TOYSREVIL's CORALINE BOX 23/50 (which I dub thee *Scottie-Box*)

- CLICK THRU to read about the contents and for images of my Coraline Box (Numbered 23/50)- CLICK for posts about Coraline Boxes on TRE.- CLICK for all-things CORALINE The Movie on TRE.CORALINE is a 3D-animated movie directed by Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Xmas) and is based on the novella by Neil Gaiman. Puppetry & Animation is by LAIKA (who were also the gifters of the Coraline boxes).

ROCK-ON 2009! Happy New Year Everyone!

May the New Year bring you Wealth, Health and Happiness! ROCK-ON, PEOPLE![PSSST: CLICK THRU for an "alternate version" or click HERE]FYI: The bobble-figure in the video is ABC Express' LOVE (1972) [WHAT]2009-BOOM! (TRE-Alternate Version):

B'Bye 2008 & Hello 2009! The Last Day of 2008.

and so I woke up this wednesday morning, crusty-eyed and all (as most morning wakeup rituals involve crusty-eyes to diferent degrees of crustiness). the buzzing of the fumigation machine echoing across the streets where smoke has engulfed an empty primary school basketball court (metaphorically surreal to say the least) and had gotten me wondering how cool it would be to just fumigate your own

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: ERICK SCARECROW

I had a quick ecatch-up with Erick Scarecrow ~ artist / designer / head-honcho of ESC-Toy before 2008 ran-out. CLICK THRU to read the rest of the Q&A :)TOYSREVIL: How have things been since our last chat? How was 2008 to you?ERICK SCARECROW: This 2008 was a very good year for ESC and myself. A lot more was done then what was planned. I've been growing in so many ways and pushing myself art wise

GeeKsignerS receives a Coraline Button Box

Following my earlier post on the appearance / existence of a new series of promotional Button Boxes sent by "The Other Mother" for the upcoming CORALINE animated movie - local design-collective GeeKsignerS [www] have just reported receiving theirs! (cheers fo the headsup, Sean!)CONGRATS, GUYS! (I'm blooming happy that one of us local boys got one too :p). There is currently no clear indication

El Diablo Wave 1 drops December 31st 2008

EL DIABLO Wave 1 drops December 31st @ argonautresins.bigcartel.com @ 3pm EST![CLICK THRU for updated final product pics]. Prices for Wave 1 are as follows:US$125 per for the Regular version (Purple, Blue & Green Pants)US$135 per Black Onyx version with clear red tint Skull King- there will be 1 availableUS$150 Mystery "Ruby Tint" version (shown below)RE-CAP: Designed by Robbie Busch and made by

Toybreak Special Deliveries 18 & 19: 2008-Wrap & Outtakes

TOYBREAK wraps-up 2008 with Special Delivery #18 and to welcome the new year with a smile, check out the insane outtakes of the October Toys' crew in Special Delivery #19Happy New Years, Ayleen, George and yes, you too Matt!

Muraida Print & Chelly Chainsaw Kage Edition by Erick Scarecrow x ESC Toy (Jan 2-drop)

Starting this coming Friday January 2nd 2009 - ESC Toy will have 2 new items at their Esc-Toy Shop [HERE]. First up for grabs is the MURAIDA ATTACK PRINT illustrated by Erick Scarecrow - featuring the Midnight Snack-Edition Muraida getting firebombed (daymn that is a HAWT image, IMHO!). Each 6" x 10" Giclee print has been produced with high archival inks on 310 GSM watercolor paper, signed and

Choegal Release & David Choe Signing @ Giant Robot New York (Jan 3, 2009)

(Above) David Choe / Choegal signing @ Giant Robot 2 West LA - circa December 23, 2008 [WHAT]. The next release party & signing is scheduled for January 3rd, 2009 (4-7pm) @ Giant Robot New York ~ CLICK THRU for more event-details and a closer look at David's new wooden-toy; Choegal!FYI: If I had any influence at all whatsoever, I would INSIST everyone cover their events on video, process and

Free Original Drawing from Amanda Visell (*Mercy blog-post*)

Amanda Visell is offering to send folks an original drawing, if they/you go get yourself tested for compatibility for a bone marrow transplant, for her friend "Justin" - who'd just relapsed with Leukemia.Amanda says: "Hello people. So my friend Justin has relapsed with Leukemia. The last time round they fought it with chemotherapy. This time he is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.

Plush Minnie & Donald by A Bathing Ape x Disney

Folks who've read my blog regularly (bless your kind souls, people) may remember me going on about not posting about toys I do not like, nor have anything except negative things to say about ... which I reckon is pretty restrictive in what I can blog about innit? hhmm.Well, I was on the fence about whether or not to post about these plush Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck from A Bathing Ape's

Ouip Meets Christmas

EVENT: "Ouip Meets Christmas"WHAT-IS: Korea's first ever platform-toy form OUIP [WHAT-IS] is customized by 20 artists and photographed by 4 photographers. The theme? *Christmas*WHERE: Ouip Meets Christmas will exhibit thru January 11th, 2009 @ lab and gallery delitoys in Korea. CLICK THRU for some gallery pics or go direct to Delitoys.com for more.Source: Delitoys.

Paper Wars

WHAT-IS: PAPER WARS "features a series of one-off pieces by an international selection of artists and designers. Using PostlerFerguson's paper AK-47 kit as a starting point [WHAT], each participant has recorded a personal reaction to the tension between the AK-47's blend of seductive aesthetics, robust design and murky morality."RESULT: A papercraft arsenal consisting of AK-47, Mills Bomb (aka

Tom Torrey's Old Bertha (Submission for Home-Made Ray-Gun Contest)

NAME-OF-RAYGUN: "OLD BERTHA"MADE-BY: Tom Torrey of Gamma Ray Bots [etsy]MATERIALS: It's made from paper foamcore cardboard and other odds and ends.REMARKS: "I got a bit of a creative spark over christmas and came up with a new raygun I call "old bertha". [CLICK THRU for more rayguns]SUBMITTED-FOR: Home-Made Ray-Gun Contest by Go Hero x TOYSREVIL [WHAT]CONTEST-DATELINE: January 5th 2009. Email

What has the Pyramids of Giza to do with Transformers?

I must admit, the sight of a battle-damaged Optimus Prime has gotten me a tad excitable (altho not as "excitable" seeing Megan Fox back as Mikeala ~ *cough*) and as much as I would love to see more Autobots and Decepticons, I reckon this may not happen for a very long while more ... meanwhile CLICK THRU for more location / behind-the-scenes pics of TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN movie sequel

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Movie Trailer

It isn't whether a Street-Fighter-movie would suck or not, or even if Kristen Kreuk can convincingly kick-ass (physically) as Chun-Li or not ... tis just simply Kristin Kreuk, innit? *le-swoon*Watch higher-res embedded video-trailer of STREET FIGHTER: The Legend of Chun-Li on streetfighter-movie.gyao.jp / CLICK THRU for more screengrabs of Kristin / CLICK to peep various incarnations of "Street

Will the REAL Robocop please stand up?

WHO-IS / LISTEN/ANOTHER

Franken Fink Glow-in-the-Dark Edition by Made by Monsters x Johnny Ace Studio

Hypebeast features a trio of FRANKEN FINK 18-incher tall vinyl figures from Made by Monsters x Johnny Ace Studio - including the previously posted Color and BlackOut Editions, as well as a third GID Version! ~ More details are I get'em :)FYI: BlackOut FrankenFink drops December 31st @ US$225-per. Order via email info [at] garageworksindustries.com.Source: Hypebeast.

