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The Golden Age Flash Walks Slowly Into Your Collection
I’m having a ‘Flash’ kind of day, so the announcement of DC Comics’ 1940 incarnation of The Flash in 1/6th scale tickles my tendons. DC Direct has already made a vast variety of their characters in this glorious scale, including 2 Batmen, the modern Flash, Catwoman, Aquaman, Batgirl and my favorite, Bizarro - but the [...]
Continue reading...Go Hero’s Flash Gordon Makes Progress
20. November 2008
If it’s not too obvious by now, I have a deep affection for very old science fiction, so when Go Hero recently revealed the full head sculpt and die cast weapons of their upcoming Flash Gordon figure, I was already sold. I’m not talking about that 1980s Queen noise - I’m talking about 1935 [...]
Continue reading...Go Nuts for This Limited Edition Darth Vader Figure
19. November 2008
When I think of nutcrackers, I think of Sugar Plum Fairies, hard shelled walnuts and typical Christmas emphemera. But this limited edition Steinbach Star Wars Darth Vader Nutcracker, well, that changed all that. Looking more like a large scale action figure than a contraption to shell nuts, this piece was made by the world-renowned go-to nutcraker [...]
Continue reading...SkekSil Whines His Way Into Your Wallet
19. November 2008
I spent most of my formative creative years inspecting every corner of Brian Froud’s ‘The World of the Dark Crystal’ and subsequently twisting my brains around the film, so it has a unique place carved out in my psyche - right alongside Galaxy High and Pee Wee’s Playhouse. This month, NECA will launch their [...]
Continue reading...All Hail the Fetal Alien Queen
19. November 2008
Not too many things are scary in their most pupa-like fetal forms, but Sideshow Toy’s Fetal Queen Maquette is definitely a junior creep of the highest caliber. Maybe it’s the giant teeth and ever-eyeless face, or the sleek grey skin, or the functionless arms, or maybe it’s the eerie resemblance to a human baby - [...]
Continue reading...Pre-Teens Build Mechas at Robot Galaxy
18. November 2008
Think of it as a ‘Build-a-Bear Workshop’ with lasers instead of asphyxiating cuddling or the word ‘wuv’. At three locations in New York and New Jersey (including the mighty Times Square Toys ‘R’ Us), Robot Galaxy shops have opened, allowing robo-thusiasts to assemble their own unique mechas out of a large pool of parts from [...]
Continue reading...The Mistress of the Dork
18. November 2008
I have nerd-crushes on just about every quirky semi-celebrity from Tina Fey to that redhead from Mythbusters, but it’s time to come clean : I have a secret crush on Elvira. She might be twice my age and possibly undead, but I simply cannot resist a pale, dark-haired woman. Especially one who likes really bad [...]
Continue reading...Villains, Rayguns and More Contests from Go Hero
17. November 2008
In order to give their upcoming Buck Rogers toys and replicas the arrival that they deserve, Go Hero is sponsoring three concurrent creative contests across our grand ole Web. I’m a total sucker for any contest that wants me to make wacky stuff, so I’m all atwitter. Over at One Sixth Warriors, Go Hero wants [...]
Continue reading...Barack Obama Dragon In Dream 1/6-Scale Action Figure
14. November 2008
I guess it’s like apples and oranges, but when you compare the Hero Builders Sarah Palin 12-inch action figure that got so much press to DiD (Dragon in Dream) Corp’s 12-inch Barack Obama action figure that hasn’t gotten so much press yet, you are rendered kind of speechless. I don’t collect 1/6 scale action figures and I enjoy a [...]
Continue reading...You Got Alien in my Predator
14. November 2008
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 [...]
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