ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

ToyQube Kozik, Huck Gee, MAD, Tim Tsui, tokidoki SDCC Exclusives On Sale

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

SDCC 08 is over, but I had so much fun writing about it, it’s kind of hard to just drop it cold. Luckily, some of the Comic-Con “exclusives” are slowly spilling out into the general populace. ToyQube, who I blogged heavily in the weeks leading up to SDCC, just sent out an email that [...]

ToyTokyo Exclusives Latest Updates

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives and this is the third installment of exclusives [tagged]. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous posts with new photos [...]

Sucklord Mimibot Exclusive at SDCC

Monday, July 21, 2008

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I use my tokidoki Mimobots all the time, shuttling my data from here to there and back again. Now I’m thinking I might have to let me little tokidoki’s flash drives take a little nap. Why? Cos my files, photos and documents would just love to be transferred to one of these Suckadelic Mimoco Comicon [...]

Japanese Kaiju Previews for SDCC 08

Monday, July 21, 2008

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ToyTokyo has been cool about giving us slices of their sweet roster of SDCC exclusives, but for a couple of snaps of the kaiju, I had to go straight to the sources. Blobpus delivered on a full photo of the Blobpus DX & Dokugan Dayglo Green Version (above) and Intheyellow supplied a glimpse of the [...]

Hello, Brute Klepties for Cardboard Spaceship at SDCC 08

Monday, July 21, 2008

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Jon Knox/Hello, Brute created a family of criminals for Cardboard Spaceship’s booth at SDCC 08 Booth #4737. Each 6.5-inch to 9-inch figure is unique, cast in polyurethane resin and hand-painted with acrylic. There are only 10. Based on the prices from Hello, Brute’s recent show at Schmancy, the Klepties would sell for $125 and $175 [...]

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 6

Friday, July 18, 2008

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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. This concludes ToyCyte’s SDCC 08 Weekly Roundup of [...]

Toyqube SDCC 08 Exclusives

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Here’s the roundup of Toyqube (Booth #4837) exclusives: Tim Tsui’s “Game Of Death” Da Sharky and Lupus Hope of Da Fighter series [pics here] Huck Gee’s British Spitfire MK1 Shark Frank Kozik’s Nachthai “Kempfe” German Sharky NVC’s NYKIOTO MAD’s 5″ Black Ninja Mad*l [pics here] MAD’s 10″ DIY Blue GID Mad*l [pics here] Tristan Eaton’s Blue GID Billy Banana FILTH’s [...]

Le Merde Sneak Peeks for SDCC 08

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Le Merde has been giving us a few glimpses of what he’s brewing up for SDCC 08 on his blog. The latest sneak peak is a tease for a new Ripper figure. This was preceded by word of an SDCC 08 exclusive Hollis Ghoul T-shirt (although technically, this shirt dropped as part of Monsieur T’s [...]

Super7 SDCC 08 Exclusives UPDATE

Monday, July 14, 2008

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Super7 added an update to its SDCC ‘08 Exclusives web page, revealing previously shadow-cloaked limited SDCC versions of Stomp, Zombie and the 4 mini figures (Mutant Head, Mutant Evil, Mutant Chaos and Mutant Bigaro) forming the RealxHead Mini Set. They kick things off Thursday at 4PM with a Pushead event, back by popular demand. This is [...]

DKE Toys at SDCC 08

Monday, July 14, 2008

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Mushroomland by Joe Ledbetter – Edition of 140 (8 x16) for $75 DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Juke-Bot - Edition of 50 for $99 [blogged here and here] Threezero x Jamungo Invisible Mask Bud - Edition of 50 for $100 [blogged here] Amanda Visell’s Good Poopicorn – Edition of 25 for $400 [blogged here] Michelle Valigura’s Pistol Pedro Metal [...]

ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives Updated

Monday, July 14, 2008

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I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous post [...]

