ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

PatchTogether & Scribe Teach Us About The Beavers & The Bees

PatchTogether is preparing to drop yet another item in their diverse catalogue of creator-owned designer toys – this time, by way of Scribe’s ‘Sumgeo with Bee’. Certainly an odd pair to choose, one must wonder what kind of relationship this pair can meaningfully pursue – and is anyone else getting shades of the Nerve Ending [...]

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Bic Plastics Artists Roster for Mysterious BICS Range Revealed

Thanks to good sleuthing by SpankyStokes, we know a few more details about the upcoming BICS project from Bic Plastics. While the big picture is still a mystery, some awesome affiliated artists have been named: MAD, Marka27, Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Cope2, kaNO, Jesse Hernandez, Scribe, Andrew Bell, Sket, Indie84 and Angry Woebots. Will more [...]

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More Illazilla Previews: Scribe, Nakanari, Project Detonate, tyleR & Paul Shi

The wooden dinosaurs keep on shambling in! The show is this Friday, so let’s see who I can squeeze in here. I can’t help but notice that Scribe’s badass lizard bent the original format more than just a little, but I have hardcore respect for his woodworking skills. As a guy who has more than a [...]

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Phu! Sends in Rogue Trooper Mad*L

Master-customizer (who is soon to release some original toys), Phu!, is sending in the troops to tonight’s custom Mad*L show at LIFT. As usual, Phu! combines debris into details: The 10-inch platform figure was enhanced with cardboard, cable ties, brass rivets, broken toy parts, disposable plastic spoons, hose clamps, felt, googles, plastic beads, bottle [...]

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Introvert Extravert – Scribe Solo at Cardboard Spaceship

Santa Cruz based Cardboard Spaceship drives me crazy. Being a resident of San Francisco, their store is in driving distance but far enough away to make the trip a trek yet close enough that I can taste the vinyl on display. Me thinks the problem may be that I’m just plain lazy. But I think [...]

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Cardboard Spaceship at SDCC 08

Cardboard Spaceship held out to issue its SDCC 08 info, and you could say they subscribe to the old adage of saving the best for last. First up, there’s the eagerly anticipated Payday figure from N8 Van Dyke [blogged]. Then they have the first U.S. release of Crazy Label’s 8-inch Treeson [blogged]. Sure to sell [...]

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Beast Of Buden: Yoka Custom Show at SDCC

You know what I like about the Comic Con, the evenings. Yeah, I totally love working the floor and checking out what’s new, what’s upcoming, and it’s always fun see to see gawky teens dressed up as Worf. But by the end of the day my head is just spinning from information overload. After grabbing [...]

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