A table top soccer table may be just what you were thinking of when you were trying to find something to do to keep the kids busy during a winter’s day when you cannot go outside and there does not seem to be anything to do. Of course this is not simply a game that is limited to being played in the winter, but it can break up the doldrums that come with cabin fever. Think about the fact that the whole family can be hanging out around the table watching and cheering each other on as you go and face one another in a family tournament.It can be a great way to get the kids away from the television and in a somewhat active state as they will be moving their hands and in all likelihood be jumping around as the ball is knocked back and forth between the two teams
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Table Soccer Fun For Winter And Summer
Kat Brunnegraff’s “The Strong-Gentle-Man” first made it’s appearance as a painted artwork (acrylic on wood) as part of the “Freaks, Geeks and Sword Swallowers” group show at Monkey House Toys. Now, it has been made into a limited edition print for which you can procure at US$35 per via Kat’s Etsy-shop.”The Strong-Gentle-Man” is limited to only 25 prints and measures 11″ 14″ with one inch white
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The Strong-Gentle-Man Print & Custom MAD*L Contest by Kat Brunnegraff
In preparation for their upcoming joint-show at Galerie d’Art Yves Laroche in Montreal, artists Chris Ryniak and Jonathan Bergeron, in association with Bigshot Toyworks, invite you to speculate on the nature of “MISFORTUNATE TRAVELERS” [last teased on TRE] – their first collaborative work.The piece will be available at Galerie d’Art Yves Laroche at the show opening of “Gardens of Misfortune” (
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Chris Ryniak / Jonathan Bergeron / Bigshot Toyworks: Misfortunate Travelers at Garden of Misfortune @ Galerie d’Art Yves Laroche (July 29)
Since the initial announcement – here’s a TRE-exclusive sneak peek at the design motif teaser (courtesy of Gavin Strange – creator of Droplets) for the upcoming DROPLETS SERIES 2 by Gav aka Jam Factory with Crazy Label (tentatively scheduled for an Autumn / Sept-Oct release)! This teaser comes in anticipation of the full unveiling of the designs / colourways for Series 2 inside the character
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TRE-Exclusive Sneak Peek at Droplets Series 2 Design Motif by Gavin Strange
From the Philippines comes an intense Mickey Mouse-custom completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show in Times Square, Hong Kong on July 9th 2009 – as part of the BLOC MICKEY Show (organized by 3-Mix x Disney Asia). Nemo Aguila aka NEMO vibes Mickey with a neon-hotrod palette (at least in thy humbled-eyes) and a surprisingly eerie cheery grin .. perhaps Mickey knows something you don’t?
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NEMO custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, Hong Kong (July 9)
IN STOCK NOW!!! ZCGirl “Rosanna” Equipment List: – ZCGirl “EVE” Body (Tan) – Long and Short Torsos – ZCGirl Real Like Head (Eye Rotation Technique) – Brown Iris Eye Ball x 1 pair – Green Iris Eye Ball x 1 pair – Protective Gloved hands – Black Leather Biker Jacket – Black Leather Pants – Black Racing Boots – Black Protective Pads – Black Motorcycle Helmet – Backpack – Scorpion Vz61 Submachine Gun – Black Motorcycle

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ZC GIRL ROSANNA "BIKE GIRL"
Seen at the Scale Nutz table at Sunday’s Toy Carnival @ Singapore Art Museum [blogged] were a couple of nigh-impressive custom toys (by Scale Nutz’s William Tan) – featuring a Red White and Blue metallic repaintwork for a Hot Toy Iron Man Mark 3 figure, and a sweet custom chrome-finish MEGATRON (from Hasbro’s production toy line) as seen in his cyber-tank form in Transformers: Revenge of the
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Custom Transformers Megatron and Iron Man Mark 3 by Scale Nutz @ Toy Carnival, SAM (July 5)
It’s true that the World of Warcraft Gold Farming is one of the most difficult thing of the game, and it usually a little bit frustrating to have to resort to World of Warcraft Gold Farming to be capable to obtain your own mount, or a distinctive enchant! Certainly if you discern how to put into practice World of Warcraft Gold Farming appropriately then you will discover that you enjoy the game a great deal more! Now I am going to disclose to you a number of spots that are the best in the game for World of Warcraft Gold Farming so you can stop worrying about being bankrupt! Here’s a rapid list of some of the places that are the best for World of Warcraft Gold Farming: – Azshara – There are a small number of techniques you can perform this one if you do not want to take risks and are quite happy doing hours of World of Warcraft Gold Farming then you ought to kill as many blood elves here as you can. They will drop money and rune cloth that you can usually vend to the auction home or a salesperson for a large profit. If you don’t care taking a risk, then you should grind the demons as they will drop more gold than the elves but are harder to slay.
