Friday 10am Pacific

This Friday I’ll have a super batch of WTF. Teeny, Trashcan, Clamjammer, Safety Gooch and a small clutch of Jumbo Morel One offs.

Trashcan image coming. Colors are bonkers good :)

Gamjam shipping into the states shinanigans

Let’s talk about toys and tariffs and the wackadoodleness that is shipping to the states from other lands for a moment.

Right now it’s become a bit more tricky to get stuff into the states because of some gridlock and bonus tariffs. It’s totally possible to ship stuff here now, it’s just a bit wonky. Some stuff gets slapped with a tariff. For example I just paid $17 on a small box coming from Shanghai for Gamjam. Some stuff takes longer or gets rejected, Maruhachi got his box sent back to him, and has already reshipped thru a different carrier, and labeled differently. And some stuff just gets delayed a bit.

How we’ll handle this. We already have sold more RSVP tickets 3 and a half weeks out than we sold in any other previous years. RSVP ticket holders will get first dibs on anything that arrives late. We’ll just send an email when goodies arrive (this is for stuff that arrives after oct 4th) and you’ll have an option to pick up late magic before it goers public.

Anything that we need to pay tariffs on will get passed on when we price the toys.

Three and a half weeks out we already have a nice hunk of goodies already here. Rampage, Unplugworks, Monstock, Headlock, and 1,2,3 are already here. with more expected daily. I’ll keep updating here as more vinyl and art arrive. and don’t forget. Draculazer will be here with a bunch of toys and original art, and there are some baller artists also vending in person this year. Barely Human, Kachina, Secret Handshake, and The Beast is Back are just a few toy specific vendors this year at Gamjam. FUN!

Big Mike

Big mike, Baby Michael, and PC Tugger testshot

A wave in the forest by the sea is how I would describe Big mike… You can just call him Biggy.

Biggy was born out of my love for Gargamel’s version of the old smashface Hedo… with a serious nod to their Odoron character designed by Toshikazu Nozaka. What I really wanted though was for Morel Snacks to have a buddy to go explore with… and this is how we come to know Big mike.

Gamjam 4 is coming

6and a half weeks away now to the most jam packed fun all year in Portland. At least when it comes to what I do. I’ll have RSVP packages up in the webshoppe Friday August 22nd. Anyone can come to Gamjam. It’s only $2 to get in. The RSVP package just gives you first dibs at the curated toy zone, and helps support all the work I am doing in the background here to make this all happen. So… whether you are going or not you can order an RSVP pack.

I’m excited to announce a few new artists in this year’s curated line up. Candie Bolton, The Fun Corner, Don’t Cry In The Morning, Amanoya, Chubby Family, Mosquito Toyworks, Camote, Luke Smells Good, and Shirahama are all new to Gamjam this year… probably a few more I am forgetting too.

Somehow I took exactly one picture of the event while it was actually happening last year. I’ll do better documenting this time around.

Summer Slime is nearly here

Last year I took zero pics at the actual event…. but I think this pic above catches the general sentiment. So much fun hanging with friends and talkin’ toys and making art. Looking forward to this year’s fun. Just a few weeks away here. August 2nd in Sunny Santa Ana.

And if you don’t know what Summer Slime is. It’s a backyard event, where we feed you tacos, and hawk some beautiful toys and art, loads of one offs, runs, blind bags, and more. It’s very inclusive, all are welcome, and it’s a good chance to meet and hang with a nice batch of likeminded toyfreaks. You do need an RSVP ticket though and you can get that via Creature Bazaar’s webshop. Not mine. Hope to see you there.

Found a nice pic from a couple years back.

Fozzee & Friends This Friday

Fozzee and Toby in the back. Guts in the Loggerhead car and Drizz in the Nightwatch tank in front.

Friday June 13th 10am pacific in the webshoppe. Fozzee and the gang is all here.

Fozzee is marbled choco vinyl and trans avocado green vinyl. Toby is neon pink with red sparkles vinyl. Painted eyes… and rattly insides.

Drizz comes in trans smoke and trans smoke with sprakle. They will be shipped blind… and most are trans smoke (no sparkle).

Look at that magic marble.

Gamjam 4 is on.

Just sorta getting the ball rolling here. Save the date folks! One day of fun stuffs will be here before you know it. For Vendors I’ll try to get a new 2025 vendor app up here soon.

BIG Friday webshoppe fun

I’m back home from Japan as of yesterday afternoon. Friday there will be a big load of goodies. Brand new hats, prints, and tenugui made in collaboration with my friends at Sailosaibin. 10am pacific, right here.

Sorry for the radio silence for those of you with your eyes peeled to the blogger here. Back home now, and will be posting regularly again.

If you are trying to figure out what is what. A lot of what will be available- A few Jumbo Morels, and assorted toy buddies from the Madboxxx event. a nice load of Little Chonks Blind Bags, and some other babies ready for their forever homes.

It's a mad mad mad boxxx

Let’s hang in Nagoya May 3rd

A couple a gems in the ruff

fozzee panda prancakes with a gilly hat

Above and below I selected a few weeners from this big beautiful batch of one offs for Sailosaibin, Sufes, and Madboxxx. Which goes to where I’m not sure yet.

Papa marfa gets a new body

Fozzee

Gilly

Safety gooch

Morel Snacks

Fishstache (the head is Andrew Maclean design)

Trashcan Meaty mixed parts

Hey it’s Lonny

Toby

Edo

That’s a sweet horn Gilly

various friends

Thanks so much for checking this out.

Safety Gooch's Little house

Welcome hone Safety gooch

Safety first

Check your rear view. Safety Gooch is comin’ in hot. New stickers and hats on their way. SG is making it’s way through time and space on a cosmic trip.

