Nerd (Un)Culture
Background The Galaxy Bunch was initially launched at the Hong Kong Comic Festival back in 2003. Although no toys were created, the characters were introduced to the public. Designed by Michael Kwong, the initial group of nine characters (there are…
Background Neptoon Studios recently released the first vinyl figure from their Monstrocity High line – Crush. Todd Kauffman, the co-founder of the Toronto-based company, designed the character. And with an entire high school full of students and teachers, he’s bound…
Drive…Transform…Destroy. That’s the tagline for Johnny Lightning’s V_Bot transformable robot. However, a better description might be Drive…Transform…Dance. The V_Bot is not a fighting radio controlled figure. You will see it rattle off a few karate chops once in a while,…
Background Batman’s archenemy – The Joker – has been portrayed by a number of famous actors. Cesar Romano was the famous villain in the 1960’s television show; Jack Nicholson was the Joker in the 1989 Batman film; Mark Hamill was…
Background Rocket World recently introduced us to their regular line of Combat Mod Squad figures. Titus and Affonso both have weapons strapped to their backs, slightly refined sculpts and retro Italian scooters. The scooters ridden by the I.W.G. have been…
Background You might remember that Crazy Label released Dutch designer Metin Seven’s Seamour Sheep and Marty Mole rotocast vinyl figures earlier this year. Well, the Seamour Sheep family has grown by one figure with the release of the Seamour Sheep…
Background Possibly the most influential graphic artist of his generation, Gary Panter is the creator of Jimbo, a post-nuclear cartoon character whose adventures were first chronicled as a comic strip in the ’70s LA hardcore-punk paper Slash and later in…
Background If you thought that the adult Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo (IWG) characters were all alone in their fight against poachers and other environmentally evil types…you were wrong. Patrick Ma and Rocket World have added the IWG Baby Cubs to the…
Background Ryo Honda is a Japanese illustrator who just recently released his first figure – Kabakuro. The figure was launched at the tokyomade Design Festa booth. The release coincided with the drop of Honda’s hand-illustrated black and white book –…
Background Remember when the Pirates of the Caribbean was just a silly little ride at Disneyworld? You say the phrase nowadays, and the first thing people think about is the Johnny Depp led Disney film trilogy…not the musky smelling ride….
Background I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the Harry Potter novel or movie series, but it’s somewhat popular with kids and adults alike. Tonner Doll Company was lucky enough to grab the Potter license for their line of Tonner…
Background Not to be confused with Boogily Heads, Gus Fink’s Boogily Bunnies are a plush based line of art toys. Produced by Rocket USA, the initial series contains six different characters: Octobunny, Flopps, Bunny Boyd, Charlie Black, Slurp and Derf….
Background Spök-spök and Spökelina are from Öreboro, where they lived in a castle…until it was turned into a factory. With the factory producing road cones, the Spök-spöks were set free. But something went wrong at the factory, and the first…
Background Pamela Lillian Isley – aka Poison Ivy – is a DC Comics villainess who is normally seen facing off with Batman. The character first appeared in Batman #181 (June 1966) and her special abilities include creating love potions, utilizing…
Background Dark Horse Deluxe recently released a rotocast vinyl version of Glenn Barr’s Hell’s Proprietor figure. While there was a wooden figure previously released (although not from Dark Horse), this rotocast version better reflects Barr’s character artwork. So, what’s the…