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We continue our look at Lubies Series 2 from Rocket USA. The entire series features eight new designs, but since we’ve already looked at half of those, we’ll be checking out the remaining quarter of brand new animal characters – Hippo, Monkey, Lion and Giraffe.
Background The Lubies (pronounced “Luh-bees”) are a line of insanely cute plushies from Rocket USA. Designed by Michael Perry (Rocket USA) and Joy Michel (former Beanie Babies designer), each softball-sized character is a different animal from around the globe. Series…
Background Hot Toys’ Planet of the Apes Cosbaby line features characters from the classic film in baby form. “Cos” is short for costume, similar to cosplay, so the figures are babies in costumes. These figures are based on the original…
Background One of Tonner Doll Company’s most popular licenses is based on the hit book – turned movie – series, Twilight. Of course, the first Tonner Character Figures released from the movie license were the main characters – Edward and…
Background Artist Nathan Hamill and U1 Toy Arts have joined forces to release their first designer vinyl figure – Boris. The little, purple raccoon is the first character from Nathan’s Picnic Land series to make its way to limited edition…