Nerd (Un)Culture
One of the most interesting plush pieces we have come across is more than a simple, stuffed heart. My Beating Heart “is a soft huggable heart with a soothing heartbeat you can really feel”. It’s something you’d want hold onto…and…
Part 2 of the country wide tour from Friends With You brings them back to Miami – and Genius Jones. Friends With You invites you to join them on February 9th from 4 to 7 PM for some fun and…
To celebrate this Friday’s opening of the Unnatural History show at Wootini (Carrboro, NC), we are giving away the opportunity to win a one of a kind Custom Funny Club figure done up by the one and only – Nakanari….
Well, our Toy Fair 2006 coverage is starting to come together. I actually had a dream about being attacked by My Little Ponies at Toy Fair – so I know it’s getting close. The Toy Tokyo booth will be displaying…
You’ve heard about the rare “RED TOOTH WEDGEHEAD” Ugly Doll. Would you like to win one?? Here’s how you can; being that February is the month of love, Meltdown Comics come up with the perfect contest. It’s the “Love Letter…
Next weekend’s Toy Fair will introduce us to some new lines of figures. Kuggs are a new line from a new company – Blackwater Toys. Kuggs are cute, little beings who are being oppressed by the “Bagless” – who control…
Toy2R has announced their Qee Series 5C lineup. There are a number of great artists in the series…and more styles than any other Qee series. There are 22 figures in all – 14 regular and 8 “mystery”. They’re available now…so…
At first, I wasn’t a big fan of the Munny…after seeing what some artists have done to customize this thing…I’m beginning to change my opinion. Here’s what Joe Grady had to say about his Bridge Troll Munny custom: I based…
Necessaries Toy Foundation has announced the impending arrival of the first full-sized Fafi figure to hit the market – Irina. A special edition was already released at Colette in France. I first heard about this figure hitting the market a…
Blythe has popped out from a fairy tale! She’s looking eerily familiar to Alice from Alice in Wonderland. The doll (Cute and Curious) is a special edition with bright yellow hair. You can only pick her up from Toys R…
Several of our sponsors will be very excited as today is the release date for the Los Angeles Series of Dunnys. FreeBento.com, 3DRetro.com and RocketPop.net will all have the series up for sale today. 3DRetro did pre-orders…essentially selling out before…
MTV and Universe present a special book launch party for MTV Overground #3: Toys. This publication, which celebrates the latest in designer toys, has been edited by STRANGEco. The party features original and rare toy art by Attaboy, Peter Bagge,…
O boy! Can’t wait for this one. I’ll be tryng to get one of the 50 very limited sets of David and Sun-Min’s Little Yoya and Minty figures. These are made by Toy2R and will be available on February 13th…
Shawn Smith is set to launch his very first vinyl figure – Wee Ninja. Wee Ninja was manufactured by adFunture. You’ll need to swing by Rotofugi on February 4th – between 5 and 8 pm. Special “Wee Ninja Mega Paks”…
The most anticipated award of the 2005 is the Toy of the Year. This is only open to vinyl (as we’ve already given our Best Plush toy to Thomas Han’s Cosmic Quigly). This was a very difficult category to narrow…