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Royale Fam Be@rbrick and Tee Set Drops Friday
This Be@rbrick from Singapore-based sneaker designer SBTG/Royale Fam has generated plenty of hype on its own (just Google it; might be one of the most blogged Be@rbricks in recent times), but our friend Phu! forwarded this flyer, and it’s a good time for grassroots campaigns. Writes Phu!:”I got some fresh info regarding my bro Mark [...]
Continue reading...And the Winners Are…
3. November 2008
Thanks to EVERYONE who entered. Your comments came in from all over and were amusing, entertaining and occasionally frightening–exactly how Halloween should be. We had so many great comments; it was hard to pick just one. So we didn’t: Toy2R was kind enough to extend prize packages to three honorable mentions. Congrats everyone! And there [...]
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...Toy2R Bombs Brooklyn, Potamus Pops Up!
3. November 2008
Toy2R begins its American tour with a pop-up store in my own birthplace of Brooklyn, NY. Unfortunately, I now live 3000 miles away, but Toy2R assures us that this is merely the first of many pop up stores fans will see sprouting up across the country. Kudos to Toy2R for noticing that the U.S. needs [...]
Continue reading...We Kill You Customs On Sale on Halloween at 12pm (PST)
30. October 2008
You may have read my post last week about the changes to the Halloween toy that We Kill You was going to do but that went from a full release to a handfull of Halloween exclusive customs. Tomorrow at noon, Halloween the 31st, these Halloween customs will go on sale at the We Kill You [...]
Continue reading...John K, Creator of Ren & Stimpy, Signs The Presidential Candidates November 1st
30. October 2008
John K, [tagged] whose unique animation gave me gross-out gags to grow up with, put his talents and critiques into a set of three Presidential Candidates figures. He began the concept and the sculpts while Hillary Clinton was still in the race, and she now emerges full of hope and backside in this final version. [...]
Continue reading...Are eBoy’s Honky & Tonky Stripper Peecols Racist?
30. October 2008
German pixel-pirates, eBoy, continue to push the limit of political correctness and controversy with their latest PEECOL figures, Honky & Tonky. Previously seen on $50 t-shirts and $185 hoodies at Kidrobot, Honky & Tonky are White and Black platform figure strippers. These two characters are sure to ruffle some feathers as the PEECOL line [...]
Continue reading...Gorgeous Canepa and Barbucci Skydoll Qee With Wings
30. October 2008
Wow. Another stellar Qee from Toy2R. This unique figure adds custom wings to transform a Kit-Cat Qee into a sci-fi angel, giving way to the exclusive Sky Doll Qee. The 2.5-inch Sky Doll Qee is designed by Sky Doll artists Barbara Canepa and Alessandro Barbucci for Soleil Productions. Besides the special wings, this Qee comes [...]
Continue reading...Come Out to Play With the Warriors
29. October 2008
Can you dig it? The Warriors come out to play! This December Mezco Toyz will be releasing a series of character active figures from everyone’s favorite New York gangland cult 1979 movie, The Warriors. Each nine-inch figure will be sold separately and will be packaged in a “deluxe, dual window tome box.” Each of figures [...]
Continue reading...Beware the Zombie Hamsters!
27. October 2008
Okay, if I saw one of Pinkerton FX’s Zombie Hamster coming towards me out in the wild, well, I’d not only be walking the other direction, I’d be running! The creator has kept the public up on the developments of the Hamsters mutating, sharing their early version, sculpts to the finished product here. It comes [...]
Continue reading...Red Magic’s C.i. Boys Kaiju Series
27. October 2008
Last week I posted about the Red Magic figures “the Night Circus” by Patrico Oliver, I saw them and fell in love. But now, I’ve been seduced by Red Magic’s other new release the C.i. Boys Kaiju Series. These were released in October, just in time for Halloween. And are scary, sweet an pretty damn [...]
Continue reading...Batman Dons Urban Vinyl Uni-Formz
27. October 2008
You know that the whole designer toy thing is getting huge when companies like Hasbro start producing (admittedly adorable) Mighty Muggs and DC Direct starts hitting us with their own take on the genre, the Uni-Formz - not to be confused with Upper Deck’s similar Marvel-based SubCasts. Announced this week were a trio of Batman Uni-Formz [...]
Continue reading...The Carrot Shake Jake
27. October 2008
What’s up doc? Well, in the world of Gary Ham, his first self-produced piece of vinyl, he Carrot Shake Jake figure, is what’s up if you were wondering which is now being distributed here, there and everywhere. The vibrant orange Carrot Shake Jake is six inches tall from the tips of his toes to the [...]
Continue reading...McDonalds Makes Me Grimace
27. October 2008
After what seems like an eternity of hot, flame-broiled anticipation, Huckleberry Toys has finally released the beginnings of their potentially extensive McDonaldland action figure line, inspired by the original 1976 Remco line. The first assortment includes updated versions of Ronald McDonald, Mayor McCheese, Grimace, the oft-forgotten Captain Crook, and The Hamburglar. Keep an eye out [...]
Continue reading...Super7 Halloween Zag
24. October 2008
In describing what Super7’s Halloween Zag Zombie is going to be for this most festive of days, they gave a play by play narrative where their Gargamel’s Zagoran evidently not only walks but talks! Here is the “conversation” they had with this pumpkin orange Zag about his costume: Joe: Are you GeGeGe No Kitaro? Zag: nope! Brian: He’s [...]
Continue reading...Bigfoot Tikis Hit Hawaii
24. October 2008
Barack Obama isn’t the only one jetting off to Hawaii. The Bay Area artist Bigfoot is heading out to Honolulu this Saturday night for his solo show [blogged] at Split Obsession (opening October 25th from 6pm to 9pm). And he’s not going alone. Along with some limited edition shirts and silkscreened prints, he’ll bring along [...]
Continue reading...The Treasure of Cap’N Rotclaw!
24. October 2008
Arghhh, who ye thar wants some ye olde treasure? Oh, I know, everyone! STRANGEco has just announced a ultra special addition to the CAP’N ROTNCLAW and KEEL HAUL CLEG figures by Greg Craola Simkins: The TREASURE OF CAP’N ROTNCLAW! Every one of the figures will come packed with a special treasure map. Yes, most just [...]
Continue reading...ToyCyte Trick or Qee Gigantic Giveaway
24. October 2008
The bounty includes over $700 of Toy2R merchandise: one 16-inch Qee figure, one 8-inch Hellboy Qee, six 8-inch DIY Value Pack figures, thirty 2.5-inch Qees from various assortments (Kozik Redrum and Potamus, Rolito, Baseman, Dalek, Spiderboom, Mutafukaz, etc.), three 2.5-inch Pumpkinator Qee Bears, rare figures like the Budweiser Qee set, three Toy2R Qee t-shirts and an assortment of new figures which could include the China Artist Series, the Design-A-Qee series, the Alice Cherry Blossom series, and more!
Continue reading...The Edward Scissorhands Cosbaby Set
23. October 2008
Yeah, okay, I am the same person who totally fell for that amazing Edward Scissorhands My Little Pony, so it’s really not a stretch that I would love the new Edward Scissorhands Cos baby set, based on the cult film by Tim Burton. Yeah, the Cos Baby crew have taken on the Marvel Superheros [...]
Continue reading...Endless Banana Gives You Eternal A-Peel
23. October 2008
There are several sensations that most logical people would like to harness and be able to replicate at will. In Japan, the brains eschew such tedium as logic in favor of the quick fix of fun. First, there was the PeriPeri, a portable toy that puts you in a loop of opening boxes til your [...]
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5. November 2008
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