Toy Fair 2006: Less than a Month
Toy Fair 2006 is less than a month away and we will be there covering everything. Well not really everything. There are like a million booths and I’m pretty sure none of my readers care about baby dolls who wet…
MAD*L minis?
If you check out Wheaty Wheat’s site, you might have seen an ad for MAD*L minis. We must wait until Toy Fair, when these will be previewed. When MAD*Ls first launched, I remember seeing smaller, keychain-like MAD*Ls. I’m not sure…
Mini Treehouse Naal
STRANGEco presents Nathan Jurevicius’ Mini Treehouse series of vinyl figure. Innocent-looking Naal is the first character in the series – a determined keeper of the mushroom patch. Naal’s ultrasonic helmet listens for the sound of any unwanted shroom-spiders and once…
The Carney’s Buzz
Buzz is set to be the first vinyl toy launched by Carnival Cartoons. Jared Deal and Garnet Syberg-Olsen are the artists responsible for Carnival Cartoons. They have combined to create some amazing artwork as well as some hilarious animations. Buzz…
Monkey Fun Toys Reveals 2006 Lines
In celebration of five years in the toy business, Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) Publishing announced an ambitious toy program for the first half of 2006 for its division – Monkey Fun Toys. Products range from vinyl and plastic toys, plush…
Toy2R’s Yoya and Minty
David Horvath and Sun-Min will have two new figures hitting store shelves sometime next month. We have yet to see photos of the toys, but the packaging of Yoya and Minty figures look like they should rock. They should be…
2005 Toy Awards: Best Plush Figure
2005 gave us a number of new plush lines and it introduced us to some new characters from several well established lines. We chose our 3 favorite plushies (well…one might not actually be a plush) of the past year. Thomas…
Baseman’s Hump-qee Dump-qee
Baseman fans rejoice! There are several new Gary Baseman designed 2.5 inch Egg Qees – Hump-qee Dump-qees to be exact. Toy2R’s LuisaViaRoma Exclusive Qee is pictured above. There is also an entire line (including several different colorways), which is pictured…
Series 1 of Voodooz
People have been anticipating the Voodooz plush line of toys from Mezco for a while now. It appears that they have set a tentative date of April/May 2006. I am a fan of this line as I own a handmade…
Sket’s Buckeye Rot
Ooo…all of the talk is over and we now have an actual sneak peek at what Sket One’s Buckeye Rot will look like. We’ve all heard about Eggster’s tomato friend, but this pic is even better than the description. That…
The Sponsors have the Dunnys!
Two of our sponsors have some of Kidrobot’s hottest Dunny styles up for sale. FreeBento.com has Sket One’s blue King Tut Dunny up for sale. Truly my favorite Dunny design so far, it’s selling for $39 through the “Bento”. 3DRetro.com…
CiBoys: Sh!t Fighters
The always parodying guys at Red Magic are taking a little jab at the Street Fighter franchise. In what they refer to as Sh!t Fighter, Red Magic has introduced us to 10 new figures that eerily resemble everyone’s favorite video…
Max Toy Sneak Peek
Mark Nagata, formerly of Super7 fame, has started his own toy company – Max Toy Company. If you’re into Kaiju figures…it looks like this company will definitely give you what you’re looking for. Above is a sneak peek drawing of…
Napoleon Dynamite Series 2 Photos
McFarlane Toys has released some sneak peek photos of their 2nd series of Napoleon Dynamite figures. Look for these to hit stores sometime around April. These will be the same as the first series – including the voice chips with…
Dehara Yukinori: Oyasai Wars
Hmm…it feels like just yesterday when I thought to myself – “There aren’t enough cabbage-headed toys available”. And voilla! Toy2R and Wonderwall are introducing a line of 2 Dehara Yukinori characters from Oyasai Wars. Killer Cabbage and Mini Cabbage are…