Made by Monsters x Ron English Popaganda Series

After 6 months of production development by Garageworks Industries, Made by Monsters and Ron English are ready to expose the POPAGANDA vinyl toy series ... although no official visuals of the toy has been released thus far.Consider what toys Mr.English has had made all this while: from original sculpts for Dark Horse, Kidrobot, StrangeCo and Gums Production, to Dunnys and BE@RBRICK platform toys,

About That I Like TOYSREVIL Facebook-Group

Ans so in the spirit of cyber self-promotion (something very rare in my cyber-life, I insist), a trickle of self-lurve (during the year-end) and via a weak moment of abject narcissism (*cough*) - a Facebook-group was started for folks, fans and friends who read and love TOYSREVIL's *I Like Toys* daily weblog!- Show your support for the blog by joining up!(Nope, you get nothin' but cyber-lurve

I Am Large

LARGE MARTIN deserves a large-ass-image, doncha think? [WHAT]Ashley Wood drops a new teaser-image for the 3A Toys' large-bot from World War Robot. No other information available publicly besides that it is larger than Bertie The Pipebot or Bramble (14" & 15" respectively). I think you could even put a small pet in it methinks!

Who Is The TK-OYABUN?

*Exclusives* = A key word that excites collectors and ignites desires for ownership, for many a fans. That also send flippers on a feeding-frenzy. To each his own. And to each his or her own level of excitement. The Blanc De Plume was one such figure [WHAT]. And if you've not been on the 3A-Forum of late, then there's another figure to look out for; TK OYABUN ~ the reigning leader of the

A Bramble Euro Defense Update For 2008

Time for a BRAMBLE EURO DEFENCE update before the year is out:SALE-DATE: Early 2009 (Exact date & time TBC)COLORWAY: Is to be the Dark-Red+Beige, instead of the earlier Yellow+Grey [PEEP]PRICE/QUANTITY: Undetermined.(FYI: Bramble Deep Powder was at US$250-per with a 200-pc limit)REMARKS: Euro Defense is Ashley Wood x 3A Toys' 2nd Bramble after the Deep Powder Edition. There will be 3 1/6-

Suggested Activities For When Your Receive A Blanc De Plume 1/6th-figure from 3A Toys

[1] Freak out / Scream / Shout / Wail uncontrollably from your balcony/window/bathroom.[2] Hug your immediate family members and/or neighbour(s) with joy (but no dry humping please).[3] Make sweet love to your partner. Tell him/her than you love him/her (and mean it this time).[4] Smooch your dog / cat / pet (but don't try your neighbours' unless you know them well enough not to get your lips/

3A Toys Associates Membership Update (Date & Details)

If you folks have not been keeping up with the 3A-Forum - these perhaps are what you should know and consider about 3A Toy's 3A-ASSOCIATES Program / Toy Club Membership [tagged]:DATE-OF-SALE: January 15th 2009 (9.00am AEST)ITEMS-INCLUSIVE:- A Bramble WWRP exclusive figure shipped to your door [prototype shown above-right / blogged]- A 3A Toys T-shirt.- 15% discount @ Bambalandstore for 12 months.

Seen @ Phalanx Studio's No Conclusion mini exhibition at Goodforit (ends-Dec 31)

Taiwan's Phalanx Studio recently held a mini exhibition (their first) @ Goodforit, Taiwan [blogged]. NO CONCLUSION / Good For It, Gold For Me saw a multitude of mediums and disciplines on display, including artwork, customed and original designed toys, figurines and prototypes, large-scale glass fiber sculptures, and so on. CLICK THRU for more pics - or you can pop by Phalanx's blog-post or

Grey & White Jouwe Wings Completed & Ready To Fly

JOUWE WINGS is ready to fly around the world... FLY JOUWE FFFLLLLYYYYY HIGH!WHAT-IS: Jouwe Wings is a 12 inch tall resin figure designed and produced by Marin of MyTummyToys [www/myspace] of which a GREY & WHITE Version were made available for pre-order in October [WHAT] at a limit of 10 pcs in total (7 x white + 3 x grey). An all-BLACK version is as yet solicited [WHAT] - but will be made

Outdoor Hot Toys' Predator Pics by Tomm

Still unsure if Hot Toys' 1/6th-scaled PREDATOR series is what you want? [WHAT] - Tomm of Hong Kong's MiLK magazine has posted some sweet outdoor snaps to help with your collective decision-making ... Hell, I'm sold! ... If only I had me sum cashmoney to spend (*manly-wails*). CLICK THRU for more pilfered-pics. You know you want to.P/S: Am sure there are larger images out there, but my weak 1/

Coolrain's NIKE Dunk Be True Gallery 01

Korean customizer and 1/6-Urban Streetwear maestro COOLRAIN [www/blog] shares with us figures he'd created for NIKE's DUNK BE TRUE Gallery 01 - rawking an unmistakable Michael Lau-vibe (his heyday back in da day anyways) and keeping the B-Boy spirit alive and groovin'! The tailored-clothes makes me suspect Coolrain's got a secret Shrinking Raygun (one of my most ardent 1/6th-wishes), while the

The Littles by Creamous

WHO-ARE: THE LITTLES are the products of CREAMOUS [www]. Each Little possesses their individual unique character and habits, and of course they love carrying their bags around! Say hello to Purple Little, Yellow Little and Black Little!WHAT-IS: THE LITTLES are a toy+fashion remix - with each 8.5cm tall figure made up of hard resin; spray with paint. The bags are made of with PVC leather. All

Make Your Own SnoMoe With Matt Hawkins

To celebrate the coming New Year, Matt Hawkins offers a (final) free downloadable papertoy for 2008 ~ with the winter-themed SNOMOE! Clicketh www.custompapertoys.com to download SnoMoe in 3 parts :)

R.O.B.O.T.S > the Absolute Movie About The Robot Culture

Prepare yourselves for the "Absolute Movie About The Robot Culture"! R.O.B.O.T.S is an upcoming movie project about the robot culture - by the French filmmaking-duo of Jac&Johan (aka WeMakeDeadlyMovies) who were the masterminds behind the designer vinyls culture toy-docu; VINYL & CO [WHAT]So far no video-footage has been released as yet, with only information gleamed from their blog (which also

Vinyl&Co Toy Documentary Movie Update

WHAT-IS: "Vinyl & Co. is a documentary film on the Culture of Toy designer, and on all that touches, and make evolve this incredible phenomenon. From Hong-Kong where all began, in a shop with Michael Lau, while passing by Tokyo, London and the U.S.A. you will know all about the creators, their toys, their inspirations, their workshops, the way in which one manufactures thoses vinyls and about

Blue GID Kidrobot-Exclusive Lupus.Hope Da Fighter by Tim Tsui

Monday. 8:54AM. Opened my email inbox. Got socked in the jaw with a blue glow-in-the-dark battle mace. Didn't see it coming as I was distracted by the blue bling bracelet. The perp & his buddy? Tim Tsui with his Kidrobot-crossover exclusive BLUE GID Lupus.Hope DA FIGHTER!Hawt on the trail of last week's launch of his Flocked Lupus.Hopes [WHAT/BUY] comes a surprise Blue Glow-in-the-Dark variant

El Diablo Wave 1 Colorways & Packaging Box Revealed

Peep the colorway line-up for Robbie Busch x Argonaut Resins'EL DIABLO [WHAT] Wave 1 = in Purple, Blue and Green pants:In addition to the three shown above - there will be the Black Onyx with the red clear tint skull [PEEP] and another surprise colorway.Each 6 inch tall figure will come with Certificate of Authenticity signed by Robbie Busch and sculptor / A.R.-head-honcho END [INTERVIEWED].This

Vladimir Final 6 For NYCC 2009 Release

Folks waiting on for Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins' final 6 VLADIMIR figures (aka the second set of Wave 2 / WHAT) will have to rein in their desire for resin coolness until New York Comic Con in February 2009! (FYI: Jared will be sharing a booth with KaNO ~ so that'll be double the fun and coolness / Booth#2255).END mentions on the A.R-blog that the colorways for this line-up are as yet finalized

What's Inside Neil Gaiman's & ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive's Coraline Boxes

So okay, I've yet to completely reveal the contents of my own Coraline Box [WHAT] which WILL happen before 2008-ends! (shakes clenched-fist-at-self). Meanwhile I'd thought of compiling a post with all the other 49-Coraline Boxes (Fifty were ever made) - but ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has already done a bang-up job of it HERE - so I see no logical sense in mirroring it (altho one fine day I

