Nerd (Un)Culture
Dreamland Toyworks will be having launch parties at Rarebreed in Philadelphia (April 28th) and at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles (May 12th) to celebrate the dropping of their first toy line – Carl Jones’ Hoodiez. Each character will be limited…
Siggi Eggertsson’s Athletes show opens at the Vallery in Barcelona on Thursday April 19th (8:00 PM). Siggi describes the show as: This exhibition is a tribute to my favorite athletes of all time. Some of them I used to like…
Sarah Miskelly has sent word of a new line of handmade plush dolls from her Crumps line. The new range are called Jungle Crumps and feature a tiger, crocodile, giraffe, leopard and zebra. They are available at MeetTheCrumps.com and are…
After consulting with Mr. Uglydoll – David Horvath – we decided on the perfect contest to give away 10 brand-spanking-new Uglyworm plushes. The Lowdown: You’ll have to send in a photo depicting what your favorite Uglydoll is up to today….
Wunderland War’s infamous Monkey Assassin figure has been released in a Shadow Assassin variant. The all black (minus eyes and gun) figure is limited to 96 pieces in hand screened bags. It’ll run you $20 a piece.
Cody has sent us word of the new animated spot that Kidrobot has created for their DIY Munny figure. Named Sprout, I’m not sure if this will be an actual commercial shown on TV…but it does give you that vibe.
Dalek will be at Toy Tokyo – on April 19th – to sign his Gosho figure…produced by Super Rad Toys. Get there early because limited quantities are available. Thursday, April 19th 6:00 – 8:00 PM Toy Tokyo 121 2nd Avenue,…
Zoobies™ was started by two young brothers who wanted to produce something “new, innovative; and extremely cuddly; something that would be both fun for kids and handy for parents at home and on the road.” The patented Zoobies™ concept is…
Brian Castleforte is selling 4 handmade plush toys (each somewhere around a half a foot in height). Read what he has to say about them below (from his blog): So I thought I would try my hand at making plush…
Glenn Barr will be having a signing for his new Hell’s Proprietor toy and Haunted Paradise Book at Toy Tokyo this coming Friday (April 14th). The 5″ tall wood and bendy-armed bug is available from California based Ningyoushi. Saturday, April…
Aaron Burtch’s first solo show – entitled “Don’t Ever Tell Anyone About This…” – will be showing through April at popKiller Second…located in the Little Tokyo section of LA. The date of the closing reception has yet to be announced….
Background As most folks know, Sun-Min Kim’s most popular character is the cake-eating arachnid – Spider Boom. She is the spider of all spiders…Spider-Boom becomes pregnant at the drop of a cake. Eat some cherry cake? Have a Cherry Boom…
Hot Toys has released photos of the 3rd version of Sylvester Stallone as John J. Rambo. The 12″ tall collectible figure is authentic to his appearance in Rambo III…the one that takes place in Afghanistan. Detailed weaponry includes: combat knives,…
The latest addition to Sideshow Toy’s Star Wars line of 12″ figures is another Luke Skywalker. This Skywalker, being a Celebration IV exclusive, is Luke in his ceremonial garb. If the outfit looks familiar, it’s because it’s from the medal…
Background Upper Deck’s All-Star Vinyl line has quickly become the most popular sports figure collectible line available. It all began with the LeBrons, and was followed by a trio of NFL quarterbacks. The latest addition to the All-Star Vinyl family…