May 11 2010
1:6 Hot Toys Iron Man Tony Stark Mech Test Version, Mark I, Mark II and battle-damaged Mark III
 

Group pix of Hot Toys Tony Stark Mech Test version with Mark I, Mark II and battle-damaged Mark III. Excellent RDJ sculpt this time round…

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1:6 Hot Toys Iron Man Tony Stark Mech Test Version, Mark I, Mark II and battle-damaged Mark III

May 11 2010
1:6 Hot Toys Iron Man 2 Black Widow
 

Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Black Widow Limited Edition Collectible Figurine from the Iron Man 2 movie. The movie-accurate Black Widow collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Scarlett Johansson in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head, hair implantation, highly detailed costume and accessories. The 1/6th scale Black Widow Limited Edition

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1:6 Hot Toys Iron Man 2 Black Widow

May 11 2010
Crazy Label’s Treeson Baby Apparel Sample Sales
 

In a way, I consider myself “lucky”. Lucky because I am still single and do not little mouths to feed, or clothe ~ because if I did, I reckon I might be ordering quite a number of these toddler apparels from Crazy Label’s current Treeson Baby Apparel Sample Sales! Tees, bibs and even a hat has previously been blogged about here, but is now being made available for order.

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Crazy Label’s Treeson Baby Apparel Sample Sales

May 11 2010
Custom-Feature: The Seven Samurai custom-Munnys by Jon-Paul Kaiser
 

After the earlier posted teaser, and now that the commissioned customs have reached their intended destination and new owner, TOYSREVIL is proud to reveal in full, Jon-Paul Kaiser’s SEVEN SAMURAI custom-Munnys, featuring characters based on the 1954 cinematic classic by legendary director Akira Kurosawa [wiki] ~ color-drenched in classic black+white noir! CLICK THRU for more snaps, along with a Q

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Custom-Feature: The Seven Samurai custom-Munnys by Jon-Paul Kaiser

May 11 2010
Learning Resources Gingerbread Shape Sorter
 

by David Smith Youngsters with an appetitive for shape-sorting can now get stuck into the Gingerbread Shape Sorter from Learning Resources . Shaped like a fairytale gingerbread cottage (but without the nasty old witch inside), this shape-sorter is aimed at kids of three and up and comes with six chunky pieces

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Learning Resources Gingerbread Shape Sorter

May 11 2010
Event: New Ceramic Works by Yoshitomo Nara @ Tomio Koyama Gallery (May 15-June 19)
 

Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara is scheduled to exhibit his new works at the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, Japan from May 15th thru to June 19th (7th-6th floor), which will feature primarily ceramic sculptures, both large and small (the result of after more than a year’s training at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park ), as well as “some drawings”. This show will be his debut using ceramics.

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Event: New Ceramic Works by Yoshitomo Nara @ Tomio Koyama Gallery (May 15-June 19)

May 11 2010
LEGO launches new Minifigures range
 

by David Smith LEGO’s Minifigures have always had an appeal out of all proportion to their size – many people buy LEGO sets just to get their hands on the brilliant Minifigures inside them – and now you can pick the little fellows up individually. For the first time ever, LEGO has released 16 individual Minifigures, priced around £1.99 each, for collectors to snap up.

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LEGO launches new Minifigures range

May 11 2010
Mongers: Straight Outta Compost (Kidrobot Animated Video by Wild Brain)
 

More animated Monger-highjinks courtesy of W!ld Brain and Kidrobot, featuring the character-creations of Frank Kozik in this second episode of MONGERS, done as part of the National Stop Smorkin’ Month by Kidrobot [Details]. Watch out for the next episode to launch May 17th![Peep the first animated espisode "Smokey's Gambling Problem" here]

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Mongers: Straight Outta Compost (Kidrobot Animated Video by Wild Brain)

May 11 2010
Toy-Release: Specimens by DMS (May 12-drop)
 

“Taken from the reefs of Planet 44, these two specimens appear to be mamal like and are able to survive on land or in the ocean. Reef Patrol & Deep Sea Dusters have now been reprogrammed with the task of discovering more specimens of ocean lifeforms on the planet.”DMS releases the first two test versions of an ongoing series of one-off handmade resin plaster figures, with Specimen #1 (measuring 2

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Toy-Release: Specimens by DMS (May 12-drop)

May 10 2010
Toy-Teaser: Our Hero, APPRENTICE! in WIP-Color by Dynomight NYC
 

And with this teaser-snap above-left, we get to finally see the color-scheme, as well as the “face” of Dynomight NYC’s latest diminutive dynamite; Our Hero, APPRENTICE! [tagged] The existence of the domino mask gives him that “superhero” feel, doesn’t it?Creator Justin Rudy shares with us that this is an image showing the base (paint) coat being applied to the 6-inch tall figure, with a

