. This map of the Toy Growers Cultyard (with a handful of notable toy allies highlighted on the outskirts of the neighborhood) should assist you in plotting the path of least resistance (aka fewest elbows in the ribs) as you make your mad dash to DKE, Dragatomi, Gargamel/Grass Hut, Hi-Fructose, Kidrobot, Munky King, Rocketworld, Rotofugi, STRANGEco, Super7, tokidoki, Toy Tokyo, Uglydolls,  Zerofriends or wherever your feet (and the involuntary grip of the herd) transport you. Click the image above to view a hi-resolution jpeg formatted to standard landscape-oriented letter size paper. Or click HERE to download a PDF. Feel free to share and distribute this map. If you see any errors on the map, please leave a comment below on the blog! If you see the guy in the lower right corner, please say hello! See you all in San Diego!

A Great Day for Monster Family and Pocket Monster Fans

Today is an awesome day for fans of Super7’s Monster Family, Gargamel’s Pocket Monsters, Arbito, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros and Le Merde. Announcements were just made that unite all of the preceding peeps under one umbrella of vinyl toy goodness. First up: our pal SpankyStokes posted an excellent interview with Arbito showing the first photos of the sculpt and test vinyl pulls for his upcoming Monster Family Patty Power. Not to play favorites, but Patty Power (the “boy with the girlie sounding name”) really does seem like a great choice out of Arbito’s gang to join the Monster Family. Hopefully, the Hobo, Sammy and The Seeker don’t beat him up for joining a “rival” gang. Although, notably, now that Patty’s been released from the prison  “body mobility of an armless Squidward,” he’ll be able to fight back with his new arms and legs.

Then, cruising over to Le Merde’s blog, we find an announcement for an upcoming Gargamel x Grass Hut Pocket Pak with vinyl minis by Le Merde, Martin and Bwana. The solid-black characters come as a 3-pack with a Bwana-designed header card and will be “available soon” at Grass Hut in PDX or Thrash Out in Tokyo, Japan. The Pocket Pak is definitely a release you will want to be stalking the Grass Hut blog for, whereas expect plenty of colorways of Arbito’s Patty Power to be released in the future through Super7 and affiliated retailers including Neon Monster!

Reuben Rude for Ball’s Out

Reuben Rude, the San Francisco designer behind the Bestiary characters and many of the Neon Monster blog banners has a piece (”Fight All Day!”) in the Grass Hut’s Balls Out show. The event begins later this week (aka Wondercon Friday), and there are so many great artists involved. The premise is for everybody to go “ball’s out” on an 18″x18″ (and additionally for 2010, 9″x9″) panel. Previews are starting to leak out, like this one by Tim Biskup, which he’s called a “new old direction.” If I wasn’t going to be at the Moscone Center for Wondercon, I’d definitely trek up to Portland for this! Go check it out if you’re in the area.