Coraline Button Box

Fifty CORALINE Mystery "Gift" Boxes were sent to bloggers around the world (including my humble self) a short while back, as promotion for the Henry Selick-directed 3D-animated movie CORALINE [www] based on the Neil Gaiman-written novella. Animation studio LAIKA was the generous gifter for all. But has the gifting actually ended?Laughing Squid had only just received (circa Dec 22nd) a handmade

Play Imaginative Final Clearance Sale (29-30 Dec 2008)

If you missed out on Play Imaginative Clearance Sale this weekend - fear not! For there is still two days more to the sales madness! PI also mentions that this will be THE Final Clearance Sale with none to be held in the future. One-of-a-kind prototypes and pre-production samples will also be made available (Sounds good to me). Spend SGD$200 and receive a $10 rebate for your trip home.CASH ONLY @

Dehara's Paris Cakeees Online

Japanese-artist DEHARA Yukinori's CAKEEES show @ Artoyz Paris [WHAT] exhibits thru January 17th 2009 - but the goodies have now been made available online HERE - featuring sculpted toys, books, display-cases and artwork. The blister-carded Cakeees is strangely enticing tho .... yumz.

Last Sunday of 2008

December 28th is the Last Sunday of 2008.What will you be doing? How will you spend it?I SAY.welcomed the sunday at eight in the morn (a crime in itself on a sunday morning, by my reckoning). the aftertaste of an evenful night's dreams linger still though faded, a grey hue it has become. four hours online with crustied-eyes until I realized i've yet to find sustenance. I abuse myself too much too

Christmas 2008 eGreetings (that didn't pop into the TRE Inbox)

As a "companion"-piece to my earlier post about X'MAS eGREETINGs that popped into my humble (and grateful) inbox - CLICK THRU for other egreetings randomly peeped via the www that look too dandy-neato-ish not to share LOL(FYI: None of these Christmas egreetings posted here had reached my inbox ~ and yes, I feel dirty for swiping them ~ but what the hey, tis the season fer swipin' innit? HAH)www

The Nibbler by The Tarantulas

The Tarantulas customizes a Glyos System Pheyden from Onell Design ~ and THE NIBBLER is born!The-Tarantulas says: "If I was to create one new piece for the Glyos system I wanted it to be versatile & have more than one use.. Plus I was into torso-head type characters like Modok and Arnim Zola. I'd noticed that the features of a torso - chest & abdominal muscles could easily represent a face - this

Pimp Meister Many Mey Custom by Kirkland Jue of Toybot Studios

Undeniably the most pimped x blinged-out toy custom I've seen in 2008! CLICK to peep more of Kirkland Jue's PIMP MEISTER MANY MEY submission for Popsoda's Popsoda 6th Anniversary Dynamite Custom Show: "Many Many Many Mey" [www] ~ to be held @ Super Festival in Japan, January 11th 2009.With nearly 3,000 Swarovski crystals utilized in this custom, tis def worth the grab! - Legally, I mean! heh. (

1/6 Mr. Bean by ENTERBEAN ...eerr... I meant ENTERBAY

The teasers have now become a reality. ENTERBAY is set to release their 1/6th-scale MR. BEAN in January 2009 [www] ~ and we should be afraid, very afraid... ~ well, not becoz the product "sucks", but becoz it looks scarily like the real character, IMHO. Kudos to Arnie Kim (he of Bruce Lee-sculpts) for the sculpted-likeness of actor Rowen Atkinson. And the "Interchangeable 360 Eyeball System" is

ENTERBAY to do Dragonball Evolution in 1/6th?

ENTERBAY to do DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION in 1/6th scale?[CLICK THRU for more + embedded movie trailer]And no, "Dragonball Evolution" is not the name of new car racing flick, but the evolved moniker for the previously titled Dragonball movie directed by James Wong (even tho the fonts and design look like an Initial-D-rifting-2Fast2Furious-sorta jobbie). heh.The "ENTERBAY Evolution" apparently begins

Dragon Ball Son Goku Vinyl Collectible Doll by Medicom Toy

Frankly, it doesn't taske a Dragonball-afficionado to recognize that this SON GOKU figure form for Medicom Toy's VINYL COLLECTIBLE DOLLS-line (VCDs) is exceptional. And cute to boot too! Seems a nice fit with it's 1/6th-scaled RAH counterparts, yeh?With design based on the manga-incarnation, Medicom seems to have scored a nice design here, IMHO. Here be some stats for your consumption:TRANSLATION

Terminator: Salvation Toys Update from Medicom Toy & DC Unlimited ... & Hot Toys?

/// CLICK THRU for TERMINATOR: SALVATION movie [TAGGED]toys & busts from Medicom Toy, DC Direct and possibly Hot Toys?>Peep the 100% JOHN CONNER KUBRICK & T-600 BE@RBRICK by Medicom Toy ~ with a May 2009-drop date and a SRP of ￥3,129 per 2-pack (US$34 / SGD$50). I can totally see the Terminator BE@RBRICK in 400% - they could even try it in clear-plastic with mechanized-parts within. The John

Cobra The Space Pirate in 1/6 RAH by Medicom Toy

What struck immediately me about this figure when I first peeped it ~ was the remarkably sweet-fit of the clothes on the 1/6th scale muscled body-form ~ with abs subtly showing thru, no less! Also the removable arm-"skin" to show Cobra's cybernetic arm-laser "Psycho-gun" is both delightful and macabre. Total cool, IMHO. CLICK THRU for more :)The product-specs seem to explain them in further

Star Wars Mini VCDs by Medicom Toy (Darth Vader / Darth Maul / Jango Fett)

A trio of Star Wars characters undergo a super-deformed-transformation ~ courtesy of H8GRAPHiX ~ into Medicom Toy's new series of MINI VCDs (Vinyl Collectible Dolls) ~ featuring Darth Vader, Darth Maul and Jango Fett standing at 13.5cm / 5+ inches tall. Doesn't seem articulated tho (and nobody's mentioned otherwise :p):SRP is ￥3,990-per (US$45 / SGD$64) with an April 2009-drop date. Maul looks

100% Boba & Jango Fett Kubricks by Medicom Toy

Wow. Multiple-variant designs of Boba Fett? Medicom Toy is set to release the legendary bounty hunter from Star Wars aka BOBA FETT in KUBRICK-form with a June 2009 drop-date. Featuring designs from early Ralph McQuarrie to animated cartoon versions, there are 6 designs in total in the Boba Fett Collection @ a SRP of ￥1,344 per figure (US$15 / SGD$21) no doubt blind-boxed:(1) BOBA FETT （McQUARRIE）

100% Watchmen BE@RBRICKS by Medicom Toy (Set A & B)

Medicom Toy may not have followed my earlier design proposals - but I'm surprised and nevertheless overjoyed that they are producing WATCHMEN BE@RBRICKS!Featuring characters based on the movie adaptation of the comicbook - the crime-fighters will be made available in two separate sets (3-packs): SET A features The Comedian, Nite Owl and Ozymandias, while SET B features Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach

I W@s Made For Lovin You KISS 100% Kubricks by Medicom Toy

I like it that Gene Simmon's The DEMON is taller (or seems to be from this online-image) than the rest of the line-up ~ becoz of his platform-boots.Previously released by Medicom Toy as BE@RBRICKS [BLOGGED] - Star Child, The Demon, The Catman and Space Ace aka 70's rock band KISS (circa "I Was Made For Loving You"-era). Release is scheduled for July 2009 with a SRP of ￥5,040 (US$56 / SGD$80).

