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2005 Toy Awards

2005 Toy Awards: Toy of the Year

2 Comments 31 January 2006

The most anticipated award of the 2005 is the Toy of the Year. This is only open to vinyl (as we’ve already given our Best Plush toy to Thomas Han’s Cosmic Quigly). This was a very difficult category to narrow...

Site News

Plastic and Plush News: 1/31/06

No Comments 31 January 2006

Time for a little site update to let you know what we have going on: - Check out the all new discussion board! We want to build that thing up into a nice designer toy community. We already have a...

Miscellaneous

Painkiller Dunny from Thomas Han

No Comments 31 January 2006

Thomas Han is making available 20 sets of his Painkiller Dunny - from the upcoming LA Dunny series - through his mailing list. For $40 (plus $5 shipping) you will receive a numbered glass case containing his 3-inch tall Painkiller...

STRANGEco

Strange Carnival at Yoyamart

No Comments 30 January 2006

Ahhh...tis the most wonderful time of the year. That's correct! Toy Fair is less than 2 weeks away. That means the introduction of new lines and prototypes...and plenty of parties! If you'll be in NYC Sunday February 12th, you'll need...

STRANGEco

Friends With You – Birds of Pray

No Comments 30 January 2006

Merry Karnowsky Gallery is proud to present Birds of Pray - the latest exhibition of paintings, drawings and soft sculpture by FriendsWithYou artists Arturo Sandoval III and Sam Borkson. The exhibition is an exploration of the “flora and fauna” of...

Miscellaneous

Project: Neptoon and NY Comic Con

No Comments 29 January 2006

Project: Neptoon will be attending NY Comic Con this Feb 24-26 - look for them in Booth #103. Sam Fout will be on hand all 3 days to sign the Exclusive Project: Neptoon "Chimp Pansy" skate decks. These are a...

Miscellaneous

Who is Mirus?

No Comments 29 January 2006

Dave Quiles and Outta My Mind Creations have introduced us to their Mirus sculpts. This might be one of the most unique figures to come down the pike. The arms are attached and swivel using magnets and Mirus also have...

Miscellaneous

Pre-Order Brendan Monroe’s Sours

No Comments 29 January 2006

Glen over there at Android 8 is now taking pre-orders for one of the most highly anticipated figures of 2006 - Brendan Monroe's Sours. Hopefully he has enough mailbox space, because the demand for these figures are going to be...

Miscellaneous

MAD Hemp T-shirts

2 Comments 28 January 2006

Socialpest.com is going to be cranking out 100 hemp t-shirts designed by toy designer MAD. The folks from socialpest are encouraging people to sign up for their mailing list as they will notify those people first of the t-shirt sale....

Uglydolls

Giant Uglydog Spotted in NYC!

No Comments 28 January 2006

Yes, that's a gigantic Uglydog in the window of Forbidden Planet (at the corner of 13th and Broadway in New York City). Just in time for Valentine's Day, giant Uglydog has made a...well...giant debut. What better way to show your...

Wheaty Wheat

Mixy and Joe Packaging

No Comments 28 January 2006

If you haven't seen the Mixy and Joe action figures from UK based comic designer Chronic Fatigue (and produced by Wheaty Wheat) - where have you been? These figures definitely lend themselves to the designer scene with their unique zombie-like...

Contests

CONTEST: Win a Kidrobot 11 Set: Love and Hate

6 Comments 26 January 2006

3DRetro.com is sponsoring a very cool contest through the Plastic and Plush Discussion Board. You can win a set of Love and Hate Kidrobot 11 figures. These will make the perfect Valentine's Day gift (well...at least the Love figure will)....

Miscellaneous

Original Artwork from Chronic Fatigue

No Comments 26 January 2006

Well here is a great chance at owning an original piece of artwork from Chronic Fatigue - the creator of the comic book about a zombie rabbit named Mixy. In order to raise some funds for his upcoming Mixy and...

Rocket World

IWG Minis Rocket Ship Prototype

6 Comments 26 January 2006

Have you been wondering what the rocket ship that will house the Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo mini figure line will look like? Rocket World had a very early prototype at this past summer's Comic Con. Patrick has sent along some photos...

mimoco

Shawnimals Love/Hate mimobots

No Comments 26 January 2006

mimoco, makers of mimobot designer USB flash drives, and Chicago-based Shawnimals, creators of Ninjatown handmade plush have joined forces to release two care-free-but-lethal assassin Wee Ninja x mimobot characters affectionately known as LOVE / HATE. The crossover collaboration, the first...

Miscellaneous

Rustboy from Android 8

No Comments 25 January 2006

Android 8 has released their first original vinyl figure - Brian Taylor's Rustboy. Those who have seen the Rustboy animation - and if you haven't, you should - or folks who just like cool vinyl figures will both appreciate this...

Kidrobot, Sponsor News

New Dunnys…Coming Soon

No Comments 25 January 2006

February 2nd marks the launch of the LA Dunny series from Kidrobot. Several of our sponsors will be stocking this line. 3DRetro.com is already taking pre-orders for the blind boxed 3-inch tall figures. FreeBento.com usually sells the opened packages so...

CWC, Hasbro

‘Rosy Red’ and ‘Tea For Two’ Encore Blythes

No Comments 25 January 2006

"Rosy Red" and "Tea for Two," were two extremely popular dolls from the early days of Neo Blythe. Now they return as the Superior Blythe! "Rosy Red Encore" will be available only at official Blythe shops whereas "Tea for Two...

McFarlane Toys

McFarlane Snags Hanna-Barbera License

2 Comments 25 January 2006

McFarlane Toys has announced that they will be producing a new line of action figures based on several uber-popular characters from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon library. The planned figures include Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones and Quickdraw McGraw (to start out...

Miscellaneous

Genshi:Toy – Broken Heart Robot

8 Comments 25 January 2006

Later this year, Genshi:Toy will be releasing their first vinyl toy - Broken Heart Robot. The figure will be 6 inches tall with a limited run of 750 pieces (there will also be 250 in a glow-in-the-dark version). The selling...

Toy2R

Minty and Little Yoya Sneak Peeks

No Comments 24 January 2006

A few weeks ago, we received a sneak peek of the packaging for David and Sun-Min's Minty and Little Yoya figures from Toy2R. We now get a glimpse at the actual figures! You might have seen the Minty and Choco...

Wootini

Nakanari’s Unnatural History Customs

No Comments 24 January 2006

Nakanari - Tony Shiau - sent in photos of some of the customs he will displaying at February 10th Unnatural History gallery show at Wootini. If you're new to Tony's work, you'll definitely pick up his love of three colors...

Miscellaneous

SkullBrain Exclusive – What the Chuck?

No Comments 23 January 2006

One of the coolest exclusives is available through SkullBrain.org. Hunchy was produced by Suspect Toys (designed by Ramirez) and is available in 3 versions. My personal favorite is the What the Chuck? version that is exclusive to SkullBrain. The figures...

Wootini

Wootini – Unnatural History

No Comments 22 January 2006

Firday February 10th will bring Bloo and Nakanari to Carrboro NC's Wootini. Stop by the Carr Mill Mall to visit with the artists and to check out some very cool paintings, one-off toys and customs. Festivities begin at 7 pm...

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