Nerd (Un)Culture
Stop by….take a look around and take advantage of the traditional Friday the 13th sale at Panik’s Toy Box. Enjoy 13% off any purchase of in-stock merchandise. Just use coupon code – friday1307 – before checkout. Valid through midnight 7/13/2007….
Worryknott is a new collaborative work between artists Jon Burgerman and Stuart Witter, of UK-based makers collective Lowlife. Worryknott, a desktop sculpture designed by Burgerman, charts the inevitability of getting tangled up in anxiety and its ultimate choking futility. It…
Background Aquaman first appeared in More Fun Comics #73, way back in 1941. More Fun Comics would later become DC Comics, and Aquaman would eventually join the Justice League. His superhero powers include the ability to breath underwater, talk with…
Mr tum tum is the little man who lives inside your belly. He is the one who decides after your food gets down there what becomes good stuff your body uses and what becomes poop. Everyone has their own Mr….
Bytedust’s latest plush figure is the CLOUD-X.2 plush. This is the follow up edition of the handmade CLOUD-X.1 plush and limited to 175 pieces. CLOUD-X.2 is an environmentally conscious cuddle cloud that struggles with the bad human influences on the…
Upper Deck has announced their San Diego Comic Con exclusives. Pictured above is the Kobe Bryant All-Star Vinyl exclusive, limited to a run of 250 pieces. The white jersey version will run you $100. Also from UD, the SubCasts line…
The latest custom piece from PhuEk! is called Cosmic Ray. This MAD*L was commissioned for a private collector and uses materials such as disposables spoons for the eyes. He definitely likes those metallic color combos.
Steff Bomb has sent us word of her two newly created handmade monsters: Yeti & Sasquatch – Drinking Buddies. Each monster comes with its own can of ‘I Make Monsters’ beer, and the monsters’ hand (and the back of the…
Background The folks at Uglydoll (led by creator David Horvath) have released two more of their extremely collectible plushies in Deer Ugly and Gato Deluxe. As always, we’ll provide you with the backgrounds of these characters…as they are always an…
UNKL will end up kicking off their fall lines this coming October with the release of their UniPoker set. UNKL is combining playing card characters with their popular UniPo line of miniature vinyl figures. The Joker, Jack, Queen and King…
Attaboy just got back from the movies. And what did he see? Well…his Glow Axtrx appears in the Transformers movie for about 15 seconds! So to celebrate, the first 50 people who can tell him what scene and where on…
The second of Erick Scarecrow’s Shiitake plush characters is named Moosh. “You can find Moosh in the woods spying on squirrels and setting up booby traps for anyone that litters in his part of the woods. He enjoys the shade…
On July 17th at 9AM PDT, Upper Deck is launching their own Platinum Club for devoted fans and collectors of their All Star Vinyl figures. Dubbed the ASV Platinum Club by Upper Deck, membership is limited initially to only 500…
X-Ray Films new documentary on designer vinyl toys – Toys Are Us: A Revolution In Plastic – will be released on DVD at this summer’s San Diego Comic Con International. The movie explores the creative, sophisticated, and oftentimes challenging world…
Well, kaiju fans definitely have a new favorite entry in Toy2R’s custom Bart Simpson Qee show. Mark Nagata, of Max Toy Co. fame, has produced this amazing piece – turning Bart into Bart Zilla.