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You Got Alien in my Predator
I don’t really want to think about the organs, motions and fleshy rendings that had to take place in order to create the PredAlien, but there’s no doubt that Sideshow Collectibles had to ponder every gory detail in making their own. I’ve never been completely sold on the whole Alien and Predator thing, but I’m [...]
Continue reading...Mezco Unleashes The Wolfman (and His Medallion)
14. November 2008
In anticipation of 2009’s ‘Wolfman’ cinematic re-debut, Long Island’s Mezco Toyz has revealed an image of their movie-based 7″ Wolfman, complete with ‘hygiene is overrated’ Zach Galifianakis hair and Benicio Del Toro’s already vaguely animal face. There’s a reason he played a character named ‘Duke the Dog-Faced Boy’. The classic-monster inspired figure is scheduled to include [...]
Continue reading...Mighty Muggs, Transform and Roll Out!
13. November 2008
Hasbro’s interesting foray into the ‘designer toy’ world has now absorbed an array of Autobots and Decepticons. Defying and redefining the very core values of what is appealing about robots, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave and Bumblebee are getting the chunky, chubby Mighty Muggs treatment. No, they don’t transform, and no, they’re not all sexy and [...]
Continue reading...Hauke Scheer Hand-Paints Surreal Resin Monsters
12. November 2008
I really don’t know what’s going on over in Germany, but I have concrete evidence that it involves robotic seahorse soldiers, pigs on stilts, and a homoerotic dog bounty hunter named ‘Dick Satisfaction’. I’m a little queasy, really. But mostly with fascination. And a little barechested man-dog. Artist Hauke Scheer began customizing his own original action [...]
Continue reading...Build an Army on the Cheap with Onell Designs Crayboths
12. November 2008
Much to the delight of my darker, ‘gonna build a crab army to rule the world’ desires, Onell Designs has just dropped the price of their crab-like Crayboth 2-packs. Now, instead of paying $8 for 2 various Crayboth colorways, they’re a mere $6 - and some of them even glow in the dark. As Onell [...]
Continue reading...Jin Saotome Customizes for a Cause
11. November 2008
The outstandingly popular action figure customizer who goes by the name of Jin Saotome has listed a modified McFarlane Toys ‘Halo 3 Elite’ figure on eBay. And it’s pink. Not the official McFarlane Halo trooper in pink armor - this guy is a monster in pink, which changes everything. Saotome’s customs, usually modified and improved versions [...]
Continue reading...A Hot Suckadelic Injection for Your Monday
10. November 2008
What does your Monday need? An injection of some seductive Suckadelic action. New to the distribution scene (but familiar to auction followers and ToyCyte readers) are some sweet pieces of Suck Lord magic: First you can get bit by the red hot fire of the Afrodisiac: Scorpio. This female figure is part of the “blacklight series” and [...]
Continue reading...Still No Sign Of Cloverfield
10. November 2008
Remember Cloverfield? You know, that movie that we all wished was about some kinda crazy Cthulhu attack but ended up being about 2 hours too long? Well, it has an action figure - it’s just not out yet. Way to hit the Cloverfield buzz at its peak, Hasbro. The Cloverfield action figure debuted about a [...]
Continue reading...The Gorilla’s Got a Bomb!
7. November 2008
There’s something about a gorilla action figure that I just can’t get enough of - Monkeyman, Gorilla Grodd, Ultrahumanite, King Kong, and now, Raymundo Toys’ ‘Mecha Gorilla’ joints the simian ranks. Hailing from Toho’s 1967 film ‘Kingukongu no gyakushu‘, ‘Mecha Gorilla’ is more commonly known by ‘Mecha Kong’ or ‘Mechani-Kong’, though Raymundo eschews these clear titles [...]
Continue reading...Stuff Your Stocking With a Lonely BJD Ballmer by Patrick Chow
7. November 2008
To your average action figure enthusiast, the ball-joint is the apex of hope and accomplishment. To Patrick Chow, his ball-jointed, monoped X’Mas Ballmer symbolizes the darkest kind of holiday-induced loneliness. It’s giving me the SADs already. Chow is hailed as a ‘ball-joint’ artist, but this Ballmer is deceptively simple, though even a single ball-joint articulates the [...]
