Nerd (Un)Culture
Background A few years back, Sun-Min Kim and David Horvath introduced collectors to their Bop N’ Beep character. It was the first Uglydoll to have two completely different colored sides (and a face on each one of them). Turny Burny,…
The Cardboard Spaceship San Diego Comic Con booth had a bunch of amazing customs from artist Scribe. There were also several signings at the booth as well as small run limited edition resin releases. Our SDCC Cardboard Spaceship Photo Gallery…
The Holy Grail of San Diego Comic Con might have been the Bronze Koibito at the Munky King booth. Limited to only 30 pieces, your chances are snagging one were slim. But t hey had several consolation prizes…and a bunch…
If you saw our pre-SDCC coverage, you probably noticed the number of exclusives that would be at the Super7 booth. But one of them garnered the most interest was Big Sal by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters. Our SDCC Super7…
D-Lux has posted his latest custom figure from his “Arctic” Kaiju line up for sale. The Glacier Drazoran is clear blue, white, and silver on clear glitter vinyl. This piece is up listed for $75, and for a limited time…
Jack “Horrorwood” Hankins went all fanboy on Josh McKible’s NaniBird papercraft template. So if you love the Watchmen, you want to get to one of the above sites and download the free template for these Nite Owl and Rorschach papercraft…
Hot Toys – MMS 106 – Alien – Big Chap collectible figure celebrates the 30th anniversary of the original Alien movie. The intricately detailed model is crafted based on Giger’s original design, and the fully articulated collectible is in scale…
The Grass Hut booth is always one of the most colorful (and trippy) places at San Diego Comic Con. It’s your own personal – legal – acid trip. All of the artists (APAK, Bwana Spoons, Le Merde, Martin Ontiveros and…
The fine folks at Flapjack Toys had two lines of collectible figures on display at Comic Con. The Spooky Kookys and Symptoms are both made of PVC plastic and made by Mike Becker (the founder of Funko). Our SDCC Flapjack…
As with most years, the Diamond Comics booth was loaded with the toys that they distribute to your local comic book shop. Among our favorites: Tonner’s Previews Exclusive Catwoman, the Bunk Bots and the Watchmen Kubrick Set. Our SDCC Diamond…
Supermodified Studios had their newly designed MOD:zero and MOD:two wooden robots. Actually made from recycled tables, these are a little different from the ABS plastic constructed MOD:one line. Which is your favorite? The smaller MOD:zero or the large, complex MOD:two…
The ToyQube booth included a number of SDCC Exclusives: Mini Sharky (Keith Poon), White Moko (Muttpop), Bone Ghost Agency (Sam Fout) and Brooklyn Headz (Lou Pimentel). But our favorite might be KaNO’s limited edition Boba-DEF vinyl. Our SDCC ToyQube Photo…
The folks at the Mr. Toast booth had their San Diego Comic Exclusive Ninja Joe the Egg plush available to collectors of the entire World of Mr. Toast. Our SDCC Mr. Toast Photo Gallery SDCC 2009 coverage sponsored by Strangekiss.com
Upper Playground, The Loyal Subjects and Sam Flores have teamed up to produce Kid Dragon – a unique 3-piece vinyl figure. Upper Playground put this exclusive purple colorway up for pre-order during SDCC (and it appears that it’s already sold…
On Saturday August 1st, Gallery SUBWALK in Arnhem, the Netherlands will have the opening of their Urban Paper: Book Launch and Paper Toys Art Show. The show will be a celebration of the European release of the Urban Paper book…