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Once a month next year, teeny boutique toymakers UNKL will issue a series of limited-edition figurines inspired by the Ipecac Recordings roster. Yep, that Ipecac: The Mike Patton co-founded label with a bent for dumping disc after disc of weird-ass experimental punk/noize/sludge/rap on a gleefully suspecting public. And that UNKL, the people responsible for those Wilco figures. It is, to say the least, a strange pairing.

Still, these Ipecac toys are really nifty-looking, with a lot more personality (if a slightly higher chance of coming to life and murdering your face) than, say, a Kindercore set might. Each figure will be available individually in a limited edition of 500, with a new one arriving each month.

Stay tuned for updates from our "Mike Patton regresses into childhood watch '07" as they come.

As for Ipecac, their next release is Brian Retzell's score to the recently released vampire flick 30 Days of Night, out October 30.

Dollies:

January: Ipecac Recordings
February: Tomahawk
March: Isis
April: The Melvins
May: Northern State
June: Goon Moon
July: QUI
August: Desert Sessions
September: Fantômas
October: Unsane
November: Dälek
December: Peeping Tom