Skuttle - Dead President's Custom

One up is a renowned Japanese art toy producer and retailer specializing in sofubi (soft vinyl) figures. Located in Tokyo’s Nakano Broadway shopping complex, One up offers a curated selection of designer toys, collaborating with various artists to create exclusive and limited-edition pieces.   One up has partnered with notable artists and studios, including Art Junkie, Max Toy Company, and Momoco Studio, to produce unique collectibles. For instance, their collaboration with Max Toy resulted in the Grape Ape figure, sculpted by Mount Kobo and hand-painted by Mark Nagata. Touma is a Japanese artist and designer known for his distinctive urban and edgy art toys. He gained prominence in the designer toy scene with his signature sharp, angular aesthetics and stylized, anthropomorphic characters that often have a rebellious or mischievous look. Many of his figures have oversized, curved claws instead of hands, giving them a dynamic and aggressive stance. His designs often have a street-art aesthetic, blending elements of graffiti, hip-hop, and Japanese pop culture. Touma frequently designs animal-human hybrids, masked warriors, and robotic creatures with a sleek, futuristic look. Touma’s art toys are popular among urban vinyl collectors, kaiju fans, and designer toy enthusiasts who appreciate bold, dynamic, and highly stylized figures. Matt Walker owner of Dead Presidents Designs, Presidential Coatings ,Monster Kolor & Cosmic Squadron is a custom pinstriper and painter of toys & figures of all kinds. Matt has more than fifteen years experience in the automotive and motorcycle coatings industries.This has enabled him to perfect his craft and become one of the most sought after custom painters of toys of all kinds.Dead Presidents Designs specializes in Hand Pinstriping, Metal Flake Applications,Color Change Effects and Real Fire Treatments.Currently, Matt is working with several toy manufactures on both production and custom runs. His work has been featured in Hot Bike, Hyper Hobby, Atomic Kulture,Street Chopper magazines. His work has been featured online at Toy Karma, Vinyl Pulse,Toybot Studios. - from deadpresidentsdesigns.blogspot.com