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Yes, More My Little Pony.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Yes, More My Little Pony.

You know what you needed today? Yet another dose of hot My Little Pony action! So far there have been four FOUR write ups on things related to MLP in the last week here at Toycyte, yeah, I know, it’s sick and wrong. But when something is that cute, can it really be considered wrong? [...]

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My Little Pony Goes Urban Vinyl With the Help of Designers

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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My Little Pony Goes Urban Vinyl With the Help of Designers

Last week, Sunny wished for a My Little Pony custom show, and when girls wish for ponies, well, sometimes Rainbow Brite and Punky Brewster materialize in a cloud of glitter and make their dreams come true. Er, or Hasbro has your back. Per their press release: Titled “The MY LITTLE PONY Project: 25 Ponies for 25 [...]

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ComicCon Day 2: ToyCyte Gets FIRST LOOK at New Transformer

Saturday, July 26, 2008

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ComicCon Day 2: ToyCyte Gets FIRST LOOK at New Transformer

Good goddamn, there was some big news today. If you’re a jerk, go ahead and skip to the bottom. Otherwise, read all the other great stuff that happened including Leecifer and Strangekiss, some big (and small) news for both mainstream toy companies Hasbro and Mattel, and even some Transformers updates that a couple people [...]

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DIY Blank Mighty Muggs and My Little Pony

Monday, July 21, 2008

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DIY Blank Mighty Muggs and My Little Pony

The big boys are ready to play. Toy powerhouse Hasbro is hoping to take a big old bite out of the designer toy market with their upcoming line of tasty Blank DYI customizable toys. Their Mighty Muggs platform (that has been used for Star Wars, Marvel and Indiana Jones figures) will surely be contender in [...]

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Die Cast Transformer Lands at SDCC

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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I long for the days of die cast metal robots. When toys were bashed and beaten together, and nothing could ever be broken. Jet Fire and Optimus were indestructible, and Megatron was just a big freakin’ gun. The weight and sturdiness was unmatched in metal and you knew that when you heaved [...]

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Millenium Falcon Gets Complete Overhaul

Thursday, June 12, 2008

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I just saw this rad video on Gearlog.com. To celebrate 30 years of Star Wars, Hasbro is getting in on the excitement with a brand new Millenium Falcon playset. Though Hasbro’s reasons for the update aren’t strictly for the fans. It seems that the original mold, which has made the last 30 years [...]

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Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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After the weekend, I’m still on an Indiana Jones kick. Hasbro has new Mighty Muggs figures for fans of Dr. Jones. They won’t be ready to ship until mid-July, but you can order them now. You can buy the Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs which comes with a whip. If you like villains, check out Mola [...]

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New Star Wars Mighty Muggs Invade Stores

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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Showing the cooler side of Hasbro are the new series of Star Wars Mighty Muggs. This run is having a go at the Clone Wars Animated characters. The Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress figures look awesome and Dooku even comes with electric Sith doom hand powers. Awesome. Anakin looks pretty [...]

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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 [...]

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