Erick Scarecrow from ESC TOY has sent a little preview about his new project OSK.. Old Skool Kaiju. I love kaiju and can not wait to see what Erick comes up with.

Here’s the lowdown on the recent “sneak peek” revealed by Esc Toy. The Soopa Bros toy prototype is at SDCC 2007 and set to be released Q4 2007. It stands approx. 7″ tall and will initially be released as a DIY platform. The cool thing is it will be a seriously popular toy IMO for all the older guys like me that grew up in the arcades wasting our quarters trying to keep those pesky ufos from taking all your humans or getting as many pellets as you could while running from ghosts.. heh.

Erick Scarecrow happens to be a serious fan of arcade games and hence this toy’s creation. Personally I can’t wait to get my hands on a case or two of these.. haha.I t’s at the Dke Toys booth #4832.

Well I wasn’t able to get much information on this one simply because, well, it seems unfortunately that no one that has encountered shiitake so far has lived to tell about it.. I guess you could say that Poison is the most dangerous of them all…

This one happens to be a girlie girl Shiitake.

“Trunk Tunk is a Shiitake that is afraid of peanuts and adores mice. She is very quiet and loves enjoying your snacks when you’re not looking.”

Sounds mischievous huh. Cute.

Continuing with the back stories of the Shiitakes by Erick Scarecrow we have Moosh..

“You can find Moosh in the woods spying on squirrels and setting up booby traps for anyone that litters in his part of the woods. He enjoys the shade and slumbers all winter when there’s snowfall.”

To continue the celebration of launching series one Shiitakes by Erick Scarecrow, here is the first of the stories behind the characters. The first one is the one named Escape:

“Escape loves to daydream. He used to workin an office until he realized that those things on the side of his head were not ears but wings. Since then he travels the world enjoying everything his one eye can see.”

The Shiitake Parade Rocked ToyQube where a huge load of custom Shiitakes were displayed to celebrating the release of series 1 of the Shiitakes by Erick Scarecrow and ESC-Toys. It wasn’t only the Shiitakes that filled the toy store either as people also flocked to the retailer to get a glimpse of the great designs done by a a large number of artists including ToysRevil, who really knocked my socks, if not many other viewers. Some of the other artists there were spookyAMD, Dizign, and Manny Galan (of Dookie Poo fame)!

Erick himself was there of course to greet his many fans and custom artists.

In addition, many of the customs went on sale at ToyQube following the show which you can find here

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Its just about here people.. the Shiitakes Parade is coming and its going to be a great turnout, trust me.. get there if you possibly can! If you can’t, check back here, we’ll definitely do our best to put up images of the show!

Store info:
Flushing Mall
133-31 39th Ave. #F36
Flushing,NY 11354
Last stop of #7 train—Main St., Flushing!
Flushing Mall is between Prince St. & 39th Ave.

Erick Scarecrow is definitely a man to keep your eye on in today’s vinyl toy market. Without taking a breath from his recent profoundly successful release of his new Liberty vinyl toy at SDCC, in the past week he has not only announced the release of another plush toy series slated for June including a DIY version and a DIY artists’ show to kick it all off! I’ve just finished up an interview with the man himself and I hope you’ll enjoy getting to know him as I did.

Bio ———————————————————————————————–

My first question to you is, can you tell me a little about yourself?

ES: I am the founder of ESC-TOY LTD. I draw, write, and supervise my own and outside projects. I’m also in talks with several networks and a software developer/ publisher for another property called “Mash-Out!” I generally need 8 hours of sleep.

8 hours of sleep, as if that’s possible. LOL.

Okay besides the 8 hours of sleep, describe your typical day.

ES: My day starts with me thanking God! Then my assistant Tadone gets breakfast. We talk about TV shows, music, videogames, movies and toys then it goes down to business. Check my planner, confirm scheduled appointments, check emails and voicemails, review random post-its that are around my studio, go over designs and client projects, make sure shipments are on route or have been delivered, take time out to chat with fans in the forums, chill with my family, listen to some music, check out the vinyl and entertainment sites, check emails and voicemails, send Tadone to get lunch, make room for creative time, and then take some periodic time outs to breathe because I can’t believe I’m running Esc-Toy Ltd. LOL!

What does your office and/or studio look like? Obviously not full of cubes like I’m used to, LOL.

ES: My studio at times will look like a mad scientist’s lab. I’m constantly reviewing new merchandise, projects and big boxes are always coming in.

How did you end up in the designer toy scene?

ES: I ended up on the designer toy scene full time when I lost my job back in 2003 to an undisclosed toy company.

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