Jun 07 2010
TRANSFORMERS ALTERNITY STARSCREAM & SKYWARP IN STOCK THIS FRIDAY (04-06-2010)
 

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Jun 07 2010
LEGO Toy Story 3 sets
 

by David Smith If the new Toy Story 3 LEGO sets are anything to go by, the new film is going to be an edge-of-the-seat experience. Western Train Chase, Garbage Truck Getaway, Trash Compactor Escape and Pizza Planet Truck Rescue all hint at high-paced adventures for Woody, Buzz and the gang. Let’s start with the biggest set in the range, the Western Train Chase.

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LEGO Toy Story 3 sets

Jun 07 2010
BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 1/15 DELOREAN TIME MACHINE & IRONMAN BOBBLEHEAD IN STOCK NOW….
 

BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 :TIME MACHINE 1/15 SCALE (VERSION 1) This brand new item from Diamond Select will take you back in time to 1985 and the Back to the Future film franchise starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Perhaps the most iconic element of the film, the folks at Diamond have brought us the DeLorean time machine ! Modeled at a 1:15 scale, the DeLorean features light and sound effects from the film and measures 14 inches long with a body made out of metal

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BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 1/15 DELOREAN TIME MACHINE & IRONMAN BOBBLEHEAD IN STOCK NOW….

Jun 07 2010
New Madame Alexander Dolls and Outfits!
 

The new doll shown above is Precious Petals – one of the new 14 inch My Little Girl dolls . Isn’t she sweet?! She arrived at the same time as FOUR new outfits made just for these dolls and the Baby Cuddles 14 inch dolls – they all have catchy names such as Monster Kisses seen below! Other cool Madame Alexander dolls are the two new Favorite Friends dolls – below we’ve pictured Too Cute in Boots (a curly haired blonde) but don’t miss Playfully Pretty – the new sophisticated brunette! And, of course, several new outfits for the 18 inch dolls from Favorite Friends such as Party Time in Purple and Swept Away (as seen below) There are several outfits perfect for Summer AND we are currently offering a FREE sand pail with every swimsuit (or wetsuit ) ordered! Ends June 11th – then we’ll offer a different FREE item for your dolls – check our HomePage for new information! Shown here is our Hula Swimsuit Combination

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New Madame Alexander Dolls and Outfits!

Jun 06 2010
Toy-Teaser: PLAYGE DOCTOR [retailer] Edition Revealed!
 

We were treated to the PLAYGE DOCTOR [albino] Edition by FERG only just yesterday, now witness the eye-numbingly cool PLAYGE DOCTOR [retailer] Edition! Price undetermined at the moment, altho it has been mentioned it may be in an edition of 300 pcs or less. Best go bug your fav retailers about availability, stat!Source: Collect and Destroy

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Jun 06 2010
Toy-Release: PLAYGE DOCTOR [albino] Edition by FERG (June 9-drop)
 

We have been treated to teasers of the Ferg-designed Playge DOCTOR for a while now [tagged], now feast thy toy-lurvin’ peepers on the white-clad and red-accented PLAYGE DOCTOR [albino] Edition! (Note: The PLAYGE DOCTOR [regular] will be a retailer exclusive.)The PLAYGE exclusive (direct release) will be the PLAYGE DOCTOR [albino] ~ with the release scheduled for Wednesday June 9th @ 12:00 Noon (

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Jun 06 2010
The Analog Girl To Perform At ThreeA Toys’ Beijing Gathering?
 

Homegrown indie-electronica / digital-musician The Analog Girl to perform at ThreeA Toys’ Beijing Gathering come June 25th? While the actual event is not specifically named in the article (besides it is in Beijing), the toy company known as “threeA” is perhaps more familiar, undoubtedly to readers of this humble blog, innit?

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Jun 06 2010
Custom-Showcase: Blockhead Dunnys by Squink
 

UK-based artist Squink has been consistently producing distinctive character-based customs on vinyl toys for a while now, showcasing eye-popping color aesthetics which belies the depth of cutesy characters he creates and paints, IMHO. Posted here today are two Blockhead Dunny-customs (based on the DEVILROBOT Tofu Dunnys) featuring the current WIP Blockhead Dunny (above-left), while above-right is

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Custom-Showcase: Blockhead Dunnys by Squink

Jun 06 2010
Event-Video: Disturbance In The Force @ Hope Gallery Tattoo (June 4)
 

VID-DESCRIPT: Hope Gallery Tattoo presents “Disturbance in the Force”, a tribute to Star Wars featuring over 50 artists exhibiting paintings and custom toys. Artwork from the show available for purchase @ hopegallerytattoo.bigcartel.com”- Video shot on location by OsiRisORion (whose “Jabba & Bib” artwork is available here)

