Entries from September 2007

September 23, 2007

Cobra Commander 12″ Part 2

Absolute power! Total control of the world … its people, wealth, and resources – that’s the objective of COBRA Commander. This fanatical leader rules with an iron fist. He demands total loyalty and allegiance.

His main battle plan for world control relies on revolution and chaos. He personally led uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast [...]

September 23, 2007

Fox Spirit No.1

My last name, Volpe means fox in Italian. As such, I’ve been a tad obsessed about them throughout my life. That being said I created this fox spirit toy inspired by a class I took, taught by Wendy Froud. For those of you who don’t know she sculpted Yoda, and is married to the amazing [...]

September 23, 2007

Geppetto & Pinocchio

Whew!
Editing pics all day. I wanted to get some pics of my work up and man oh man, there’s a ton of stuff we have here in the shop.
Speaking of toy shop, Geppetto and Pinocchio are sort of mascots around here. You know the whole idea of a guy who builds puppets and toys. So [...]

September 22, 2007

Cobra Commander 12″ Part 1

So … I have a lot to write about. I have about 5 weeks worth of stuff to write about today. I’ve been busy as of late. Our good friends just recently got married and I’ve been working hard on my Cobra Commander 12″ and I wanted to write about it finally. So, here’s part [...]

September 22, 2007

Cobra!

So, I’ve been working on a custom cobra commander. I’ve been wanting to make one for quite some time and, well frankly, I didn’t know exactly how to go about it. For three weeks I research Military WWII clothing. I thought I had an idea about those clothes, but as it turns out, I [...]

September 22, 2007

WooHoo!!! Bart Simpson Qee

So…..Uhm, Craziness!!!!
My wife Angel and I were recently asked to create a Bart Simpson for the 10″ Qee D.I.Y. Project:
Bart Simpson Art Exhibition. Which was held at The Showroom NYC, located at the south eastern corner of 7th St. and 2nd Ave in Manhattan.
It was of course a ridiculously amazing honor to be part of [...]