Jan 19, 2010 | 2009 Toy Awards |
Over the past few years, resin figures have really grown in popularity. Whether it's that artists can hand make small run art pieces at home - and you don't have to outsource production to a factory in Japan or China - or the medium just works better than rotocast...
Jan 18, 2010 | 2009 Toy Awards |
Toy customizing is an art form in and of itself. Some of the top customizers are able to take a rather bland base figure and turn it into a masterpiece. Often, the prices of these customs overshadow those of original paintings. So here are our top five toy customizers...
Jan 17, 2010 | 2009 Toy Awards |
Whether you love or hate blind boxes, you have to admit that they're a big part of the designer toy world. Rarely, do blind box series feature an entire set of strong designs...but these five come pretty close. Even though you don't know which figure you'll get, you...
Jan 16, 2010 | 2009 Toy Awards |
Sculpting work (like paint application) can either make or break a toy. And while you need both to perfect a figure, it starts with the sculpt. If you're sculpting a likeness of Harrison Ford, and it looks more like Bea Arthur...that's not going to cut it. So we're...
Jan 16, 2010 | 2009 Toy Awards |
Whether you like to display your toys out of the package or inside their pristine, airtight fortress...you must admit that pretty packaging sometimes make the toy. And it's in the spirit of well-produced, artistic packaging that we bring you the 2009 Plastic and...
Jan 12, 2010 | 2009 Toy Awards |
Yep...it's that time of the year again. Time to look back at the year that was, make some lists of our favorites, and let you debate. So, over the next few weeks, we'll be announcing the recipients of the 2009 Plastic and Plushies. Oh! And we're going to be giving...
