Nerd (Un)Culture
If you haven’t followed along with Shauna Perry’s blog, we’ll let you know that the Tonner Company Store will finally be opening on Saturday, December 8th from 10AM to 7PM. The Kingston, NY store has been in the remodeling phase…
Okay…I realize that the Bax Bear platform toy might just look like a slimmed down Qee. But the above custom, by Dave Barnes, might be one of my favorite customs out there. If they turned this one into a limited…
For the serious Gary Panter fans work, Dark Horse is offering an exclusive run of their Jimbo vinyl figure. The Deluxe Jimbo vinyl figure comes with interchangeable t-shirts—one in white and one in black—each with a different design. The special…
Two versions of TOUMA’s Slither, a new vinyl produced by Japan’s Headlock Studio, is currently available exclusively from STRANGEco (in the US). The Red version was made for UK store Neon Martian, while the Yellow was made for Japan store…
We’d like to introduce you to our newest feature on Plastic and Plush…it’s called The Designer Toy Fix. “What is it?” you might ask. Well, we’ve created a video podcast that will bring you a little closer to the artists,…
Rocket World has announced several new Special Edition IWG Baby Cubs. Nanook the Baby Bloody Polar Bear, Lakshmi the Baby Black Bear and the Cetawayo the Baby Black Rhino are each limited to a run of 100 pieces. And for…
The Club2R Exclusive Clear Mini Spider Boom should be available once Club2R.com reopens in 2008. Look for the 2″ tall piece, designed by David and Sun-Min, should retail around $10. It’s a limited run of 500, so you might want…
MAD is responsible for illustrating the initial artwork for this Steve Nash All-Star Vinyl figure. I must say that his work is rather impressive and I like that the stance is more action than posing. Hopefully, Upper Deck will be…
Alita Friedman and a few Uglydolls made their way onto NBC’s Today Show. If you click the above photo, you should be able to watch the short video of Alita presenting Al Roker with $250,000 worth of Uglydolls. All for…
Ghost Land is a series of 5 characters that were designed by Brian Flynn for Super7. Bump, Peg-Leg, Blowfish, Working Stiff and Six-Gun range from 2.5” to 3” tall and will be available in four different colors (translucent yellow, blue,…
Forbidden Planet will be home to a very special signing by Pete Fowler. He’ll be celebrating the launch of his new Monsterisms Volume 4, Pets and Owners line. The event will take place on Friday December 7th from 6PM through…
We’re teaming up with the great folks from Strangekiss to give away the Strangekiss Exclusive IWG Cub Pack. The baby cubs from Rocket World include BiBi the baby panda bear and Latura the baby sumatran rhino. Here are the details…
Crazy Label is teaming up with Octane 3 and Peskimo to produce a new line of House of Liu figures. The run will be an edition of 100 pieces and is scheduled to drop this month. There will be only…
Jared Deal’s newest handmade plush is a capuchin carnival monkey that debuted at Monkeyhouse Toys’ “Welcome to Dollywood” show on December 1st. If you’re in the LA area and you missed out on the opening, the show will run through…
David Horvath revealed two more Chupacabra types on his always entertaining Uglyblog. The one to the left is the Goat Sucker Type, which is the 3rd in the line and will hit stores around the same time as the 2nd…which…