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Upper Deck will be releasing their Shaquille O’Neal All-Star Vinyl figure for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The Platinum Club will get first dibs as the figure goes on sale Black Friday (November 23rd) at 9:30AM PST. The figures (above plus…
Tony Shiau (aka Nakanari) was invited by Kidrobot to customize a 20″ Dunny for the display at the new Miami South Beach store. If you want to check it out in person, the custom will by on display beginning November…
Happy Birthday to the folks at Toy Break. No…they weren’t all born on the same day, but Toy Break has been on the air…err…online for one full year. So, what do they have on tap for you? The shorter, weekly…
This is definitely one of the cooler toy release of 2007. Amanda Vissel’s Pink Elephant featuring Drunky McSkunky will be released on December 13th at Munky King Melrose (along with a solo show of her work). Visell’s first vinyl toy…
If you’re in San Fransisco and will be able to make it out to Uglycon on December 8th…well…I’m jealous. The opening events will begin at 6PM (until 10PM)with a costume contest. Of course, you need to dress up as an…
Check out this very cool Plastic and Plush banner that Nada”One produced and sent to us. The characters are great…I just wanna know when they’ll be turned into vinyl toys.
Well…it’s not ACTUALLY available, but it’s available for pre-order at the Crazy Label webstore. I think this is one of the more entertaining vinyl releases of the year. I liked the original Seamour Sheep, so how could I not like…
We wanted to give you something special for the holiday season. And is there anything more special than a bearded woman? I’ll go ahead and answer that one a no. So we are teaming up with Carnival Cartoons to give…
kaNO’s Moneygrip figure has been redone in a Destro-like colorway. With only 100 of these bad boys available, they’ll probably go quickly. Hopefully those G.I. Joe fans don’t get to them before we do! Look for ’em to retail around…
Background The Boogily Heads are art toys produced by Illinois-based Rocket USA. Each figure is a replica of artist Gus Fink’s original sculptures, which he would sell in galleries and on everyone’s favorite auction site – eBay. Michael Perry, the…
Hmm…I found these on Coroflot via Gizmodo. Designed by Argentinian artist Ignacio Pilotto, these designer deodorants (???) are still only concepts. It sorta looks like a CiBoys head with a Dunny body and someone’s nasty Old Spice.
A new branch has been added to the Oneye family tree. Marianne Roosa of 12PUNT3 has designed the line of plushies. They are all handmade and distributed straight from the Netherlands. The new line – called the Monk’eyes – are…
The 2nd BUD of the Month (BOTM) – Frank Kozik’s Red Dead Che – will be released at the Vinyl Toy Network Show on December 2. Head on over to the DKE booth, where you’ll be able to pick one…
The latest joint project between TOUMA and Play Imaginative is set for a December 2007 release. The Grabbit Whipping Edition is the latest vinyl release from the popular Japanese artist. Why’s it called Whipping? Well, I thought it might have…
Moody Idols, featuring customs by local and international artists, opened on November 9 and runs until January 11, 2008 at the University of Lethbridge’s Helen Christou Gallery. The show was organized by guest curator/artist Ted Stilson and Bovinyl. Moody Idols…