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 5

Friday, July 11, 2008

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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 [...]

tokidoki Goes Platinum for SDCC 08

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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The latest news from STRANGEco brings the tokidoki SDCC ‘08 exclusives to oh…a zillion. Just off the top of my head there’s already an 8″ Dunny, a Geisha, a Kaniza Starfish. Now let’s add tokidoki x STRANGEco’s platinum edition Cactus Friends and Cactus Pups and a special edition mono Bulleto (edition of 250). tokidoki fans [...]

ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives

Monday, July 7, 2008

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I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Here’s what is planned so far: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON DEBUTS Barack Obama Action Figure in White Suit (200 pieces) Mark Bode’’s “Bode Broad” L.A. Version Ron English MC Supersized “Glitter Version” Nathan Jurevicius Peleda SDCC [...]

Mecha Sad Bear: Clear Edition

Monday, July 7, 2008

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I’m back from a long weekend, and I have another San Diego Comic-Con exclusive for you. This one is from Munky King — Mecha Sad Bear: Clear Edition by Luke Chueh. Produced by In the Yellow, this “kaiju for grown-ups” is clear with silver eyes. Luke Chueh fans go crazy for anything he does, but [...]

Barack Obama: An Action Figure We Can Believe In

Friday, July 4, 2008

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Sure, I’d like to think that my little “Playing With Politics” series [tagged] and Obama poster coverage [tagged] has gotten some toy fans thinking about the importance of the upcoming presidential election. But try as I might, nothing penetrates the hearts and minds of toy collecting voters quite like an action figure of presidential candidate, [...]

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 4

Friday, July 4, 2008

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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.

Uglydoll Booth at SDCC 08

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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David Horvath just blogged some more info about the Uglydoll booth at SDCC ‘08. It’s Booth #3344, and you’ll find it in a spacious zone over by the food. David says to expect something similar to the booth at NYCC ‘08 (see photos here). As I reported previously here, there is going to be [...]

Gama-Go Yeti and 30-inch Wood Deathbot at SDCC 08

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

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The SDCC ‘08 news keeps coming, and this time it’s two from Gama-Go. First up, the eagerly-awaited 2.5-inch Gama-Go mascot x Toy2r Yeti Qee. Maybe it’s because he’s a Yeti, but somehow he seems bigger than a 2.5-inch Qee. You can see a sample of the Yeti at the Diamond Booth at SDCC ‘08. [...]

Buff Monster Series 2 Revenge at SDCC 08

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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I’m a little confused by the MINDstyle press release for Buff Monster’s REVENGE series 2 art toys. They’re calling this an SDCC exclusive, but saying that “each Buff Monster SDCC exclusive figure purchased will come with a free Buff Monster Series 2 mini figure.” I thought these were the series 2 mini figures? That’s like [...]

Super7 SDCC 08 Exclusives

Monday, June 30, 2008

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Super7 has launched its handy and eagerly awaited SDCC ‘08 Exclusives web page. They kick things off Thursday at 4PM with a Pushead event, back by popular demand. This is followed on Friday at 4PM with a special Itokin Park event where you can pick up a Super7 5″ Himalan. Saturday brings the release of [...]

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 3

Friday, June 27, 2008

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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 [...]

Joe Ledbetter Unicorns for SDCC ‘08 from Kidrobot

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Hmmm…two references to unicorns in one day of toy posting? Something magical is afoot… In any event, whether by leak, hack or ingenuity, images of SDCC ‘08 exclusives are making their way out onto the Internet, and the above unicorns by Joe Ledbetter are no exception. I’m split between giving props to the fella who [...]

STRANGEco SDCC ‘08 Craola and MARS-1

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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STRANGEco has finally given us a visual complement to Greg “Craola” Simkins‘ large-scale original figure hints, which date back to last October in a Fecal Face interview and last January in a Vinyl Pulse interview (both good reads). Greg’s previous releases (a walrus for Upper Playground and the standard and chase Scurvy Nevil for the [...]

Hasbro @ Comic Con ‘08

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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We’re about a month away from San Diego Comic Con, and their official website lists the Action Figure Exclusives. Hasbro Toy Shop will offer an eclectic group of exclusives. My Little Pony collectors can look forward to this 2008 Collectors Exclusive Pony. I’m not in love with the design on the side but I like [...]