Adult Toys

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

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)

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

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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About That Super Seven Secret Society Membership You Missed

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

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

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

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

Originally published at Shortpacked! . Please leave any comments there. Haven’t written you many paragraphs recently!  BotCon news has fizzled out for the moment, I have no new toys to gab about, and I don’t have any conventions to get you guys pumped up for until early July.

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Last night I dressed two of my Gene dolls in fashions recently acquired. They are waiting to be photographed and I visualized them looking over their shoulders as they retreated from the front of a stage on the last night of their performance. In a few days I will have begun to attend my first and last Gene Marshall convention.

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Gene’s Final Curtain Call ~ Part I

Swing-N-Slide offer a line of well made Wooden swing sets . These units come with lots of fantastic options that will entertain your children for hours.  Affordable options include rope ladders, slides, and fun tower toys.  It is nearly impossible for your kids to get bored or tire of playing on these swing sets.  In addition to the joys of swinging that all children love, there are many more activities that these great units have. For example, if your child is athletic or adventurous, there are rock climbing walls and mountain climbing walls that come on many outdoor playsets now

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Swing-N-Slide Offers Affordable Swing Sets That Are Well Built

Best Price Toys  has just added several new patterns of sleeping bags. The are brand new designs from the Wildkin line.  These great styles of kids sleeping bags are designed for boys and girls.  Big dots are the hottest trends in bright colors and our newest designs are selling well.  Each sleeping bag is super fashionable, washable and durable  and they include a matching pillow

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New Designs And Fabrics For Sleeping Bag Just Introduced

Brand new line from Creative Playthings is the Playtime Swing Set with offer monkey bars or top beam. Choose accessories with rope or chains.

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Playtime Is Fun Time With Playtime Swing Sets

Lotso, short for Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, is a fictional character from the movie Toy Story 3. He is a plush, pink teddy bear with a purple nose, a walking cane, and a sweet strawberry scent. Lotso is the leader, commanding officer, and Mafia boss of the toys at the Daycare Center.

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Day 169: Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear

Swing-N-Slide is a well known name in the playground industry.  Their collection of swing sets and accessories can be found in stores across the country. They can also be found online at Best Price Toys where we offer the entire line of swing set accessories and ready to assemble playsets. One of my  favorite wooden units  is the Brentwood which offers the discovery mountain climbing wall and an 8 foot Wave slide

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Brentwood Is A Ready To Assemble Unit For Residential Yards

If you have an existing swing set that does not have ground cover you should consider this option for safe play. There are many options available today and most are outlined in your owners manual that was part of your swing set package. Today, it is easy to enhance the beauty of your backyard and make your play area safer for your children.

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Should A Parent Choose Rubber Mulch As Ground Cover

Unique line of girls slumber bags Slumber bags custom made to order in beautiful fabrics that are durable and machine washable. Our slumber bags are perfect for hanging out with friends at summer camp. Vacation is an exciting time for children, especially if they are going to be away from home and heading off to camp or a week.  Having a special unique bag is perfect for there trip.

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Sleeping Bags Are A Must Have For Summer Camps

Remember there was a Tokidoki X Karl Lagerfield?  Karl recently did a launch with Coca-Cola in the world famous Galeries Lafayette in Paris France.  Along with the displays were none other than Tokidoki’s pink tie Karl figure.  If you own one of them, you feel that much more special owning it, don’t you?

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Vitrines Coca-Cola light by Karl Lagerfeld

New Summer Tokidoki Shirts and Messagio print bags have been added to Karmaloop! From now until 5/31 get 15% off orders over $75 with code ‘pumped’ or free shipping with code ‘bfree’

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New Tokidoki Watches, Shirts and Messaggio Bags at Karmaloop

Edemame Mameshiba Soy Bean Pod Keychains are absolutely adorable. A cute mame shib pops out when you squeeze it! In case you didn’t know, mame shiba is a cute little dog that lives in a pea pod. Check out the video and keychain at Strapya’s website !

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Now for something randomly cute

From now until they sell out, you can get a free rhinestone locket pendant from sanrio.com with an order of $125 or more.  You just need to enter FreeLocket125 at checkout.

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Free Hello Kitty Pendant at Sanrio!

Ghost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes’s comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books

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Day 168: Enid Coleslaw (Ghost World)

Yuri and Kumi have returned (in name only.) Kumi “Snow White” and Yuri “Rose Red” are now dressed in almost identical frilly dresses adorned with tulle, lace, bows, ribbons and embroidered crosses.

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Integrity Announces a BIC Exclusive: Two New Nu.Fantasy Dolls

Spring is a great time to get the kids out of the house, start taking trips and plan outings for the whole family. However, Travel + Kids introduces all sorts of new parenting challenges; perhaps you discover that your once angelic toddler turns into a “bolter” when you go to the grocery store, or that your sleek and stylish tote can no longer hold the steamer trunk of supplies necessary for a day at the zoo. As a parent, it can sometimes feel like life is a constant adjustment, a constant search for solutions to new problems that you never knew you had

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Travel Fever

theme: city, airport year: 2010 pieces: 309 prices: €35 minifigs: 3 nice city set. come with a passanger plane. the plane has 2 rear body engines, plate built wings and winglets.

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LEGO set database: 3181 passanger plane

theme: factory, city, space shuttle year: 2010 pieces: 1204 prices: us$100 minifigs: 3 come with a space shuttle, detachable fuel tank, 2 booster rockets and a launch pad. the space shuttle can seat for 2 astronaut minifigs. the space shuttle has retractable landing gears, openable cargo compartment and a crane inside it

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LEGO set database: 10213 shuttle adventure

The Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), officially titled Liberty Enlightening the World (French: la Liberté éclairant le monde), dedicated on October 28, 1886, is a monument commemorating the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, given to the United States by the people of France to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution. It represents a woman wearing a stola, a radiant crown and sandals, trampling a broken chain, carrying a torch in her raised right hand and a tabula ansata, where the date of the Declaration of Independence JULY IV MDCCLXXVI is inscribed, in her left arm

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Day 164: Statue of Liberty

As you may already know, the Kmart Cars Collector Event 2010 is being held in Kmarts across the US on June 12th at 11 AM. Yesterday, I posted about the Kmart.com pre-sale and the details of the case that will be offered

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Kmart Cars Collector Event 2010 Update