Feb 24 2010
2010 Canadian Collectible Toy Expo is Sunday, April 25th
 

The 2010 Canadian Collectible Toy Expo is Sunday, April 25th, at the Burlington Holiday Inn at the QEW & Guelph Line in Ontario. The show features dealers selling Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Super Heroes (Marvel, DC etc), Wrestling, Masters of the Universe and tons of

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Feb 24 2010
Hot Toys DX 03 – Michael Jackson (Bad Version)
 

Hot Toys just recently announced it’s latest addition to their DX line – Michael Jackson (Bad Version). Paying tribute to the late King of Pop, Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Michael Jackson collectible figure again, this time depicting his image in his popular hit music video in 1987 – Bad. This figure’s highlights

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Hot Toys DX 03 – Michael Jackson (Bad Version)

Feb 23 2010
Izannah Walker style doll~OOAK~paper clay head~SOLD
 

My third Izannah Walker style doll. Bertha is a one of a kind doll made of muslin fabric with hand sculpted paper clay head and shoulder plate. The head was covered with stockinet fabric, then painted in acrylics

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Izannah Walker style doll~OOAK~paper clay head~SOLD

Feb 23 2010
Has it been over a week already?
 

Oooooops,  I didn’t mean to leave it so long to make a post and update you guys from Critterville.  I am not sure what happened exactly,  I’ll blame it on these guys They are rotters after all.   I can’t believe it’s finally getting close to Spring (not that you can tell from outside)  but making Easter-ie goodies always gets my mind ticking over in anticipation for Spring,   YIPPEEEE finally . So other than the rotters which I will of course add to the shop …… I also have been working on a big guy About time right?  I still  haven’t quite finished him though so this is just a teaser,  I just didn’t want you guys to think I’d been slacking.   I also remembered just how much I love making the big guys.

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Has it been over a week already?

Feb 23 2010
Massive facelift for Monopoly
 

The iconic boardgame celebrates its 75 anniversary this year, amongst the celebratory offerings to fans of the property trading game is this new circular version. The playing surface contains all the old favourite addresses just with inflated prices, passing go will bag you a couple of million! Also, the hard cash is gone, in its place a credit card based system with electronic cashier at the centre.

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Massive facelift for Monopoly

Feb 21 2010
Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live in Mansfield, Ohio
 

“Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up” will be in Mansfield, Ohio at the Renaissance Theater from March 23 rd to March 24 th 2010. If you leave a comment at http://blog.cleveland.com/westsidemom/2010/02/sesame_street_live_-_review_an.html you can be randomly entered to win a 4-pack of tickets to the “Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up.”

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Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live in Mansfield, Ohio

Feb 20 2010
ESC in Hyper Hobby March
 

If you check out Hyper Hobby regularly in Japan you can catch shots of some of my new releases here and there. For the March issue we have the Mata-Micci Midori and the Nite Time Papa Sama Wood Hermit which was a Wonderfest release

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ESC in Hyper Hobby March

Feb 20 2010
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Sarah Connor by Hot Toys
 

Hot Toys is pleased to present the 1/6th scale Sarah Connor collectible figure from the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This movie-accurate Sarah Connor collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Linda Hamilton in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head and muscular arm, as well as detailed hair sculpture

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Sarah Connor by Hot Toys

Feb 17 2010
DC Direct Items for October 2010
 

JLA CLASSIFIED: CLASSIC SERIES 3 ACTION FIGURES The JLA CLASSIFIED: CLASSIC line expands with four all-new figures! Consistent in style and scale to Series 1 and 2, Series 3 features some of the most requested characters from DC Comics. All figures feature multiple points of articulation and include display bases.

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DC Direct Items for October 2010

Feb 13 2010
Mattel’s 2010 Toy Fair Cars Press Release
 

The New York Toy Fair 2010 starts today, and Mattel will have a big presence there this year. Toy Fair 2010 will be held on February 14-17, and we will be bringing you all the Cars Toy Fair news we can find. Mattel has already issued a press release for 2010. Based on the popular film CARS and the hilarious CARS Toons, a series of original cartoon shorts airing on Disney Channel, Disney XD and streaming on Disney.com/Cars, Mattel has the toys that are sure to win the checkered flag racing into imaginations everywhere

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Mattel’s 2010 Toy Fair Cars Press Release

Feb 11 2010
Bongolesian News Update!
 

