Jan 18 2010
Copperhead Squadt White Edition by Kenny Wong x FERG (Jan 25-release)
 

After the sold-out Regular and All-Black editions of Kenny Wong x FERG ‘s Copperhead Squadt [ tagged ], comes the latest release info for the 3rd and final version; COPPERHEAD WHITE SPECIMEN! Limited to 100pcs only and priced at US$75 per (includes worldwide shipping via FEDEX), the release date for COPPERHEAD SQUADT ‘White’ is set for Monday, January 25th @ 12:00 noon (Central Time) ~ available via http://store.projectsquadt.com . Standing 6″, this vinyl figure includes; hose clippers, diving suit and as always a removable helmet.

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Copperhead Squadt White Edition by Kenny Wong x FERG (Jan 25-release)

Jan 18 2010
New FREYJA One-Offs and Variations from Chris Ryniak
 

Chris Ryniak teases with a slew of upcoming FREYJAs ( remember ?) including one-off painted figures (sneaked above) for his coming solo show at Copro Gallery (Feb 13th), as well as a few glossy-clear-ish sculpts that are mystifyingly scrumptous! CLICK THRU for more peeks. There will be six one-off painted Freyjas, and will be made available via the gallery at US$350 each. The final finish has yet to be revealed (after the faces are painted) The glossy/glassy-ones shown here are as yet painted-on

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Jan 18 2010
Deco Robo
 

Name: Astroid Robot Manufacturer: Durham Toy line: Sidewinders Release Date: 1970s Component Materials: Tin and Plastics Size: 5.5 inches tall Toy Description: When I was young, robots were seen as outlandish mechanical pets or comic relief. My earliest memories of them were of Rosie the Jetson’s maid, Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet and the Robinson’s family robot in Lost in Space. In addition to these very fanciful robots, I had my own little toy robot whom I simply called “The Lost in Space robot” since it had so much in common with the Robinson’s robot.

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Jan 18 2010
LEGO set database: 7567 traveller
 

theme: city, cargo transport, impulse year: 2010 pieces: 21 prices: us$3.5 minifigs: 1 impulse set. great for collecting minifig and the accessories. included a traveller minifig and his baggage trolley.

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LEGO set database: 7567 traveller

Jan 18 2010
Nana by Quan Vu (for It Came From Skull Brain 2)
 

7 x images in slideshow above ~ featuring Quan Vu’s (of Fresh Characters ) custom piece for the past weekend’s It Came From Skull Brain 2 community customs show @ Super 7 . ” Nana ” is the name, and unfortunately for folks hankering for pink-blossomness, is not-for-sale! ~ Peep Nana in full-pics via FreshCharacters.com :)

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Nana by Quan Vu (for It Came From Skull Brain 2)

Jan 18 2010
Mr Friend Tomorrow: Oakor Custom by Tesselate
 

“Mr Friend Tomorrow is waiting for you to reach him, but alas you never do. He is always one step ahead.” Have a gander at a new Oakor custom by Sam Millen aka Tesselate .

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Mr Friend Tomorrow: Oakor Custom by Tesselate

Jan 18 2010
Day 149 & 150: Jay & Silent Bob
 

Jay and Silent Bob are fictional characters portrayed by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively, in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse, a fictional universe created and used in most films, comics and television by Kevin Smith, which began in the film Clerks. Download the PDF of Jay and Silent Bob and make your own toys! Find out what’s the next toy by visiting our Facebook Fan page .

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Day 149 & 150: Jay & Silent Bob

Jan 18 2010
WWR Dropcloth: Jungler & Zhivago Preview by ThreeA Toys
 

With the upcoming release of ThreeA Toys ‘ WWR DROPCLOTH [ tagged ] on January 29th [ blogged ], turnaround-previews of the articulated 1/6-bots are starting to surface ~ with JUNGLER and ZHIVAGO (“Medic” ~ diggin’ the “Dcotr Zhivago”-reference, if that be indeed the case :p) welcoming the new week! Note that the Jungler is a part of the Bambaland 4Pack exclusive and is the only bot that comes with a severed head.

