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Background Rocket USA and artist Gus Fink recently released one of Gus’ Boogily Head characters as a plush. The SkullGnome plush was first unveiled at NY Comic Con 2008. The Creepy Yard Gnome was a part of Boogily Heads Series…
Background You’d be hard pressed to find a male who grew up in the 1980’s who didn’t own at least a few G.I. Joe figures. The original line was first launched back in the 60’s, so if you didn’t own…
Background Last year, Crazy Label teamed up with Peskimo to bring the couple’s (David and Jodie) Monster Burp character from a piece of art to vinyl reality. Following the success of that first figure, they’ve released a new colorway with…
Background One of the big San Diego Comic Con releases happened at the Uglydoll booth, where Sun-Min and David released their Glow-in-the-Dark Ice-Bat Action Figure line. Consisting of six different colors, this blind box line is all Ice-Bat…all the time….
Background Sideshow recently made Medicom’s Royal Guard RAH available as a “Second Chance Opportunity”. The quite recognizable, albeit very red, character from the Star Wars films is also known as the Emperor’s Royal Guard or the Imperial Royal Guard. Elegance…
Background It was over two years ago when we first reviewed Tonner Doll Co’s Supergirl Tonner Character Figure. Dressed in her classic outfit, the figure was one of the first from the company’s DC Stars line. Fast forward to 2009,…
Background We recently got our hands on one of Symbiote Studios’ first designer toy platform figure – the Symbiotes. This rotocast vinyl line of DIY, licensed and original characters is available with characters such as Dr. Tran, a ninja, a…
Background Rocket USA recently released Series 4 of Gus Fink’s popular Boogily Heads line of hand sculpted bobble head figures. The lineup consists of six new characters: Charlie Black, Giggle, Qually, Phant, Twinks and Gus Fink. There have been a…
Background Dreamland Toyworks joined forces with London-based artist olive47 to release Miss Cupcake. The little vinyl baked goods are a blind boxed series consisting of five different designs, with one goal…to satisfy your sweet tooth. Miss Cupcake is made from…
Background DynomightNYC – the same folks who released the Bumrush rotocast vinyl figure – have teamed up with The Sucklord on their Cthulhu Juice Crew series. The first figure in the series – DuckSauce – was limited to only 35…
Background Every San Diego Comic Con, the Uglydoll booth offers one very special surprise plush Ugly for collectors and fans to purchase…out of those infamous garbage cans. This year, David and Sun-Min introduced us to a special version of Trunko….
Last year, we reviewed Series 1 of October Toy’s Z.O.M.B.I.E. line. Recently – we caught a glimpse of them at San Diego Comic Con – they dropped three new colorways. The character are the same – School Girl, Rockabilly, Bathtime,…
Background Late last year, we reviewed one of the first plush creations from Fuzzy Balls Apparel…a company known for their cute and creepy t-shirt designs. Named Raul, the handmade plush was a recreation of one of their popular t-shirt characters….
Background The first time I laid my eyes (and hands) upon one of Attaboy’s Sweet Talking Gooberry plush was way back at Toy Fair 2005. Rock America had plans of releasing the squealing and vibrating plush. Four years later, and…
Background If you’ve gone to San Diego Comic Con over the past several years, you’ve realized that there are a ton of Twilight fanatics in attendance. Whether you’re pro, anti or indifferent, it’s likely that you were trampled by at…