BOREDOM SQUEEZER (HONG KONG)
www.boredomsqueezer.com

Since its establishment in 2004, Boredomsqueezer has been focused on the works of graphic design and multi-media. In 2005, Boredomsqueezer further extended its works to 3-dimensional.  ‘Boring Exhibition’ was Boredomsqueezer's first show using the action figure to present the life in Hong Kong, which turned out to be very successful.  By that time, Boredomsqueezer had also participated in different local and overseas exhibitions.

In 2006, Boredomsqueezer launched the first-made ‘promoter figure’ which they created themselves.  Boredomsqueezer held its second ‘Boring Exhibition’ --  “Walking Paradise” -- in Sept 2006 at LCX with the idea of bringing people a unique and fresh feeling about action figures.  Its theme was not limited to military, science or cartoon, but with fashionable elements to show the latest trends.

DANNY CHAN (HONG KONG)
www.indhk.com

Danny Chan, based in Hong Kong, has loved toys and drawing since he was young. In his mind, a toy is not merely a toy, but an art piece to be appreciated.

Since 2001, Danny has worked on a number of prominent toy projects, such as the limited edition "Roblock x Hithot21" with Whazzup, the hithot21-sam Roblock with Whazzup for Roblock series 1, a crossover with Toy2R for series 3 "killer-cat" Qee, a key-chain of "Jingle-Star" and sales in Toycon, a 12" figure called the "HitHot of the Dragon" in Toycon of Hollywood and the Hollywood@LCX, as well as a Coca-Cola "We All Speak Football" trexi and Ultra Spooky 10-inch trexi in 2006. Danny has worked on many custom and platform toy projects, as well as a number of crossover projects with renowned watch brand, o.d.m.

DEVILROBOTS (JAPAN)
www.devilrobots.com

Established in 1997, Tokyo-based Devilrobots have become known for their whimsical, yet sometimes sinister characters and designs. Working on graphic and character designs, illustrations, motion graphics and web design, the creators of the recognisable To-Fu Oyako!, one of Japan’s most popular contributions to the toy world, has demonstrated how a simple character can be turned into a useful medium.

Their main character, To-fu Oyako! has appeared in various media, and its popularity continues to grow.

FURI FURI (JAPAN)
www.furifuri.com

Established in 1998, 'Furi Furi Company' ("shaking, swinging") is a design team based in Tokyo that has expanded worldwide. Furi Furi covers every aspect of design from consulting and planning to media promotions, combining their unique Manga aesthetics with a generous helping of adult madness. Their famous characters break through all language barriers and appeal to a broad audience, not only within pop culture.

Well-respected right across the board, in merchandising, advertising, toy design and other media, their ability to style japanimation characters with amazing precision and inner logic, emotion and motivation, has secured them a key role in the creation of computer game characters, be it for Sega, Nintendo or Sony.

SAM FOUT (USA)
www.projectneptoon.com

Sam Fout is an animator and illustrator based out of the US. His work can be seen in a vast array of projects, including the Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law pilot for Cartoon Network, The Ambiguously Gay Duo for Saturday Night Live, and The Proud Family for Disney.

Sam’s art also appears in various web projects (like Footjoy’s Golf Gods) and video games (such as Disney’s Spy Kids Interactive), as well as countless commercials, TV spots and publications.

Currently, Sam is hard at work bringing the Project: Neptoon saga to the masses. In addition to telling the story in print worldwide every month, Sam is feverishly developing scripts for a possible Neptoon motion picture and TV series.

SHIN TANAKA (JAPAN)
www.shin.co.nr

SHIN TANAKA was just a graffiti artist.
When he got into HOP-HOP culture (especially Graffiti art), he was looking for an interesting canvas instead of a street-wall. One day, he hit upon the idea to draw graffiti on a toy. But he didn't have a good toy for it, so he made a toy from a paper as his new canvas.

His ORIGAMI experiences helped. His paper toys are based on street culture, therefore many artists and brands are interested in them. Now, over 200 artists and brands join in his paper toy project. His paper toys have been growing with evolving pop art, graffiti art, street fashion, urban toy and more.

TIKKA (HONG KONG)
www.tik-ka.com

My name is Tik Ka.  I've loved drawing since I was a little boy.  I started in advertising and design since 1997, and since then, I have also worked for on a free-lance basis for magazines and books.  Corporate companies I have worked with include Commercial Radio Station(H.K.) and Heineken Beer.

I truly believe that everyone can achieve their own fairytales and have ways of achieving happiness. My dream is for my work to create a peaceful world where there is only happiness, smiley faces and hope.

TOKIDOKI (ITALY)
www.tokidoki.it

Simone Legno was born in Rome / Italy (June 1977) and he has always loved drawing, ever since he was a kid and had boxes full of chewed, broken, unsharpened pencils. In 2004, Simone moved to Los Angeles to develop his own tokidoki apparel, art and lifestyle licensing brand with 2 business partners (Ivan Arnold and Pooneh Mohajer Arnold). tokidoki was first launched as a clothing line, and its amazing success in California led to other tokidoki items such as: Vinyl Toys, art-skateboards, pin badges, iSkins, jewelry, watches, knitwear, sportswear, accessories, shoes, stationery and many more to come.

Tokidoki (which means "sometimes" in Japanese) has collaborated with other brands like LeSportsac, Smashbox cosmetics,  Fornarina, New Era and more to come (now preparing tokidoki for Hello Kitty and tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger). Simone designed the creative concept for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week L.A. 2005, the main fashion event in LA and West Coast and Pool Tradeshow in Las Vegas (Aug 2006).

TOUMA (JAPAN)
www.touma.biz

TOUMA is a Japanese character designer who is renowned for his designs, including the wildly-popular Knuckle Bear, as well as Skuttle, Talons, Snout, Hell Hounds, BOO and many more.

TOUMA worked for a famous video game company for about 10 years and involved in producing games and creating characters. He became a free lance figure artist in 2002 and participated actively in art events to release his works in Japan. A toy maker found TOUMA's work in Design Festa 2002 (Japan) and released his most important work, KNUCKLE BEAR(R) in 2003.

KNUCKLE BEAR(R) became well known to not only in Japan but Taiwan, Hong Kong, America and Europe.

ULTRAMAN
www.ultra2020.com

James Fong, or otherwise known as Ultraman, is a Hong Kong-based illustrator who has over 10 years of experience in advertising. Known for his Astro boy-inspired designs and customs, Ultraman is renowned in the Hong Kong figure design scene, particularly for his little metal-like figures, affectionately known as Mini Iron Child (MIC), which debuted at the famous HK ToyCon 2002. Since then, the designs have not stopped coming. His passion for old-skool tin toys and metal products led to his trademark style.

Ultraman also runs a design collective with Danny Chan called "IND HK".

WINSON MA (HONG KONG)
www.winsoncreation.com

Winson Ma has been working in the commercial arts industry for many years. In 1999, Winson helped his friend Dr. Rebecca Lee by working as a Creative Designer of the Hong Kong Polar Wonderland of Polar Museum Foundation. In 2000, he set up “Brothersfree” with two friends, mainly responsible for designing action figures and crossover with other famous brand names to create action figures for exhibitions. In 2005 Dec, he set up his own brand ‘Winson Classic Creation’ for designing his own creative action figures, art toys & character design. His first creation of 12” action figure series was called “Apexplorers”.