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WWR Dropcloth: Jungler & Zhivago Preview by ThreeA Toys

Jan 18 2010
Red Cross Custom Stitched Mini Munny by MeSmithy
 

For your online bidding-considerations: Red Cross Custom Stitched Mini Munny by Megan Smithyman aka MeSmithy , who mentions: “I started working on this mini munny the day before the earthquake. After hearing about the devastation in Port Au Prince I decided to make this piece a fund raiser for the American Red Cross. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross

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Red Cross Custom Stitched Mini Munny by MeSmithy

Jan 18 2010
Molly x Jumping Brain by Kenny Wong
 

Kenny Wong ‘s beloved Molly adds a li’l color dash’n'splash to Emilio Garcia ‘s Jumping Brains (I wonder if that’s the region for “artistic expression”?) and tops with with a pastel-pwetty pink crown! No doubt a custom-piece, but would you be interested to see this made into a production item?

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Molly x Jumping Brain by Kenny Wong

Jan 18 2010
Mezco Donates The Wolfman Figures to Museum of the Moving Image
 

New York, January 15, 2010 —Standing in front of the mechanical wolves from the film Wolfen on display at Museum of the Moving Image, Mike Drake, Mezco’s Director of Special Projects, “handed off” various items from the new film The Wolfman to Barbara Miller, the Museum’s Collection Curator. The donated items include two prototypes of

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Jan 17 2010
Sunday Slideshow – Hot Toys Jokers x Pink Floyd
 

This slideshow shows pix of Hot Toys’ Joker set to Pink Floyd’s Brain Damage/Eclipse from their iconic Dark Side of the Moon album. As you can tell, there was no effort expended to put this together. Here are the lyrics for Brain Damage/Eclipse, if you’ve never heard of Pink Floyd before

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Sunday Slideshow – Hot Toys Jokers x Pink Floyd

Jan 16 2010
Nothing like a natural disaster to make you stop whining
 

As I was sitting at my computer last night, I began thinking about all the negative, selfish thoughts I had throughout the day. I started out grumpy because my six year old son woke me up a half hour early. Later in the day I complained that my husband never likes to attend social events at the school and only wants to hang out with me and our two children

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Jan 15 2010
LEGO set database: 3179 repair truck
 

theme: city, cargo transport year: 2010 pieces: 118 prices: us$13 minifigs: 1 come with a street lamp repair truck. the truck has a rotatable and foldable crane arm with a man basket and cargo compartments for storing tools. also included a street lamp and a green trash can

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LEGO set database: 3179 repair truck

Jan 15 2010
2010 preview: Character
 

by David Smith Character has an impressive slate of launches scheduled for 2010, starting with new additions to the Go Go Pets line. Now rebranded as Zhu Zhu Pets, the line will see new pets and playsets, including the Hair Salon pictured. Now your hamsters can look like they just stepped out of the salon – because they will have

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Jan 14 2010
Harry Potter fans in for a treat
 

Tomy are looking for children with the same first names as the three lead characters in Harry Potter. If your son or daughter's name is Harry, Ron or Hermione and they are under 12 years old, enter this competition and they could win the chance to meet an actor from the Harry Potter films! They will also win the opportunity to visit Toy Fair in London, take part in a press photo call with the Harry Potter actor and walk away with a fantastic goody bag full of great toys from Tomy! The three winning children will be invited to London Toy Fair which is taking place at the Earls Court and Olympia Exhibition Centre on 26th January 2010 from 10.30 to 1pm. Here they will have the exclusive opportunity to be among the very first in the UK to see all the fantastic new toys available for the year

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Jan 14 2010
Paper Planes sets complete with instruction
 

Putting together the most basic of paper aeroplanes is straightforward enough, although even these can be tricky to get airborne for any period of time. This set of PlanePads contains a variety of different designs on multiple tear-off sheets, just follow the folding guides on the underside of the paper and in no time you have a flying machine that should stay aloft. Each sheet is also decorated so your efforts will look impressive enough even when on the ground

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Paper Planes sets complete with instruction

Jan 13 2010
Mattel Justice League Animated Figures
 

The previous posts of Mattel’s Justice League animated series figures were meant to culminate in this post, with all the members assembled. I was inspired to take photos of these old toys in my collection after my recent viewing of the Justice League Complete Series DVD.

