ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Kidrobot Insider Trading

As we all know, a lot of insider trading happens on Wall Street. Not one to miss out on a little hanky panky, the kids at Kidrobot are offering a special deal for their “most loyal robots”, which I must be one of since I got the email. They are offering 60% off some super [...]

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Paul Pope Miss November 1978 Playboy Signing

Okay, Paul Pope may not be a buxom blonde, but you should still lust after his work and his autograph. If you’ve had fantasies of getting some hot Pope signage yourself, and really who hasn’t right? Well now is your chance. The legendary comic artist Paul Pope will be at the Kidrobot Los Angeles outpost [...]

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Kidrobot x Playboy

Kidrobot is busting out an unexpected tribute to Playboy with two of their October releases. On October 9th, vinyl meets silicone in Paul Pope’s rendition of a 1978 Playboy covergirl. The limited edition bunny wears thigh-high boots and a Farrah Fawcett hairstyle. The figure stands, or rather, seductively crouches at 7.5 inches tall and will [...]

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San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 2

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. ToyCyte will be publishing a weekly bulletin of [...]

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KidRobot July Releases

Thursdays are being made special again with the announcement of the new Kidrobot releases for July. July 3 brings new PEECOL characters to join your own growing PEECOL community you’ve created in the back of your closet. Coming to PEECOL-ville from those wacky kids at eBoy, will be Cowco, Rilla, the diaper wearing ape, sensitive and [...]

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