Nerd (Un)Culture
Shawn Smith showed off his Shawnimals (say that three times, fast) at Domy Books earlier this month. Both he and Domy Books took a bunch of photos of the events surrounding the opening…as well as the pieces that were on…
UNKL’s newest SUG and Ulligus figures will make their debut at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. It’s been about two years since we first saw the introduction of the first SUGs at Comic Con 2005, and it will be…
Jon Burgerman sent along a glimpse at his custom Bart Simpson Qee – Zwartbart. Since the Toy2R custom show will be on the heels…err…maybe toes…of The Simpsons Movie, there should be a built-up demand for Simpsons merchandise. Hmm…wasn’t it just…
Here are some photos of Attaboy’s 10″ custom Bart Simpson Qee for Toy2R’s custom show that’ll be taking place at San Diego Comic Con next month. Next month?!?! If this is any hint of what we’ll see from artists, onlookers…
Kanser, created by Keith Poon, is a 6″tall vinyl figure from ToyQube. They have gone and developed an Artist Series, with the first collaboration being artist Andrew Bell. The Regular version is the grey figure to the left. It will…
Shocker Toys will have Series 1 of their Metalocalypse (from Adult Swim) vinyl figure line. The characters – Nathan Explosion and William Murderface – are from the fictitious death metal band, Dethklok. Each appears in their “death” stage makeup and…
David Horvath has shown off his newest line of figures on his extremely entertaining Uglyblog. Made by Wonderwall, these look like the babies of some of your favorite mysterious creatures. From left to right, it’s Chupacabra, Flatwoods and Mothman. Hmm…I…
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…
Joe Ledbetter’s Toxic Swamp Series just got a little bigger. Currently available for preorder is Diamond Comic’s exclusive 8″ Toxic Swamp Cat Red Edition. The vinyl figure is currently available for preorder through the June issue Previews. Limited to only…
Background Arguably the most famous Marine alive today, R. Lee Ermey is well-known for his roles in Toy Story, Full Metal Jacket, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and is currently the host of the History Channel’s most popular show, Mail…
Upper Deck’s newest All-Star Vinyl figure release will take place this coming Tuesday (June 19th) at 9:19AM PST. The Colorado Avalanche’s Joe Sakic will be the latest in the NHL line, designed by veteran artist – MAD. Sakic will be…
Toy2R will have an exclusive run of 6″ Evil Ape Glow-in-the-Dark DIY vinyl figures available at San Diego’s Comic Con. The line is designed by MCA/Evil Design, blind boxed, and will be available in 6 different colors. The figures will…
Patrick, from Rocket World, has sent us sneak peek photos of the first two IWG Combat Mod Squad characters – Affonso and Titus. Note that these are not painted, nor are the weapons slings finished. You can see that the…
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…