Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Kaiju Eyezon born from a mutant potato now an ally of the evil Alien Xam. Both sworn enemies of Captain Maxx. Can Captain Maxx defeat these two powerful monsters? Max Toy Company’s newest evil kaiju figure is a mutated…
MADCAP has announced 5 new t-shirt designs from some of the top designers in the market. Each shirt will retail for $46 and be limited to a run of 100 shirts (in M, L and XL sizes). And the designers…
Suckadelic and the Sucklord have introduced two new evil-doers…Star Chump and Proto-Villain. STAR CHUMP: This guy is even worse than the Goddam GALACTIC JERK-BAG. At least with that guy you knew what you were getting. This Stellar Douche Bag appears…
My first look into the crazy world of Pete Fowler’s Monsterism was when I picked up Radiator by Super Furry Animals. Fowler and the Furries are both from Wales and have worked together on most of the band’s cover art…
Background The company known for creating the only Designer USB Flash Drives on the market – mimoco – has entered the vinyl game with their vimobot line. Their first vinyl series is similar to the Core Series 1 line of…
Hint Mint has announced their newest Artist Series of designer mints. Maybe designer mint cases…?? Either way, Glenn Barr is the newest contributing artist for the Hint Mint Limited Edition Artist Series. Barr’s original tins will be available world wide…
Thanks to mimoco, we have 3 pupStar mimobots – from the Core Series 2 – to give away to you. I’m sure you’re wondering…what do I need to do? We’d like you to email us (at bcslivka@mac.com) the answer to…
Onell Design, a new independent toy and comic company, announced the debut of their Glyos System Series toy line. Harkening back to the action figure design principles of the mid-1980’s, these rugged toys are made with playability, durability and accessibility…
Part board game…part designer toy…Cranium WOW is set to hit store shelves this coming September. Cranium, Inc. Creative Crusader Michael Connell stated: “The look and feel was inspired by vinyl culture of today along with influence from Cranium’s history with…
The 5th character in Erick Scarecrow’s Shiitakes Series 1 is named Copycat. “Copycat loves to copy everything he can see. This Shiitake is very restless and can get easily bored.” Remember to enter our Shiitakes Sightings Contest! Tons of great…
We chose a random winner in the IWG Special Bear Service Minis Set…and the winner is…Alexandra Melnick. She thought that a sloth would make a good new IWG member, and I must say that I agree. Thanks to FreeBento for…
10 DEEP is releasing their first vinyl figure: MURKO. The figure is designed by Scott Sasso and produced by Thunderdog Studios Inc. Murko will be released in 2 colorways (Standard and Midnight Glow) Each injection molded PVC figure is approximately…
Ben the Illustrator has revealed the lineup of Speakerdog Paper Toys Series 3 and it’s their biggest series yet. You’ll be able to download 35 new designs from artists from all over the world. The Series 3 family of illustrators,…
Mariska Vos-Bolman sent us word of her handmade plush Fluffels. Here’s how she describes the line: I’m a plush designer and creator from the Netherlands. My plush toys are called Fluffels. I’ve started creating them last year. And I have…
ReBo – the creative collective of Christine Reilly & Michael Boczon – was commissioned to create a stop motion animation for Kidrobot. The video shows what kind of trouble MAD’s Bent World Vandals vinyl toys might get into.