Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Fafi is a well-known French graffiti artist who has also taken the fine art and designer toy scene by storm. Her paintings and drawings of her funny, sexy girls can be seen adorning walls, on canvas or styling clothing….
Background Funko, and their Fantastik Plastik line, has brought us the Mad Monster Party set of vinyl figures. What is the Mad Monster Party, you ask? It’s the silliest party of the year…and you’re all invited. That was actually the…
Background Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the few films that made a successful transition to the small screen. The television series ran over 7 seasons and is still a cult favorite. Sideshow Toys snagged the 12” license for…
Ningyoushi’s mascot – Joe – was made available in toy form last year. He quickly sold old. Ningyoushi then combined their mascot with the work of Kozik and Obey and came up with the Smokin’ Joe figure. Smokin’ Joe is…
Suckadelic has released the latest incarnation of the Sucklord figure Sucklord 77. The updated Supervillain was released in conjunction with the latest version o the Galactic Jerkbag figure. First off, you need to know that this isn’t a Boba Fett…
Over the past few years, Sideshow Toys has expanded their line from prop replicas and 12” figures to distribution, premium format figures and a load of amazing licenses. In my opinion, their bread and butter is still the 12” figure…
Jamungo’s Blow Up Dolls have been one of the hottest selling lines of the past few months. An addendum to the BUD line has been the NADE. Rather than a fuse coming out of the figure’s head, there is a…
One of the most sought after Uglydolls in recent memory would have to be the Red Tooth Wedgehead. With only 200 of them created, they were divided up into groups of 4 and sent out to 50 different shops around…
Who would have thought up a line of law-enforcing swine, other than the minds of SEEN and Planet 6? The Phony Baloney pigs seem to find themselves in some rather precarious situations. The team of police officers can be seen…
Carnival Cartoons’ first independently created and funded figure – Buzz Carney – hit store shelves a few weeks back. It’s a fairly limited run piece (only 250 created) and has been made available through a number of online retailers. Buzz…
McFarlane Toys has released a number of new Corpse Bride products. If you enjoyed Tim Burton’s film, you’ll find yourself in love with these figures. They are the spitting image of the movie characters. The Corpse Bride 2-Pack was released…
We’ve been waiting for Android 8 to release some of their own products since Comic Con. They have indulged us with some exclusives – Octopo, Astronaut Jesus and Opera Dude – but they’ve now presented us with the first Android…
When you think of Blythe, you probably usually imagine the 12” tall Neo Blythe dolls. But did you know that there are smaller versions known as Petite Blythes? These stand at about a third of the height (4”) of a…
Jamungo recently released their first line of figures – Blow Up Dolls. Otherwise known as B.U.D.s, this blind-boxed line contains 10 figures of varying designs from the likes of Ferg, TVM and Frank Kozik. All of the figures use the…
One of the most interesting plush pieces we have come across is more than a simple, stuffed heart. My Beating Heart “is a soft huggable heart with a soothing heartbeat you can really feel”. It’s something you’d want hold onto…and…