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Hi Fructose is making a new photo from renowned toy photographer Brian McCarty available for download (screen backgrounds and iPhone). The photo is of Yoskay Yamamoto’s Koibito vinyl and will be featured in the upcoming Hi Fructose Volume 10. And…
Eric, from Thunder Panda, let us know about a custom exhibition he held a few weeks back. Artists tried out customizing the LEMI the Space Wanderer papercraft toy at a local book store in Bandung, Indonesia. Some definitely cool uses…
Characterstation.com has announced two series of their ZEE figures. The ZEE series Designer One includes designs by Flying Förtress, PIX, Nathalie Oswald, Denis Hérisson, DR. ACID, Cruz, Sady and Geoffrey Baumbach. This series is made up of nine 2.5 “…
Background Before there was Jack Sparrow and the trio of films, Pirates of the Caribbean was the dark and musty ride at the Disney Theme Parks. Loaded with animatronic pirates, the ride was one of the last that Walt Disney…
Fugitive Toys has a number of new items in stock just in time for the holidays. Bumble & Tweet (Spring & Candy Editions) Headphonies King Ken Series 1 They have a section of Holiday Specials and Stocking Stuffers. We are…
Check out the custom fender designs that Brent Nolasco submitted for the Tins for Tots exhibition. Kid Kustoms has assembled a great group of artists for this charity custom show.
ToyQube and Chocolate Soop (Dacosta Bayley) are set to release their Snobot line. Under their protective suits they bare a striking resemblance to shaved ice with sugary sweet toppings. Available in two colors: Green (Peppermint) Red (Cherry)Look for them to…
Chad Carothers has sent us news about a new project he’s working on. Save Trash Make Art makes good use of what some folks might consider junk. It occurred to me a while back that with the amount of spraypaint…
David Horvath has unveiled the upcoming Turtle vinyl from his Bossy Bear stories. The figure is to be produced by Toy2R and should be released in April/May of 2009. It should hit stores shortly after the second Bossy book -…
Since it’s the time of giving, the folks from Bunk Bots loaded up a bunch of their plush robots and gave them to The Great Toy Drive (held by a local Portland TV station). Oh…and here’s another interesting video featuring…
Triad Toys announced a new series of toys and collectibles based on the classic western television series Wanted: Dead or Alive. Wanted: Dead or Alive follows the chronicles of bounty hunter Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) as he pursues some of…
Killer Toy, a new Italian designer toy project, has introduced us to their King Kill figure. In the pictures, you can see examples of the hand painted resin prototypes. The final versions will be available in early 2009.
Old Master Q – one of most famous comic characters in Chinese society – is celebrating its 45th anniversary. The Old Master Q Polar Adventure series blind box line includes works by Hong Kong designers Winson Ma, Danny Chan, Husky…
The Bunk Bots are a line of little plush robots from the mind of product design engineer Jason Hilbourne. There are currently 10 different characters full of robot goodness. They were designed for Hilbourne’s sons, who are big into plastic…
Pete Fowler and Playbeast have turned the characters from the British television comedy – The Mighty Boosh – into mini figures. Featuring Howard Moon, Bollo, Naboo the Enigma, and Vince Noir, the figures are available to all Boosh fans in…