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Plaseebo "WAR" figure unleashed in N Y C

"WAR", a new sculpt by Bob Conge is featured in the "KAIJU INVADES NEW YORK" exhibition, which opened on Saturday, April 19th at THE SHOWROOM Gallery in NYC. The original custom pieces from the show will be available for purchase on line from the Toy Tokyo website thru May 15th. Contact: Toy Tokyo: 121 2nd Ave. NYC, NY 10003 Ph: 718-777-2212 Fax: 718-777-2214 Email: sales@toytokyo.com

This sculpt is somewhat of a departure for me, in that it is my intent to use the "art toy" form as a vehicle to express a powerful sociopolitical statement. "War is the ultimate monster" I wanted to create an image that would make the viewer feel the horror of war and perhaps move them to take a stand against its ravages of life and land. The Dick Cheney smile on the skull is no accident.

The WAR figure is a one-up hand cast urethane from my original sculpt. It is 10" high by 6" wide with glass inset eyes. The body and feet of the WAR figure are made up of the dead bodies of solders, crashed airplanes, blown up tanks, barrels of oil, etc and his legs are the trunks from burned and broken trees.

You already know the back-story. As inspired by, "I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds", from The Bhagavad-Gita.

Bob Conge / Plaseebo Custom "Great American Kaiju"

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Creating The Great American Kaiju With Bob Conge

utter the name "Bob Conge" and thy brainspace is engulfed within a void of delirium, teetering on that suspended ledge between an unspeakable nightmare and a whispered siren song so beautiful, you cannot help but be enthralled ... in addition to the myriad of Plaseebo creations and personal customs, Bob's darkened aesthetics and even macabre-cuteness had always appealed to me, and yes, even whispered silent nothings to lure my attention and I had to have a long chat with him, embarrassingly bumbling my way thru LOL

Read interview and view more photos... http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/

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Plaseebo Custom is pleased to have their 2nd Edition NIGHT GAMER figure reviewed on line by George, Ayleen and Matt over at TOY BREAK. It looks like they had lots of fun with our little guy. Check it out here: Episode #31

MISCREATION TOYS Interviews BOB CONGE

MT: Were you ever abducted by aliens?
BC: Of course.

MT: In a day, how much time do you think you spend on toys whether its designing, customizing, or retailing?
Full time for the past 2 years now, eight plus hours a day 7 days a week. I *love it !* (most of the time..)

Read interview and view more photos... http://www.miscreationtoys.com/

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Vinyl Toy of the Year

The Legend of Plaseebo Mummy figure is selected as one of the 10 contenders for Vinyl Toy of the Year in the Plastic and Plush 2007 Toy Awards. We are honored. link

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Edition one Night Gamer figure first look on VINYL PULSE

Here's a first look at Plaseebo Custom’s  first edition of the Night Gamer (7”), co-designed by Bill Hand and Bob Conge. The Night Gamers are a race of beings from a parallel universe who have managed to enter our universe with the sole purpose of gaming albeit in a non-traditional manner.  The beings which travel in pairs use their probes to connect directly to a human being's brain and use his or her thoughts and experiences as the raw material to construct a game to challenge one another. Click here to continue reading…

Night Gamer

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What happens when two different customizers / creators / founders of their own individual toy companies get together and customizer each other's creations? Witness the Monster Mashup of Bob Conge (of Plaseebo Customs) and Jeremi Rimel (of Miscreation Toys) exchange their Legend of Plaseebo Mummy and Think-UP DIY-bust. Continue reading...

Plaseebo Custom is honored to have their "Legend of Plaseebo" figure selected to be one of the top five "Best Sculpted" toys of 2007 by Plastic and Plush.

Plaseebo Custom is also honored to have their lead designer, Bob Conge, selected to be one of the top five "Best Customizers" of 2007 by Plastic and Plush.

In the 1950's tradition of "The Son of Frankenstein" here is the prototype sculpt of my "Son of SUM", pictured admiring his proud Dad.

The Son of Sum figure will soon be available from the Plaseebo Custom websiteas a small series of Custom hand painted ULTRA LIMITED cast urethane pieces.

He is apollution fighting chip off the old block and will be helping his Dad take revenge on irresponsible farmers.

This is a synopsis of the story of Sum, written by Bob Conge, on which the character development of the figure is based.

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"THE LEGEND OF SUM"
© Bob Conge 2007

Driving home from the local red neck bar one moon lit summer night, Roy swerves his pick up toward a dark shape that is slowly moving along side the road. A loud CRACK shatters the darkness as the front tire breaks the giant snapping turtles' shell in two, right down the center. The great snapper rolls down the embankment into the stream and Roy's laughing fades as the truck turns to cross the bridge to his shabby farm house across the stream.

The turtle, floating belly up is carried downstream to the other side and is swept into a quiet eddy where he sinks watching the moon fade from yellow to blood red through the darkening water.

This small pool cut into the bank of the stream was at the back Roy's property and he used it as his personal dump site. The water caught in this hole became a terrible toxic soup of motor oil, fertilizer, broken toys, bones and entrails of many slaughtered animals, rusty tools and who knows what else.

Over the next few months, a strange transformation took place in this evil chowder as it baked in the summer heat. A creature of revenge, born of cruelty and neglect slid its way out of the sickening mess one dark September night.

Roy's body was never found, nor could anyone explain the slime trail from the bedroom through the field behind the house.

Over the years that followed, other neglectful farmers vanished on moonless nights and folks reported vague sightings of a creature that seamed to be cobbled together from a collection of garbage, an old doll, bone, rotted skin, and broken tools, with a large snapping turtle skull for a head. They call him "SUM".

Attention existing Plaseebo store account holders, Plaseebo had to move over to a new and improved cart system to keep things running future proof. As such, we will need you to create a new account please forgive us for the inconvenience, this will be a much better and smoother experience! We promise!

Plaseebo will have 3 custom figures in the "HALLOWEEN MONSTER MASH" invitational custom show at the SUPER 7 STORE in San Francisco opening October 6th from 7 to 10 PM.

"SUM" figure is a custom hand painted urethane cast of the prototype sculpted by Bob Conge. 8 X 8 inches hand cast in a tinted clear urethane and the head has a GID mouth. *(Scroll down to read the "Legend of SUM" story this figure is based on)

"S7 Halloween Monster Mash Plaseebo Mummy" Ultra Limited hand painted Exclusive color-way custom edition of 10 pieces world wide. 8 inches soft vinyl.


"SKULLASARUS" figure is a 7.50 inch hand painted one up vinyl custom built by Bob Conge

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