Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Designed by Craig Anthony Perkins, and produced by Genshi:Toy, the Broken Heart Robot is a unique toy – for reasons we will get into. Since we always love a good background story…how about this one. On his home planet…
All I can say is…YES! Fawn Gehweiler’s candy girls – Edie, Pippi and Sailor Girl. Necessaries Toy Foundation has posted this photo on their blog…with the message – “soon”. We know that these will be on display at the DKE…
Robert, from Kung Fu Toys, was a very busy man this past week! Not only did he go to the Glen Barr event, but he also caught the Luke Chueh show at Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica. The opening…
Why is it that whenever I hear of a show at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery…the first thing that pops into my mind is Talia Shire (of Rocky and Godfather fame)? In any case…Glen Barr was exhibiting his work…
Background Play Imaginative’s We All Speak Football Trexi line includes several 10” figures, in addition to the set of 24 3” Trexis. This entire line was created in conjunction with soft drink giant Coca-Cola to celebrate the World Cup. Coke…
If you were in Seattle and didn’t make it out to the Munny Show opening…well…then you missed out! No worries though. You can check out all of Schmancy Toys coverage at their flickr site. A bunch of very cool customs.
The NVC Crew – Dr. Bao and Spive – have combined 2 of their favorites in this custom set. Infusing their love for Asian pop culture with their musical taste – specificaly rap – the NVC Crew’s custom is called…
Rocket World Gallery presents artist Colin Stinson’s launch of his experimental retail art installation called the CS Drop Shop within the Rocket World gallery complex at 660 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. Colin is a New York City based…
The GAY EMPIRE: SUCKLORD 69 bootleg will only be available at DKE Toys (booth #4730) at SDCC. All dressed up in his izod shirt and pleated front khakis…this might be the preppiest of all Sucklord figures. Only 100 will be…
The newest vinyl figure from Steve Forde and Go Hero is Yira: Dragon of Doom. This Kaiju beast is ready to fight with your Mechabot…but you’ll have to wait a little (September) to get your hands on him. You do…
DKE Toys, the wholesale company run by Dov Kelemer, will have a number of SDCC exclusives…from several manufacturers…at booth 4730. They will also have the following signing schedule: Friday July 21st 11 AM Nathan Jurevicius (Scary Girl) Noon Touma and…
Creatus Maximus, a new toy company that will launch their first line at SDCC, is set to introduce Smart Bombs. Ken Lilly, formerly of Palisades Toys, has designed these figures after atomic bombs. Hmm…a little morbid, but the designs are…
I had mentioned something about a new product to pretty up your iPod a while back. Tinpod is not only a designer case decorated with cool artwork…but it also protects your iPod from spills and drops. It’s about the size…
Attaboy, Annie Owens and their Hi Fructose Magazine booth have finalized their SDCC signing schedule. Come check out booth #4735 and pick up the latest issue (Volume 3)…with the Viewmaster reel.
At Comic Con, Blackwater Toys will be at Booth #4636 (sharing it with Toy2R) with some brand new products…actually…their first products. They will be debuting their Kuggs and Mini Kuggs lines. Can’t wait until the Con to see what these…