Wall*E 100% BE@RBRICK by Medicom Toy (Wall*E & Eve 2-Pack)

Medicom Toy does Pixar's WALL*E & Eve in BE@RBRICKS-style ~ with a May 2009-drop date @ ￥2,604 per 2-pack (US$29 / SGD$42).Pretty cool how the original design shapes are incorporated / adapted into the BE@RBRICK-form utilizing clear materials ~ *Neato*Source: Medicom Toy

Mickey Mouse BE@RBRICK 400% + 1000% by Medicom Toy

You'd think that having a pair of ears shaped like Medicom Toy's BE@RBRICKS do, they'd be a perfect fit for Mickey Mouse, yeh? Well, I don't know about you folks, but Mickey-B's looking a mite odd, IMHO. Bigger ears may help, perhaps? Nevertheless, here be the specs for your perusal:WWW: www.bearbrick.com/bearmm/DROP-DATE: May 2009PRICE: 400% @ ￥6,090 (US$67 / SGD$97)PRICE: 1000% @ ￥26,040 (US

Mickey Mouse Optimus Prime from Transformers Crossovers: Disney Line by Tomy Takara

What do you get when you crossover TRANSFORMERS and Disney's MICKEY MOUSE?"Optimus-Mouse"? "Mickey-Prime"? ~ Go ask Tomy Takara! A 25th Anniversary Project with a February 26th street-date priced at 3990YEN (US$44 / info via the product box) Disney's beloved Mickey Mouse transforms into Autobot-leader Optimus Prime truck-mode. I came late into the game, with the existence of this figure floating

1/6 Movie Masterpiece Predator Figures by Hot Toys

UPDATED: January 9th 2009An email request had been received from Hot Toys Limited to remove all related pictures of "1/6th scale Predator Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan collectible figure" effective IMMEDIATELY. "This is because the pictures are not permitted to publish online until Twentieth Century Fox has been approved on those images."As much as I have zero obligation to do so, I'm not

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: KUSO DESIGNER TOYS

If you travel the designer vinyl-toy realms (in the recent months) ~ perhaps you would be familiar with or at the very least have heard of and about KUSO Designer Toys; a retailer turned toy-maker with a slate of projects currently in-production - in collaboration with Rotobox, Mai-Hiro and Itokin Park. [CLICK for coverage of KUSO on TRE]. And if you're still unsure about the who and what? TRE

Customed Ballmers @ The X'mas Ballmer Party (Dec 22 - Jan 21, 2009 @ iXTEE)

/// CLICK THRU for snaps of Customed-Ballmers on display @ Patrick Chow's X'MAS BALLMER PARTY [WHAT / circa December 22nd 2008]. Exhibits thru January 21st 2009 @ iXTEE (2/F, 106 Johnston Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong).Contributing designers include: - Alan Ng (aka Double Line)- Alex Lau (aka Union)- Kathy Kuk & Tat Chan (of Graphicairlines)- Kenny Wong- Michael Kwong (Galaxy Bunch)- Reni Wong (of

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: KENNY WONG

TOYSREVIL: Please introduce yourselves the TRE-readers? Who you are and what you do :)KENNY WONG: Hi this is Kenny from kennyswork [www],  Copperhead-18 and Molly is my baby^^ hope U still remember that I'm also the member of  brothersfree~TOYSREVIL: How can I "forget"? brothersfree be my 1/6 idols! And how has 2008 been to you thus far, Kenny? What have you been up to? [Besides THESE]KENNY

Tuned Into X'mas with DJ-Toysrevil

And so I experimented with a "TRE X'mas Music Station"-app with an embedded player on the blog header between December 24th to 26th 2008 (Singapore-time) with a list of X'mas songs (duh) ~ which I'd hoped TRE-readers would have a bit of fun with, and even perhaps help liven-up the blog during this festive period (dead-as-a-door-knob web-traffic tho LOL). No idea how it did (no feedback whatsoever

BIC Plastics offers Free Shipping for all of January 2009

You know what's the best thing about Christmases? Yes, tis the prezzies (yes, of coz there's the gathering of family and fellowship of friends too). And do you know what's the next best thing about X'mas? Yes, tis the AFTER-XMAS SALES! Time to get go get what you REALLY wished for, but friends, family and Santa chose NOT to listen! LOLBIC Plastics wishes folks a Happy Holidays as well as to offer

Christmas 2008 Well-wishes and eGreetings (what popped into the TRE Inbox)

/// CLICK THRU for a peep at which well-wishing seasonaleCards that popped into the TRE-inbox for Christmas 2008!I reckon seasonal e-cards are pretty cool - especially personalized ones, although no doubt not as "personal" as receiving snail-mail (yes, remember those bygone-era oddities?) ~ but nevertheless appreciated (even if most are generated from a mailing list LOL) ~ Especially when there's

reindeer games (featuring that reindeer dunny with the paddle and ball-gag)

[Animation by Wildbrain / Higher-res version on http://vimeo.com/2487977" target="_blank">Vimeo]Chuckboy's 3-inch Reindeer Dunny went on sale in late November - but I reckon this would be a better time to feature it again, innit? Seeing that tis Christmas and all (heh). And in addition to the removable bull whip and vinyl antlers - it apparently came along with a variety of chases / variants:

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: DOKTOR A

TOYSREVIL: Please introduce yourselves the TRE-readers? Who you are and what you do? (And if they don't, then tis my fault for not posting about you often enough!)DOKTOR A: I am an artist living and working in the UK. My most well known work is mostly in a Victorian Futurism vein. Vintage styled robots and whathaveyou.TOYSREVIL: How has 2008 been to you, kind sir?DOKTOR A: Quite good really,

The Merriest of X'Mases to One & All on TRE!

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: NOFERIN

TRE chats and catches up with NOFERIN [www/blog] aka Candy & Nicho - with a quick wrap-up before 2008 ends (and they have been pretty busy this year!). I realized I first interviewed them around the same time last year, so this is quite a nice circle to "close" ~ for 2008, that is! TOYSREVIL: How has 2008 been to Noferin? How have you guys been and what have you been up to?NOFERIN: 2008 is

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: ANTZ

TOYSREVIL: Please introduce yourselves the TRE-readers?ANTZ: I am ANTZ [www], 26ish at this moment, a full time in-house graphic designer for an entertainment company by day, and by night, I am an urban artist, dealing with vector arts, urban arts, running the GEEKSIGNERS, bumming, loitering and lotsa research on random theories.TOYSREVIL: Oh man, I think "bumming" be the best activity anyone

tequilla paper lucha libre by bony from muttpop

An early X'mas prezzie for readers of TRE this festive season courtesy of the fine folks at Muttpop with this papercraft version of their Tequilla Figure by EL BONY! Download by clicking HERE and pop by Bony's blog to download the EL BONY paper figure to have yourselves a match!P/S: Would be fab if there was a downloadable wrestling ring template too folks! Then you can have weekly matches!

about that ultra limited frankenfink blackout version by made by monsters x johnny ace studio (dec 31-drop)

To celebrate the grand opening of Garageworks Industries' spanking new gallery store grand and their successful sold out release of the original version of the 18-incher tall Franken Fink [WHAT] - Made by Monsters & Johnny Ace Studio will be releasing an ultra limited BLACKOUT Version of F.F.! Drop-date is scheduled at December 31st 2008 with only 50-pcs available worldwide @ US$225-per.

merry f-ing xmas from the sucklord

SUCKLORD SAYS: "Christmas, what a P in the A, I try to blow it off if I can but now I got a girl and she is turning me into a super-pussy. The latest installment of my ongoing pussification was a forced participation in this animated Supervillain Christmas card. It sums up my sentiments about the holiday reasonably well, and in a humorous fashion. Be a pal and watch it. Spooky Booty did the

opening that bat-pod box from hot toys

Many a times, this blog (and myself) live our toy-lives vicariously thru other collectors and hobbyists - this I dare admit loud and proud! And this particular blog-post is no different. Courtesy of OSW-boardie "evilalive" (whose havin' a hella X-mas with this beast of a toy, IMHO!) - we the masses are able to perhaps experience the utter elation of "opening up" a 1/6th-scaled Bat-Pod from Hot

thundercats movie trailer ... sort of ...