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World Of Warcraft : The Real Secrets And Tips To Gather As Many Golds As Possible.
It is true that the World of Warcraft Gold Farming is one of the harder thing of the game, and it always a little bit annoying to have to resort to World of Warcraft Gold Farming to be capable to get your own mount, or a special enchant! Evidently if you make out how to implement World of Warcraft Gold Farming accurately then you will find that you enjoy the game much more! At the moment I am going to expose to you a few spots that are the best in the game for World of Warcraft Gold Farming so you can stop worrying about being broke! Here’s a rapid listing of some of the places that are the best for World of Warcraft Gold Farming: – Azshara – There are a number ways you can perform this one if you do not want to take risks and are quite happy doing hours of World of Warcraft Gold Farming then you must kill as many blood elves here as you can. They will drop ready money and rune cloth that you can constantly sell to the auction home or a merchant for a tidy profit. If you don’t mind taking a risk, then you should grind the demons as they will drop more gold than the elves but are more difficult to slay.
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World Of Warcraft : The Authentic Secrets And Tips To Produce As Many Golds As You Can.
TRE’s coverage of custom-Mickey Mouse 12″ vinyls for Mickey Brand Halo show continues with a series of Mickeys from Philippines! A hook-up via FreshManila led to a showcase of work by Reggie Yuson, Christian Tamundong, WULA, Krayola Eater and WeeWillDoodle, as well as the crew from artist-collective MOVEMENT 69: featuring works from Egg Fiasco, WHOOOP, NEMO, EXLD and TRIP63 = CLICK THRU for more
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Custom Mickey Mouse from Philippines for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, Hong Kong (show date TBC)
Last June I wrote a post on my Tips For Crafters On The Web blog entitled “Mozilla – Firefox Versus Internet Explorer” How Does Your Website Fare? My post concerned using Microsoft “Publisher” to create my websites. At that time I was using Internet Explorer and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to update my websites

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The Browser Distortion – How Does Your Website And/Or Blog Fare?
It is factual that the World of Warcraft Gold Farming is one of the harder aspects of the game, and it always a little bit frustrating to have to resort to World of Warcraft Gold Farming to be able to obtain your own mount, or a particular enchant! Of course if you discern how to put into practice World of Warcraft Gold Farming appropriately then you will notice that you take pleasure in the game a great deal more! At the moment I am going to expose to you a number of spots that are the best in the game for World of Warcraft Gold Farming so you can stop worrying about being broke! Here’s a swift record of some of the places that are the best for World of Warcraft Gold Farming: – Azshara – There are a small number of ways you can perform this one if you do not want to take risks and are quite happy doing hours of World of Warcraft Gold Farming then you ought to kill as many blood elves here as you can. They will drop money and rune cloth that you can usually put up for sale to the auction home or a vendor for a fairly large revenue. If you don’t care taking a risk, then you should grind the demons as they will drop more gold than the elves but are more difficult to exterminate
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World Of Warcraft : The Authentic Tricks And Tips To Gather As Many Golds As You Can.