Updates from BNN and The Bongolesian Observer (aka “The Old B.O.”) Bongolesian News Update State Funeral for goes off without a hitch! (Sudekia) In a right nice send off the late Bogoo Moboo, Spokesman for The National Interior Ministry was laid to rest in the soil here in Sudekia today.

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Bongolesian News Update!

Feb 10 2010
Show Your Support For The Best Free Craft Articles Blog
 

I decided it was time to create clickable buttons for my contributors to use to let all their blog readers know that they contribute tutorials, patterns, articles, how-to’s, etc. to The Best Free Craft Articles blog and to let fans of The Best Free Craft Articles blog show their support. So, I created two clickable buttons: a Fan button and a Contributor button and they are shown below: BECOME A FAN Show your support for the Best Free Crafts Articles Blog by placing our button on your website or blog

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Show Your Support For The Best Free Craft Articles Blog

Feb 09 2010
Fun Birthday Party & School Events Gadgets – Glow Sticks & Glow Bracelets
 

Having school night events such as social mixer, blackout or prom night? Glow sticks and glow bracelets are great party favors.  They add so much fun to birthday parties, wedding receptions, New Years’ eve parties etc.  Try wearing matching color glow bracelet & necklace; you will light up the room instantly. Plus the glowing time is at least six hours, enough for whole night’s fun! Glowing jewelries such as glow rings and glow earrings are perfect for adding lights to night events.

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Fun Birthday Party & School Events Gadgets – Glow Sticks & Glow Bracelets

Feb 09 2010
Izannah Walker Inspired Doll~OOAK~SOLD
 

This is my first Izannah Walker style doll after taking an online class with Dixie Redmond. I had fun sculpting her face with paper clay and then covering it up with stockinet fabric. She was a challenge and a learning experience for me.

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Izannah Walker Inspired Doll~OOAK~SOLD

Feb 08 2010
Giant Cupcake Tin
 

When we say this tin is giant, we aren’t kidding.  This giant cupcake tin (£29.99) is perfect for all occasions (except perhaps a birthday at Fat Fighters).  This professional weight, cast aluminium tin is non-stick for a quick turn-around in giant cupcakes!

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Giant Cupcake Tin

Feb 04 2010
coooooooel…….
 

I love special requests,  so when I got the request of making the Mario guys for a baby’s mobile I knew I wanted to see the finished results in situ. And here is what Meg did with them How cool is that?  I was hoping Meg would adopt me when I saw this piccie alone,  but just look at the rest of the room Never thought I’d be jealous  of an ickle one before………but i gotta admit it I wish I could live there!!! I also got a fun request for chirpers,  they had to match the colour scheme of this rather funky baby blanket made by the uncommonkid on etsy So here they are Lots of pinks, fuchsias and greens………I’m tellin’ ya these are some of the luckiest new borns ever  to have such interior design conscious mamas. So I’m still stabbying away in preparation for the Valentine craftacular which is next Saturday……….gulp!!!  and this Saturday is Markie’s 37th birthday (haha he’s old) so to celebrate we are going to see Bishop Allen in Chicago which  is terribly exciting as it’s been ages since we’ve seen a band and I now have dimmer perpetually stuck in my brain……………..olly olly oxen free.

http://www.bishopallen.com/media/audio/Dimmer.mp3

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coooooooel…….

Feb 04 2010
Dunny Fatale Indonesian Launch @ Plastic Culture, Jakarta (Feb 6)
 

Plastic Culture in Jakarta (by The Other Culture ) will be launching Kidrobot ‘s DUNNY FATALE Series [ tagged ] this Saturday February 6th @ fX Lifestyle X’nter (floor 6). On-hand will be nine limited edition (yellow-colorway) KLOR Dunnys (which will go to the first nine full case Dunny Fatale buyers). Besides the production-launch proper, there will also be a ” Munny Custom Contest Artist Series Exhibition”, featuring customs by cikcuk, PLUM, Recycle Experience, Radi Arwinda, TheYellowDino, Mode Four, and many more.

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Dunny Fatale Indonesian Launch @ Plastic Culture, Jakarta (Feb 6)

Feb 04 2010
SLIMBoy The New Squarehead resin by Marcio Leitão
 

Marcio Leitão , creator of Squarehead , introduces to us a new member for the Squarehead family; SLIMBoy ! The resin figure stands 8.6 inches tall and come with accessories galore, including cap, sneakers and shorts. Priced at $60 per, the DIY-figure is currently available online via squarehead.bigcartel.com . CLICK THRU for slideshow-peep at how you can custom your SLIMBoy

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SLIMBoy The New Squarehead resin by Marcio Leitão

Feb 04 2010
IDEX ~ 1/30/10 ~ New Tonner Dolls – Cami and Jon
 

At 11:30 AM I was scheduled to view the new products in a private Tonner showroom. I knew I would be seeing Cami and Jon but I had no idea what else to expect.

