Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Christopher Lee came up with the original concept of The Urbanites in 2004. The group is based in a close-knit neighborhood of colorful individuals. Lee’s style takes advantage of basic shapes and intense colors. This gives his work a…
It’s that time of year again! Time for the International Toy Fair at Javits Center in New York City. We’ll be covering the events from Sunday through Tuesday, so be sure to check in to see what’s happening at the…
Possibly the most influential graphic artist of his generation, Gary Panter is the creator of Jimbo, a post-nuclear cartoon character whose adventures were first chronicled as a comic strip in the ’70s LA hardcore-punk paper Slash and later in RAW…
Mimoco has announced the start of their Artist Series 07 line of mimobots. The first 6 character designs are: Ripple by Sket One (ed. of 2,000); One Love by Hanazuki (ed. of 2,000); Gloomy Bear by Mori Chack (pink blood…
Me Llamo Jellyfish and Pink Ghost invite you to “Necromantic”, the grand opening show for the Pink Ghost storefront in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This art exhibition will showcase the work of the southeast’s newest designer vinyl and urban art…
The newest custom from RIOT68 is a 10″ Teddy Troop figure he’s calling Rotting Flesh. I’m liking the camouflage graffiti writing on the back of the figure’s helmet.
Upper Deck has released the identity of the 3rd figure in their NHL All Star Vinyl line. After Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin, Upper Deck will release Devils goalie – Marty Brodeur. The last time I saw Brodeur playing in…
Here’s just a glimpse at some of the new Uglydolls that will be on display at booth #2647 at the International Toy Fair. It might be chilly outside, but the news coming from Pretty Ugly will be hot. 7 new…
Go Hero will be debuting their latest Stargoyle – Yira – at The House of Fun in Oaklyn, New Jersey. The Dragon of Doom will be landing on February 9th. There will be 10 glow-in-the-dark exclusives available at the show…get…
If you’re REALLY good at using photoshop, you might be able to construct Erick Scarecrow’s Liberty vinyl figure from all of the sneak peeks we have given you. You’ll have to wait until the first day of NYCC…then we’ll show…
Jared Deal sent us a photo of his newest plush creation – 6Pac (..err Six Pachyderm). The newest member of the Carnival Cartoons family seems to have had a little too much liquor. Hmm…what does a pink elephant see when…
Brick Boy – aka Sjors Trimbach – will be releasing several different versions of his Badger paper toy. You’ll want to check out Toy Digger, where you can purchase some exclusive toys.
The first toy from Amsterdam based artists – The London Police – is available for pre-order from MyPlasticHeart. The MPH exclusive #6 Lad and Dog (from adFunture) is available in wink and smile versions. If you’re going to NYCC, be…
The readers had a chance to voice their collective opinions regarding their favorite, and least favorite, designer toys of 2006. We’ll list your top 5 choices (in order). If you don’t agree, we encourage you to use the comments section…
Everyone likes free toys, right? Eloole has sent us links to a free, downloadable paper toy. All you must do is: download, print, cut and put your brand-spankin’ new toy together. It’s broken up into 2 files…so download this and…