Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Rocket World introduced Series 4 of their Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo (IWG) line earlier in the year. The four piece rotocast vinyl series was broken into two releases – Makutu and Oishi were released around March and Candace and Burnum…
The newest figure from Hot Toys’ Movie Masterpiece line is the 1/6 scale Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End. The 11″ tall figure is scheduled to be released near the end of 2007. The likeness of…
“Citizen Kano, the Art of the Hustle” is the first published collection of NYC artist kaNO. Published by Brand Studio Press, the book is a lavish display of the artist’s most recent work dated from 2005-2007 and should retail around…
The boys at ESPV have been hard at work to bring you four custom TAMO figures, to be won individually over the next 4 months. AND…even if you don’t scoop any of the TAMOS, you’ll still have a chance to…
MINDstyle has one of the most expansive displays at Comic Con. They were premiering so many new pieces that it overloaded my memory card as well as my mind. If the company puts out even a quarter of the products…
Hot Toys’ has announced another figure in their First Blood line. The 12″ tall John J. Rambo – M65 Jacket version should be released in the 3rd quarter of 2007 (that would be sometime this quarter) and contain a number…
We often get emails from folks showing off their custom creations. The above plush pieces were sent in by Raz Liebreich, who recently graduated with a degree in industrial design. My final project at the academy was dolls that have…
DKE Toys is a wholesaler and distributor for some of the big name (and several smaller name) companies in the vinyl toy market. While some of the products on display at Dov’s booth could be seen at other booths at…
On August 10th, 2007 a unique exhibition of customized 3.5 inch Baby Qees will open at Outland Records Modern Art Gallery, featuring the work of 43 international artists and designers with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, illustration and graphic design….
If you missed out on the exclusives at the Vinyl Toy Network event or San Diego Comic Con, 3DRetro.com now has a small quanity of them. Here are some of the exclusives they have on hand: Buff Monster (only the…
“The Revenant” is a resin kit sculpted by Eric Nocella Diaz and produced by GoldMane Entertainment. The sculpt is based off of a ghostly occult detective created by artist Dave Flora and featured in the noir webcomic “Tales of the…
Not only was Wheaty Wheat one of the sponsors (and founders) of the Vinyl Toy Network’s Urban Underground Project, but they also had a booth at the show. The event took place this past Friday and Saturday, in close proximity…
The BLOC28 event is an art and product launch show featuring five contemporary artists doing their interpretations of an American Icon, Mickey Mouse. The artists are Slick, Mear One, Steven Daly, David Flores, and Greg Simkins who will be showing…
STRANGEco debuted several of the hottest new vinyl figures at San Diego Comic Con. Their SDCC exclusive grayscale Luey figure set (by Bob Dob) was a personal favorite. And the upcoming Vivisect Playset is going to include some of the…
The ToyQube booth was displaying a number of prototypes from the company (mainly, works by Keith Poon). They were selling Kaniza blanks, however, the actual line was only being displayed in prototype form. They also had a number of his…