2006 Toy Fair: Kuma Central
I’ve been aware of Kuma Central for some time now. They create cute little – theme based – plush and vinyl bears. (Kuma is Japanese for bear) As you can see below: Love, Ninja, Kuma and Urban. Kuma also has…
Month: February 2006
2006 Toy Fair: Primer
The first day of Toy Fair 2006 brought a TON of snow to the New York City area. Most of the companies were there and had great displays on hand. The snow didn’t slow them down! However, the most…umm…interesting…part of…
Custom Mechabot
February 14th, at the Showroom NYC, the latest book in the MTV Overground series will be launched. Its topic is the designer and vinyl toy scene. There will be a number of one off customs on display. One of them…
Bespin Han Solo
Sideshow Toys launched the pre-order of their 12-inch Bespin Han Solo figure. Within 2 hours of the exclusive going up on the site, it was already sold out. The exclusive includes a Mynock. The regular version is still available, but…
10″ Teddy Troops
While adFunture is working on theie Artists Series of Teddy Troops, they decided to release a new line of 10″ tall Teddy Troops. This big Teddy Troop is not just an enlarged version of the small one, the 10″ Teddy…
Too Many Robots!
Walt Disney television animation has given the greenlight to Attaboy’s creator driven short cartoon Too Many Robots! Based on Atta’s upcoming kids (and for adult kids) book (published by Baby Tattoo Press). The 5 minute short has just begun production…
From the Island of Misfit Toys
Artists: Elizabeth Berdann (blu), Deborah Brown, Nathan Cabrera, Jonathan Callan, Jeroen de Vries, Dan Goodsell, Kelly Heaton, Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, Anne Walsh, and 8 Bit Weapon Opening: Friday, February 10, 7-10pm Reception for the artists with live music…
Whaleboy Prototype
Cranky Studios has introduced their first prototype of Patrick Morgan’s Whaleboy. The plan is to turn this into a limited edition vinyl piece with a changeable face and detachable Sucka (the fish on the back of his head). I’m really…
Choco is Loco!
Someone leaked this paint test photo of David and Sun-Min’s Choco character to us. We’ll never implicate who it was! Toy2R is really putting together a nice line of Horvath figures…Minty, Choco and Little Yoya. This one might be my…
Toy Fair ’06: An All New Uglydoll
Plastic and Plush has some exclusive news: The Uglydoll Booth (#1353) will be displaying a brand new Uglydoll. That means we get to add a new character to the existing group of Uglys. The name and appearance of this new…
REVIEW: My Beating Heart
One of the most interesting plush pieces we have come across is more than a simple, stuffed heart. My Beating Heart “is a soft huggable heart with a soothing heartbeat you can really feel”. It’s something you’d want hold onto…and…
Friends With You @ Genius Jones
Part 2 of the country wide tour from Friends With You brings them back to Miami – and Genius Jones. Friends With You invites you to join them on February 9th from 4 to 7 PM for some fun and…
Unnatural History Giveaway
To celebrate this Friday’s opening of the Unnatural History show at Wootini (Carrboro, NC), we are giving away the opportunity to win a one of a kind Custom Funny Club figure done up by the one and only – Nakanari….
Big Puff Maki Hitting Toy Fair ’06
Well, our Toy Fair 2006 coverage is starting to come together. I actually had a dream about being attacked by My Little Ponies at Toy Fair – so I know it’s getting close. The Toy Tokyo booth will be displaying…
Red Tooth Wedgehead Contest
You’ve heard about the rare “RED TOOTH WEDGEHEAD” Ugly Doll. Would you like to win one?? Here’s how you can; being that February is the month of love, Meltdown Comics come up with the perfect contest. It’s the “Love Letter…