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Toy-Teaser: Our Hero, APPRENTICE! in WIP-Color by Dynomight NYC

May 10 2010
Custom-Showcase: OniSake by J*RYU (for Not Vinyl Show @ Dragatomi)
 

“OniSake” by J*RYU is made from a sake bottle, magic sculpt for the mask, face(s) and body, fabric and thread for the clothing, sheet metal for the armor and sword, and wood for the hilt and teeth.OniSake is currently on display alongside other non-vinyl creations at The Not Vinyl Show @ Dragatomi [blogged / currently on show until June 1st). CLICK THRU to peep more of this sake-warrior! [13 x

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Custom-Showcase: OniSake by J*RYU (for Not Vinyl Show @ Dragatomi)

May 10 2010
Toy-Release: 1/6 Black Widow Limited Edition Collectible Figurine by Hot Toys (Iron Man 2)
 

No sooner than teasers appear online [HERE], Hot Toys unleashes full-images and product details of their 1/6th-scaled BLACK WIDOW from the Iron Man 2 movie, featuring the likeness of Scarlet Johansson as “Natasha Romanoff / Natalie Rushman” (looking suspiciously like a “love-doll” here in these images, come-hither open-pout and all *cough*), as sculpted by Yulli and painted by JC.

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Toy-Release: 1/6 Black Widow Limited Edition Collectible Figurine by Hot Toys (Iron Man 2)

May 10 2010
Event: Hot Toys x Iron Man collARTible Expo In Taiwan (May 14-June 1)
 

Hot Toys’ Iron Man collARTible Expo (had) just finished it’s exhibition period in Hong Kong [WHAT / Opening Day] and is moving on to the next station, in Taiwan! The exhibition will start from May 14th to June 1st, from across Taipei to Kaohsiung to Taichung. (May 14-18)@ SHIN KONG MITSUKOSHI, A9 Xinyi Place, Taipei(May 21-25)@ SHIN KONG MITSUKOSHI, Kaohsiung Zuoying(May 28-June 1)@ SHIN KONG

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Event: Hot Toys x Iron Man collARTible Expo In Taiwan (May 14-June 1)

May 10 2010
Spin Master Sea Princess Moon Sand
 

by Eleanor de Bruin When we picture a princess, we tend to imagine a beautiful young lady living in a palace and surrounded by servants. This princess from Spin Master is indeed a beautiful young lady, but she lives at the bottom of the ocean and is surrounded by sea creatures.

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Spin Master Sea Princess Moon Sand

May 09 2010
Video Demo for RAH C3-PO and R2-D2 in 1/6 by Medicom Toy
 

Above posted is a video demo and specs for Medicom Toys’ 1/6-scaled RAH (“Real Action Heroes”) C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars. Available in August 2010. CLICK THRU for production snaps of the infamous robotic odd-couple of sci-fi :) SRP is 19,740YEN for C3-PO, while R2-D2 can be had for 17,640YEN [via Blister.jp here+here][It actually took me quite some time staring at the image above to realize

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Video Demo for RAH C3-PO and R2-D2 in 1/6 by Medicom Toy

May 09 2010
Introducing Rampart: Original Resin Robot by Cris Rose
 

Amongst the artists participating in the Dragatomi Not Vinyl Show [blogged / currently on show @ Dragatomi until June 1st] is UK-creator Cris Rose, who does a “surprise” release of his new original resin design; RAMPART! The third in his new series of robots in 2010 so far (after Rummage and Rumble), this particular Rampart (above-left) is priced at US$125 for this one-off painted edition, which

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Introducing Rampart: Original Resin Robot by Cris Rose

May 09 2010
Painted Sculpt of Podgypanda’s Kristopher Kong by MATBOT
 

“Kristopher Kong” is created by Richard Kuoch aka Podgypanda, and shown above-left (sans “glasses”) is a 15cm tall (6 inches) painted sculpt by MATBOT. Kristopher uber-pinchable and adorable, and seriously needs to be made into a production toy, methinks ~ Don’t you folks agree

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Painted Sculpt of Podgypanda’s Kristopher Kong by MATBOT

May 09 2010
Toy-Release: Bushi Samurai by 2PetalRose (May 9-Preorder / June 4-Release)
 

Scheduled for a pre-order this Sunday May 8th @ 5pm GMT is 2PetalRose’s last Samurai release (at least for a while) with BUSHI SAMURAI. Limited to 25 pcs worldwide, 20 of which will be on pre-order here on Sunday, with the remaining 5 pcs will be made available on the day of release on June 4th. Price is £90 GBP Plus £5 Uk postage and £10 Outside UK

