With the coming release of Loves-a-Lot Bear, Good Luck Bear and Bedtime Bear, I believe this ends the epic and continuous release of Care Bear Be@rbricks that began at the 2008 Medicom Toy Exposition last June. The 2.75-inch keychain figures go for about $16 USD and are listed as limited items on Medicom’s website. There’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
In the next couple months, the Watchmen franchise will extend across many continents and platforms. Medicom Toy Co. is an early adopter with a set of six Kubrick figures currently available to the Japanese market. The set includes: The Comedian, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach and Silk Spectre II. Could this be the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Infinitely influential to contemporary pop music and generations of musicians, The Beatles (despite having a chunk of their catalog owned by Michael Jackson...) continue to change the visage of pop and contemporary culture for decades on end. Their single, "Can’t Buy Me Love," hit the top of the charts in both the US and UK immediately after its release in March 1964, not to mention becoming the title for a 1987 nerd gets girl movie that launched the career of the "dreamy" dude on Grey's Anatomy.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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ToyCyte loves Daniel Johnston, and we are big fans of his Jeremiah the Innocent figure. As part of our Beyond Toys coverage, we also like to bring you news of designers’ forays into the world outside of toys. Which makes this a pretty perfect story. Medicom Toy Co., through its FABRICK project, has created [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 25, 2008
LOST has many secrets, but no longer included in the mysteries of the TV island are the identities of the LOST Kubrick chase toys… Click to see which members of the Oceanic Six have made the Kubrick Nine. You might be surprised...
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dr. Romanelli’s website makes my eyes hurt, but his latest Be@rbricks make my jaw drop. Medicom Toy Co has done another collaboration (previous Be@rbricks at left) with the Doctor who is fresh off a successful Converse campaign. Dr. Romanelli used a transparent Be@rbrick to show the bear’s anatomy, and he signs it with a band-aid [...]
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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