gotta give props to lulubell for putting on this show. look forward to seeing what participants have submitted!

(from their facebook page)
Everyone has some sort of history with toys. Whether they only played with them as a child, collect licensed product tie-ins, or create custom vinyl themselves, everyone has a personal story connected to a favorite piece of plastic.

Opening Saturday, June 5th, Lulubell Toy Bodega in Tucson, AZ, is going to celebrate everything mold injected with their month-long gallery exhibition titled “Toy (Re)Collections". Join Lulubell from 6 to 9 PM as they exhibit over 25 of the most exciting and cutting edge voices in the toy world. The exhibit will cover the entire spectrum from completely one-of-a-kind toys and customized vinyl, photographs and paintings, collection shots and prototypes. The idea behind this show is to really learn what each artist's personal history is with these fascinating things we call "toys" and to really hear the stories behind the people who make it happen.

Music will be provided by DJ's jcat and Sync from azsessions.com. The show will run the duration of the month and end on June 29th.

Exhibiting artists include:
Frank Kozik
Coarse
UAMOU
Lunabee
Spencer Hibert
Dehara
Bwana Spoons
Aaron Boy
Bert S. Gatchalian
Cris Rose
Tone Tank & Scumlife
jcat
Layron DeJarnette
Suckadelic
toybot studios
Mad Barbarians
MONSTREHERO
Nerderella
Paul Kaiju
VELOCITRON
Mark Nagata
Julie B
Futureman 未来男
Kenzo Butler
and many more!

some photos from saturday night. wish i could have taken more, but most my time was spent djing the event...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25036013@N03/sets/72157624220555088

thanks for the pics..!

Nice pics jcat. Your photos of the Gamerudon and Zollmen dog are tops! It's very nice the way you've cropped them along with the perspective.

Cool pics. I dig Bwanas Bossks.

thanks! i was quite pleased with the way they turned out. they're printed on a photo paper that contains mother of pearl. it adds a "shimmering" quality to the photographs and really brings out the paint applications of the toys, especially the ones with metallics.

more photos up on lulu's facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=59790482351#!/album.php?aid=187476&id=59790482351

Whoa bwanas paintings are awesome. Glad Mori re-thought his ban on RXH customs. Hoping to see more in future shows!