May 17 2010
LEGO set database: 3221 LEGO® city truck
 

theme: city, cargo transport year: 2010 pieces: 278 prices: us$35 minifigs: 2 come with a container truck with its trailer. the truck has front hood

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LEGO set database: 3221 LEGO® city truck

May 17 2010
Day 165: Miffy
 

Miffy is a small female rabbit in a series of picture books drawn and written by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. Her original Dutch name is Nijntje which stems from a toddler’s pronunciation of the word “konijntje” meaning “little rabbit”. The first Miffy book was produced in 1955, and almost 30 others have followed

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Day 165: Miffy

May 17 2010
Cars Collector Day 2010 Pre-sale Starts Tomorrow
 

Cars Collectors Day this year will be held on June 12th, 2010. If you can’t make it, or you just want to get a jump on everyone else, you can pre-order cases of this years exclusive assortment tomorrow starting at 11 am ET. The assortment this year again features previously-released vehicles, now rolling on synthetic rubber tires.

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Cars Collector Day 2010 Pre-sale Starts Tomorrow

May 12 2010
Iron Man 2 – Black Widow
 

Hot Toys has released details of their newest Iron Man 2 Movie Masterpiece Series figure – the 1/6th scale Black Widow limited edition collectible figurine. 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.

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Iron Man 2 – Black Widow

May 12 2010
Stephane Levallois Toxic Candies: Sweety and Liquorice
 

Artoyz Originals has just released the new Toxic Candies figures (5”) from Stephane Levallois – Sweety and Liquorice. Both of these figures look great . They have plenty of personality, a quality which is sadly lacking from quite a few toys these days

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Stephane Levallois Toxic Candies: Sweety and Liquorice

May 11 2010
Toy-Teaser: Retailer Exclusive WWRp Mk2 Berties by ThreeA Toys
 

CLICK THRU to have a closer look at the Retailer Exclusive editions of WWRp MK2 Berties from ThreeA Toys ~ featuring “Ghost Hunter, “SandCrab” and “EMGY”! Do check with your regular retailers for availability and price.Source: ThreeA Toys-blog

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Toy-Teaser: Retailer Exclusive WWRp Mk2 Berties by ThreeA Toys

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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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
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
WeKillYou Spring Cleaning Sale! (05.11)
 

Beginning on Tuesday, May 11th WeKillYou will be having spring cleaning sale! The sale will be broken up into 3 different batches. The first batch will be some rare toys that consist of test pulls and customs, the second will be clothing, and the third will be all art related…

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WeKillYou Spring Cleaning Sale! (05.11)

May 10 2010
Day 163: Mighty Mouse
 

Mighty Mouse is an animation superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. Originally created as a parody of Superman, he first appeared in 1942 in a theatrical animated short entitled The Mouse of Tomorrow. The original name of the character was Super Mouse, but it was soon changed to Mighty Mouse.

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Day 163: Mighty Mouse

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 07 2010
The Oompa Minute v80: Little Alouette
 

We are always keeping an eye out and adding new products for babies, toddlers and preschoolers to the website. One company we’d like to highlight this week is Little Alouette. Little Alouette makes adorable wooden baby toys with a very smooth baby-safe finish, made from organic flaxseed oil

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The Oompa Minute v80: Little Alouette

May 07 2010
The 4th Toy-A-Day CD giveaway
 

The 4th of the five limited edition Toy-A-Day CDs containing the PDF of the first 100 toys is now up for grab! All you need to do is to go to our Facebook Fan page and tag your name on this picture . You can also click on the above picture to go directly to the page. Good luck!

