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Press Pop has announced the H.R. (Bad Brains) Statuette, featuring the stylized likeness of the original hardcore punk band Bad Brains. Made with PVC and ABS, the statuette has articulation in the neck. The 9-inch tall piece features a t-shirt and pants that are made from actual fabric. This is a must-have for all Bad Brains and punk rock fans. Look for it to retail for $50.00.
Zica Toys has announced that they’ll be reincarnating the Sectaurs line – extremely popular back in the mid-80’s. There are 10 figures planned for the first wave, which will likely be funded via a Kickstarter campaign. Wave one is set to include 8 main character from the original Coleco toy line, plus a pair of army builders. These will all be in 4-inch scale. The first two they’re showing off are Dargon and General Spidrax.
Being a fan of the line as a kid, I can’t wait to see them produced. The only thing is that we’ll need to wait until a Wave 2 to get any of the crazy insect hand puppet things.
Tenacious Toys has announced their second monthly release of Rampage Toys’ exclusive products with the 11-inch Rainy Day Revenge Kesagake with GID Omake and the Gold Sparkle Cyclops Dinos 3-piece set (pteroclops, protoceraclops & plesioclops). These unpainted figures are available in limited quantities. They’ll be available through May 5th 2017, when pre-orders close.
Monogram has announced their Teen Titans Go! Blind Bag series. These Teen Titans GO! Series 3D Foam Key Rings include Star Fire, Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Gizmo’s Robot, Silkie, Trigon, Speedy, Robin, and Teen Titans Tower.
Hashtag Comics will be attending Book Expo and BookCon at Javits Center (NYC) in June 2017 with the Exclusive Cloud Riders ‘Royalty’ 4-inch tall vinyl figures. Book 4 in the series, “Prince Gunda and the Thunder Runners” is set to release in June. And Hashtag Comics will be debuting the official collection of the first 4 books titled “Cloud Riders: Royalty” at the show. You’ll be able to pick up the stars of the four books at the show.
Devil’s Head Productions has announced that the first painted run of Apalala sees the light of day. Using both the sapphire clear blue and GID/blue marbled vinyl as a base, metallic blue, red, green, gold, copper, black, white, red and tan paints have been applied to make some super awesome looking monsters. As a bonus, a single blood splattered chase was made on each base vinyl color to make someones order that much more special.
“The Rising” Apalala
TriForce has released the officially licensed Ghost Recon: Wildlands Nomad Statue, made of mixed materials including PVC and standing at almost a foot tall. The piece features a game-accurate replica of Nomad – Ghost team leader and weapons specialist. Available for $119.99, the statue also includes Embroidered Ghost Recon Patches (five embroidered Ghost Recon iron on patches), an Exclusive Lithograph, and an Exclusive Metal Case.
Fresh Monkey Fiction has announced that their Amazing Heroes Wave 2, their Retroverse line of 4.5-inch tall action figures, will launch on Kickstarter in a few weeks. It looks like the series will include Cosmic Madman, Nexus, Stray, The American, Red Hook, Jon Sable, Midnight Tiger, and E-Man.
Clutter Magazine has announced their latest collaboration with Milwaukee-based artist Scott Wilkowski and LA native artist Luke Chueh. Known for his Infected and X-Ray versions of popular designer toys, Wilkowski has infected Chueh’s signature bear head, once again creating a collaboration that is to die for. The Infected Decapitated Bear Head: Blood Red Edition
Miscreation Toys will be at Booth 380 at Monsterpalooza in Pasadena, CA from April 7th through 9th 2017. They’ll have the following items…plus, possibly, some other surprises.
Keep an eye out for the recent released Aloha! Lolligag – Green Version from Bombastic Fantastic. The 5-inch tall vinyl figure is limited to a run of 125 pieces. Look for it to retail around $45.00.
Clutter Magazine has announce their latest project with artist Huck Gee. The SKLFKR is a 20 inch tall skull-laden mecha. As part of winning his prestigious 2015 Artist of the Year and 2015 Toy of the Year Designer Toy Awards, Huck was provided a sponsorship to work with 3D printing technology to bring to life a brand new creation.
To make this dream a reality we partnered with 3D sculpting and printing masters, CUBO
The Designer Toy Awards have officially launched the nomination period for the 7th annual DTAs. Running from now until April 7th 2017 (6pm ET), nominations can be submitted through the above link. This year’s awards will accept nominations for releases, artists, and companies, that were active from January 1st 2016 to December 31st 2016.
If you’re thinking…didn’t we just have the 6th annual DTAs? Yes. But they’re moving the ceremony from New York Comic Con (usually in October/November) to May 19th 2017, during the weekend of Five Points Festival in NYC.
Tenacious Toys kicks off a new monthly release of Rampage Toys exclusive products with the Gold Sparkle Uglier Unicorn and Shaggy Little Unicorn sofubi figures. The Uglier Unicorn figure is 3.25″ tall and the Shaggy Little Unicorn is 2.25″ tall. Both feature a special Gold Sparkle vinyl base, with multiple colors of paint deco by Rampage Toys.
Bluefin, the leading North American distributor of toys, collectibles, and hobby merchandise from Japan, steps into the ring with a number of new S.H. Figuarts WWE action figures from Tamashii Nations in 6-inch scale: Stone Cold, The Rock, Triple H, The Undertaker, and Kane. The figures are fully poseable with over 30 points of articulation and each figure makes use of Tamashii’s proprietary Digital Color Technology on the head sculpts, resulting in portraits with an uncanny lifelike resemblance to the WWE superstars.
