2009 NYCC: Applehead Factory
Applehead Factory had their Teddy Scares plush line as well as the Tofu the Vegan Zombie vinyl for collectors to pick up. They also had a new pink Teddy Scares satchel as well as the fun winter hat pictured below.
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2009 NYCC: Tonner Doll Co.
Tonner Doll Co. was out in full force at this year’s NY Comic Con. They had a number of their new DC Stars figures on display, including the Green Lantern (above), Catwoman and Hawkwoman. I want to point out the…
2009 NYCC: Mimoco
Mimoco had a number of recently released Mimobots on display (and for sale) at their NY Comic Con booth. They had also teamed up with the Sucklord to give away a number of Original Villains and Microsexuals Mimobots. And the…
2009 NYCC: Gus Fink
Gus Fink was in Artist Alley showing off a good deal of original artwork, prints and some of his Rocket USA plushies. A lot of the characters will seem familiar if you’re into the Boogily Heads line. I’d love to…
2009 NYCC: Uglydolls
The Uglydoll booth was one of the first to greet you as you made your way through the NY Comic Con doors. David Horvath was there to sign your Uglydolls…books…your high school yearbook. Only if you guys went to high…
2009 NYCC: Onell Design
Onell Design was sharing a NY Comic Con booth with Rocket North and Raw Shark Studios. They had a number of new Buildman Ranic, Pheyden, Exellis, Phanost and Sarvos figures spread across their table…enough to make one drool. Rocket North…
2009 NYCC: Rocket USA
The Rocket USA had a number of new Gus Fink designed products on display. The special red colorway of the Charlie Black Boogily Head was a NYCC exclusive. And the Boogily Head Series 4 was being shown off. Those as…
2009 NYCC: Jeff Pidgeon
Jeff Pidgeon was showing off his Happy Beaver at NY Comic Con. (Boy…that sounds rather dirty) He also had a number of t-shirts for sale. If you like old-school style animated characters – like we do – you’ll like these….
2009 NYCC: ESC-Toy
Erick Scarecrow had a bunch of new releases and exclusives – as well as a few surprises – at the ESC-Toy NYCC booth. The above pictured Stone Shiitake was one of the standouts. Only 50 of them were released and…
2009 New York Comic Con
We’re here at the 2009 New York Comic Con and will be updating you with a bunch of info (and photos) over the next few days. There’s no snow in the forecast *fingers crossed* so it should be a good…
2008 Toy Awards: Plastic Toy of the Year
While the title uses a rather generic ‘plastic” title, we are basically talking about vinyl and resin figures under what is probably our biggest award category. It was difficult to select only ten pieces, and while I’m sure not everyone…
2008 Toy Awards: Plush Toy of the Year
In one of our two big award categories, we’ll be selecting the top ten plush figures of 2008. How do we pick these? Multiple characters from the same line are eligible. But we’re really looking for a soft, cute and…
2008 Toy Awards: Best Toy Line
When it comes to choosing what makes up a great toy line, it has to have multiple – and for the most part, solid – figure releases. It can be vinyl, resin, plush, wood…whatever! We’ve gone ahead and chosen our…
2008 Toy Awards: Artist of the Year
Choosing five top artists of the past year is always a difficult task. I like to look at the entire year’s worth of work and choose those who have had a strong year…from January to December. So, here are our…
2008 Toy Awards: Best Fully Poseable Female Figure
The same rules that applied to our Best Fully Poseable Male Figure award hold true for the Female figure award…except that these are lady figures (not men). So we have our top five picks, ironically, all from the same company….