Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Spök-spök and Spökelina are from Öreboro, where they lived in a castle…until it was turned into a factory. With the factory producing road cones, the Spök-spöks were set free. But something went wrong at the factory, and the first…
The Grass Hut All Stars group show is taking place Saturday, December 1st (from 7PM through 11PM) at DvA Gallery in Chicago. Le Merde and Bwana Spoons will be in attendance. Le Merde will have 15 one of a kind…
Japanese illustrator, Ryo Honda launched his first figurine at the Tokyomade Design Festa booth. A symbol of the father and son bond, this Japanese designed toy is a model of Kabakuro and his little son Shiro – the same characters…
It’s almost the holidays, and that means that George is growing the winter beard. Oh…and the folks from Toy Break are about ready to delight you with their Gift Guide for 2007. So what do the folks from the show…
If you’re in the metropolitan Detroit area on Saturday December 1st, LiFT will be launching their Winter Munny Show. It will feature over 30 local, national and international artists. The opening reception will be held at Lift from 7PM through…
BiBi the Baby Panda and Latura the Baby Sumatran Rhino are part of Rocket World’s brand new Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo Baby Cubs line. Both of the figures are Strangekiss exclusives. You can pick up each individually ($24.95 ea.) or save…
If you’re home tomorrow morning, you’ll be able to catch the Uglydolls on NBC’s Today Show. Tune in between 8:30AM and 9:30AM on November 30th to see the annual Uglydoll gift to the Today Show Toy Drive. As always, the…
The first and finest designer USB flash drive company – mimoco – is back with Series 2 of their Star Wars mimobot line. The second series includes four new characters: Luke Skywalker (in X-Wing gear), Princess Leia, Han Solo and…
Ryo Honda’s first picture book – Kabakuro First Story – is a hand-illustrated publication drawn mostly in black and white. The book is an introduction to the Kabakuro characters and coincides with the release of Ryo Honda’s first figurine -…
Eek…at first, I thought that this was a little puppy who had been run over. I was a tad disturbed. But Twitch is actually a teddy bear who is the victim of an overzealous driver. Twitch was run over by…
OhNo!Doom, the label who brought you our 2006 Plush Toy of the Year – FluffyBadBad, has introduced you the newest, cutest and most deadly plush toy in the world…FluffyYukYuk. FluffyYukYuk is set to drop on December 15th, 2007. The new…
Acid-Pop artist and toy designer Jeremyville is having his first show in Paris on November 29th, 2007 at Artoyz. The solo show, entitled Forever & Always, features all his new screenprints, painted skate decks, his new shoe with Converse, sketchels,…
TOY2R has teamed up with Curtis Jobling to produce this fun 6″ vinyl figure – Ron Go Bongo!! Jobling’s earlier creations include Bob the Builder and Frankenstein’s Cat. Ron Go Bongo is limited to a run of 300 pieces.
The folks from Angels and Gringos are excited to announce that Sancho is finally on its way. On November 29th from 6PM through 9PM, they will be hosting a release party at Toy Tokyo in NYC. There will be 25…
These plushies are amusing, if not cute. Each of the four different organs has their very own nickname – and role to keep you living. I Got The Beat! (heart), Urine Love (kidneys), I’m a Liver Not a Fighter (liver)…