Banksy Love Rat White Medicom Toy Sync Brandalism New in Box
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What You Are Getting
The officially licensed Banksy "Love Rat" sculpture in the coveted white colorway, produced by Medicom Toy under their SynC line and released as part of the Brandalism collaboration with Full Colour Black Ltd., the licensing entity authorized to produce Banksy-image merchandise. The figure depicts Banksy's iconic rat character mid-act — clutching an oversized paintbrush tipped with a vivid red drip, exactly as the silhouette appears across Banksy's most-photographed street walls.
This is the polystone sculpture release, product code MEDSync 044, manufactured by Medicom Toy in Tokyo and distributed through Sync Store Japan. The white colorway is the cleaner, more sculptural variant of the release — the entire piece is finished in matte white with only the brush tip rendered in bright red, turning the figure into a striking modernist object as much as a Banksy reference.
The lot includes the original Medicom Toy box with full graphics (the iconic black silhouette Love Rat on the back, the dripping red heart Love Rat composition on the front), original packaging inserts, and a Gauntlet Gallery letter of provenance documenting the consignment chain.
Important authentication note: This is an officially licensed Banksy collectible figure produced by Medicom Toy under license from Full Colour Black Ltd. (the rights-holder for Banksy-image merchandise). It is not a hand-made Banksy artwork and is not certified by Pest Control (Banksy's art authentication body, which only authenticates original artworks). What you are buying is a legitimate, factory-produced, license-chain-documented Banksy designer collectible — one of the most coveted in the Medicom SynC catalogue.
Verified Authentication Markers
Every authentication signal a serious collector looks for is present and photographed:
- ✓ Base copyright stamp: "© MMXVI · Full Colour Black Ltd." — Roman numerals for 2016, naming the official Banksy-image licensing entity
- ✓ Manufacturer stamp: "MEDICOM TOY · 2016 · CHINA" — year-matched, factory-origin printed directly on the sculpture base
- ✓ Product code: MEDSync 044 — printed on the original Sync Store packaging
- ✓ Edition mark: Limited edition of 301 pieces, numbered on the box
- ✓ Polystone weight and finish: Correct cast-resin density, factory matte-white finish, red brush-tip detail factory-applied
Photographs of the base stamp and packaging marks are included in the listing gallery for buyer verification.
Item Details
| Image / Character | Banksy "Love Rat" — rat with paintbrush and red drip |
| Manufacturer | Medicom Toy Corporation, Tokyo |
| Product Line | Medicom Toy SynC — Brandalism series |
| Product Code | MEDSync 044 |
| Colorway | White (matte) with red brush-tip detail |
| Size | Approx. 25 cm / 9.84" tall (standard SynC sculpture format) |
| Condition | New in Box (NIB) — figure is in mint, unused condition. Box was opened only for a one-time condition inspection to verify the sculpture is intact and undamaged; figure was never displayed and is returned to the original packaging. Box presents clean with only the lightest handling marks consistent with 2016 production and storage. |
| Material | Polystone (cast resin) |
| License | © Full Colour Black Ltd. · Sync TM© 2013-2019 Medicom Toy Corporation |
| Box | Original Medicom Toy SynC box included — full graphics, Sync Store branding, Brandalism series mark |
| Condition | Excellent — figure is clean and free of marks; box is intact with original graphics and insert |
About the Love Rat
The rat is the longest-running character in the Banksy catalogue. Rats have appeared in Banksy works since his earliest Bristol stencils in the late 1990s, and the artist has used the motif as a recurring self-portrait — an anagram for "art," a vermin-class protagonist representing the street artist's outsider position relative to the institutional art world. Rats appear across Banksy walls from London to New York to Bethlehem, and the character has spawned dozens of distinct compositions: Anarchy Rat, Toxic Rat, Gangsta Rat, Welcome Mat Rat, and the version this figure references — the Love Rat, depicting the rat in the act of painting a dripping red heart.
The Love Rat composition was one of Banksy's most widely-reproduced print editions when it was released by Pictures On Walls (POW) in 2004 as a signed screenprint — signed examples now trade at auction for between £25,000 and £60,000 depending on edition and condition. The Medicom Toy SynC release brings the same character into three dimensions as a licensed designer-toy collectible, intended for display rather than artwork-grade investment, and produced at a fraction of the print's secondary-market cost.
About Medicom Toy SynC × Brandalism
Medicom Toy Corporation is the Tokyo-based designer-toy company best known for creating the BE@RBRICK — arguably the most successful and collected designer-toy platform in the world. Medicom's SynC line is their dedicated platform for licensed art-and-pop-culture collaborations, and the Brandalism series is the SynC sub-line that produces officially licensed Banksy-image figures under license from Full Colour Black Ltd.
"Brandalism" is a term Banksy himself popularized in his 2005 book Wall and Piece, where he used it to describe the act of subverting corporate advertising space with street art. Medicom adopted the name for their licensed Banksy figure series, of which this Love Rat is one of the marquee releases. These figures are produced in limited factory runs, are not reissued once sold through, and command increasingly strong secondary-market prices — particularly the white colorways, which are the more sculptural and collectible variant of this release.
About Banksy
Banksy is the pseudonym of an anonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director, active since the 1990s and widely considered the most commercially successful and culturally influential street artist of his generation. His satirical stencil works have appeared on walls in cities across the world — from Bristol to the West Bank to New York — and have transformed the global perception of graffiti from vandalism into blue-chip art.
His major projects include the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, the 2015 Dismaland bemusement park in Weston-super-Mare, and the 2018 Love is in the Bin self-shredding stunt at Sotheby's. In October 2021, the partially-shredded Love is in the Bin resold for £18.5 million, setting a new auction record for the artist. The rat — the character rendered in this figure — remains one of his most enduring visual signatures.
What Is Included
- ✓ The Love Rat polystone sculpture (white colorway) — Medicom Toy SynC, product code MEDSync 044
- ✓ Original Medicom Toy SynC box — New in Box, opened only for one-time condition inspection — full graphics including the silhouette Love Rat (back) and red-heart Love Rat composition (front), Sync Store branding, Brandalism series mark, edition number on packaging.
- ✓ Original packaging inserts — as released
- ✓ Gauntlet Gallery letter of provenance — signed letter on gallery letterhead documenting the consignment chain
- ✓ Archival shipping packaging — figure and box are wrapped and double-boxed with foam padding
Shipping & Handling
Ships from Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA via UPS with full tracking and signature confirmation on delivery. The figure is wrapped, foam-padded, and shipped inside its original box, which is then double-boxed with additional cushioning to protect both the figure and the original packaging from transit damage. Insurance is included at the full sale value at no additional charge.
International buyers welcome — please contact us prior to purchase for a quote. All international shipments are sent via UPS Worldwide with full customs documentation. Buyer is responsible for any import duties or VAT assessed by the destination country.
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Shipping & Handling
Shipping & Handling
Ships fully insured with signature required. Fine-art packaging with corner protection, UV-resistant materials, and climate-appropriate cushioning. Domestic: 5–7 business days. International: 10–14 business days. White-glove delivery available for large-format pieces — contact us at hi@gauntlet.gallery for a quote.
Provenance
Provenance
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= GAUNTLET GALLERY AUTHENTICATED STREET ART · EST. 2012 · SAN FRANCISCO Banksy "Love Rat" — Medicom Toy SynC × Brandalism White Colorway · MEDSync 044 · Limited Edition of 301 · NEW IN BOX · Officially Licensed What You Are Getting The officially licensed Banksy "Love Rat" sculpture in the coveted white colorway, produced by Medicom Toy...
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