Continue reading...All Hail Super Adaptoid!
6. November 2008
From the crazy world of Silver Age of comics, when science remorselessly made huge-eyebrowed space babies and magic spat out dinosaur aliens from neighboring planes, comes the Super Adaptoid, and he’s captured here for the first time in three dimensions by Bowen Designs. I’m particularly fond of the Super Adaptoid for four reasons. First, he’s painted [...]
Continue reading...Koona t’chuta, Solo?
6. November 2008
So, you have a 24″ long Jabba the Hutt, his slimy polystone throne covered with Hutt drippings and murdered concubine juices, a pack of Tatooine palace aliens, a 1/6th scale Bib Fortuna and Boushh - and now, Sideshow Toys is previewing Jabba’s favorite piece of home decor: a guy named Han Solo frozen in carbonite. [...]
Continue reading...Attack of the 10″ Giganta from DC Universe Classics
4. November 2008
My most unrepentantly geeky toy excitement is all directed towards the current DC Universe Classics line coming out of Mattel. While the fourth set of these hasn’t even been fully distributed (with frustrated, frothy collectors claiming that none of the figures have been evenly distributed anywhere), Mattel announced their eighth wave of DCUC figures, due [...]
Continue reading...Andy, Have You Heard About This One?
4. November 2008
My favorite unexpected action figure moment from the past year was undoubtedly the appearance of Andy Kaufman in 7″ scale. Almost unannounced and certainly without the fanfare that he deserved, Andy was wedged into a Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive action figure pack with Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler, somewhere within Jakks Pacific’s unending line of [...]
Continue reading...Fake Out at New York Comic Con
4. November 2008
With the fourth annual New York Comic Con creeping around the corner in February, toy companies are beginning to announce their exclusive offerings for the event. Why the event was moved from the gentle month of April into the cruel, bastard month of February is another story entirely. Either way, Mattel’s exclusive Faker figure from [...]
Continue reading...Ashley Wood x 3A Teases Us with His Ava Body V.1
3. November 2008
Ashley Wood and 3A toys are putting away the weapons, the war and the whitewash robots and will be spending some quality time with the fairer sex. Early next year (which is right around the corner!), Ashley Wood and 3A will be releasing some female figures. Ashley, on his blog, says “now anyone that knows [...]
Continue reading...Nerdiverse Gods Giveth Premium Format Slave Leia
3. November 2008
It’s as if the secret nerdiverse gods were carefully monitoring my latent Princess Leia-philia last week, because Sideshow Toys finished up their annual Spooktacular by announcing a Slave Leia Premium Format Figure - Sideshow Exclusive Edition. To us action figure nerds, that means 1/4th scale, or about 18 inches tall when representing your average human [...]
Continue reading...Giant Lego Man Discovered on Brighton Beach
3. November 2008
On Brighton Beach in England, some kids were doing their thing, playing, running, goofing off. And then they found him: The giant Lego Man. The six-foot tall plastic red, yellow and green Lego Man’s origin is a mystery. Some think he could have fallen from a passing cargo ship or maybe from some place across [...]
Continue reading...Slave Leia, Half Off
31. October 2008
Okay, Star Nerds, head on over to Things From Another World and you’ll find a half-price sale on a wide selection of their finely-made Kotobukiya Star Wars vinyl statues - just enter the code ‘SWKOTOS’ at checkout. With prices usually ranging around $100 or more, it’s a sweet sale to stock up on your [...]
Continue reading...Get Yourself Made Out of Legos!
30. October 2008
Yes, we are still two months away, but it’s never to early to start thinking about what to get your loved ones….or for that matter yourself. So if you have some crazy amount of disposible income, you can get a set of His & Hers Life Sized Replicas made in Legos from the Holiday Catalog [...]
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14. November 2008
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