Nerd (Un)Culture
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.
Background If you’re into exclusives, San Diego Comic Con always has enough to satisfy your needs. Max Toy Company premiered a number of their new products, and also had a few SDCC exclusives for purchase. One of those exclusives was…
Rocket World has introduced their very own deluxe Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo sterling silver jewelry line. Custom hand crafted solid 925 sterling silver. Super fine detail! Silver Charm Titus’s arms move! 3 types of IWG skull beads you can put on…
This is Plum and she loves everything that is purple. She is a quietly confident girl who looks best in summer gardens where the sun illuminates her face and her hair shines with rich colour. Her freckles give her that…
Sideshow recently opened the pre-order window for their Luke Skywalker: Bespin 12″ figure. If you didn’t get a chance to pick up the Sideshow Exclusive (which includes the auto-tourniquet used after he lost his hand), they still have the regular…
Background The Candykiller novelty keychain, from Wheaty Wheat Studios, was created to calm collectors who want Brian Taylor’s Jack Rabbit character in vinyl form. It’s to whet your appetite as we approach the release of the full-size Jack Rabbit figure…
We told you about Rocket World’s IWG Series 6: Baby Cubs line…we even showed you some of the production sculpts. But here are photos of the painted prototypes of Titus and Affonso. These are the offspring of the adult IWG…
Mr Clement has released four new 5″ tall Yeah Kou polystone figures. These are some of his regular figures that were painted in special colorways. Each of the four variants is limited to 51 pieces, is hand painted and some…