Nerd (Un)Culture
Background With the impending release of the Boogily Heads Series 4 from Rocket USA and artist Gus Fink, we have decided to take a look at some of the variant Boogilys. These variant colorways come packaged randomly. In each of…
Background The Germusu “are mini storage microbial pouches” from artist Vanessa Germosen. The 2009 lineup includes five new characters: Achu (teal), Gou (green), Coli (yellow), Eri (orange) and Zoa (gray). Achu is annoying Gou is kinda shy but she doesn’t…
Background One of the newest figures released by Wheaty Wheat Studios is the Space Crab designed by Pixelfillu. While there’s not a lot of background information on the character, you can deduce by looking at the vinyl piece (and by…
Background Holly Stanway, from A Little Stranger, is known for producing her handmade Bunny Brooches and selling them via her etsy shop. She’s an artist who does drawings and other plush creations, but for purposes of this review…we’ll be looking…
Background From the ocean’s depths, [Kaiju TriPus] emerges to do battle with Captain Maxx. What will it take to defeat this tentacled sea mutant? No doubt a full out battle royale between Kaiju TriPus, Alien Xam and Kaiju Eyezon versus…
Background Munchkin Cthulhu is a card game from Steve Jackson Games that was written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic. “Munchkins have hacked their way through dungeons, kung fu temples, starships, haunted houses, and super-foes. Now they face…
Background Steve Purcell’s Sam & Max characters made their first published appearance in the 1987 comic book series of the same name. Since then, the detective duo have found their way to video games and television. And now, with the…
Background With yesterday being Friday the 13th, and the release of the 2009 version of the cult-classic horror series, we decided it would only be fitting to bring you a review of Mezco’s newest Cinema of Fear figure – Jason…
Background Star Wars fans probably remember Captain Raymus Antilles from one of the original trilogy’s most memorable death scenes. Following the boarding of the Tantive IV in Star Wars: A New Hope, Darth Vader placed a nice chokehold on Capt….
Background It’s been over three years since we caught our first peek at Sket One’s crazy tomato character – Buckeye Rot. If you remember, it followed Sket’s other produce related vinyl…the giant eggplant – Eggster. And it was just recently…
Background Yesterday, we brought you a review of the first two WorryWoo Monsters from artist and author Andi Green. Today, we’ll be looking at the next two character released from the line – Squeek and Fuddle. Squeek is The Monster…
Background The WorryWoo Monsters come straight from the mind of the talented artist/author Andi Green. With a lineup of six unique characters, Andi has created four plush toys (two more to come). She also has written and illustrated two books….
Background Joy Michel (the former VP of Creative for Ty Inc. and the designer on nine of their plush lines including Beanie Babies) and Rocket USA designer and founder, Michael Perry, have teamed up under the Dakota Designs label to…
Background You might have seen the JudasZ toy project. It’s the brainchild of Spanish artist Judas Arrieta, and features a slightly balding character exhibiting various emotions in several states of dress (or undress). The JudasZ figure is currently available in…
Background Jason Hilbourne, a product design engineer from Portland, is responsible for designing a new line of plush robots called the Bunk Bots. After witnessing his two boys trying to sleep next to their pointy plastic robots, Jason decided to…