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Background Erick Scarecrow made his first trip to San Diego Comic Con to release his exclusive figure at the Toy Tokyo booth. The SDCC Exclusive Sandstorm Kissaki gives ESC-Toy’s original vinyl figure a trendy new color scheme. Packaging The packaging…
The newest vinyl from Uglydolls and intheyellow is the In The Dark Babo Kaiju. Those are some crazy colors. It almost looks like the solid blue Babo was spray painted black…and then given some wacky eye and teeth coloring. But…
Illustrator Sara Antoinette Martin’s El Chupacabra lived off goats’ blood until a famine turned this flocked beast into an endangered species. Kidrobot has turned Sara’s character into a flocked vinyl in two limited edition colorways. The Regular Edition (brown) will…
Urban Warfair is looking for the next great design to put on their up and coming Artist Series. As always with these types of contests, be sure to read the fine print if you’re going to enter. No one likes…
Sideshow released the Jawa Vinyl Collectible Doll (VCD) from Medicom at Comic Con. While this is not one of their stylized figures (think more like Medicom’s Wicket) it will fit in perfectly with your 1:6 scale collection. I guess the…
Background San Diego Comic Con 2008 saw the Uglydoll booth with one limited edition exclusive plush for folks to fight over – Sleepy Chilly Ice-Bat. Ice-Bat lives in an ice box. Everything he touches turns to ice…Yet he warms your…
Sideshow has brought Medicom’s VCD line to our shores (I guess I should clarify…the US), and the newest release in their Disney-based line is the Mummy Mickey VCD. That’s actually how most of my attempts at painting and/or wallpapering turn…
Urban Warfair has released their Mini Skully Series 1 line. This series will consists of 3 different collectibles in a limited production run. Skully O.G. is limited to 100 pieces ($20 each). Crazy8 is limited to 88 pieces ($20 each)….
If you were in attendance at SDCC08, you probably saw the creepy zombie mannequin that was lurking in the October Toys/Toy Break booth. No…they haven’t replacing Ayleen with an undead female. As a matter of fact, you can see her…
On August 16th, Pink Ghost will combine the launch of the Purple Pie Company with the opening of their art show Eight by Eight into an artsy and delicious event starting at 7pm. There will be fresh pie samples for…
Here’s a pretty interesting book from Nerdcore (those of the entertaining calendars). Joe Ledbetter’s Sketchbook is the first release in their Sketchbook Series. It gives you an intimate look at what went into creating some of Ledbetter’s most beloved characters….
Porlzilla is releasing a super limited release of just 6 Hellfire Punisher Ozzels. Like the previous Ozzels, these have been handcast, painted and packaged by the Porlzilla folks. Each figure will come with handmade stickers and some info about their…
Mezco Toyz continues their deluxe 9″ figure format with The Warriors. Featuring forty points of articulation and highly detailed cloth outfit, these figures are sure to please fans of the cult classic film. The 1st figure of the series is…
Or something like that. Here’s a silly story that was posted on The Consumerist in December of 2007. Actually, it’s not silly. It talks about how there were 22 deaths and over 200,000 injuries attributed to toys in 2006. Serious…
Background Helboy II, which is currently in theaters, is based on the comic book by Mike Mignola. Mezco Toyz, having the Hellboy film license, has produced (so far) two series of Hellboy II inspired action figures. The second film introduces…