The Contemporary Fix from Tokyo will be opening its doors in Hong Kong soon. For the occasion they teamed up with Made by Monsters and artist Ron English on the ‘X-Ray’ version of the Charlie Grin toy. The toy features the classic Mickey Mouse dress up and a glow in the dark ‘X-Ray’ skull. These will be available in limited quantities at the opening on September 28th, 2011.

The Contemporary Fix Hong Kong
Basement
Chung King Mansions
36-44 Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong

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First previewed during MOCA’s ‘Art in the Streets’ exhibition, Made by Monsters will be releasing a new vinyl sculpture in collaboration with the late Rammellzee. The “Barshaw Gangstarr” vinyl sculpture is based off the original sculpt, with each figures being fully hand made and approved by the Estate of Rammellzee.

Limited to 300 pieces, the figures will go for 135 USD.

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As you may or may not have read by now (see our feature), we linked up with Made by Monsters on a Highsnobiety exclusive Gold Edition of their Ron English ‘Grin’ figure. The toy will be available to order on January 12, 2011 and goes for $98 USD. These are super limited, so don’t miss out. To order send a request to: info@garageworksindustries.com.

Read the full feature interview and behind the scenes of the making of the toy  here.

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Celebrating the launch of Ron English’s 2010 solo show Status Factory in NYC, Made by Monsters are set to release a 4″ vinyl “Smiley Grin” Piggy bank at a retail price of $39.95USD. A limited batch will be sold during NYCC at the Toy Tokyo booth and of course at Status Factory from October 8-10th.

Take another look at the piggy bank after the jump.

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Made by Monsters presents the next chapter of their collaboration with pop artist Ron English on the “Telegrinnies”. In the Series 2, they present an update to the figure in terms of design and of course also two new colorways. Limited to only 150 sets, 100 will go to retailers and only 50 sets will be sold through Garageworks Industries online store, starting September 24th.

Take another look at the toys after the jump.

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Just yesterday we presented the new Ron English T-Rex “Barney Grin” toy. Today we take a first look at the Telegrinnies, also a special release for the upcoming Comic Con show. The toys will come in two colorways.

Take a look at the other colorway after the jump.

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After a little preview the other day, we present today the two colorways of the T-Rex “Barney Grin” toy by Made by Monsters and artist Ron English. The toy comes in yellow and pink and will be released at the SDCC Toy Tokyo Booth on July 22nd. Both versions are 10″ tall and will retail for 135 USD.

Check out more images of the toy after the jump.

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We get a first preview of the next collaboration between toy brand Made by Monsters and artist Ron English. This time they present a 10″ T-Rex with “Barney Grin”. The toy will be released in two colorways soon. We will of course keep you posted.

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A while back we presented to you the Made by Monsters x Chapel of Dawn x Ron English “Grin” toy. Here we get a look now at a giant version of the toy. We are not sure if this bigger version will ever be released, but we sure hope so. Via Juno.

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Made by Monsters got together with Chapel of Dawn and Ron English to collaborate on the artist’s “Grin” Evil Charlie Brown vinyl figure. The toy comes in a special colorway and features both brand logos on the bottom of the foot. Via Juno.

There is no set release date yet, but should be out soon. We will keep you posted. One more image of the toy follows after the jump.

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