Oct 12 2010
LEMI Mini-Plushies Are Now Available in the TOYSREVIL Online Shop!
 

Eric Wijanata aka Thunderpanda’s LEMI Mini-Plushies Are Now Available in the TOYSREVIL Online Shop @ http://toysrevil.bigcartel.com! Available as singles are the PINK (limited to 100 pcs worldwide) and BLUE Colorways (limited to 150 pcs worldwide), as well as a veeeery limited stock of 3 x Mini-Lemis (including the 50-pcs limited Green coloway) housed in a zipped pouch-bag!Each of the approx 5″

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LEMI Mini-Plushies Are Now Available in the TOYSREVIL Online Shop!

Oct 12 2010
Banksy Tags The Simpsons
 

EDIT: The original posted video has since been removed from youtube.Mere moments after spotting this video on Facebook, it has spread throughout the www in all it’s viral-audacity, which is small wonder as it involves Bansky tagging the intro to The Simpsons! Whether this is a legit-situation with the producers, or animated-tagging, remains to be confirmed at this time (or rather, I’ve yet to

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Banksy Tags The Simpsons

Oct 12 2010
ChariTea Auction for Lunartik Custom Tea Tour @ Kidrobot London (Oct 15-22)
 

PRESS: In 2009, Matt JOnes released his debut Vinyl Art Toys ‘Lunartik in a Cup of Tea’at Forbidden Planets Mega Store – London. Along with the release of the teas, Matt collaborated with 30 of the worlds finest Artists and together they held the ‘Custom Tea Tour’. Between the launch August 2009 – September 2010, the ‘Custom Tea Tour’ has been on the move on a worldwide tour, and has featured at

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Oct 12 2010
Lunartik In A Cup Of Mini Tea On Pre-order Now
 

Pre-orders have begun for Lunartik’s adorable 2-inch tall “Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea” MINI TEA blind-box series (last featured with Matt Jones Q&A HERE) ~ available as Singles @ £6.50 each, or £125 for a Case of 20 Minis (Note that these are “Pre-order” prices).

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Lunartik In A Cup Of Mini Tea On Pre-order Now

Oct 12 2010
Deadly Ninja Monkey Eggplant Edition A.P.E Exclusive from Hyperactive Monkey
 

PRESS: In honor of 2010’s San Francisco’s Alternative Press Expo (A.P.E.), Hyperactive Monkey will be releasing The Deadly Ninja Monkey Eggplant Edition. Designed by Jerome Lu of Hyperactive Monkey, sculpted by Squid Kids Ink, and manufactured by Mana Studios, this little but lethal monkey stands 5” tall and comes with 2 removable katana blades and a 4” x 6” mini print.The Eggplant Edition of

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Deadly Ninja Monkey Eggplant Edition A.P.E Exclusive from Hyperactive Monkey

Oct 12 2010
Custom-Qee-Showcase: Zombiemonqee by Zombiemonkie (for 15th Anniversary Qee show @ Dragatomi)
 

PRESS: The Zombiemonqee by Zombiemonkie (aka Mikie Graham) was created using a Mon-Qee base that was painted in a combination of airbrush and hand brush techniques.

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Custom-Qee-Showcase: Zombiemonqee by Zombiemonkie (for 15th Anniversary Qee show @ Dragatomi)

Oct 12 2010
Custom-Release: Arctic Camo Hicks by Huck Gee
 

Email sales@huckgee.com for the above-posted “Artic Camo Hicks” by Huck Gee, before pre-orders close on Friday October 15th. Priced at US$500 per, the quantity for this new incarnation of the last Sgt Hicks will be determined by the number of pre-orders. CLICK THRU for more snaps and original product-description text from the HG-newsletter.E-NEWSLETTER-PRESS: We had an overwhelming response for

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Custom-Release: Arctic Camo Hicks by Huck Gee

Oct 12 2010
RAJE Toys’ Project Blueprint Winners Announced
 

The winning designs + winners for RAJE Toys’s PROJECT BLUEPRINT contest-submissions has been announced! Congratulations to Hugh Rose, Luihz Unreal, Kris Dyche, Hyaku, Igor Ventura, Cesar Zanardi, Jon-Paul Kaiser, Matucha, Leonard Brizuela, Sjors Vervoort, Chris Dobson, Nahuel Cardozo, Esper, Lisa Rae Hansen and Patricio Oliver! ~ CLICK THRU for full-banner image!RAJE-blogged: “Thanks to everyone

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RAJE Toys’ Project Blueprint Winners Announced

Oct 12 2010
Pao & the balloon Publication by Dorcas Ng
 

PRESS: Following Pao’s first group exhibition, ‘Pao & the balloon’ at Shoreditch Town Hall, London, in early September, the exhibition work has been compiled into a publication, featuring 14 x 3D images which narrates the story of Pao & a yellow balloon in the theme of ‘Dreams’.CLICK THRU for more exclusive preview images, along with ordering details for the publication. Priced at £14 per, quote

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Pao & the balloon Publication by Dorcas Ng

Oct 11 2010
Custom-Showcase: Squbes from JonPaul Kaiser
 

JonPaul Kaiser shares with us his latest custom-commission featuring a pair of SQUBES, done for a collector from the Collect & Destroy board. CLICK THRU for more images of yet anther stunner from JPK!JonPaul-added: “They took me a while to work out what to do and how to work with their unusual shape. I went for Ukiyo-e style scenes, with a wrap-around approach.

