Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Steve Purcell’s Sam & Max characters made their first published appearance in the 1987 comic book series of the same name. Since then, the detective duo have found their way to video games and television. And now, with the…
Span of Sunset, Inc. and Johnny Ryan have teamed up to bring Ryan’s Angry Youth Comix characters to action figure form. These dolls are based on the popular characters Loady McGee and Sinus O’Gynus. Loady McGee is the spikey-haired, zit-faced…
NottaToy has introduced us to their Office Cronies collection. If you work in an office – like I do – you’ll definitely recognize several of these plush personalities. Look for them to be officially released soon.
uhoh Toys has released their newest figure – The Reading Monster – in limited quantities. Two colorways have been released: the Silver/Black Fade and the Bloody Valentine Limited Edition. The Silver/Black Fade comes in a bag with header card, and…
Background With yesterday being Friday the 13th, and the release of the 2009 version of the cult-classic horror series, we decided it would only be fitting to bring you a review of Mezco’s newest Cinema of Fear figure – Jason…
Sket One’s Ripple gets a major makeover…..Neapolitan Style! The Neapolitan Ripple drips of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream on this custom, one-of-a-kind, Hand-Painted Ripple by the man himself, Sket-One. This 8″ custom lovely is limited to 10 pieces worldwide…
Crazy Label posted the above photo for a yet to be announced project. Ready to speculate? It looks a little like the burp from their Monster Burp figure. So…maybe a mini line of Monster Burps? What do you guys think?
Jack Hankins of Horrorwood sent us word of the release of the first series of new platform papercraft named Snake Eyes (a dice reference). The first series is entitled Finders Keepers and consists of designs made from photos “found” on…
Background Star Wars fans probably remember Captain Raymus Antilles from one of the original trilogy’s most memorable death scenes. Following the boarding of the Tantive IV in Star Wars: A New Hope, Darth Vader placed a nice chokehold on Capt….
Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins recently dropped the Gold Raider El Diablo in the Argonaut store. This version comes with a special painting from the lost Ark. El Diablo Gold Raider stands 6″ tall and comes with a Gold King…
Stuffed Robot has just released Mellowtron – the mellow, creative, and somewhat sad, but lovable, robot – on Tuesday February 10th. There were only 100 pieces were made (all are numbered), and after they are sold, Mellowtron will never be…
Phu! has dropped photos of this 8″ custom Qee that he produced for a private vinyl collector. The Atrax battle walker mecha comes with a 2″ Rebel Pilot. He used the following materials for the custom: Bamboo sticks, Beads, Brass…
Toy Break Episode 64 is entitled Grey Broccoli…in reference to the grey cloud coming out of the butt of Touma’s Pooty vinyl figure. So what else is included in this episode? Join us for a look at Pooty by Touma,…
Shawnimals released the first of the 12 discoveries by Professor Fliggins – The Sausage Cadet. This is the first of what will be a monthly – for a full year – release schedule. The line will be as follows: An…
David Horvath continues his slew of NYC based shows and signings with an appearance at FAO Schwarz on this Saturday – February 14th – from noon until 3PM. If you are lucky enough to be able to make it out…