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Since Sideshow distributes Medicom’s figures, they had a number of them on display. The new Imperial Royal Guard Vinyl Collectible Doll is currently up for pre-order. And the Boba Fett RAH is just as impressive in person as it is…
Wanna know what’s new at Frozen Empire Toys?? Well here’s a just a sampling: 8″ Toxic Swamp Dog (BROWN) by Joe Ledbetter / Toy2R 8″ Toxic Swamp Dog (BLUE) by Joe Ledbetter / Toy2R 2.5″ Toxic Swamp Qee Series by…
Check out the prototypes of Simone Legno’s (tokidoki) newest rotocast vinyl figures – Adios and Ciao Ciao. It’s the grim reaper and his girlfriend…Ciao Ciao is not a big, blue-tongued dog. STRANGEco will be releasing more info about the 6″…
Tonner Doll Company’s Toy Fair display was very impressive…even their press packet was top notch. Supergirl and Wonder Woman were simply the beginning of their DC Stars line of Tonner Character Figures (TCF). They displayed a prototype version of their…
Merit International was displaying a few of the newer figures from STD Toys, specifically Sifu Slick’s Shaolin Monx line. They had both the master (6″ tall) as well as the six students (4″ tall)…plus a number of cool mini spray…
Sideshow revealed a number of new dioramas, statues and maquettes at Toy Fair. Most of their 1/6 scale figures have already been announced, so our focus was drawn to the debut of their Darth Maul 1:4 Scale Premium Format Figure….
The Uglydoll family will grow by leaps and bounds in 2007. Toy Fair (sorta) introduced us to the 6 new characters that will be launched this year. “So who are they?” you might be asking… Well, there’s Abima, Gato Deluxe,…
Dooodolls – a relatively new designer plush company – were at Toy Fair displaying their line of 12″ and 3″ plush figures. The characters are little monster/aliens that have come to Earth to make human friends. Creator Darren Chen says…
Yury Gitman, the man behind My Beating Heart, was at his Banana Design Lab booth to introduce a new product – Chu Chi: The Plushie Night Light. Similar in theory to the heart pillow, Chu Chi is part night-light, part…
Rocket World will be releasing their I.W.G. Rocket Ship at a Rocket Launch Party on Friday March 9th. More details on that event in the near future, but if you are in the San Francisco area…pencil in the date. The…
The motion design studio – Pattern – has produced an original fabric doll named Viktor. The group – based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina – say that Viktor is part scientist…part exhibitionist. Yup…he’s a flashing doctor. The first version is…
Background Christopher Lee came up with the original concept of The Urbanites in 2004. The group is based in a close-knit neighborhood of colorful individuals. Lee’s style takes advantage of basic shapes and intense colors. This gives his work a…
It’s that time of year again! Time for the International Toy Fair at Javits Center in New York City. We’ll be covering the events from Sunday through Tuesday, so be sure to check in to see what’s happening at the…
Possibly the most influential graphic artist of his generation, Gary Panter is the creator of Jimbo, a post-nuclear cartoon character whose adventures were first chronicled as a comic strip in the ’70s LA hardcore-punk paper Slash and later in RAW…
Mimoco has announced the start of their Artist Series 07 line of mimobots. The first 6 character designs are: Ripple by Sket One (ed. of 2,000); One Love by Hanazuki (ed. of 2,000); Gloomy Bear by Mori Chack (pink blood…