Brad Pitt as Lion-O? Vin Diesel as Panthera? Fanmade-goodness indeed! Spotting the actors, characters and movies used in this trailer is as fun as well, IMHO! [via]

thought processor by phoneticontrol x sjors trimbach

Based on a design by Phoneticontrol with paper-craft engineering from Sjors Trimbach (of Brickboy-fame) ~ the THOUGHT PROCESSOR is about to be made downloadable in 2009 as a part of the Creator Series. Above shown is a design by Phoneticontrol dubbed ICE, while the Orange-version shown below is a color-test by Sjors. *SWEET*Phoneticontrol mentions: "Sjors really out did himself on this template!

triptree paper x'mas tree by ennio milani

Ennio Milani from Italy sends over X'mas gift ~ which I'd like to share with every here: a DIY Paper X'mas Tree! (Thanks Ennio! And am really glad your family enjoyed the Dookie-Poo toys!)Download the TRIPTREE by clicking HERE and pop by his blog @ obokiki.blogspot.com for other paper-toy-treats!

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... Indulge me please ~ thanks. [Higher-res on flickr / multiply / WHY]

toysrevil's toilet-core-roll raygun

So I was thinking maybe tis high time to showcase show you folks the "raygun" that was used in the HOME-MADE RAY-GUN CONTEST promo-ad [WHAT] ~ to perhaps inspire the rest of you folks into doing a mondo-mucho-better job of what I made! (Wouldn't take much of a stretch, lemme tells ya :p) But hey, I am proud of what I cobbled-up, and if it brings you folks some manly-giggles and genteel-guffaws?

ron king's photon bombardment pistol & ionic disruptor (submission for home-made ray-gun contest)

Showcasing a couple of uber-cool RAYGUN sculptures from Ron King of Nacogdoches, Texas - submitted for the HOME-MADE RAY-GUN CONTEST on TRE [WHAT]. CLICK THRU for the full lowdown on Photon Bombardment Pistol & Ionic Disruptor plus a little something "extra" :)A Winner of the Home-Made Ray-Gun Contest will walk away with a 1:1 scaled Atomic Disintegrator Pistol from Go Hero! Dateline is January

futuristic 1/6 space villains on onesixthwarriors for go hero contest

Some fine 1/6th-scale kitbashes+customs being submitted for Go Hero's CREATE A FUTURISTIC SPACE VILLAIN Contest over on OneSixthWarriors (full kitbash images within / BLOGGED).Winner walks away with a Go Hero 1/6 BUCK ROGERS figure! [WHAT] Dateline for contest is January 2nd 2009 - so go get your bashing-hat on, pull out the loose-gear boxes, and get cracking! LOL

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: TIM TSUI

TOYSREVIL: Please introduce yourself to the TRE-readers - Who you are and what you do!TIM TSUI: Tim Tsui [www/blog] - figure artist and illustrator. Always ready to present my style and share what I love with my fans and supporters. I always try my best to combine both art and trendiness into a figure; to make the figure more fashionable and playable. Right now I'm planning to make something

classic planet of the apes cosbaby series by hot toys

Along with the reveal of the 1/6th-scaled versions of the classic Planet Of The Apes figures [WHAT] Hot Toys unveils the POTA-COSBABYs! Each 'snap-kit' cosbaby stands 3 inches (7cm) tall, and features joint articulation and accessories. 7 Designs in all to collect - inclusive of 6 Basic plus 1 Secret Version. Tentatively dropping 1st quarter of 2009. (Price undetermined)."An affordable way to own

classic planet of the apes in 1/6 scale by hot toys

And it's gonna be rooted. Or rather the "fur" would be - instead of being moulded-plastic. Okay fine, if not specifically rooted, then "possesses real like Ape hair" LOLWhen it was announced just last week that Hot Toys had gotten the license for the classic PLANET OF THE APES - speculation was on about which characters would be made 1/6th. Now HT announces 3 Apes for POTA-fans!"Are these the

if it bleeds, we can kill it: major alan 'dutch' schaefer in 1/6 by hot toys

"Hot Toys brings you the most anticipated headsculpt ever! - We're excited to announce that we'll be releasing a brought-to-life 1/6th scale Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer collectible figure from the Predator movie, which comes with an authentic ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER likeness! Have you been "wowed" by this special announcement we offered you? If not, take a sneak peek at the first prototype image ..

phu! 2009-project update: p77 equipment loadout

PHU! updates his V.2 P-77 [TAGGED] with an equipment load-put of Banner Pole (for eventual banner/flag) and a camping ground(sheet). Looks like this "infantry-bot" is in it for the long-haul, yeh? PHU!'s 8 inch tall P77 resin mecha is scheduled for a 2009 release. *Stay tuned to TRE for further developments and details*

swampcats by makkinoso

Patrick Aleotti aka Makkinoso drops word of his release of SWAMPCAT - limited to only 10 pcs - available from 10pm (CET) December 22nd 2008.Standing 3.5 inches tall - this new version of the resin Swampcat (in Blue) comes with a header card, stickers and a badge, Price is US$55. Get it via Patrick's Etsy-store.

1/6 p-nix gray edition by coolrain (pre-order)

1/6-scaled Urban Street-style customizer Coolrain sends over pix of a new 1/6th-figure from his Monsterz Crew series - with a duder dubbed P-NIX (GRAY Edition). P-nix grat is up for pre-order from Dec 22nd:QUANTITY: 10 pc Ltd EdtnPRICE: US$700-perPAYMENT: *Deposit : 50% of total amount / *Before sending : 50% paymentSHIPPING: US$10 In Asia / US$20 In other countries.RELEASE-DATE: Mail out by

lemi the space wanderer resin prototype

Thunderpanda-Eric has just provided us with a preview peek @ the finished prototype-sculpt for LEMI The Space Wanderer - in resin (not vinyl) by PatchTogether - and I haveta say it looks totally neatoramic!Standing 5 inches tall, LEMI is to come in 3 editions: ORIGINAL BLUE (shown above), DIY WHITE and GOLDEN THUNDER (gold accents on white base / pic-right). As mentioned in my previous post -

tim tsui's flocked da fighters online now @ teamzero.com

The previously featured Da Fighter (Lupus Hope) FLOCKED figures by Tim Tsui are now listed online - available individually, and as a Combo-Set! *Happy Shopping, Y'all!* ... (maaaan, you have my utter envy! ggrrrrr)DA FIGHTER: YELLOW FLOCKED [ORDER] PRICE: US$108 (inclusive US$24 EMS worldwide shipping)QUANTITY: 400-pc Ltd EdtnSPECS: 22cm tall Vinyl figure with special weaponsDA FIGHTER: SECRET

judas z by judas arrieta

WHAT-IS: JUDAS Z is designed by Spanish artist Judas Arrieta, who is currently working in Beijing. (CLICK THRU for more - including my quick-chat with Judas)WWW: www.judasz.tkDESCRIPTION / AVAILABILITY: JUDAS Z is a 35cm tall PVC figurine - and will come in 9 different models, with each design limited to 50-pcs. Currently Painted, Green & White Judas Zs are available in 2 editions (Shipping is

paleolito by ismael lito

WHAT-IS: PALEOLITO is a Brazilian urban vinyl toy created by designer Ismael Rio Lito.ORIGIN: Paleolito is borne from paintings on caves from prehistoric times, drawn by men who wanted to create a being stronger than animals, but not more powerful than men... [MORE]WWW: www.paleolito.com.br / customs via Paleolito's flickr.DESCRIPTION: Paleolito is a DIY-concept figure (aka "Do-It-Yourself").