Rampage & Gravy Funzone

When your sailin’. When your Sailosaibin.

Rampage and I are craming for fun this spring in Japan. three stops. Sailosaibin on April 25th with Shipman, Gumtaro, and Monstock. These goofy goobers above, plus one offs, new Tenugui, prints, hats and tee will all be on display.

This looks prety Superfestivally

Then later in the weekend we head over to Superfestival for more fun with Galaxy People and Datadub.

And our final stop will be hanging with friends in Nagoya. Come hang with us and some bitchin’ arts.

See you soon.

Friday Fungi Funs

Friday will be a pretty fungy day. The quantities won’t be too crazy, but the offerings mighty. Both of the above will be apinted, the marbled Morel Snacks pretty minimally so hopefully this choco marble can shine through. If i have time, a little run of Terry, and Safety gooch as well. We’ll see.

And note about shipping, workign on a bunch of stuff now, so anythign ordered friday will probably ship together with any other magic you’ve picked up recently, and you just get a little shipping combo discount before stuff goes out. Have a super day.

Little Chonks are here

Little Chonsk Series III have arrived with a release scheduled for this Friday 10am pacific. A painted run, a few blanks, and even a couple one offs. These will ship as blind bags. There are 4 characters and you can purchase up to 4 bags. I’m designing it so my shipper can’t see who gets what, in sealed bags, but the bags will all be numbered 1-4 so that you also won’t need to worry about getting duplicates. Purchase 1 is random, purchase 2, 3 or 4 and my shipper will pull bags with different numbers on them. This way someone who buys 4 bags won’t (unlikely anyways) end up with 4 Freddie… likewise with 3 or 2 bags either. Fun? I think so.

One offs I made to see how these would look with paint. Terry, Morel, Freddie, and Boris.

Edo is coming!

here’s the full monty of the test shot pulled yesterday. These pics were taken at the factory. So I do not yet have him in hand. I think this is Skulls color, but there’s actually going to be a few colors pulled so I’m not sure.

looks like he has great balance… I needed him to lean forward a bit so that big shell didn’t tip him backward on that tail, or at least that was/is the plan. So stoked about this doofy dweeb

Morel Snacks DX release friday December 20th

Next friday I’ll be doing a little something special. It’s been YEARS since I did any type of boxed release. So here we go. Red vinyl Morel Snacks with sprays and handpaints. in a lil aligator box and Snacks slip cover, and data card.

I’ll also be doing a Leeroy, and a Toby release at the same time. FINALLY with datacards. I’ver been so dang lazy about these data cards. These were originally meant to be a fun substitute for traditional header cards with bags, as although occasionally I’ll use plastic bags from my old stash. I stopped buying and (mostly) using polybags 7, maybe 8 years ago. but I still keep finding more from way back when, better to use them, rather than go to waste. Anywhoo sidetracks aside. I finally made datacards for Toby and leeroy. They are at the printer now.

Hope you all dig this Morel release.

Marbles 1980

Kinda a lot to unpack here… Marbles. So much fun. Me, the cutest dweeb. If i remember right, a woman who worked for the newspaper thought it was quite charming that me and this other kid were playing this old timey game of marbles. Yes, even waaaay back in 1980, it was considered some weird thing from the past.

Central Valley which is now called Shasta City… a teeny town near the Shasta Dam… just north of Redding. The original home of Skyway tuffs!

Schlitz?!? Back in the day when it was fine to just stand up in the back of the pick up truck and hold onto the roll bars for safety, and a little kid could where a beer hat, and your parents could just take you to Buds Steak house (not a steak house, but a dive bar where old ladies might give you a quarter to play the one video game in the place), to enjoy several drinks while i just hung out. Learned a lot how to be happy all by myself. this is probably how i became sorta good at making up my own stories and characters.

Mark… Each new place we moved to I would usually be lucky enough to make one good friend. We usually thrashed around in some bamboo in the back of my yard, or rode our BMX bikes up in the hills.

My name. My name growing up was James Brandon Stepp. Nobody, not even my parents ever called me James. Bwana was a nickname for me as a young adult by my partner, after an ape in the SF zoo, when we got hitched we changed our last names, and I completely dropped James. So my actual human legal name for 30 years now is Brandon (which I rarely refer to myself as) Bwana Spoons.

Baby Bwana history. JBS becomes BBS.

Jumbo Snacks one offs for Skulls Club

This week i made another batch of 5 Jumbo Morels for my Skulls And Rain Bones Society. Glow with sparkle, Cosmos, and pink vinyl with loads of sprays and some hand painted elements.

Oh my Gamjam is so close!!!

What? Gamjam or Grass Hut Art Market (I think Gamjam is winning the publicity war, but you can tell people either). #gamjam #grasshutartmarket

It's a one day art fair with toys, fine art, ceramics, zine and comics, prints, apparel, glass, and more toys.

Where? Lloyd Mall 2nd floor (street level from the Northside) in the old Ulta make up space. Plus lil' artshow at Grass Hut inside Floating World just a few doors down.

When? Saturday October 5th 11-6pm. It's once a year, but there will be Nathan's Mall Rats in December too.

How much? Entry for Adults is just $2, kids are free. If you want first dibs on certain toy makers, get yourself an RSVP tote.

Money sweet ass money? be prepared to pay in different forms. Everyone has some different way to take funds. Cash is always good, most people will take Venmo, or paypal, lots take cards, just come prepared to pay in different ways. Zelle... what's Zelle? Barter for gems and fancy rocks. Maybe.

Why? See your friends, see and maybe even buy some amazing eyeball melting art IN PERSON not just on our hand computers.