ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Uglydolls are Headed for the White House

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I nicked this pic from the Uglyblog, and while I don’t want to turn into TMZ or anything, it’s just too good to pass up. President Elect Barack Obama’s younger daughter headed out for her first day of school with Babo’s Bird on her backpack. It says so right in this AP story that namechecks [...]

Uglydoll’s Sun-Min + David THINGS at Double Punch

Monday, September 22, 2008

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San Francisco’s Double Punch Gallery follows last weekend’s Shawnimals event (coverage coming, I promise) by uglying up the cute plush ante with some “things” from David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim. Monsters, eyeballs, eyelashes, pink tongues and bossy bears will scare the hell out of San Francisco and charm it with complete ugliness and cuteness. Uglydoll and [...]

UglyCon Tokyo

Friday, September 5, 2008

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UglyCon Tokyo takes place next month on October 8th at Stitch. The event will feature plush, paintings, prints, drawings, and exclusive items. David Horvath listed a few event details on his blog, and he’ll post more information as the date gets closer. We do know that UglyCon Tokyo will also feature some fabulous guest art. [...]

In The Dark Babo

Monday, August 11, 2008

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If you collect Uglydolls Kaiju, get your wallets ready for the new release. In The Dark Babo Kaiju is set for a September release from Intheyellow. In his blog, David Horvath notes that Intheyellow has opened this edition to retailers. Start scoping your local stores for availability. You can currently pre-order it from Vinyl Fallout [...]

New at the Uglydolls Shop

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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During the Comic-Con frenzy, I didn’t have time to check out the new batch of Uglydolls. I have a fondness for old school Uglydolls, but I like the rookies they have in the Uglydolls shop. Ugly Ghost shows you that ghosts are real in Uglytown. Even it’s boo-gesture is cute. It isn’t available yet but [...]

Uglycon NYC

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Sleepy Chilly Ice-Bat and his Ugly friends stare at me while I work. Uglydolls make me happy, and I’m already counting down to Uglycon NYC. I’ve never been to New York, and this might be a good excuse to kill two birds with one stone. The event will feature hand-made limited Uglydolls, paintings, drawings, [...]

Hunt for Exclusives: Uglydolls booth

Saturday, July 26, 2008

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Yesterday was a little frustrating. We arrived later than I anticipated. We missed out on Mecha Sad Bear: Clear by Luke Chueh and Sleepy Chilly Ice-Bat. Today my crew and I were determined to arrive early. We were inside the convention center by 9 even though the floor opens at 9:30. So were a few [...]

SDCC - First Stop: Uglydolls

Friday, July 25, 2008

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It’s day two of San Diego Comic-Con, but it’s day one for me. Toys are just one component of Comic-Con, but it’s clear that it’s growing in popularity. Comic-Con is always packed, but navigating the toy area was an ordeal. That’s why Uglydolls are in the perfect position on the other side of the hall. [...]

Sleepy Chilly Ice-Bat @ Ugly Booth

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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I won’t be in San Diego until Friday morning, so I’ll have to be satisfied with internet updates about Comic-Con. (This is a bit frustrating.) On the Uglyblog, David Horvath posted some pictures for those of us who haven’t made it to the Con yet. This year’s special Uglydoll is Sleepy Chilly Ice Bat. I had [...]

Uglydoll Promotions

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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I have two new promotions involving my favorite plushies. If you order through Uglydolls.com, any order over $50 will receive a free Little Sailor Babo. This is the Little Uglies 7″ version of Sailor Babo. Enter the code SUMMERSAIL at checkout. [Via Plastic and Plush] For a limited time, Tenacious Toys will include a free Uglydoll keychain [...]

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 1

Friday, June 13, 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. Designer toys are always among the highlights of [...]

Get Your Ugly On with Uglydoll Shirts at Giant Robot

Monday, June 9, 2008

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People are probably sick of hearing about this, but as I type, my G.I.D. Ice-Bat kaiju Uglydoll is careening its way across continents to arrive in its new home. In the meanwhile, I read David Horvath’s Uglyblog to make sure I’m not missing out on anything else I can’t afford. David recently posted about pricing [...]

David Horvath Reveals Babo as the Third Uglydoll Kaiju

Thursday, June 5, 2008

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David Horvath just blogged that Babo will follow Wage and Ice-Bat as the third Uglydoll in the collectible Japanese vinyl Kaiju series. Babo, who is a total fatty, comes with an Uglytown building. David writes that both Babo and the building are the same height as Wage (which would put them at 6.25″ if [...]

SDCC Uglydoll Exclusives

Monday, June 2, 2008

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David Horvath just blogged the answer that many fans have been looking for: what Uglydolls exclusives are in store for SDCC? Says David: This year there will be one plush item which will be exclusive to SDCC. No more releasing our entire line in one color. That was fun but it’s no fun when the [...]

Deharavath: Zombie Children X UglyDolls

Monday, April 21, 2008

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Yukinori Dehara, David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim opened a collab show at Giant Robot in L.A. this weekend. Dehara’s work is lesser known on our shores, but with a bump from the UglyDoll creators (David Horvath called Dehara his “#1 favorite artist” on his blog), U.S. collectors are bound to start paying attention. The Japanese [...]