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Sideshow Toys has introduced their first character from their 12-inch Lord of the Rings line. Aragorn as Strider the Ranger is currently up for pre-order. If you have seen the films, you realize that this is Aragorn from the first…
Toy Fair 2006 is less than a month away and we will be there covering everything. Well not really everything. There are like a million booths and I’m pretty sure none of my readers care about baby dolls who wet…
If you check out Wheaty Wheat’s site, you might have seen an ad for MAD*L minis. We must wait until Toy Fair, when these will be previewed. When MAD*Ls first launched, I remember seeing smaller, keychain-like MAD*Ls. I’m not sure…
STRANGEco presents Nathan Jurevicius’ Mini Treehouse series of vinyl figure. Innocent-looking Naal is the first character in the series – a determined keeper of the mushroom patch. Naal’s ultrasonic helmet listens for the sound of any unwanted shroom-spiders and once…
Buzz is set to be the first vinyl toy launched by Carnival Cartoons. Jared Deal and Garnet Syberg-Olsen are the artists responsible for Carnival Cartoons. They have combined to create some amazing artwork as well as some hilarious animations. Buzz…
In celebration of five years in the toy business, Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) Publishing announced an ambitious toy program for the first half of 2006 for its division – Monkey Fun Toys. Products range from vinyl and plastic toys, plush…
David Horvath and Sun-Min will have two new figures hitting store shelves sometime next month. We have yet to see photos of the toys, but the packaging of Yoya and Minty figures look like they should rock. They should be…
2005 gave us a number of new plush lines and it introduced us to some new characters from several well established lines. We chose our 3 favorite plushies (well…one might not actually be a plush) of the past year. Thomas…
Baseman fans rejoice! There are several new Gary Baseman designed 2.5 inch Egg Qees – Hump-qee Dump-qees to be exact. Toy2R’s LuisaViaRoma Exclusive Qee is pictured above. There is also an entire line (including several different colorways), which is pictured…
People have been anticipating the Voodooz plush line of toys from Mezco for a while now. It appears that they have set a tentative date of April/May 2006. I am a fan of this line as I own a handmade…
Ooo…all of the talk is over and we now have an actual sneak peek at what Sket One’s Buckeye Rot will look like. We’ve all heard about Eggster’s tomato friend, but this pic is even better than the description. That…
Two of our sponsors have some of Kidrobot’s hottest Dunny styles up for sale. FreeBento.com has Sket One’s blue King Tut Dunny up for sale. Truly my favorite Dunny design so far, it’s selling for $39 through the “Bento”. 3DRetro.com…
The always parodying guys at Red Magic are taking a little jab at the Street Fighter franchise. In what they refer to as Sh!t Fighter, Red Magic has introduced us to 10 new figures that eerily resemble everyone’s favorite video…
Mark Nagata, formerly of Super7 fame, has started his own toy company – Max Toy Company. If you’re into Kaiju figures…it looks like this company will definitely give you what you’re looking for. Above is a sneak peek drawing of…
McFarlane Toys has released some sneak peek photos of their 2nd series of Napoleon Dynamite figures. Look for these to hit stores sometime around April. These will be the same as the first series – including the voice chips with…