ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Y-MSF Shows Off Upcoming Kaiju

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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If you’ve been collecting vinyl Godzilla and similar monster figures for any length of time, chances you’re well aware of a range of style, accuracy and detail that’s so wide that even the most diehard toyfan has difficulty taking it all in! From the earliest models and vinyls from original companies such as Marusan, Bullmark and [...]

Marmit Parababy Godzilla Gets Glitter

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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How can you not love Parababies? Since the 90’s, Marmit has been mixing stylish interpretation with realism to produce some of my favorite modern vinyls. Although early figures of the Parababy line tended to be lacking in detail (if not quirky charm), the series seemed to find itself in subsequent years as their artistic license [...]

Godzilla Melts Down, Goes to Monster Heaven

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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Recently, Marmit has been making fans of Kaiju vinyls very happy with their 1995 or ‘DESUGOJI’ (the suit from Godzilla vs. Destroyer) Godzilla toys. This is a striking sculpt to begin with, accentuating the bulk and mass of the suit as well as the trademark ridged bumps that make up Godzilla’s iconic rough hide. [...]

One Up Hedora Shirts

Friday, July 4, 2008

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Did you miss out on the recent Max Toy Co Hedorah? Fear not, because One Up has you covered (literally) with this sweet 2-sided Hedorah t-shirt available for pre-order here. The shirts come in black (S,M,L,XL) and white (M,L) for 3,150 Yen ($30 USD) and are expected sometime this month. Notably, the shirt bears the [...]

Super7 Celebrates 7 Years of Tron and Godzilla

Monday, June 9, 2008

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In honor of Super7 turning seven on, you guessed it, the 7th, the toy shop was converted into Flynn’s Arcade from Tron. 80’s arcade games lined the wall as hundreds of the hippest toy geeks drank beer, quoted Tron, and drooled over the hundreds of limited edition toys. The line to get in started way [...]

Transformers EXCLUSIVE First Peak!

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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There can never be too much Transformers talk, right? Well I was lucky enough to talk with two of the guys over at IDW (the company making all the Transformers comics) about the upcoming Transformers comic movie sequel, Reign of Starscream. The guys even gave us some EXCLUSIVE images to drool over! Writer [...]