Nerd (Un)Culture
Triad Toys, Inc. announced a three year partnership with Geneon Entertainment to produce toys and collectibles for the cult classic anime – Samurai Champloo. Samurai Champloo is a Japanese animated television series consisting of twenty-six episodes that was originally broadcasted…
The Geeky Ninja plush is based on the hit Wee Ninja characters from Shawnimals. A master of collectible hobbies, Geeky Ninja has a fond appreciation of all things limited run – especially comics, toys, and pop culture at large. In…
The blind-boxed BetXO series from BIC Plastics includes pairs of 2″ stackable animals with an interchangeable top figure. The line consists of twelve figures in all: six top animals (Mouse, Eagle, Lion, Rabbit, Monkey and Kangaroo) and six base animals…
Mezco’s Living Dead Dolls Present Series continues with Captain Spaulding from Rob Zombie’s House Of 1000 Corpses. Featuring film accurate tattooed hands (Love / Hate) and his iconic red, white, and blue clown outfit, along with his jaunty hat, this…
The Combat MOD Squad Affonso Giclee will be available from Rocket World in 8.5″ x 11″ (framed), or 17″ x 22″ (rolled) formats. It’s printed on archival, acid free, fine art paper and will run $40.00 each.
Crazy Label has dropped news of their new 8″ Treeson figure. The first public unveiling took place at Wizard World Chicago (Go Hero booth #2142). If you’ll be attending the Taipei Toy Festival, there will be a pre-sale at the…
Spooky Cute Series 1 is a 3″ tall blind boxed line designed by Danny Chan (Hong Kong). The will be 9 basic designs as well as 1 rare figure. It’s not often that I find a blind boxed line that…
Onell Design is showing off their Scar Pheyden sculpt. I know we’ve seen it before, but there’s confirmation that it is being produced. You’re excited? Me too. The photo above actually shows the Scar Pheyden with a little piece of…
The Ultimate Alpha is the newest addition to The Galaxy Bunch. It will be debuted at the Taipei Toy Festival 2008 with other new toys from Michael Kwong and crew. Keep your eyes out for the Alphamaniac series and the…
Rocket World’s IWG Astro Krieg Flying Saucer Attack Craft is bound to be one of our favorite UFOs. Above (and below) is a photo of the unpainted prototype. The flying saucer will be made available at this year’s San Diego…
We haven’t heard a lot from Kicktoys about their BEit Dude line. But they have released the above photo of the figure progress. Some pretty different character designs there. I’ll hold judgement until I see the final product.
Want to see some more shots of Mezco’s upcoming Gomez figure? Crank up the volume and listen to Johnny Rivers and Secret Agent Man.
Background Sideshow Collectibles has long been producing figures, busts, statues and prints from the epic trilogy – The Lord of the Rings. They recently released a pair of Hobbits as 1/6 scale figures. After already reviewing Frodo, we’ll be taking…
Rocket World has introduced their IWG Airborne Series. Above are the hand painted prototypes. Each piece is approximately 1.5″ tall and includes a working parachute. The blind boxed figures will be available at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. There…
The Zombitoys series includes four “gods” featuring different powers and personalities. Zombitoys are more than just eye-catching figurines; they are characters that invite you to play day-by-day roles and actions, via a game-element inside their heads. But be warned: the…