Nerd (Un)Culture
Two new adFunture products are set to begin shipping out in the near future. Teddy Troops Series 2 will start shipping out in late September. Each figure is about 3.5″ tall and will be individually packaged (NOT blind boxed). The…
Two new books will be released this fall about the designer toy market. Dot Dot Dash!: Designer Toys, Action Figures and Character Art is from the editors of Pictoplasma 2. The book is 288 pages and is set to be…
Background ZLIKS are a strange species of creatures that live primarily underground. They often travel in packs and will only emerge from their burrows in search of food, fun, friends… or revenge. The line, produced by Wheaty Wheat Studios, has…
We at Plastic and Plush – which is essentially me (Brian) – have decided on an “Official” logo. It has been designed by the ultra-talented Shan Michael Evans (tragicmagichead). We’re hoping to produce some shirts, posters, etc. Hope you like…
Doktor A is at it again with an amazing Munny custom. This time he went with a pirate theme. It looks like the figure could have come straight out of the Pirates of the Carribean Disney ride.
Huck Gee’s Mama’s Boy Qee design will be one of the lucky customs to be produced in a run of 500 pieces (400 pieces for retailers and 100 pieces of an exclusive Club Toy2R colorway). Look for the design to…
Jared Deal is showing off photos of Carnival Cartoons’ Harriet vinyl figure…however…she’s currently in wax form. They are getting ready to do the tooling and detail on the sculpt. It will be the 2nd figure from Carnival Cartoons Carney’s line.
Toy2R has announced the 2.5″ Qee Magic of Color Series 1 : Hump-Qee Dump-Qee Egg assortment. They are designed by Gary Baseman and available in 6 different colors (Gold, Silver, Black, Red, Light Purple and Light Blue) with a limited…
The Bomb Project is a custom toy exhibition taking place in Denton, TX. The show will feature both local talent and artists from all over the globe. Artists will be customizing BUDS and NADES (by Jamungo). If you would like…
In the Triangle area of North Carolina? Well…you’ll want to swing by Carrboro’s Carr Mill Mall and Wootini on September 8th (from 7pm to 12am) That’s when the opening reception of Ron Liberti & Doug Barker’s gallery show will take…
myplasticheart, the popular online urban vinyl and designer toy store announces the acquisition of veteran online designer toy shop Sweatyfrog.com. myplasticheart will leverage the existing capabilities and extensive knowledgebase of Sweatyfrog to form one of the most comprehensive online shops…
New artwork from Kelly Towles will be on display at Schmancy Toys on September 1st. Rather than having an opening party…they will be having a closing party! But you can still go check out all of the artwork.
AdFunture will be releasing 30 customized pieces of their proto-type version of G-Robot. The figure has been designed by the Taiwanese design crew – Djebala. It will make its debut on September 2nd during opening night of the 768squad Exhibition…
August 23, 2006 – September 10, 2006 At Gallery LELE Daikanyama, Tokyo Red Magic have collaborated with more than 30 artists around the world. They are known as one of the biggest artist toy project teams, creating figures with unique…
The ever interesting Heatherette has designed a new series of Heatherette-Bots. Kidrobot will be releasing these figures on August 24th. The series features: The Radiant Sun: Richie Rich The Powerful Moon: Travor Rains The Shining Star: Amanda Lepore The Lucky…