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Crystal Chesney-Thompson has condensed the cuteness of several ham-related animals (hamster, guinea pig and regular pig) to create the plush Haminal. He’s smaller, tastier, boneless and…conveniently can shaped. This is the second edition Haminal (the first sold out two years…
Sevensheaven.nl has already sent out their holiday greetings. A little early, but definitely and environmentally friendly one….and even green (since it’s not printed out…?).
Background 2008 was really the year of the superhero film. And one of the biggest blockbuster movies released was Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Hot Toys acquired the license to produce figures based on the Marvel…
Dragatomi is offering FREE shipping on domestic orders of $100 or more as well as a FREE King Ken Series 1 blind box for every $50 spent. And Plastic and Plush readers can receive 5% off of your valid purchases…
BIC Plastics will release four brand spanking new toys at the December 6th Vinyl Toy Network show. Those figures will be Bodega (KANO), Killa Instinct (Marka27), Sketch Artist (David Flores) and Sham the Clown (MAD). You’ll want to make it…
Charles Creature Cabinet has a pair of new exclusive items in The Woodling Faerie Cocoon – Woodling Green (Furniture) and a very special Xmas surprise – Dreaming Yoshi (Face Plate).
This Friday (December 5th) at 12 Noon EST, Jared Deal and Argonaut Resins have decided to release Wave 2 of Vladimir resin figures…just in time for your holiday shopping. Wave 2 will consist of about 10 figures with the first…
Patch Together has a cool set of little robotic luchadors – Robolucha – available for pre-order. The 6″ tall figures are limited to 300 pieces per colorway (Yellow/Black, Red/Blue, Orange/Grey). Look for them to be released on December 15th with…
This week marks the release of the X’mas Ballmer from G999. The ball-joint figure is set to be launched just in time for your holiday shopping. I enjoy holiday-themed designer toys, because it gives you a reason to display them…
Crazy Label has shown off some of the rough clay sculpts for their upcoming Treeson and Other Stories Blind Box Series. From Bubi Au Yeung’s book of the same name, these characters should be released in Q1 of 2009. I’m…
Mimoco is having a huge sale that ends today (Cyber Monday). You can get 36% off the entire Mimobot collection. The Great Depression of 2008 Sale only lasts until midnight tonight. And why 36%? Well, that’s about how much the…
Hot Toys second figure from The Spirit license is the 1:6 scale The Octopus collectible figure. They did an amazing job sculpting this piece. It looks exactly like Samuel L. Jackson (who plays the role of The Octopus). His movie-accurate…
Background Peskimo – David and Jodie – designed a rather memorable art print for the London-based Monster Burp Show. It was so memorable that they recently teamed up with Crazy Label to produce and release a vinyl figure based on…
This frosted and slightly transparent MAD*L designed by Andrew Bell (www.creaturesinmyhead.com) stands at 5″ in height and is limited to only 500 pieces. Be sure to pick up this super *cool* Frozen Empire Toys exclusive before it’s gone! And be…
Hot Toys has announced that they will be producing figures based on the upcoming film – The Spirit. The first piece is the 1:6th scale The Spirit collectible figure. The figure features a number of accessories: Black shirt and pants…