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: EESHAUN

TOYSREVIL: Please introduce yourselves the TRE-readers? Who is EESHAUN and what do you do?EESHAUN: hi i am eeshaun, and i am an illustrative artist from singapore. I like drawing silly things, and humour is a big part of my work.TOYSREVIL: How has 2008 been to you? Good / Bad? What have you been up to?EESHAUN: It has been very good. My first book, 'The Bird Who Was Afraid of Heights' (

Happy Winter Solstice From Toysrevil

WHAT-IS: "The Winter Solstice Festival or The Extreme of Winter (Chinese and Japanese: 冬至 / Pinyin: Dōng zhì) is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the dongzhi solar term on or around December 21 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest; i.e., on the first day of the dongzhi solar term. The origins of this festival can be traced back

TOYSREVIL-REVIEWS: Jumping Brains by Emilio Garcia

[Higher-res version on my flickr / multiply / facebook]WHAT-IS: The Jumping Brain resin figure is designed and hand-made in Spain by Emilio Garcia.The design features an exposed-brain with limbs of a frog - hence the namesake! Produced by Labo Laboratories (which as far as I know - is a one-man-factory with Emilio at the helm) -the first series of Jumping Brains came in a trio of colors: Red,

red jumping brain on order now

RED Jumping Brains [WHAT] available for order now @ jumpingbrainh.org for 45€ (cost excludes shipping / 40€ for mailing list members). Limited to 1 per customer.Designed by Emilio Garcia of LaboLabs - the 3-inch tall resin Red edition is limited to 120 pcs and was made available for pre-order in July 2008 as part of a trio of colorways dubbed RGB (Red / Green / Blue). Currently total quantity

buck rogers update by go hero for december 2008

A trio of Go Hero-Buck Rogers-Update here, before 2008-ends:UPDATE #1: The bad news is; production delays may have resulted in some folks not being able to receive their Bucks before Christmas - but the good news is, new features have been added to the figure to make up for the delay, as well as to make the figure even better. Additions include: [1] an actual Glass Bubble Helmet, [2] Die-cast

go hero's 1/6 flash gordon on pre-order now

Go Hero 1/6-scaled BUSTER CRABBE as FLASH GORDON (Blue Shirt Edition) is now available for pre-order @ US$145-per HERE - with an expected ETA 1st quarter of 2009.The figure includes: Die-cast Zarkov’s Mini Rocket / Sword w/ Sheath / Ray Gun Pistol / Designer Packaging / Shirt w/ Lightning Bolt / ATOModel Body / 2 Sets of Hands / Studded Collar / Ray Gun Rifle / Boots / Cape - CLICK for coverage

skeleton warriors & cyclops by go hero @ new york comic con 2009

GO HERO will be setting up @ New York Comic Con 2009 (Feb 6-8) - boothing with Executive Replicas - and on display will be exclusive products, as well as new prototypes from their upcoming Ray Harryhausen 1/6th-scale line in collaboration with BlueWater Productions [TAGGED]:SKELETON WARRIORS:  'There are skeletons...and then there are Ray Harryhausen skeletons!  The difference is angry brow,

t-boy vinyl by shin tanaka x one-up (1st prototype peek)

Here's a peek at Shin Tanaka's upcoming vinyl toy for 2009! Produced by One-Up; T-BOY is shown here with a clear vinyl body (*gasp*) and an "outer"-tee - ala Shin's papertoy of the same name (FYI: this product is a decidedly different from the one produced by Play Imaginative). Of coz I hadda bug Shin to find out more!The exact release date for 2009 is undetermined at this point, with the image

hoophy vol 3 teaser by shin tanaka featuring david flores

Shin Tanaka sneaks a preview of his upcoming HOOPHY papertoy (3rd design) to be available for download come 1st January 2009 - featuring a skin-design by David Flores - which would mark the beginning of a designer-collaboration series to come. Shin mentions that he's already asked some of his favourite artists to contribute designs - so who else do you think is on that list? Who's design would

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: ERIC NOCELLA DIAZ (END of Argonaut Resins)

Artist, Sculptor, Comicbook Illustrator, and more recently; Toy-maker - Eric Nocella Diaz aka END [Blog/DeviantArt] is living the creator's dream right now with the white-hawt Argonaut Resins, flush from their recent resin-success with Jared Deal's sold-out VLADIMIR figure and the coming EL DIABLO with Robbie Busch (whose latest BLUE-Edition is being sneaked here):And as 2008 draws to a

darklord & steed papertoy by horrorwood

Jack Hawkins aka Horrorwood rounds off 2008 with a "dark" papertoy - or rather DARKLORD & STEED. A cowel to cover his disfigurement and a ride to cover his retreat, or is it a 'hunt'? - Jack adds: "It is a remix of my previous effort, but actually ended up taking more time than the original..." CLICKETH to go download your free papertoy template :)

scott higgins' drip drops @ holiday designer toy show - avenue arts venue (dec 20)

"... Late at night while you're asleep, your brain has so much memory juice it drips it out during the night. This ooze comes alive and crawls away before morning. Drip Drop is made of that forgotten memory that you just can't seem to get a hold of anymore..."Thus begins the story of DRIP DROP - a creation by Scott Higgins of Monsterbot Studios - currently in final legs of preparation for the

1/6 cobra trooper on pre-order @ sideshow collectibles

The thing about nameless-henchmen are; you need a whole buncha them to be "effective", innit? Otherwise they're just - ya know - be an illegal gathering of (normally) well-armed thugs with torrid-aim, innit? So you'd need at the very least 2x Cobra Troopers, to at least guard and flank COBRA COMMANDER, innit? heh. (And if they're wearing Darth Vader-isque helmets, all the better :p)The

star wars' admiral piett in 1/6 by sideshow collectibles

"Darth Vader's Loyal Admiral Is Next In Line For The 1/6 Scale Treatment! He was loyal to the Empire, even up to his demise aboard Darth Vader's flagship, the Executor. The next exciting figure in Sideshow Collectibles' 12-inch Figure line is ADMIRAL PIETT! This collectible will be available for Pre-Order in the very near future, so be sure to keep those eyes fixed to upcoming Sideshow

hi-fructose vol.10 preview pages / attaboy custom kanizas & munnys

A "Publisher" and "Practitioner" be Attaboy - editing Hi-Fructose (together with Annie Owens) as well as artist and customizer himself - this post will see images of both upcoming Hi-Fructose Magazine Vol.10 (104 pages full color / ships in January 2009), as well as Attaboy's Kaniza and Munny Customs. CLICK THRU for mondo-more imagesPre-order / Subscriptions for Hi-Fructose at hifructose.com,

classic & urban dennis the menace vinyl toy by 382media

Hands up if you folks know who "Dennis the Menace" is?! Yes, he's the main character of a comic-strip in the U.S. - but he's also a UK comicbook "legend" (also known as "Dennis The Menace and Gnasher") across the pond (as it were) - having begun his reign of mischief and mayhem in the pages of the million-selling BEANO comic on March 17, 1951 and has appeared in every single weekly issue to this

x'mas ballmer party @ ixtee, hongkong (dec 22)

X'mas Ballmer is a special Christmas work of art created by Patrick Chow (of G999), and has been featured on TRE on numerous occasions [CLICK].For this Christmas, Patrick has assembled many of his good designer friends to produce X'mas Ballmer's first exhibition: X'MAS。BALLMER。PARTY @ IXTEE's new gallery location (right next to Kennysworks' office!). Each designer has created a friend for X'mas

power ranger rabbotto by luke chueh x intheyellow / earth defender freshman video

*GO GO POWER RABBOTTO* ~ Luke Chueh digs deep into his inner-Sentai with the reveal of his upcoming Power-Rangers-themed (duh): POWER RANGER RABBOTTO!Vinyl Pulse reports that Power Ranger Rabbotto is a part of the Kaiju For Grownups (KFGU) line produced by Intheyellow and will be available in 2009, in 5 colorways: Red (shown here), Blue, Black, Yellow and Pink. This is Mr Chueh's second figure

diy kaijufest 2k8 @ the mr roboto project (dec 20)