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Toy-Release: Bushi Samurai by 2PetalRose (May 9-Preorder / June 4-Release)

May 09 2010
Toy-Release: CHIMERAS (Part 1) by Alexandr Bud’kin
 

From Russia-based artist Alexandr Bud’kin comes his latest project: CHIMERAS (Part 1) ~ a miniature project that consists of three characters made of polymer clay and dyed with acrylic paints. The figures are now available online via budkin.siteedit.su priced between US$65-68

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Toy-Release: CHIMERAS (Part 1) by Alexandr Bud’kin

May 08 2010
Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam (Destroy Mode)
 

This post serves as a pictorial guide of the transformation of Gundam Fix Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam from Unicorn mode to Destroy mode. First, start off the sequence by shouting at the figure in Unicorn mode, “Transform!” If that doesn’t work, try “Henshin”

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Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam (Destroy Mode)

May 07 2010
Manhattan Toy Lilydolls
 

by Eleanor de Bruin Josephine, Harper and Astrid (pictured from left to right) are classic dolls and best friends. With their faces beautifully embroidered into expressions showing their kind, caring personalities, the Lilydoll dolls from Manhattan Toy also have fabric hair in a variety of styles

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Manhattan Toy Lilydolls

May 07 2010
Flair Toy Story Story Maker
 

by Eleanor de Bruin Flair’s Toy Story Story Maker is a bumper kit to help children create their own book based on the adventures of Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody. The colourful pack contains a Story Maker cover for a child’s unique book, and also ten printed pages to make up the interior.

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Flair Toy Story Story Maker

May 06 2010
Skeleton crew
 

by David Smith We’ve seen scurvy-ridden pirates before, but we’ve never seen pirates that look quite so unwell as these new arrivals from Playmobil . It’s not that surprising, of course – they’re all dead! The new Ghost Pirates range will give your timbers extra reason to shiver, as phantom ships and mouldering mariners take to the seas, clearly happy to continue doing in the afterlife what they did while alive.

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Skeleton crew

May 05 2010
Toy-Release: Gaza Kids Plush by CUPCO!
 

CUPCO-SAYS: The Gaza Kids series was a collab with POKETO and I just found a secret stash in my stockpile! These guys are mini size the smallest ever Cupcodolls! Ok. These guys have been around for a while but hold your hats because there will be 2 more Cupco mini-doll releases in the next few months (some with wings and some with fangs – a total of 27 new mini-dolls). Take the fight to the

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Toy-Release: Gaza Kids Plush by CUPCO!

May 05 2010
The Origin and Creation of Sergey Safonov’s Godot
 

With the full reveal of GODOT the toy (scheduled for a late-May 2010 release as a limited edition resin figure), I had asked his creator, Sergey Safonov how/what lead to the current “interpretation” of Godot (from the Samuel Beckett play, “Waiting For Godot”), with surprising answers:SERGEY SAFONOV: Archiving today’s interpretations of Godot was not an easy task. First was the story of a

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The Origin and Creation of Sergey Safonov’s Godot

May 05 2010
Event: Thought Processor – The NYC Series @ myplasticheartnyc (May 21)
 

PRESS: myplasticheart and PHONETICONTROL presents the NYC leg of the Thought Processor custom paper toy show. Over 20 artists and designers will be presenting their personalized Thought Processors as well as a matching piece of art to go with it.

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Event: Thought Processor – The NYC Series @ myplasticheartnyc (May 21)

May 04 2010
Iron Man 2 Facebook Contest by Hot Toys
 

Hot Toys is currently having a contest on their facebook, whereby folks stand a chance to win an “exclusive” IRON MAN 2 Gift Set (shown here) which includes a limited edition Iron Man tee, a set of 4 postcards and 7 badges (What? No 1/6th-scaled Mark V? heh :p)5 lucky draw gifts are up for grabs, and all you need to do, is to leave a comment in this post about (1) which one single “Artist Project

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Iron Man 2 Facebook Contest by Hot Toys

May 04 2010
General Zoo Demo Video by Artoyz
 

Leading up to the release of their exclusive-edition of Double Line x G999′s “Origins” edition GENERAL ZOO [teased], Artoyz shares with folks a demo video of the figure (I heart Demo Videos!).And to test the limits (and validity, somewhat) of online-translators, this is the babelfished excerpt of the figure’s description via Artoyz’s blog entry:”This resin character is composed of 9 parts, which

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General Zoo Demo Video by Artoyz