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IDEX ~ 1/30/10 ~ New Tonner Dolls – Cami and Jon

Feb 03 2010
FSC: Why it Matters
 

Recently, we began carrying the Q Collection Junior , a line of children’s furniture that is all made right here in the United States. Here at Oompa, we’re always excited when we can find toys , gear or furniture that is made in the United States , and even more excited when it is locally sourced (a vague term, but it usually means that the materials come from within 100 miles of the production facility).

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FSC: Why it Matters

Feb 03 2010
Lulubell x Ayako Takagi B MINE Uamou
 

Lulubell has a sweet morsel in store for Valentine’s Day. Their exclusive B Mine Uamou created by Ayako Takagi features her signature character in clear vinyl with an inserted red acrylic heart. So if chocolates and roses are tired, this might be just the thing.

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Lulubell x Ayako Takagi B MINE Uamou

Feb 03 2010
Mictlan by Jesse Hernandez x Kuso Vinyl (Initial Sculpt)
 

Jesse Hernandez shares with us peeks at his new toy with Kuso Vinyl , dubbed ” MICTLAN “! Duder looks to quite an angry “elder god”, complete with angular Skull-Staff (a “key” perhaps to open some secret lair?) … As we await further information, CLICK THRU to peep more snaps of the figure in it’s current stage of the sculpt.

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Mictlan by Jesse Hernandez x Kuso Vinyl (Initial Sculpt)

Feb 03 2010
Custom Labbit by 64Colors
 

Peep this custom painted 5″ Labbit Commission (Acrylic on Vinyl) by 64Colors . Even their doggy “Edward” approves! Tis the painted reflection in the river-stream that got to me = *Awesomeness*

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Custom Labbit by 64Colors

Feb 03 2010
ANDROID Mini Collectible Series 01 by Andrew Bell x Google
 

“www-powerhouse meets art toy vinyls” with the announcement of Android mini collectibles series 01 from artist Andrew Bell and Google’s Android™ platform! *Cyber-tastic* PRESS: Andrew, an avid Android user himself, teamed up with some friends at Google to bring their little green mascot to life.

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ANDROID Mini Collectible Series 01 by Andrew Bell x Google

Feb 03 2010
[Artifical Artefacts] Customizing Urban Vinyl Workshop with Daniel Yu (Feb 5)
 

PRESS: What better way to express your creativity than on your very own piece of blank canvas? This time round, let vinyl be your canvas.

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[Artifical Artefacts] Customizing Urban Vinyl Workshop with Daniel Yu (Feb 5)

Feb 03 2010
New Colorways for P77 v2.0 by PHU! x My Tummy Toys On Pre-Order Now
 

The latest colorway of P77 v2.0 in Yellow and Purple [ last featured / tagged ] designed by PHU! and engineered by My Tummy Toys ; is now available for online pre-orders here ! Priced at US$150, this 8 inch tall resin robot features 6 points of articulation [ Red & Silver colorways featured on TOYSREVIL]. Release date is undetermined as yet tho.

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New Colorways for P77 v2.0 by PHU! x My Tummy Toys On Pre-Order Now

Feb 03 2010
Submissions for CE Design Contest for CLEA 2010 (Dateline Feb 8)
 

The CE Design Contest for Character Licensing Expo Asia 2010 ( CLEA2010 ) is coming to a close soon, with the final deadline looming February 8th 2010. As you ponder your design concepts (I might be having a go too, once I squeeze the chance it!), CLICK THRU to have a peep at some submissions from Thailand-based artists! Check out contest requirements and details in my previous post HERE (includes contest template) and/or on the Contest- Facebook

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Submissions for CE Design Contest for CLEA 2010 (Dateline Feb 8)

Feb 03 2010
Luke Chueh Mecha Sad Bear Custom by Jon-Paul Kaiser
 

CLICK THRU to have a closer-look at Jon-Paul Kaiser ‘s latest-custom work, this time on a Mecha Sad Bear form (originally designed by Luke Chueh ).

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Luke Chueh Mecha Sad Bear Custom by Jon-Paul Kaiser