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REVIEW: Topobots

Background The Topobots are the latest series of wood toys from Geared For Imagination’s Topozoo line. While we’ve seen various animals and dinosaurs in the past, this series is made up of four special robots: Herobot, Piratebot, Rockbot, and Vampbot. As can probably be surmised from their names, each wooden 3-D toy puzzle combines a [...]

Plush!, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Brobo

Background Brobo is a huggable night-light. In addition to plush toys, Brobo and friends can be seen in cartoons (they have their own YouTube channel) and storybooks. Canadian artists Kim Blair and Jeff Lai have designed the series of five plush characters: • Brobo is a brave red robot from the future. He likes adventures [...]

Plush!, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Lamby Lambpants

Background Lamby Lambpants is “a sassy and precocious stuffed animal with a very obvious physical impairment”. That impairment is that he's missing an eye, which has been covered up with a prosthetic bottle cap (it’s what gives Lamby his magic power to bring other toys to life). Produced by Love & Fleece (that's the company's [...]

Plush!, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Ubooly

Background The Ubooly is a newly released plush that allows you to turn your iPod or iPhone into an interactive toy. You'll just need to download the app from the App Store (for free) and enter the code included with your Ubooly plush. The Ubooly app works with the iPhone (3GS, 4 and 5) and [...]

Tomenosuke, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Calliope Jackalope #2

Background Tomenosuke and Circus Posterus continue to release new sofubi vinyl figures under the T+CP banner. Art power couple Kathie Olivas (Calliope Jackalope) and Brandt Peters (Stingy Jack), as well as Chris Ryniak (Ginger), have all released limited edition Japan-made vinyl over the past several months. One of those new releases is the Calliope Jackalope [...]

Customs, Plaseebo, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: NYCC Space Junk Destroyer

Background Back in October 2012, Bad Applez Inc. and Plaseebo teamed up to release a small run New York Comic Con Exclusive Space Junk Destroyer customs. As you might already know, Bad Applez Inc. is Rob Ingellis (OsiRisORion) and Mike "NeMo" Mendez, while Plaseebo is the one and only Bob Conge. The Space Junk Destroyer [...]

Plush!, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Yumyo

Background Artist Leah Moses has created a series of handmade plush toys called Yumyos. A Yumyo is a little “hug-monster” that's ventured from the Planet Yumyon. Yumyos are happy little creatures. They are soft and cuddly and more than anything they want to be your friend. Each Yumyo comes with a lifetime supply of hugs. [...]

Onell Design, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Onell Design’s Armorvor

Background Onell Design released the Armorvor figure to the clamor and approval of Glyos and Battle Beast fans. The concept began with discussions between Matt Doughty and Marty Hansen (The God Beast) about their shared passion for the 1980's toy line – Battle Beasts. Wanting to produce a character inspired by that line, they were [...]

Disney, Hot Toys, Sideshow Toys, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Angelica – POTC: On Stranger Tides

Background In May 2011, Walt Disney Pictures released the fourth installment from their Pirates of the Caribbean film series. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Johnny Depp reprises his role as the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow. He's joined on-screen by his former love-interest and current foil Angelica (played by Penélope Cruz). Hot Toys [...]

Tomenosuke, Toy Reviews

REVIEW: Toxic Marshmallow Stingy Jack

Background Tomenosuke and Circus Posterus joined forces to create the T+CP art toy label. To date, they have released sofubi figures based on three different characters: Calliope Jackalope (Kathie Olivas), Stingy Jack (Brandt Peters), and Stinky Ginger (Chris Ryniak). For this review, we'll be taking a gander at Brandt Peters' Toxic Marshmallow Stingy Jack. Brandt [...]