We've been back from San Diego for a little over a week now and are just now starting to feel like ourselves again. First off, thank you to everyone who visited the booth, whether you purchased something or not! The best part of SDCC for me is getting to see friends, customers, artists and other store owners. The designer toy community is a fairly small handful of folks so it's nice to get a lot of us in one place and enjoy each other's company. 

Shout outs to Mark Nagata, Touma, Ferg, Tim Biskup and Shawn Smith who all did signings at the booth. Thank you guys for everything that you do!

Also, major props to our main man Ed Gielow, Rotofugi Store Manager, who made his first trip to SDCC this year. I'm sure he now knows why we're always so tired when we get back! And of course, nothing but love for Joe Somers, our partner in crime at Squibbles Ink, and for Jon Gorske, our once-a-year helper who went above and beyond once again this year.

In case you're curious, we sold out of many of our San Diego releases, but a few items are still available:

Rinaldo the Fabulous Tear Drip by Travis Lampe

Bubble Gumdrop by 64 Colors

One of our main releases, the Glow in the Dark Grim Marshall, will be making a return in September. We had initially air-freighted in 250 pieces for San Diego and have now sold through those. The remaining 750 pieces will be arriving in September.

The other big debut for us was the Roto-a-Matic Helper Dragon by Tim Biskup. While we are not currently selling the Helper Dragon online, that will soon change. We're making some final alterations to the Roto-a-Matic to ensure we can run it day in and day out right now and hope to have it ready to roll full time (and thus be able to make Helper Dragons for online sales too) in the very near future. Keep an eye on our site for updates.

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Do you love the design of our new Roto-a-Matic figure, the Helper Dragon, but long for something more permanent? Boy have we got something for you then!

Produced in an edition of just 5 pieces, the Helper Dragon Bronze was designed, sculpted and produced by Tim Biskup and stands 5.5 inches tall. We'll have ONE piece available at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi booth (4736) for $2700 (tax included). 

And if you're a Biskup fan, join us at the booth on Friday from 1-2pm where Tim will be signing his Roto-a-Matic figures. Tim has also promised other surprise goodies that will be available during the signing, so don't miss it if you're at SDCC!

Joey Potts' S.O.L.E.M. (Single Optic Lake Effect Monster) will be making a tasty return to San Diego this year! 

The Strawberry Eyescream S.O.L.E.M. (sorry about the bad pun, we couldn't help ourselves) is cast in delicious light pink vinyl with a dark pink spray and teal blue eye and  will be available for $60 each (tax included) at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi booth (4736). 

Figure designed by Joey Potts and sculpted by Chris Ryniak, with paint design and execution by Joe Somers (Squibbles Ink) and Kirby Kerr (Rotofugi).

Like all of the figures in the Lake Monsters series, S.O.L.E.M. is a hand-painted limited edition.

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This one has been a long (and we mean LONG) time coming....meet Helper Dragon by Tim Biskup, the very first Roto-a-Matic™ figure!

What's a Roto-a-Matic figure you ask? 

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Designed by Chris Ryniak and sculpted by Scott Wetterschneider at Shinbone Creative, the Triple Crown Monster (TCM) proves that three heads are better than one. Conceived as both a vinyl art figure and a trophy for winners of the Triple Crown of  Yo Yo, the TCM is gripping two yo-yos and is ready to throw!

Standing seven inches tall (and eight inches wide!) the Triple Crown Monster is manufactured and distributed by Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi and is hand-painted in the USA in small, limited editions.

This unpainted blue version is a limited edition of just 25 pieces and will be available at San Diego Comic Con Booth 4736 for $85 (tax included).

For more information about the Triple Crown of Yo Yo please visit http://triplecrownyoyo.com 

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Our friends at 64 Colors continue to grace us with some great designs based on their Marshall character! 

Even Marshmallows are not exempt from the fate that is Grim...Marshall! 

This limited edition figure may be dark, but in the end there is light and good in all of us, even Grim Marshall. Do not fear him. 

Leave Grim Marshall in a sunny spot or place him under a lamp for a bit, then turn off the lights to see his glowing visage before your very eyes!

Designed by 64 Colors and produced by Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi, Glowing Grim Marshall will be making his debut at San Diego Comic Con (Booth 4736) for $13 (tax included) and will also be available from rotofugi.com after the convention. 

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This awesome Goon Poster by Japanese toy designer and artist Touma x Sweet Streets will be available at San Diego Comic Con (Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Booth 4736) starting Thursday at 11:30 when Touma will be joining Max Toy Company founder Mark Nagata for a signing at our booth. 

The poster is 16x20 inches on archival paper and is an edition of 50. They will be priced at $18 (tax included).

We're excited to announce we will once again be representing and hosting our friends from Max Toy Company at SDCC 2012!

We'll have 3 exclusives plus a couple other Max Toy releases and a bunch of amazing hand-painted customs by Max Toy Company founder Mark Nagata!

First up, the amazing Mini Kaiju Negora with Big Fish, designed by Konatsu and produced by Max Toy Co, will be priced at $50 (tax included).

Lady Darkness will be making an appearance too, in both her masked and unmasked versions, for $44 each (tax included).

The final exclusive will be some really cool Micro Eyezons in unpainted blue, for $15 (tax included).

But that's not all...we'll also have some of the new Lady Maxx comic book, a few full size Kaiju King Negoras and a whole bunch of amazing customs by Mark for sale at the booth as well! More photos and prices below.

Finally, if you'll be at SDCC, join us on Thursday from 11am to Noon for a signing with Max Toy founder and artist Mark Nagata, who will be joined by famed Japanese toy designer Touma from 11:30 until Noon.

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Chris Ryniak's Snybora will be double trouble at this year's San Diego Comic Con, sneaking in the back door while the lights are off and wrecking the joint!

OK, they won't really be sneaking in or wrecking anything, but these Glow in the Dark Mini Lake Monsters will indeed be available at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi booth (4736) first come, first served while supplies last for $33 each (tax included)!

Figure designed and sculpted by Chris Ryniak, with paint design and execution by Joe Somers (Squibbles Ink) and Kirby Kerr (Rotofugi).

Note: In the interest of full disclosure....20 pieces of each color of this exclusive have been reserved for Circus Posterus forum members (details here).

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Marshall's best friend Gumdrop is doing his best imitation of a piece of delicious bubble gum in this special edition.

Bubble Gumdrop is a pup made of vinyl, so even though he looks like candy, don't try to eat him!

This limited editon of 500 pieces will make it's debut at San Diego Comic Con at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Booth (4736) for $8 (tax included) and will be available at rotofugi.com after the convention.

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Travis Lampe fans rejoice! It's been a while since we last did a Special Edition Tear Drip, but the drought is over!

Meet Rinaldo the Fabulous...just like his Tear Drip bretheren, he's sad but in a perky and disarming way. Actually, that's not true...he isn't perky or disarming at all. Just sad.

This limited editon of 300 pieces will make it's debut at San Diego Comic Con at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Booth (4736) for $11 (tax included) and will be available at rotofugi.com after the convention.

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