Monsterworship.com is proud to present: DIY KAIJYFEST 2K8 - featuring native Pittsburgh artists influenced by Japanese kaiju (monster) culture - namely: Jeff Lamm, Velocitron, BEAK and Hauntkraft. [CLICK THRU for individual artist profile write-ups]. Scheduled to open on December 20th @ The Mr. Roboto Project - doors will open at 6:30PM for a special pre show reception with a mini monster museum

cocobatjoe sale

cocobat_joe is the online-nick of a duder-friend I'm posting for - whose selling off his collection, posted here (man, if only I had me $$$ - I'll be on his Medicom RAH and Pete Fowler-collection like a bad rash LOL). CLICK THRU for more items, and direct ANY and ALL enquiries to cocobat_joe@hotmail.com. (Do let him know ya found it via TRE tho).*NOTE: I will not be liable in any way, shape or

tune-in to toysrevil

Tune-in: http://djtoysrevil.blogspot.comBLIP.fm-enabled: http://blip.fm/toysrevil(*Text-updates now linked to my Twitter*)

enterbay to do the godfather in 1/6 scale

Venturing beyond the legacy of Bruce Lee and continuing their journey to the West, with the more recent Jack Bauer and David Palmer (based on the tv series "24") - ENTERBAY has announced that they will be presenting the cinematic classic "The Godfather" in a new series under their 1/6th-scale REAL MASTERPIECE COLLECTION line. The series begins with Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone [wiki],

mr bean is coming soon from enterbay

And you'd thought everyone would suddenly up and forget about THIS release, innit? Well, ENTERBAY definitely hasn't and Arnie Kim's sculpt of actor Rowen Atkinson is looking eerily spot-on, right down to the moley-mole too ... Be Afraid, be very afraid...And on a totally different (but nevertheless scarily coincidental) note - just saw a Christmas-epsiode of Mr. Bean on the telly whildst chomping

lemi the space wanderer blue colorway preview

Eric Wiryanata [www] shares with us the Blue color theme preview sculpt of Lemi the Space Wanderer - currently awaiting vinylization @ Patch Together [TAGGED].Eric also mentions that the figure will be produced in three colorways [1] The ORIGINAL BLUE Lemi, [2] BLANK DIY Lemi for customs, and [3] GOLDEN THUNDER (all white body with thunder, eyes & mouth in gold).Limited only to a total of 50 pcs

toys r alive & toys is just for you @ pure lounge, bandung (dec 19)

PURE LOUNGE presents "Toys R Alive & Toys Is Just For you": an Artoys Party & Preview exhibition by The Other Culture and Mytummytoys - happening Friday December 19th 2008 (start from 10pm). On DJ Both Spinin: Ega - Marah - DXXXT - Dasa - Henrdra RNRM - Ademus.PURE LOUNGEOdeum Building 1st FloorParis Van Java MallBandung, Indonesia.For more info and reservation please call Lulu - +62818613743

xmas 2008 yoka by adfunture

Celebrate the festive season with adFunture's 6.5cm tall XMAS 2008 YOKA - now available online HERE for US$10-per. (sans shipping / accessories not included) - Altho with the blister-card, it would prop up pretty decent hanging from a christmas-tree, no? *manly-giggles*

hiroshi fujiwara vinyl figure by adfunture (dec 20 drop)

Folks waiting for adFunture's HIROSHI FUJIWARA Vinyl Figure [since it's debut @ Taipei Toy Festival in 2007 / tagged] may just have to wait a few more days for when it drops this coming Saturday on December 20th 2008!Featuring the vinylization of the "Godfather of Japanese streetwear" standing @ 6 inches tall, this first retail version of the figure will be made available in the following 4

choegal release event & signing with david choe @ gr2 (dec 23)

Giant Robot is proud to host a "CHOE GAL" release party attended by artist David Choe. From 6-8pm on Tuesday, December 23rd 2008 - Choe will be on hand @ GR2, Los Angeles - to sign Choegal figures, as well as the brand new issue of Giant Robot. In addition to writing his regular column, he provided cover art and design elements found throughout the magazine. [CLICK THRU for write-up about David

button your eyes @ coraline.com

One of the features of the newly launched CORALINE movie website [blogged] - can be found in the "Other Mother's Workshop" - where the online application allows you to upload you own profile-photos, and put buttons on your eyes! (Don't worry, it's not "coins", so there's no taboo here, I think ... :p). You are then able to download them and use as you please. Well, I've facebook'd and flickr'd it

coraline alphabet cards & movie website launched

The official website of CORALINE [tagged] has been relaunched with oddles of new nifty interactive functions and locales to go (have been spending quite a bit of time there exploring too :p). To promote the launch, Focus Features had set up 26 Coraline "Alphabet Cards" - featuring individual letters - on 26 separate websites, each also beginning with a different alphabet! Apparently all 26

joe ledbetter original ink & paper drawings available online now

Seriously, I don't know how effective this post will be, since the last I checked quite a bunch artwork had already been sold (but I didn't check all :p) - so YOU may yet find your Joe Ledbetter-happiness with 11 new original ink and paper drawings current on sale HERE!If your order is before Thursday @ 4pm PST this will give us enough time to get these out to you before christmas day as these

about that cometdebris website exclusive tokoji seijin

COMETDEBRIS (aka Koji Hamon) announces the release of their very first website exclusive TOKOJI SEIJIN! This limited edition run is cast in gray vinyl and features yellow, brown, purple, and blue spray, with neon yellow eyes and silver highlights. Available in the Cometdebris online store for US$75.00 - from December 20th 2008 @ 7:00 pm PST.Also keep a watchout for (possible) upcoming

injection tests for robby the space fireman and ninja spiki

After the reveal of (blank/white) Injection Tests for Itokin Park's ITI-PINHEAD and Rotobox's CELSIUS (plus color paint sample) - now the attention turns to Itokin's ROBBY THE SPACE FIREMAN [tagged] and Nakanari / Mai-Hiro's NINJA SPIKI [tagged]. Posted below is a cobbled-up WIP-chart of Robby - from initial sculpt, to amendments, to wax (looks gorgeous as is, IMHO) to the current injection test

t x t project movie online by mographixx / clear-pink rangeas @ intheyellow

For folks who could not be physically present at the National Art Center, Tokyo (for the launch of YELLOW Rangeas) - where this animated filmlet was being screened, it's creator MOGraphixx has now youtubed it for all to see! The TxT Project Movie features both Rangeas created by T9G and Tim Biskup's interpretation.InTheYellow (source) adds that they have a very small number of the Tim

bossy bear's best pal turtle by david horvath x toy2r

I have been waiting (as I'm sure many other Horvath-fans has been as well) to see David Horvath's Bossy Bear's best pal TURTLE in 3-dimensional vinyl-toy form, beyond the ad graphic from TOY2R we've been seeing all these while. And QEE4ALL has come to the rescue with these product-shots, as well as news that "the scale of TURTLE be adjusted to match the true scale of Bossy Bear." (Size

toybreak episode 59: winter vtn review

TOYBREAK rolls out Episode #59 with a focus on the recent Winter Vinyl Toy Network 2008 - featuring Doktor A's Stephen Le Podd, Killa Instinct from Marka27, Sikk At The Circus from Mr. Dandy, and a look into the VTN goody bag (loadsa folks been waiting for that LOL)!And courtesy of 3D-Retro - there are 2 contests running to win exclusives: (1) A Silver Ludwig Van Bust by Frank Kozik (US$200 value

ihatetoys!: which online store would you never buy from again? and why?

A keen post suggested by scumonkey on I HATE TOYS!: "What about a thread dissing all those crappy online toy stores out there? Like *bleep*... Place an order- pay them, and NEVER get your toys, and they NEVER respond to you again! CROOKS!"Hey, tis the spending-season to be sure. And so, WHICH ONLINE TOYSTORE WOULD YOU NEVER BUY FROM AGAIN? AND WHY? = Comments HERE. So what's happening here? A

go mini-toysrevil go!

And so I tried out the "Make Your Own Miniman Movie" feature at www.gominimango.com/miniyou [blogged-about HERE] where all you need to do is:01. Upload your own profile-pic unto the website, where your face will go unto the main LEGO-Miniman (in video posted above). A frontal portrait would work better, IMHO.02. Resize your facial proportions to fit the Miniman-"face"03. Apply Contrast level to

lego minivids: street justice (go miniman go!)

