Vinyl toy fans are in for disappointment next Tuesday when The SUCKADELIC Art Toy Universe rolls into the Big Apple. Host Boo-Hooray Gallery are, in fact, playing up the idea of reluctance in exhibiting a retrospective of vinyl toy artist SUCKLORD. The artist has made a career of satire, forcing social commentary mainly through toy packaging. The Art Toy Universe will display the the full “SUCKADELIC” catalog, SUCKLORD attempting, in part, to vault his star (which, to be fair, shines quite bright).

Runs January 11 to 23, 2011.

Boo-Hooray Gallery
521 West 23rd Street, NYC 10011

More examples of SUCKLORD’s work follows.

My brothers at High Snobiety have announced their limited edition Ron English “Grin Figure.” The toy is produced by Made by Monsters. To mark the occasion the very bright Mr. Peter Williams spoke with Chris Kong, the man responsible for the figures manufacture. It is a fascinating interview. Read it (and view all manner of terrific images) here.

British designer Mark Ward draws out an unlikely source of inspiration – basketball – for his Medicom BE@RBRICK figure. He says, “”Spinning basketballs on my finger for eternity was something I always wanted to be able to do as a kid – I’ll never make a Harlem Globetrotter, but I can make my BE@RBRICK into one… ” The perfect gift for the Medicom (and hoops) fiend in your family.

Fubiz turns us on to a cool new project. A series of toys decorated by a few of our favorite artists – including the always awesome SoMe. Called “Orange Paperquest,” the toy project is also part of a contest. Visitors who drop a comment on Fubiz through November 20, 2010 have an opportunity to win.

Check out all the toys after the jump.

Matt Jones has produced one of my favorite toys of the last year in his Lunartik Cup of Tea.

The first of “the 4 Special Brews from the new Mini Series of Lunartik in a Cup of Tea. This cuppa has been brewed to perfection on the moon and it’s Glow in the Dark properteas makes this tea a perfect bedtime companion. Ratio 1/40.” Jones’ calls it “Brewed on the Moon.”

This is the first of four mini Lunartik’s that will release weekly through November. Full info here (where you can also download an ace wallpaper). Secondary look after the jump.

September 1, 2010, will see the release of Luke Chueh’s “Black in White” vinyl toy. The rabbit shaped figure comes dressed in a hairy suit (at least partially removable) and with a frightening knife in hand.

Monkey King will have it. (via Toysrevil).

Packaging images after the jump.