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Event-Video: Disturbance In The Force @ Hope Gallery Tattoo (June 4)

Jun 06 2010
Custom Toy Union Assassins Series (Custom Dunny Blind Box Series for SDCC release)
 

“Custom Toy Union” is a forum specifically dedicated to custom vinyl (“including but not limited to Dunnys and Munnys”), and besides regular custom toy features and artist interviews, the folks at CTU are currently in the midst of production of their first Custom Dunny Blind Box Series, with a scheduled July 23rd debut at the San Diego Comic Con, with the final customs made available at US$50 per

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Jun 06 2010
Custom-Release: Home Tweet Home Custom Dunnys by Custard4Gravy (June 9-drop)
 

UK-based toy customizer / artist Andy Mitchell aka Custard4Gravy reveals in full his HomeTweetHome custom-Dunny series (first teased here) featuring 3 x dioramic set-ups with a 3″ Dunny as base as their habitat, with miniature treehouses and various sculpted birdies. Uber-reasonably priced at £30.00 per and orderable via his online shop from Wednesday June 9th @ 7pm (GMT)!Meanwhile, CLICK THRU

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Custom-Release: Home Tweet Home Custom Dunnys by Custard4Gravy (June 9-drop)

Jun 06 2010
Custom-Showcase: Custom Dunny by Dodgrr
 

U.S.-based “authorized bootlegger” of varied toys, from Huck Gee’s to Dunnys, to Rebel Pilots [tagged] Dodgrr forgoes making miniature resin toys and wields together a mecha-suit to sit and operate in, ala Ma.K S.A.F.S. … no wait, that’s a custom 3″ Dunny?Completed for a Kidrobot message board Custom Dunny Trade (Series 11)

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Custom-Showcase: Custom Dunny by Dodgrr

Jun 06 2010
About That Super Seven Secret Society Membership You Missed
 

12noon on June 5th saw the online public release of Super7′s “Super Seven Secret Society” exclusive membership ~ priced at US$125 ~ which included “a free t-shirt and two free toys, access to the private SSSS discussion forum, early access to Super7 releases and SDCC Exclusives, passes to Super7 SDCC events, special discounts, and SSSS only releases and made-to-order editions.” [via]… well,

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Jun 05 2010
Ferg — Playge Doctor [Albino] (6.9)
 

Ferg has it rolling. Here’s the first shot (a bit of a tease…) of the Playge Doctor [Albino], the Playge exclusive edition. Limited to just 100 pieces, the 6” figure brings class to the Squadt platform with a jeweled sword cane, shotty, doctor cloak with revolve pattern, cloth hood, vinyl..

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Ferg — Playge Doctor [Albino] (6.9)

Jun 05 2010
Board Game Bestsellers : April 2010
 

May’s bestselling board games are up on the main site, but for comparison’s sake here’s Starlit Citadel’s bestsellers from the month of April 2010 . 1. Settlers of Catan 4th Edition 2.

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Board Game Bestsellers : April 2010

Jun 05 2010
adidas Originals: Star Wars Cantina 2010 (World Cup 2010 Promo)
 

VID-DESCRIPT: adidas Originals invites you to join David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, DJ Neil Armstrong and some of your dear, old friends for an intergalactic 2010 FIFA World Cup™ viewing party that you’ll never forget. [Text via]Now that is a cross-pop-cultural geek-lurving promo ad right here! Heck, not being a huge fan of

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adidas Originals: Star Wars Cantina 2010 (World Cup 2010 Promo)

Jun 05 2010
Elmo Emceed Sesame Workshop Gala that Honored Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden
 

Elmo Emceed Sesame Workshop Gala that Honored Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden Sesame Street Workshop held their 8th annual Benefit Gala on June 3th.

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Elmo Emceed Sesame Workshop Gala that Honored Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden

Jun 05 2010
ThreeA Toys’ Tommy Mission: Stop-Motion by Nael & Toy Images
 

Spotted this excellent stop-motion animated short by NAEL on his flickr and thought it would be a perfect opportunity to post about ThreeA Toys’ TOMMY MISSION figures from their Adventure Kartel line of 1/6th-scaled action figures, that are currently being sent out to fans.

