ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

ToyTokyo Exclusives Latest Updates

I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives and this is the third installment of exclusives [tagged]. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous posts with new photos [...]

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ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives Updated

I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous post [...]

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ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives

I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Here’s what is planned so far: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON DEBUTS Barack Obama Action Figure in White Suit (200 pieces) Mark Bode’’s “Bode Broad” L.A. Version Ron English MC Supersized “Glitter Version” Nathan Jurevicius Peleda SDCC [...]

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Barack Obama: An Action Figure We Can Believe In

Sure, I’d like to think that my little “Playing With Politics” series [tagged] and Obama poster coverage [tagged] has gotten some toy fans thinking about the importance of the upcoming presidential election. But try as I might, nothing penetrates the hearts and minds of toy collecting voters quite like an action figure of presidential candidate, [...]

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San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 4

Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with the cosplayers, the MMP gamers with the manga readers, the superheroes with the steampunks: the pursuit of SDCC’s exclusive toys. Related posts San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 1 Gama-Go Yeti [...]

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