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Custom-Showcase: Squbes from JonPaul Kaiser

Oct 11 2010
Teaser for "When I look at the sky, smoke gets in my eyes" Petit Lapin Museum Edition – 2 by Mr Clement
 

A little teaser goes a tall way, in this case with Mr Clement’s blurry-teaser (above-left) for his new upcoming all-black Petit Lapin Museum Edition – 2 – dubbed: < When I look at the sky, smoke gets in my eyes > . Currently no further product description nor release date is revealed.Do note that the previous 40cm tall < When I look at the sky, I can see your smile > Petite Lapin Museum Edition 1

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Teaser for "When I look at the sky, smoke gets in my eyes" Petit Lapin Museum Edition – 2 by Mr Clement

Oct 11 2010
The Coming of HEY YOU G.U.Y.S by Tesselate
 

The above flickr-video features the packaging of Tesselate’s upcoming Halloween figures, dubbed: HEY YOU G.U.Y.SScheduled for an October 19th release via www.madebytesselate.com, the HEY YOU G.U.Y.S resin Halloween figures will consist of 6 members of the HYG, 1 or 2 super secret characters (it’s secret) and also a BOSS character, who is the nemesis of the HYG crew.WHO-IS: HEY YOU G.U.Y.S are

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The Coming of HEY YOU G.U.Y.S by Tesselate

Oct 11 2010
Lunabee Skelanimals Qee Artist Proofs Available From October 13th
 

Sarah Miskelly aka Lunabee will be releasing 1-20 (out of a total of 40 AP’s) of her Skelanimal Qee Artist Proofs on Wednesday October 13th @ 6:30pm London time .These are very special packs and what makes them unique is that they come with a limited edition engraved and numbered wooden coin only for the first 20 buyers (as a “thank you” treat). As well the packs include a signed Artist Card and

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Lunabee Skelanimals Qee Artist Proofs Available From October 13th

Oct 11 2010
TOYSREVIL x The Great Depression Tee-Shirt Giveaway Contest (Part 2)
 

“Part 1″ of the TOYSREVIL X The Great Depression Tee-Shirt Giveaway had just ended yesterday (Congrats to Hong Xiang for being the lucky winner!) ~ and today we bring you “Part 2″ of the contest, with a brand new tee! From The Great Depression comes the tee named “UNDER INFLUENCE”, with the contest starting NOW and ending October 17th @ 11:59PM (+8 GMT / Singapore-time)!All you need to do to join

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Oct 11 2010
Event: The Art of Patricio Oliver @ Genuine Artikle (Oct 15)
 

With the successful debut of his Paladins with RAJE Toys @ NYCC over the weekend just, Patricio Oliver will be giving away his “U.S.-exhibition-cherry” to Genuine Artikle – specifically on October 15th, with the opening of THE ART OF PATRICIO OLIVER (yes, this would be Patricio’s first time exclusive US exhibition! Facebook-event). Meanwhile, CLICK THRU to get better acquainted with Patricio’s

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Event: The Art of Patricio Oliver @ Genuine Artikle (Oct 15)

Oct 11 2010
Video-Coverage of Jouwe Custom Show @ Arty Farty Gallery
 

Video-Coverage of Jouwe Custom Show @ Arty Farty Gallery, in Cologne, Germany, by VANG [Search], to add to the prior posted booklet (Great job, Van!) ~ Folks interested to procure any of the customs are advised to email coskun@artyfarty-gallery.com.VANG-added: “The show opener was a really big success. Around 100-150 visitors came to the show, chat and laughed with the artists and they were very

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Video-Coverage of Jouwe Custom Show @ Arty Farty Gallery

Oct 11 2010
Asia Minigod by Marka27 x BIC Plastics for a December 2010-release
 

Been a while since we’ve seen Minigod-action or releases from Victor Marka Quiñonez aka Marka27 (last one featured being the MG3 Japan Ninja Minigod in February). And now comes the news of the upcoming Full Size Buddha-themed 15-incher ASIA MINIGOD (US$160), along with his 5.5 inch sidekick THE MINI-ASIA MINIGOD (US$40)! Produced by BIC Plastics and scheduled for a December 2010-release, CLICK

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Asia Minigod by Marka27 x BIC Plastics for a December 2010-release

Oct 11 2010
The Fighting JC Four Revealed by ThreeA Toys (Oct 15 pre-order)
 

Mere days before ThreeA Toys unleashes their FIGHTING JC figure online for preorders, a line-up of four variants are revealed! Each 1/6-scaled articulated figure comes clad in either track(y) suits or battle-robes, as well as each coming with a severed Zomb head. Priced at US$80 per, pre-order begin 9AM Hong Kong time on October 15, via Bambalandstore.com

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The Fighting JC Four Revealed by ThreeA Toys (Oct 15 pre-order)

Oct 10 2010
Call For Artists: SWEET + EVIL Custom Deego Toy Exhibit by Agimat Comics (Nov 6 show-launch)
 

The upcoming SWEET + EVIL Custom Toy Exhibit featuring Deego Toys-figures (as platform of choice) is scheduled for a November 6th-launch (@ GEEKS in uptown Whittier, CA.) and the organizers are looking for artists to custom the figures! Organizer Agimat Entertainment-mentions: “There are five (5) colors available: gray, white, blue, green and mustard.