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The 4th Toy-A-Day CD giveaway

May 05 2010
Big Klik & Small Klak
 

Tessetoys newest handmade figures – Big Klik & Small Klak – will be available separately on this Tuesday May 4th 2010, starting at 5PM GMT. Small Klak runs a small business with Big Klik travelling through wormholes stealing pockets of time for personal consumption. A second cousin to Small Klak and partner in the time stealing

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Big Klik & Small Klak

May 04 2010
Julie Guthrie Personalities
 

Name: Fantasy Table Top Gaming Figures Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures/Ral Partha Miniatures Figure line: Julie Guthrie Personalities/All Things Dark and Dangerous Sculptor: Julie Guthrie Release Date: 1980s Component Materials: Ralidium (Lead free Pewter) Platform: Table Top Size: 25mm Heroic Scale Description: Long ago, a young gamer had a dream. The dream that someday that gamer would find the perfect set of miniatures for their favorite fantasy game characters

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Julie Guthrie Personalities

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
WWR vs WWRp de Plume Size Comparison by ThreeA Toys
 

And while I’ve always wondered about the size of a 1/12th figure ~ this above image of WWR de Plumes standing behind WWRp de Plumes clears that mystery, as well as singlehandedly and instantaneously made the WWRp-figures so much more desirable to me personally, right here right now … Has it you? [CLICK THRU for a peek at Blanc de Plume comparison] …

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WWR vs WWRp de Plume Size Comparison by ThreeA Toys

May 04 2010
Toy-Teaser: WWRp Blanc de Plume by ThreeA Toys
 

UPDATED: CLICK THRU to view size comparison between WWR and WWRp de Plume!We’ve seen the blister-card designs, now peek the actual figure itself, with the reveal of this 1/12th-scaled WWRp Blanc de Plume from ThreeA Toys, no doubt a prototype sans decals or design accents (most notably the lack of a design on the figure’s tee). And yes, of course I want this figure! (and every other figure that

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Toy-Teaser: WWRp Blanc de Plume by ThreeA Toys

May 04 2010
Toy-Teaser: Hatchery Guard Tomorrow King in 1/6 by ThreeA Toys
 

CLICK THRU for a closer-look at ThreeA Toys’ new 1/6th-scaled HATCHERY GUARD TK (“Tomorrow King”) dubbed “The CLEAVER” (suddenly felt like breaking out in song by Echo and the Bunnymen :p), along with his severed robot-head (which was the additional accessory that came along with the earliest incarnations of the TKs released). ooohhh RED, I Likes Red![via 3A production-blog]

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Toy-Teaser: Hatchery Guard Tomorrow King in 1/6 by ThreeA Toys

May 04 2010
Toy-Teaser: Mecha6.2 – MechaBunny Series 2 Paper Toys (May 7-release)
 

Scheduled for a launch this coming Friday May 7th is MECHA6.2: MechaBunny Series 2 ~ featuring designs by Scott Schaller, Greg Madden, VinsArt, Sal Azad, ABZ and Olla Boku ~ on the Nick Knite-designed MechaBunny papercraft. Shown here is a teaser for 4 of the 6 final designs. Stay tuned to TOYSREVIL for surprises to come in the days leading up to the launch![CLICK for previous blog-feature on

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Toy-Teaser: Mecha6.2 – MechaBunny Series 2 Paper Toys (May 7-release)

May 03 2010
Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter Dolls from Ashton Drake
 

I don’t have any familiarity with the Dark-Hunter series at all. I’m guessing they hunt vampires and I like vampires so there you go. The artists over at Integrity Toys (who could that be?) have designed these dolls but AD is handling the distribution

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Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter Dolls from Ashton Drake

May 03 2010
Custom-Release: Big Klik + Small Klak + Meltex One: Green Edition by Tessetoys (May 4-release)
 

From UK-based Tessetoys comes two releases this coming Tuesday May 4th (@ 5pm GMT) featuring Big Klik & Small Klak (Oakor and Tiny Hearthead figures, respectively) and a one-off green variant of the original red Metlex One figure. Available via tessetoys.bigcartel.com ~ CLICK THRU for more snaps and product text.Personally tis cool to see Sam Millen’s Tiny Hearthead and Meltex figures again, as

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Custom-Release: Big Klik + Small Klak + Meltex One: Green Edition by Tessetoys (May 4-release)

May 03 2010
Toy-Tease: Adventure Kartel 4Pack by ThreeA Toys (For Beijing Gathering)
 

What “we” know so far about this trio of Adventure Kartel 1/6th-scaled figures from ThreeA Toys:01. They will be a part of a 4Pack set of figures exclusively available at the Beijing Gathering [tagged]

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Toy-Tease: Adventure Kartel 4Pack by ThreeA Toys (For Beijing Gathering)