Here comes the 4th episode from the “National Stop Smorkin’ Month” animation series by Kidrobot and artist Frank Kozik. Enjoy Episode 4 – Low Down and Brown.

The third episode of the Kidrobot “National Stop Smorkin’ Month” has been released. Once again artist Frank Kozik brings his Mongers characters to life. Enjoy “Low Down & Brown”.

The second episode of the Kidrobot “National Stop Smorkin’ Month” has been released today. Once again artist Krank Kozik gives live to his most iconic characters. Enjoy “Straight Outta Compost” here above!

Kidrobot brings their Kozik-designed Mongers characters to life for “National Stop Smorkin’ Month.” Above is the first episode, entitled “Smokey’s Gambling Problem.” Enjoy, there’s more to come.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, hip-hop pioneers De La Soul teamed up with Kidrobot to create this limited edition set of 3-inch figures.

Each figure comes with individual accessories and the set comes in futuristic space travel boxes, symbolizing De La’s mission to take hip-hop to the stratosphere and beyond. Retailing for $50, the De La Soul 3-Pack arrives at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers on March 18.

The Midnight Magi, designed by acclaimed artist Gary Baseman, is an elegant, 8-inch, matte black vinyl figure featuring white and pink accents that highlight the linework indicative of Baseman’s style. A leader of Los Angeles’ underground art movement, Baseman is a fine artist, painter, toy designer, and TV & movie producer whose work often blends toy culture and fine art.

Kidrobot Black toys are created especially for Kidrobot’s most devoted fans and collectors and each toy is produced as a super-limited run. Kidrobot Black was created by Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz out of his love for vinyl toys. The line is inspired by the aesthetic of the late nineties urban vinyl toy movement, with an emphasis on texture and simplicity of form and color. Part of the goal of Kidrobot Black is to revisit this aesthetic and modernize it with cutting edge designs by Kidrobot’s top toy designers.

The first one up now is the Gary Baseman “Midnight Magi” figure. You can purchase it here.

Another look at the figure follows after the jump.

Puma and Kidrobot have worked together with the Design Association NPO on the “Munny” Charity Project. Working with the Green and Africa theme and having in mind the 2010 soccer worldcup in South Africa, Puma and Kidrobot invited 40 artists and architects to work on their Munny toy. The final toys will be shown at the Tokyo Design Week and there will of course also be a charity auction held. The outcome is very impressive and certainly among the most creative in terms of toy customization we have seen to date.

Take a look at some more toy creations from the Puma x Kidrobot “Munny” Charity Project after the jump.

Kidrobot, the world’s premier creator of limited edition art toys and apparel, is finally venturing across the pond!

This November, they are opening the doors to their London store, and to mark this historic occasion, they are having a Grand Opening celebration with UK artist duo TADO on Thursday, November 19 from 6-8pm.

Kidrobot London
19 Earlham Street
London, UK WC2H 9LL

Make sure to pass by on your next London trip!

It’s been quite some time since we’ve posted about a Dunny release, but this latest one by Amanda Visell was too well done to pass on. The Wood Donkey Dunny measures in at 8 inches. Here’s the official story. “Discovered in the woods and raised by lumberjacks, Wood Donkey spends his days chopping down trees. After a lifetime of terrorizing the forest, all the living creatures fear him, forcing him to chop himself up to make new friends. Watch your fingers, because Wood Donkey’s always looking to expand his circle of friends! This 8-inch figure is sold with a bonus stump and axe, and features delicate vinyl leaves as fingers.”

Now available at Kidrobot retailers worldwide including Foosh. Limited to 1500 examples.

The iconic creature used in various DJ A-Trak projects, and designed by artist Dust La Rock, has been crafted into an 8 inch plastic toy. Kid Robot will be releasing a limited run of 500 “Grateful Bear” figures, which come outfitted with a gold-plated A-Trak necklace, leather cuff, cotton sweatband, snowcapped igloo, fitted cap and wayfarers.

The A-Trak x Dust La Rock x Kidrobot “Grateful Bear” will be available July 2nd at Kidrobot and other select retailers for $50USD.