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Mattel Justice League Animated Figures

Jan 12 2010
LEGO set database: 8083 rebel trooper battle pack
 

theme: starwars, episode 4-5-6 year: 2010 pieces: 79 prices: us$11 minifigs: 4 nice battle pack collection. come with an ice cutting combat speeder. the speeder has 2 flick firing missiles.

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LEGO set database: 8083 rebel trooper battle pack

Jan 12 2010
Structural Strenght Of Swing Sets
 

Important safety issues include the stability and structural strength of the swing set. Look for swing sets that are structurally solid and have more board footage per swing set than most swing sets on the market

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Structural Strenght Of Swing Sets

Jan 11 2010
RC Machine with a mean streak
 

Watch as the Stealthy looking Project 66 Street Trooper roars into action, morphing from vehicle into attack vehicle whilst stationary or in motion. Use the handheld control to transform the vehicle into the attack mode and fire rockets off at your target before switching back to stealth again

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RC Machine with a mean streak

Jan 11 2010
Building Blocks Develop Important Skills
 

Sometimes, the most simple things are what last the longest. Take the classic building block toy, for example. According to Wikipedia , they originated around 1693 in England

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Building Blocks Develop Important Skills

Jan 11 2010
Random Links – 11/11/10
 

firefox is frozen, would you like to restart? http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/funny-pictures-firefox-is-frozen.jpg bring sony 3d home! http://discover.sonystyle.com/bravia/sony3d/ audiences experience avatar blues http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html

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Random Links – 11/11/10

Jan 11 2010
LEGO set database: 8084 snowtrooper battle pack
 

theme: starwars, episode 4-5-6 year: 2010 pieces: 74 prices: us$11 minifigs: 4 nice battle pack collection. come with a small battle station and an imperial speeder bike. the battle station has a rotating flick missile firing gun.

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LEGO set database: 8084 snowtrooper battle pack

Jan 10 2010
LEGO set database: 8085 freeco speeder
 

theme: starwars, the clone wars year: 2010 pieces: 177 prices: us$25 minifigs: 2 the clone wars movie set. come with a freeco speeder. the speeder has openable cockpit in central pod for seating 1 minifig and a rear cargo compartment.

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LEGO set database: 8085 freeco speeder

Jan 09 2010
Day 144: Lego Minifigure
 

Lego Minifigures (sometimes abbreviated as “minifigs”) are small, plastic figural toys produced by Danish toy manufacturer Lego, which are customarily sold with Lego sets, as characters intended to populate modular Lego environments. When first released in 1974, Lego minifigures were at the same scale as the current minifigures

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Day 144: Lego Minifigure

Jan 08 2010
Catalog Epidemic
 

While we have managed to avoid printing a paper catalog for Hazelnut Kids , this past holiday season I realized we may be in the minority!  Each day I checked the mail at my home, I had to make a stop at the recycling bin to drop in the 3-4 catalogs that were received that day.  The mound grew, and I realized there were many duplicate catalogs.  The cover may have been different, but the company was the same, and for the most part – so were the products featured.  I think catalogs certainly have their place – not everyone has computer access believe it or not, and sometimes you just want to be able to flip through tangible pages while looking at products – but the duplicate mailings do more harm than good when they just get tossed.

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Catalog Epidemic

Jan 08 2010
Minutes into hours magic
 

Wander over to this fantastic Vintage Advert site and don't say we didn;t warn you about time flying by. We're linking to the toy section of course, covering print ads from the 1920's to the 1990's but when you're done there find youself lost in all manner of categories showing us how the brands used to try and prise the cash from our wallets.

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Minutes into hours magic