REVIEW: Uglydolls – Softy
Background With Pretty Ugly expanding the world of Uglydolls into various licensed realms, and Sun-Min + David working on an upcoming feature film, it would have been easy to neglect … Read More
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REVIEW: Captain America – The First Avenger
Background Ineligible for the armed services due to his small stature and sickly disposition, the patriotic Steve Rogers instead volunteered for a top-secret military experiment called “Project Rebirth.” Recognized for … Read More
REVIEW: Aurora Mixed Glow Greasebat
Background Over the past few years, one of the most sought-after vinyl figures has been the Real Fighting Greasebat. Designed by Jeff Lamm, sculpted by Chauskoskis and manufactured by Monster … Read More
REVIEW: Captain Jack Sparrow – DX Series
Background Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was released in May 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. The adventure fantasy film is the fourth installment in the Pirates of the … Read More
REVIEW: Goofy Grin Monsters
Background The Goofy Grin Monsters is a new line of four plush characters who are…well…monsters with grins that could be considered goofy. Goofy Grin Village is a place where only … Read More
REVIEW: Close Up Fingerboard Gen4
Background For those of us who can’t skateboard, there’s always fingerboarding. Introduced back in the mid-1980’s, the fingerboard has gone from keychain to cheap plastic boards to the highly detailed … Read More
CONTEST: Win 1000 Teddies (well…only one)
Thanks to the fine folks over at Crazy Label, we are giving away one of Philipp Jordan’s 1000 Teddies vinyl figure. The 8″ tall piece is limited to only 400 … Read More
REVIEW: Gravescabs
Background The Gravescabs are a plush toy line (and podcast) from the mind of M. Amanuensis Sharkchild. The line consists of a base Skell character and several reversible plush covers … Read More
REVIEW: Stomper DIY
Background RocketDesign touts their Stomper vinyl as the first designer toy from Poland. This do-it-yourself platform toy has been released in a pair of DIY colorways (or lack-of-color-ways): White and … Read More
2011 PAPAs: Vinyl Toy of the Year
Our final category for the 2011 PAPAs is the Vinyl Toy of the Year. With so many deserving toys, how were we able to whittle it down to only five? … Read More
2011 PAPAs: Plush Toy of the Year
We’re finishing off our 2011 Plastic And Plush Awards with one of the big categories – Plush Toy of the Year. Last year was a pretty big year for plush … Read More
2011 PAPAs: Sixth Scale/Articulated Toy of the Year
It seems like we reviewed more Sixth-Scale/highly articulated figures over the past year. Companies have definitely stepped up their games producing better sculpted, more accessorized, and higher quality pieces. So … Read More
2011 PAPAs: Resin Toy of the Year
Over the past several years, resin has been the medium for many artists to produce their limited run art pieces. It’s cheaper than vinyl production. The artist can monitor every … Read More
2011 PAPAs: Best Toy Line
While we already recognized some of our favorite new toy lines of 2011, there’s still our overall toy lines to go over. So here are five toy lines that 5. … Read More
2011 PAPAs: Biggest Disappointment
Even though we saw a number of toy releases in 2011 that we loved…there were a few disappointments. Here are five of those that disappointed us…for various reason: 5. MINDstyle’s … Read More