Nerd (Un)Culture
In an attempt to include 1:6 scale figures as well as larger figures in one category, we’ve created the “fully poseable” category. These figures have multiple points of articulation, usually include real cloth outfits and often have various accessories. We’ve…
Customizing is a skill and an art. It’s one thing to be able to paint an amazing piece of artwork, but it’s a completely different ballgame when you attempt to create that same artwork on an already existing vinyl figure….
What’s the difference between a regular toy line and a mini line? Well, other than the obvious answer – the height – you can buy a whole bunch of these for the price of one regular vinyl figure. So, here…
A great sculpting job can turn an ordinary figure into something great. Likewise, a bad sculpting job can just ruin a character that had a ton of promise. We’d like to recognize the top five sculpting jobs of the past…
While collectors are often torn between opening or leaving their toys in the package, it always helps to have well-produced (and attractive) packaging. So, here are our five favorites of the past year. 5. Dookie-Poo (Chaotic Unicorn) Designed like a…
It’s that time of year again! We get to make our selections for the best toys of the past year. But don’t fret, you’ll also have a chance to choose your favorites in several different categories (what we call the…
Phinally!!!!!!!! Enough said!!!!!!
Yes. It’s been over a week since San Diego Comic Con, but we completely forgot about the DKE Toys booth. And that’s pretty tough, because they had one of the largest and most impressive displays. If you’re not familiar with…
While MINDstyle had a number of vinyl pieces in their glass display cases, we were looking for Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock figures. There were only mini figures (no larger vinyl pieces), but it’s still something. And there were a number…
If I had hit the lottery right before Comic Con, the first place I would have hit was Super7…where I would by one of each thing they were selling. Unfortunately, I didn’t win. But I did pick up a SDCC…
ToyQube was back at their corner booth with a number of exclusives, new figures and prototypes. The MAD’L Ninja and 10″ Blue Glow-in-the-Dark MAD’L were both popular picks. They were also showing off the prototype for Keith Poon’s Hammerhead Sharky….
Cardboard Spaceship was in the Cultyard at Comic Con with a number of SDCC Exclusives. The hand cast Hello, Brute lineup – The Klepties – was impressive. The booth also was the first chance you had at picking up the…
The line for STRANGEco’s SDCC colorway Vivisect Playset set was one of the longer (and more surprising) at the show. But we were diggin’ Greg “Craola” Simkins’ Cap’n Rotnclaw. I might have to wait until the red (more crab-like) colorway…
Much of the scuttlebutt around the Kidrobot booth was about Joe Ledbetter’s newest release…the SDCC Exclusive Lava Unicornasaurus. But while everyone was waiting in line for that one, we were more impressed by Paul Pope’s The Masked Karimbah. And if…
At Comic Con, the Munky King booth is always busy with artist signings. As far as exclusives, the all black Koibito (which appears to be part fish, part man) might have been the creepiest. The Monkey King (Metal Edition) and…