Nerd (Un)Culture
The market for mini figures wasn’t as strong as in past years. More companies were going big rather than going small. But we did find several impressive lines that had collectors chatting up the boards. #3. We All Speak Football…
Upper Deck’s All-Star Vinyl blog has posted a few new pics of their first NHL figure…Sidney Crosby. Sidney The Kid and the rest of the NHL line are being designed by designer toy veteran – MAD. With his skates and…
The For Love of Munny Show opening will take place: Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 7pm At the Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery – Inside/Upstairs at Tate’s Comics This will be the first show at their new gallery space….
Tonner Doll Company recently added to their Tonner Character Figures (TCF) with the DC Stars license. The 16″ tall Super Girl and Wonder Woman figures were recently released in time for the holiday season. Tonner has plans to reveal their…
Super Rad Toys’ Ningyo Project: Gosho Doll combines the traditional gosho form with the artwork of some of the best designer artists. With Dalek showing his skills, Super Rad has added a few more variants to the mix. The release…
Max Toy Company is going way back (before many of us were born) to 1966, which was the year when a character named Booska premiered on Japanese television. The kaiju character spawned another TV series in the 90’s, as well…
With a number of artists trying their hands at customs these days, we figured there should be a whole new category to give these guys (and gals) their props. #3. Dan “Wavedog” Fenelon Dan is definitely one of the hardest…
Sculpting work is often under appreciated…so we give the sculptors their just due. We’ve chosen 3 of the more intricate and/or interesting pieces of the past year. #3. Buzz Carney from Carnival Cartoons Eric Nocella’s sculpting work on Buzz Carney…
Just like last year…I’ll let you know that I’m not a fan of clamshell packaging. Who is? You need hedge trimmers to get them opened. Also, twist ties are simply a barrier between you and your toy. With that said…what…
Jared Deal of Carnival Cartoons has sent some photos of his first hand-sewn plush. It’s a one-of-a-kind creation, but Jared has several more characters in mind. O…and he doesn’t yet have a name for this guy. He’s taking suggestions!
It’s that time of year again…the end. That means that Plastic and Plush will be presenting our Best Of the past year – 2006. Over the next week or so, we’ll be running down the 2006 Toy Awards. There will…
Background Play Imaginative teamed up with the amazingly talented Japanese artist – Touma – to release their first plush figure. The man who is most notably recognized as the creator of Knuckle Bear has created a line of 4 Baby…
Apparently, the LeBron’s were just the first in the line of Upper Deck All-Star Vinyl figures. On the Upper Deck blog, they have posted a few photos of the 3 newest designs. Three of the top quarterbacks in the NFL…
The first photos of Plaseebo and his sarcophagus have been released by designer – Bob Conge. While the photos don’t show the final production colors, they do show the final production details. Each figure will have a header card and…
VinylFixx is putting several custom one-of-a-kind broken skate decks on sale. We Kill You designed the below decks exclusively for VinylFixx. Hmm…who ever thought your broken boards could be used as a piece of artwork?