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Straight from David Horvath’s Uglyblog…the first photo of the new characters that will make up the 2008 line of Uglydolls. From top left: Puglee, Ugly Ghost, Poe, Babo’s Bird and Plunko. These guys are straight from the pages of the…
Tonner Doll has introduced part of their upcoming Dick Tracy line of Tonner Character Figures. While the main character’s photo is still under wraps, they’ve revealed the Breathless Mahoney and Tess Trueheart sculpts as well as several outfits for the…
Garrett sent us news about the PSP-based game Patapon. It’s actually designed by French artist (and designer toy veteran) Rolito. Featuring more than 20 missions in a variety of environments such as swamps, volcanos, gorges and deserts, players will outfit…
Background Neptoon Studios recently released the first vinyl figure from their Monstrocity High line – Crush. Todd Kauffman, the co-founder of the Toronto-based company, designed the character. And with an entire high school full of students and teachers, he’s bound…
Max Toy Co will be allowing their club members to order the new Eyezon vinyl figure. This version is painted by Paul Kaiju. Each figure will include a 12″ by 12″ limited edition giclee, which is signed and numbered by…
Medicom’s newest addition to their 12” Star Wars Real Action Heroes line is the Shock Trooper. The Real Action Hero Shock Trooper is the first of the RAH clone trooper series to launch this year. There are only 1,000 pieces…
Toy2R will be releasing the 3″ Qee Bart Simpson Mania Series 2. There are a number of new designs and plans for a number of new 10″ Qees as well. And keep an eye out for Homer to be released…
Scott Tolleson, of StolleArt Studio, has designed the amazingly detailed Tricycle Terror polyresin statue. Standing at 5” tall, the figure comes fully painted and ready to display. Limited to only 450 pieces, each Tricycle Terror comes hand-numbered with a certificate…
On January 26th, the much-anticipated release of STRANGEco’s Vivisect Playset will take place. The mini figure series features designs by Anthony Ausgang, Luke Chueh, Peter Gronquist, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Greg Simkins and Amanda Visell. The Vivisect Playset is based…
The 2008 NHL All Star Game Special Edition All-Star Vinyl figure will be Atlanta Thrashers assistant captain – Ilya Kovalchuk. The special edition vinyl will limited to a run of 250 pieces and drop on for Platinum Club members on…
Crazy Label has posted that they’re about ready to send the Baby Treeson line off to the factory. They’ve also announced the packaging ratio. The white and blue characters will be 2:10, while the pink and orange will be 3:10.
Storybox Ink has unveiled their Art@play podcast. The premiere episode features Esc-Toy Ltd. Founder/President Erick Scarecrow. The show is dedicated to introducing the makers behind the toys. This is the first in a mini-series that will cover Erick Scarecrow’s insights…
Rocket World has released their limited edition I.W.G. Terminator Edition Custom Snowboard. The custom made (in the USA) all mountain board in decorated in Terminator Snow Camo graphics. Available in five different sizes (149, 152, 155, 158, 161cm), each board…
The first character in the Ugly Kaiju line is set…and the lucky character is…Ice Bat. Teaming up with intheyellow, David and Sun-Min have introduced the 100% Japanese made vinyl. The first edition (shown above) will be released in February and…
AdFunture’s BUKA Series 1 should begin hitting shops in the US shortly. The 3″ tall figure was released several months ago at the Taipei Toy Festival…but it took a little bit to get the final artist list assembled. And the…