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Jun 05 2010
About That Playge Rat Tongue Action by FERG
 

And with this video showcasing the “articulated tongue action” of the final prototype of Playge RAT [Search] created by FERG ~ we get to see the figure’s ratty headsculpt (and I mean that in the nicest of ways) as well as it’s sharp black+white suit! (Presuming that that of course is the actual body, and not a prototype-test-bod, innit?)CLICK THRU for another “test” video ~ from 3 months back but

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Jun 05 2010
Custom-Release: The "Bruiser" (Vlad Systems Vl.12 Powersuit) with Sgt Vasquez by Huck Gee
 

What’s the next best thing to giant robots? In my little corner of the world, it is operators (men or women) in robot-armor or exo-skeleton suits! So tis will no small delight to see Huck Gee’s “BRUSIER” the Vlad Systems Vl.12 PowerSuit being operated by his custom-Munny “Sgt Vasquez”! And mind you, this is not a Mini-Munny, but a full-on 7-incher Munny sitting in the operator’s module ~ heck of

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Custom-Release: The "Bruiser" (Vlad Systems Vl.12 Powersuit) with Sgt Vasquez by Huck Gee

Jun 05 2010
Robotars on Ch7 in Philippines
 

VIDEO-DESCRIPTION: MANILA, Philippines – Over a dozen local artists placed a green spin on the Robotic Tarsier (Robotars), an art toy designed by architect-artist Jomike Tejido, to help promote environmental awareness. Among them is Redworks Manila’s Gilbert Ibanez who designed Zakitar, a Robotar that “takes in dew from its mouth to grow hydrophonic plants in its body.” ~ “Zakitar is my first

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Jun 05 2010
Custom-Showcase: The Punisher & Dare Devil Custom-Celsius by Rotobox (for Marvelous Masterpiece Tribute Series)
 

The connection between blind lawyer-by-day “Matt Murdock” and Hell’s Kitchen-hero-by-night Dare Devil, and vigilante “Frank Castle” aka The Punisher has been the stuff of comicbook legends thru the years (well, to the folks who care about them anyways) from fisticuff-clashes to sharing jail-time on Rykers (back in ’06 ~ my comicbook-experience has stopped since then), they are arguably one of the

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Custom-Showcase: The Punisher & Dare Devil Custom-Celsius by Rotobox (for Marvelous Masterpiece Tribute Series)

Jun 05 2010
Crazy Label: TTF Ren, GhostB, and Poketo Treeson Wallet Pre-Order
 

For those of you not able to attend TTF, Crazy Label has got you covered! They now have a special Pre-Order for the new Ren (500 Pieces) & GhostB (80 Pieces) figures, which are exclusives to the show and are $39.95 a piece.

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Jun 05 2010
Full Toys Presents A Baby Qee DIY Event @ Space:Cube (June 5)
 

Malaysia-based toy-store Full Toys organizes their first BabyQee DIY custom contest (“Pre-Lauching Participant Design Art Work Submission”) with submissions from the public viewable in the video slideshow above, and in still-images via Full Toys’ Facebook-album. The Final & Custom Show is scheduled to happen June 5th @ Eightfourcube’s SPACE:CUBE Gallery & Store in Ampang, Malaysia (2pm-4pm). Drop

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Jun 05 2010
MINDstyle ALIEN INVASION: When Aliens Meet Artists
 

MINDstyle has been posting up images of customs of that cute little alien toy created by Rick Law from Disney’s Toy Story. The first stop of the Alien Invasion tour begins in Hong Kong for the Disney/Pixar Launch on June 15th at Time Square.

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MINDstyle ALIEN INVASION: When Aliens Meet Artists

Jun 05 2010
Stardust ~ Thursday, June 3, 2010
 

Live from the Loews Philadelphia Hotel is one exhausted blogger. This was a full day. I drove about 1 hour from Hatfield, PA to the heart of this historic city, pulled right into the hotel parking garage and was taken to the lobby with my luggage

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Stardust ~ Thursday, June 3, 2010

Jun 04 2010
Wind up Tin Robots
 

by Eleanor de Bruin These bulky, well-built robots from Ernest the Bear are decorated with appropriately robotic designs, using lithography. The bright colours and detail give each of the three available designs a unique and slightly sinister look. Just a few quick twists of the robots’ wind-up mechanism and the little tin guys are ready to scoot off across the floor

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Wind up Tin Robots

Jun 04 2010
Toy-Teaser: Custom Painted Tuttz by Emily Bee
 

A gorgeously custom-painted TUTTZ from artist Emily Bee with an astoundingly sweet palette, for Argonaut Resins’ series of resin figures, shown here being one of three figures in total to be released (one at a time via her Etsy shop). And mind you this is still a work-in-progress!

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Toy-Teaser: Custom Painted Tuttz by Emily Bee