Nerd (Un)Culture
Background The Uglydoll family grew by five at the International Toy Fair this past February, and David and Sun-Min revealed their latest designs. Among those is Poe the Ugly Dragon. Poe has the distinct notoriety of being the first new…
Background After mimoco released their first series of Star Wars mimobots, collectors chimed in with the characters wanted as USB storage devices. Yes, if you’re not familiar with mimobots, they are designer toy USB devices available in 1GB, 2GB and…
Background Tonner Doll Company continues their Harry Potter figure line with the release of Fawkes (Dumbledore’s beloved phoenix). Unlike the Tonner Character Figures, this piece is grouped with other various accessories. If you’ve never seen the Potter films, you probably…
Background The newest plush character from OhNo!Doom is a green octopus looking character named FluffyYukYuk. You might remember the mouth-chomping plush FluffyBadBad, which was released two years ago. Well, YukYuk is the newest addition to the Fluffy family. Don’t get…
Background Crazy Label’s Treeson vinyl was one of the hottest toys of 2006. Based on Bubi Au Yeung’s story – Treeson and Ren, the character has now been released in a line of mini figures. The Baby Treeson series does…
Background In 1934, Walt Disney produced the classic Mickey Mouse film – Two-Gun Mickey. Set in the Wild West, the animated short stars Mickey Mouse as the heroic cowboy, Minnie Mouse as the damsel in distress and Pegleg Pete as…
Background If you’re familiar with the work of Frank Kozik, you have probably realized that he has a few trademarks. There’s the lit cigarette, the X on the forehead, facial stubble and an anarchy symbol. Well, he brings those trademarks…
Background Hot Toys took the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End license and produced a 1/6 scale line as well as their Cosbaby mini line. If you’re not familiar with the 3” tall Cosbabies, they could be lumped into…
Background Toy2R celebrated releasing their 1,000th Qee by producing the very special Boxee Toyer BB figure. In order to make it super special, they needed to shoot for a design that was never attempted before. The BB figure does that…
Background If you never saw the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, you’ve probably seen or read some iteration of Lewis Carroll’s classic story. One of the most popular characters from Walt Disney’s animated adaptation is the Cheshire Cat. You…
Background If you’ve ever seen David Horvath’s work, you know that he is a fan of the paranormal and unexplained. In the past, he teamed up with Wonderwall to release his take on the Mothman, Flatwoods Monster and Chupacabra legends….
Background There aren’t nearly enough retro looking toys out on the market. But Onell Design has brought us back to the 80’s with their sci-fi inspired Glyos System line. There are currently three different body designs available. The figures that…
Background Who are these kuddly little kritters? Carnival performers on the run? Co-dependent aliens from a binary star? Side effects from too much genetically modified catnip? Nope! They’re just two regular konjoined kitties who want to come home with you…
Background You probably have seen the new Dookie-Poo plush line designed by artist Manny Galán. Produced by ESC-Toy and under license by Chaotic Unicorn, the line revolves around Dookie-Poo – a burrowing Elf-Chidna. The first three characters produced in plush…
Background Tonner Doll Company presents their take on the caped crusader – Batman. Bruce Wayne’s alter ego is the newest character added to the DC Stars line of Tonner Character Figures. Inspired by art from the Silver Age of comic…