It’s true that the World of Warcraft Gold Farming is one of the harder thing of the game, and it usually a little bit annoying to have to resort to World of Warcraft Gold Farming to be able to obtain your own mount, or a special enchant! Obviously if you discern how to implement World of Warcraft Gold Farming appropriately then you will notice that you get pleasure from the game a great deal more! Today I am going to reveal to you a few spots that are the best in the game for World of Warcraft Gold Farming so you can stop worrying about being penniless! Here’s a swift inventory of some of the places that are the best for World of Warcraft Gold Farming: – Azshara – There are a couple techniques you can do this one if you do not want to take risks and are quite happy doing hours of World of Warcraft Gold Farming then you ought to kill as many blood elves here as you can.
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World Of Warcraft : The Real Tricks And Tips To Produce As Many Golds As Possible.
It isn't quite as Frankenstein as it may sound, these new Creepy Crawly Kits each come complete with fine looking insect abode, a pair of tweezers, feeding pipette,magnifier and an instruction/info pack (which handily doubles as a coulouring in book for the kids). Once you've chosen whether it'll be a Butterfly or Stick Insect that you fancy rearing send off for your kit and the manual will tell you how to go about buying the eggs or larvae online. At first admittedly we didn't fancy either but after seeing the quality of the kits quite fancy a go at growing our own
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Grow your own pets
Remember those pretty Designer My Little Ponies that debuted at Comic Con 2008? Well, here’s another one in the designer series that was 18″ giant tall at the time of the show. It is now normal sized and available in October 2009 to the general public! Designed by Designed by artist Junko Mizuno, this my little pony comes with her own fuzzy designer clothing! Retails about $23.49 each. Never heard of these

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Junko Mizuno Designer My Little Pony Case
Artist Tony DePew shares with us his custom-Mickey Mouse vinyl – completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show in Times Square, Hong Kong (that was supposed to have begun June 29th and exhibited thru August 2nd – status currently unconfirmed tho :p). About his custom-creation, Tony-mentions: “Bright colors and bold lines make up this nostalgic character, re-introducing Mickey Mouse to today’s times in
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Tony DePew custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, HK
CLICK THRU to find out more about the trio of exclusive-toys from Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters (Scavengers & Serv-O-Matics respectively) scheduled to drop at the coming Taipei Toy Festival – courtesy of the extremely busy MINDstyle (what with San Diego Comic Con in July, and the Singapore Toy Games & Comic Con in August).PRESS: The first of three vinyl art toys for Taipei Toy Fair, MINDstyle’
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MINDstyle Scavengers & Serv-O-Matic Exclusives for Taipei Toy Festival 2009
New products available now at Frozen Empire Toys : The Giver: Pestilence Edition by Andrew Bell/DYZ Plastic – $57.50 Pure Trance Mini Figures by Junko Mizuno/Kidrobot – $9.95 each Black Walrus Rider by Alex Pardee/Upper Playground – $109.95 Bomb of the Month – Terminade by Van Beater/Jamungo – $9.50 Original Koibito by Yoskay Yamamoto/Munky King – $77.50 Green Dragon Scout by Amanda Visell/Switcheroo – $64.00 House of Liu: Shaolin Monk Master by Crazy Label – $32.50 Tree Show Postcard Microportfolio by Mark Ryden – $12.00 Big Mongers by Frank Kozik/Kidrobot – $24.95 each House of Liu: Baby Monk by Crazy Label – $11.50 Pugzee – Street Edition by David Cortes – $29.95 Be sure to keep an eye on their website for frequent updates!
