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Background With the preview of the 2009 line of Uglydolls, folks were bound to choose a favorite…or two. The first character from David and Sun-Min – Trunko – was released to Ugly collectors (Uglydoll collectors, that is) in February. Trunko…
Scott Tolleson will be releasing a limited resin piece named Major Minnow that will be made available at his first show at the Rotofugi Gallery on May 1st. Each of the limited run of 10 pieces stands approximately 6″ tall….
Makkinoso has shared photos of the pieces he’ll be submitting to the Resin Collective Show that opens on April 11th at Red Hot Robot in Phoenix, AZ. The resin figures include (in order): Bandanna Spike, Evil Spike and Flap Jack.
Robot and Spark have revealed the final renderings of their first vinyl toy – ROBOT VC3. This figure is set to be independently produced and drop in the Summer of 2009. The total run will be limited to 1,000 pieces…
We’ve seen several custom pieces that will be on display at Super7’s “It Came From Skull Brain” Custom Show that opens on April 18th at 7PM. And here are the two custom pieces from Bob Conge of Plaseebo Custom that…
Los Angeles based visual artist Steven Lopez features soul goddess Erykah Badu in his latest addition to the “After Midnight” series, a collection of portraits celebrating notable musicians. One hundred copies of the limited edition Giclée prints, signed by Badu…
Shawnimals’ Professor Fliggins is off on the next leg of his journey…but where will he go? And what will be his next Discovery? Find out this Wednesday April 8th at 12PM CST. As with all Professor Fliggins monthly releases, you…
[rich] from Ume Toys has let us know that his handmade Jasper figures are about ready to ship. So if you’re interested in owning any of the figures pictured below, check out their site and let ’em know. Of course,…
Ooze-Bat, the twisted genius behind the Snakes of Infinity, has been resurrected with an all new body made of the same dripping, oozing goo as his head. Designed by Chanmen of Gargamel, and sculpted by the vinyl wizards at Gargamel,…
Mezco Toyz recently announced that their popular Mez-itz line, first introduced as 2.5″ figures in 2002, would be resized into 6″ vinyl figures. Although the first of these new deluxe Mez-itz will not be available until July, fans of designer…
Rocket World’s upcoming custom show – Humans Beware: I.W.G. Custom Art Show – will open at the Rocket World Gallery in San Francisco on Friday April 10th. The opening night festivities takes place from 6PM until 10PM and will feature…
Background Dark Horse recently released a set based on the comic book series – The Umbrella Academy. This set includes a figure based on one of the main characters – The White Violin – as well as a hardcover compilation…
Jason Hilbourne has customized a quintet of his Bunk Bot plushies to resemble the crew of the Star Trek Enterprise. And we’ll be giving away (from left to right) the Spock, Scotty, Kirk, Bones and Uhura customs to five lucky…
Dreamlets continues to build their burgeoning business with the addition of free eCards – Dreamcards – on their website www.dreamlets.com. Like the company itself, these eCards encourage creativity and collaboration. After choosing an original artist created cover design for their…
Hot Toys’ has released information about their 1/6th scale Goemon Ishikawa collectible figure stands approximately 31cm tall and features: Hot Toys 12-inch figure body with over 32 points of articulation Highly detailed head sculpture with authentic likeness of Yosuke Eguchi…