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Part board game…part designer toy…Cranium WOW is set to hit store shelves this coming September. Cranium, Inc. Creative Crusader Michael Connell stated: “The look and feel was inspired by vinyl culture of today along with influence from Cranium’s history with…
Well, the guys from Plaseebo are back with a new creation. If you saw our coverage of SDCC, or if you were there, you probably got a glimpse of the The Legend of SUM prototype at the Toy Tokyo booth….
On August 10th, 2007 a unique exhibition of customized 3.5 inch Baby Qees will open at Outland Records Modern Art Gallery, featuring the work of 43 international artists and designers with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, illustration and graphic design….
“The Revenant” is a resin kit sculpted by Eric Nocella Diaz and produced by GoldMane Entertainment. The sculpt is based off of a ghostly occult detective created by artist Dave Flora and featured in the noir webcomic “Tales of the…
Erick Scarecrow’s Soopa Coin-Up Bros. was revealed at the DKE Toys booth at Comic Con. The blank DIY vinyl will be approximately 7″ in height and hopefully drop in the 4th quarter of ’08. It’s modeled after the “handheld” arcade…
Plaseebo Custom will preview their new figure at SDCC. The Night Gamer figure was conceived by Bill Hand and co-designed and sculpted by Bill Hand and Bob Conge. The 7″ tall figure will be rotocast in a clear pink vinyl…
Not only is Hot Hot Heat a pretty good band….it’s also the name of the latest iteration of Toy Break – Numero Nueve. This episode has a bunch of San Diego Comic Con news, some Qee reviews, Gwin Series 3…
Worryknott is a new collaborative work between artists Jon Burgerman and Stuart Witter, of UK-based makers collective Lowlife. Worryknott, a desktop sculpture designed by Burgerman, charts the inevitability of getting tangled up in anxiety and its ultimate choking futility. It…
X-Ray Films new documentary on designer vinyl toys – Toys Are Us: A Revolution In Plastic – will be released on DVD at this summer’s San Diego Comic Con International. The movie explores the creative, sophisticated, and oftentimes challenging world…
Plaseebo Custom has announced the 2nd edition of their rotocast vinyl figure, the “Plaseebo Mummy”. It’s now available for purchase through their webstore.. The 2nd edition “Legend of Plaseebo” figure is cast in Blue glow-in-the-dark vinyl with blue inset eyes….
A very special optimistic and inspiring print entitled ‘Hope Is Where The Heart Is’, created especially for the Multiple Sclerosis Society by Ben the Illustrator is now on sale at the Buy Ben The Illustrator Shop in order to raise…
The folks from Toy Break describe Episode 8 as the following: We’ve got Shiitakes Series 1 by Erick Scarecrow, Monster Theater by dKiller Panda, videos from the Kid Robot L.A. Sket One signing, Vinyl Elements, the Vader Project, and much…
Coinciding with the custom Shiitakes Parade, Erick Scarecrow’s Shiitakes Series 1 became available at 5pm today – at ToyQube & ToyTokyo. Each plush colorway will be limited to 100 pieces with 2 additional secret colorways limited to 50 pieces. Please…don’t…
BTTF.com has partnered with Diamond Select Toys to offer an exclusive limited-edition Back to the Future “Enchantment Under the Sea” Minimate two-pack set available this fall. These figures are part of the first series of Diamond Select Toys’ upcoming line…
The Super Happy Friends Club is the Monster Factory’s new resident super heroes. Super Hikoki (aka Hunter), Super Chikara (aka Chelsea), Super Hayaku (aka Harrison), and Super Tensei (aka Terry) are now all available exclusively through their online store. As…