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Call For Artists: SWEET + EVIL Custom Deego Toy Exhibit by Agimat Comics (Nov 6 show-launch)

Oct 10 2010
Customs for Reconstructing Misfortune @ Munky King (Coverage by ToyGodd of AFTimes)
 

[8 x images in slideshow above / Full-screen Viewing]ToyGodd was at the Reconstructing Misfortune show @ Munky King over the weekend, and bring us oodles of custom-Misfortune Cat images galore and viewable via http://www.aftimes.com/vinyl – complete with turnarounds and prices! (all above images swiped + photoshopped from). As well head on down here for the complete listing of

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Customs for Reconstructing Misfortune @ Munky King (Coverage by ToyGodd of AFTimes)

Oct 10 2010
Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica Takes On Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (Shogun Warriors) for their Suparobo Project – Jumbo Machinder Custom
 

Do you folks remember Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica’s 16″ Gurren Lagann (above-left) custom-Qee? Well, for their 2nd Anniversary, Spencer and Stephen will be cooking up their 2d custom Jumbo Machinder edition Suparobo project, featuring a Chōdenji Machine Voltes V!Scheduled for a November-release, CLICK THRU for a anime-blast from-the-past, and await with baited toy-breath for the custom-reveal!WHAT-IS

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Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica Takes On Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (Shogun Warriors) for their Suparobo Project – Jumbo Machinder Custom

Oct 09 2010
Behind-the-Scenes of Hot Toys Iron Man CollARTible Exhibition at Singapore Philatelic Museum
 

Iron Man CollARTible Exhibition at Singapore Philatelic Museum opens today and I am very thankful to have been a part of this project. Background – or ‘How this came to be’ The wheels started turning one fine day in May when I learnt that Hot Toys had begun to travel their exhibition to Taiwan.

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Behind-the-Scenes of Hot Toys Iron Man CollARTible Exhibition at Singapore Philatelic Museum

Sep 24 2010
Hot Toys – MMS136 – The Terminator: 1/6th scale T800 Collectible Figure
 

Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale T800 Collectible Figure from The Terminator movie. The T800 collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head, muscular body, detailed weapons and accessories, as well as the additional interchangeable damaged head.

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Hot Toys – MMS136 – The Terminator: 1/6th scale T800 Collectible Figure

Sep 01 2010
Gundam Fiesta 2010 at Compass Point
 

Many thanks to Open The Toy, Shengtai and Metro for the invite to this event. Here are the sections that I thoroughly enjoyed. Evolution of Gundam features every incarnation of RX-78, and it is an excellent walkthrough that examines how each version of this iconic mecha improves on the last

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Gundam Fiesta 2010 at Compass Point

Aug 27 2010
Official Hot Toys Announcement – Christopher Reeve Superman
 

Our dear fans, this Winter Hot Toys will be bringing you surprise from the highly anticipated SUPERMAN (1978) movie license! Long-awaited by fans from all over the world, we’ll launch the first-of-his-kind 1/6th scale collectible figure of this American superhero acted by notable artist Christopher Reeve! Announcing this together is another great news, also much expected by our fans! We

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Official Hot Toys Announcement – Christopher Reeve Superman

Aug 27 2010
Liverpool FC adidas 08/10 Home Kit with Chinese Carlsberg
 

This kit was used only once, at the final home game of the disasterous 09/10 season which ended in a defeat to Chelsea. The use of Carlsberg in Mandarin was meant as a farewell to their long running sponsor, with an eye set on the Chinese market. If nothing else, it would fit any Lunar New Year wardrobe.

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Liverpool FC adidas 08/10 Home Kit with Chinese Carlsberg

Aug 23 2010
DC Direct Green Lantern Blackest Night Power Ring Spectrum Set
 

I’m in the midst of reading Green Lantern’s Blackest Night storyarc, thanks to Roy, and this set of Power Rings happened to arrive at my fave comic shop last week. It makes a decent display piece, and each ring costs about S$10. Here’s related DC Direct Green Lantern products that I have in my collection.

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DC Direct Green Lantern Blackest Night Power Ring Spectrum Set

Aug 13 2010
About That "Make A 3A TV Ad" Contest from ThreeA Toys
 

Read something very interesting in Gimbat’s entry the new 3A-forum, whereby there will be an upcoming 3A-contest (tentatively) titled, “Make A 3A TV Ad” ~ specifically representing ThreeA Toys to the world via a motion ad. And the winner will score a year’s worth of 3A toys (one of each plus special ones) plus other prizes. (They had me at “a year’s worth” LOL)

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About That "Make A 3A TV Ad" Contest from ThreeA Toys