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New at Frozen Empire Toys
had asked me if it’s hot enough for me I swear I was going to scream!!!! I don’t think there was one day when the thermometer didn’t hit a hundred and when you don’t have air conditioning I can’t even begin to tell you how that feels……well mostly sticky. I was doing anything to try and think cool thoughts, which is how this little guy came about…. I think he has helped the temperature as since he has arrived there has definately been a break in the weather (thank god)

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Last week if one more person……
GRANVILLE is a young vampire who lives in a strange place called the DARK FOREST. He is also an albino and he is phobic to the moon light.Designed by Patricio Oliver (Zombie Pet Dunny), Granville follows the style of his earlier self-produced Priotcia Levori and has created an intriguing winged character who is currently on pre-order at Patch Together as a 6 inch tall resin figurine! Priced at US
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Granville The Vampire by Patricio Oliver pre-order on Patch Together
A rally track is not the place you would normally expect to see a Ferrari, but the Ferrari 308 GTB performed well in this demanding environment. Having started out as a test car, the 308 was originally intended to race at Le Mans, but following its introduction at the Paris Salon in October 1975, it moved into rallying. The new Scalextric model recreates the FIA Group 4 rally car made by Makela Auto Tuning in 1977 and is part of Scalextric’s high-detail classic car range
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Scalextric rallies round its latest release
French designer (and creator of Chaos Monkey) BUNKA gives the classic good-guy MickeyMouse a devious extreme makeover – specifically customed for the Mickey Brand Halo group custom show (organized by 3-MIX and Disney Asia) exhibiting from June 29th til August 2nd @ Times Square, Hong Kong. CLICK THRU for a closer-look at “Chaos Mickey” and for a few quick words with Bunka
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BUNKA custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, HK (June 29)
From the honied beehive-nose, to the tail as wriggly-snake, to the numerous lil critters scurrying around the old Mickey-tree, and to the twin creatures popping out of his branched-mitts, this custom-Mickey Mouse TREE SPIRIT MICKEY by 64 Colors (creators of Marshall the Marshmellow Boy) = both charms and awes at the same time, IMHO.Completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show @ Times Square, Hong
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64 Colors custom-Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, HK (June 29)
Another exciting addition to last week’s announcement post about Netherlands-designers LouLou & Tummie’s The TUMMIE FRIENDS – prepare yourselves to be dazzled by the Glow-In-The-Dark MR SPRINKLES!Do keep a lookout for this limited edition plush (in an edition of only 150 pcs) at the coming Taipei Toy Festival – where the entire plush collection will also be launched by BUBU Co.Also to make a note
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Glow-in-the-Dark Mr Sprinkles by LouLou & Tummie x BUBU for Taipei Toy Festival
Japan’s SECRETBASE serves up a couple of Taipei Toy Festival Exclusives – with a CONVEXBASE-mashup of the Convex mascot-character MUTAN and a Secretbase SKULLBEE, to form an adorable mutant SKULLBEETAN! (I do lurve it when cuteness x a tinge of horror are combined well :p) … And from Three Tides Tattoo come DR MORTALITY [blog] featuring a red-skulled and black-hooded with blue-spray color
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SECRETBASE Exclusives Skullbeetan & Dr Mortality for Taipei Toy Festival 2009
CLICK THRU for still-images of Brent Nolasco’s custom-Mickey Mouse (shown in above video) – completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show that is scheduled to launch June 29th @ Times Square, Hong Kong (exhibits thru August 2nd). The title of the custom is “Consumption”.BRENT NOLASCO: The way I went about this custom was to have my characters slowy consuming Mickey. As they take over his body, Mickey
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Brent Nolasco custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @Times Square, HK (June 29)
For 70 years Airfix has been on the toy scene, its ever-lasting appeal illustrated inside this fabulous collectors book written by self confessed Airfix addict Aurthur Ward. Covering the early beginnings and the first model tractor to the more modern sets including the Dr Who seriesand the chapter when the iconic brand almost disappeared before its rescue by Hornby a couple of years ago. A great book for fans and a decent coffee table read for anyone who ever had a set
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Airfix book celebrates seven decades
Are you planning a birthday party or a special event that involves children? Are you thinking “What type of entertainment will we provide”? If it’s your child’s birthday party, why not entertain them in a very special way and purchase an inflatable bounce house . The Kid’s will never forget all the bouncing fun they had. Is the event for a church group, or charity event, if so there are many commercial bounce houses on the market. No matter what the event, a Bounce House can be a lot of fun and with so many different options available you are surely to find out that will be perfect

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Bounce Houses Equal Birthday Fun