Mar 20, 2013 | 2012 Toy Awards |
Our final category for the 2012 Plastic and Plush Awards is the Plastic Toy Of The Year. Since resin has become just as popular as rotocast vinyl, they're all included in here (ABS, PVC, and any other kind of plastic as well). Whittling down to five pieces here was...
Mar 18, 2013 | 2012 Toy Awards |
We resume our 2013 Plastic and Plush Awards with the last two categories. The Plush Toy of the Year category has been pared down to the top 5 releases of 2012. So here you have them... 5. Skell and Covers (Gravescabs - Sharkchild) The Gravescabs feature a "base" Skell...
Mar 5, 2013 | 2012 Toy Awards |
This is a new category for us. What's a functional toy? Well, pretty much everything that doesn't fit in the other categories. It's a toy that can often be passed off for something else, whether it's a puzzle, USBflash memory, or one of these... 5. Chuppi (Mathmos)...
Mar 3, 2013 | 2012 Toy Awards |
We're back, taking a look at the final four categories in our 2012 Plastic and Plush Awards. Today, I'm taking a look at the best sixth scale (or highly articulated) figures from last year. 5. The Shadow (Go Hero) After being teased for a few years, we saw the pulp...
Feb 21, 2013 | 2012 Toy Awards |
In what is probably the most competitive category of the PAPAs, we remember the year that was in toy lines. There were a number of deserving line, so whittling it down to only five was a little difficult. Nonetheless...here they are: 5. Glyos System Series (Onell...
Feb 20, 2013 | 2012 Toy Awards |
With toy companies and toy lines constantly entering and exiting the marketplace, finding five new toy lines to feature is a fairly simple task. We saw new things from well-known companies and stuff from some artists we had not yet encountered, but here are my top...