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CompatiBalls are the first art toy designed and produced by award winning Israeli artist Shultzo. The CompatiBall prototypes of FroggyBall and TigerBall first made their debut at the New York Toy Fair in early 2007, and were then unveiled to…
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…
Upper Deck will release an All-Star Vinyl action figure of the San Diego Chargers’ LaDainian Tomlinson to Platinum Club members on Friday, November 23 (9:25 AM PST) and to the general public on Monday, November 26 (9:25 AM PST). Tomlinson’s…
One of my favorite bands – Super Furry Animals – once sang the following in their song Chupacabras: Have you heard about the bat, Eats your goat and then your cat. Soon enough you will not smile, If you see…
Upper Deck will be releasing their Shaquille O’Neal All-Star Vinyl figure for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The Platinum Club will get first dibs as the figure goes on sale Black Friday (November 23rd) at 9:30AM PST. The figures (above plus…
Tony Shiau (aka Nakanari) was invited by Kidrobot to customize a 20″ Dunny for the display at the new Miami South Beach store. If you want to check it out in person, the custom will by on display beginning November…
Happy Birthday to the folks at Toy Break. No…they weren’t all born on the same day, but Toy Break has been on the air…err…online for one full year. So, what do they have on tap for you? The shorter, weekly…
This is definitely one of the cooler toy release of 2007. Amanda Vissel’s Pink Elephant featuring Drunky McSkunky will be released on December 13th at Munky King Melrose (along with a solo show of her work). Visell’s first vinyl toy…
If you’re in San Fransisco and will be able to make it out to Uglycon on December 8th…well…I’m jealous. The opening events will begin at 6PM (until 10PM)with a costume contest. Of course, you need to dress up as an…
Check out this very cool Plastic and Plush banner that Nada”One produced and sent to us. The characters are great…I just wanna know when they’ll be turned into vinyl toys.
Well…it’s not ACTUALLY available, but it’s available for pre-order at the Crazy Label webstore. I think this is one of the more entertaining vinyl releases of the year. I liked the original Seamour Sheep, so how could I not like…
We wanted to give you something special for the holiday season. And is there anything more special than a bearded woman? I’ll go ahead and answer that one a no. So we are teaming up with Carnival Cartoons to give…
kaNO’s Moneygrip figure has been redone in a Destro-like colorway. With only 100 of these bad boys available, they’ll probably go quickly. Hopefully those G.I. Joe fans don’t get to them before we do! Look for ’em to retail around…
Background The Boogily Heads are art toys produced by Illinois-based Rocket USA. Each figure is a replica of artist Gus Fink’s original sculptures, which he would sell in galleries and on everyone’s favorite auction site – eBay. Michael Perry, the…
Hmm…I found these on Coroflot via Gizmodo. Designed by Argentinian artist Ignacio Pilotto, these designer deodorants (???) are still only concepts. It sorta looks like a CiBoys head with a Dunny body and someone’s nasty Old Spice.