Designer Toy News and Reviews
Tonight began the month long exhibition of art from Andrew Bell – the creator of The Creatures In My Head at Carrboro, North Carolina’s Wootini. On display were a load of amazing artwork and prints…customized toys…zliks…circus punks (even though my…
This weekend brings events to New York City and North Carolina. Gary Baseman in NYC Friday Sept 9th 6-9pm Signing at Yoyamart Saturday Sept 10th 6-9pm Solo Show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery mimoco – mimobots Launch Friday Sept 9th 6-10pm…
Necessaries Toy Foundation is set to launch their latest figures Lulu and Cherry Girl – by Camille Rose Garcia. As we all know about NTF – their products are top notch! So this one will most definitely be worth the…
Kidrobot has released a sneak peek of the new set of mini Dunnys from Uglydoll creator David Horvath. Unlike the first set, these will be sold individually (and not as a packaged set). Much like the last set of Horvath…
I.W.G. minis!! We’ve been waiting for these figures for a long time (or maybe it just feels like a long time). And it appears that our wait is almost over. In time for Halloween, we should all be able to…
This post has absolutely nothing to do with toys…but since it is a blog…I thought you might enjoy hearing about what YOU can pick up at your local Target store. So, I was shopping with my wife this past weekend…
As most readers realize…I really enjoy Rocket World’s Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo (I.W.G.). The line of figures received my award for the Best Toy Line of 2004 with their initial release of animal characters. Since then, Rocket World (otherwise known as…
The Pony Project is getting together several of today’s leading female artists to customize some big ‘ol “little ponies”. The opening reception is not until later next month, but we will keep you updated as we get closer.
A big Muchos Gracias to Shawnimal (aka Shawn Smith) for designing the current Plastic and Plush banner. I love his artwork as well as his plush and soon to be vinylized toys. Also, hopefully you checked out NESS’s (and yes…it…
“To beat the man you’ve got to be the man. Whether you like it or not, learn, and love it, because it’s the best thing going today” The In-Crowd Wrestling Federation was set up by Daphne Pentonville (a.k.a. Lord Humungous),…
Only 1 week until Andrew Bell shows off all of “The Creatures in (His) Head” at Wootini. I’ll be there covering the events and taking some snapshots to let you all (or how they say it down here in NC…y’all)…
First 4 Figures is proud to announce a partnership with Transformer World 2005 for an art contest like no other! Starting from today, contestants have one month (October 1, 2005) to submit an original picture of a SD Transformer, in…