[Directed by Mike Horn / Produced by ReHab]"Beyond the 12th moon of Jupiter exists a parallel universe where humans and Miniman live together. In this crazy, mixed up land only the just hand of Zach Almighty prevents their world from falling apart. In the season premier of the LEGO Minivids series, Zach foils the plan of dangerous criminal mastermind in; STREET JUSTICE!"LEGO celebrates the 30th

red rgb jumping brains are boxed and ready to travel

Folks who had pre-ordered their full set of RGB JUMPING BRAINS in July 2008 are to be expecting a lil sumthin'sumthin' in their mailboxes soonish (how soon I dunno ~ I'm not the mailman, innit? heh). And if you're not expecting any RGB-packages but wanna get a hold of the RED Jumping Brain by it's lonesome? Log unto jumpingbrain.org come December 20th - where a small stock has been reserved for

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: TED STILSON

WHAT-IS: TRE-Friends and Folks send over Xmas-egreetings. TRE-Friends and Folks then gets cyber-ambushed with series of questions wrapping up 2008. In the hot-seat rapid-round of Qs&As for this cycle is Mr. Ted Stilson - creator of the MOODY platform figure @ BoVinyl. [INTERVIEWED in 2007]TOYSREVIL: How has 2008 been to you, Ted?TED STILSON: It’s been an exciting year for Bovinyl. The Moody

i'm a dog chasing cars. i'm an agent of chaos.

And while I have seen numerous 1/6 kitbashes and customs pertaining to this particular poignant character from The Dark Knight movie (and the probable cause of the unresolved cyber-malady I've experienced :p) but none have attempted this level of "salesmanship presentation", IMHO. Kudos are in order and warmly given to whomever has created this DARK KNIGHT JOKER NURSE Costume Set - but alas, I

x-men origins: wolverine trailer (official)

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Trailer is now LIVE @ www.myspace.com/x-menorigins! Do note that you can only watch it (via Quicktime) if you are added in the profile as "Friends". And while I have screengrabbed loadsa pics (and will take time to format & post) - here be a select few:Somebody reeeeaally needs a complete manicure-makeoveeeer! (YOU go tell Sabretooth that!) / that is not a still from a

bubblegum poetry by sauerkids & leendert masselink @ kochxbos, amsterdam (dec 13 - jan 24)

Sauerkids sends word of their art show; BUBBLEGUM POETRY - which opened December 13th (I was late with my post, apologies guys!) @ a well-known lowbrow art gallery named Kochxbos in Amsterdam. *Step into a universe where gluhwein and bubblegum are a perfect match!*The duo show features artwork / paintings from Sauerkids, and drawings from wonder-illustrator Leendert Masselink. The show exhibits

hot toys shows box for 1/6 bat-pod

"Bat-pod will arrive before Christmas! - We know that the Batman collectors can't wait to get our next release from The Dark Knight series – 1/6th scale Bat-pod collectible! Well, we're happy to say that you won't have to wait much longer, as this item is expected to arrive at our HK warehouse before the Christmas! Meanwhile, get the first glimpse of our deluxe packaging of this FIRST EVER 1/6th

hot toys does original predator movie in 1/6

"Our PREDATOR collectibles will get you thrilled! - It has been years to hearing that our fans are very thirst for Hot Toys collectibles from the original Predator movie. Today, we’re excited to say: "Your dream is coming true!" Totally 3 characters from the movie will be brought you in perfect 1/6th scale collectibles. Perhaps you should make a guess of which characters we are going to launch...

hot toys to do classic planet of the apes in 1/6

Get ready for "APE SHALL NOT KILL APE" = Hot Toys-style! - With the announcement of the addition of the movie license for the classic PLANET OF THE APES into their Movie Masterpiece 1/6th-scale series [www]. But who will make the 1/6-cut? Apes? Humans? Vehicles? And with all that potential simian-couture, my next question would be: Moulded or Rooted?Since the release of the first movie in 1968

dj-toysrevil on blip.fm

DJ-TOYSREVIL is now BLIP.fm-enabled!CowboyCaleb describes it as "a service that combines a twitter type service with music sharing."HOW: Sign up at BLIP.fm / Search songs to fill your playlist / Enter Text twitter-style / Add Me as your "Favourite DJ" (basically adding friends lah :p) / Share Songs / Give Props :)With the demise of muxtape, this has to be the next bestest way (for me) to share

x-men origins: wolverine trailer (bootleg)

[UPDATED: Official Trailer Release Date]Continuation of blog-coverage of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE on TRE will be determined by further viewing of the "official" version of the above bootleg-trailer (shown before "The Day The Earth Stood Still"). After the reveal of a torrid smarmy-looking Gambit (purple satin hurts thine eyes) - I was overcome with disillusionment, so much so that it put me off

the dark knight to see theatrical re-release in january 23, 2009

THE DARK KNIGHT is being re-released in cinemas January 23rd 2009. I realize I am still sore about a situation that happened in May 2008. There has not been any resolution or answer in any way. NO I cannot get over it. I thought I could and did, but nope. I actually had a long blog-post all typed out, but sadly felt it would have been a thorough waste of effort and resources. The animosity

watchmen movie update: images from warner bros pictures 2009 preview

Frankly, I'm not too sure if these following images posted here [courtesy of Comingsoon.net / via the release of Warner Bros. Pictures 2009 preview] are actually "new" or previously released pics ... and all this seems like just one big obligatory-update post, dunnit? Be that as it may, Rorschach looks cool as a killer canary perched on the The Comedian's condo window-sil and Silk Spectre's

of sherlock holmes and honor among punks

MOVIE: Sherlock HolmesDIRECTED BY: Guy RitchieSTARRING: Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr John Watson.STORY: "Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England." [IMDB][All movie stills courtesy of Comingsoon.net]TRE-REMARKS: I remember liking Holmes as a detective

connor turns a wrong corner (terminator salvation)

Possible captions for this image of John Connor (played by Christian Bale) from TERMINATOR: SALVATION [tagged] - walking into somewhere I doubt he's supposed t be walking into, include:"Something tells me this ain't a Sunday morning "Senior Citizens-Association" visit to the neighbourhood chocolate factory...""...eerrr - I'm looking for the little boy's room?" Okay, fine - if you can do better (

making mischief with where the wild things are

Who will be crowned the "King of all Wild Things"? CLICK THRU TO FIND OUTALL HAIL![*Note: Not all images shown here are brand new, and have been released online before this post]WHAT: "Where The Wild Things Are" is a film adaptation of a Maurice Sendak picture book of the same name. The film will be directed by Spike Jonze and written by Dave Eggers. The movie will combine live action,

lemi the space wanderer on exhibit in bandung, indonesia

Eric Wirjanata aka Thunderpanda recently held a custom Exhibition of his papertoy LEMI The Space Wanderer [WHAT] at Omuniuum Book Store in Bandung, Indonesia - and shares with us some images of customs on display.Shown here is just a small selection. You are henceforth encouraged to pop by Eric's blog and/or Multiply album for the full line-up and low-down. And if ya wanna make your own Lemi?

2008-WRAP-UP WITH TRE: METIN SEVEN

WHAT-IS: TRE-Friends and Folks send over Xmas-egreetings. TRE-Friends and Folks then gets cyber-ambushed with series of questions wrapping up 2008. In the hot-seat rapid-round of Qs&As for this cycle is Mr. Metin Seven - creator of Seamour Sheep & Marty Mole.TOYSREVIL: Before we begin the rapid-round, do share with us (for the benefit of new readers and perhaps new folks entering the realms of

s.a.s. king sculpt teaser by 2petalrose

After the release of their BOIDS, UK-design duo 2PetalRose (aka brothers Ben and Liam Scriven) continues their foray into military-thematic concepts with the reveal of their upcoming new design + sculpt for S.A.S. KING - the first in their KOMBAT KINGS series. No further info except that they stand 4.5 inches tall. Hey, Im always down with a gas-masked figure LOL and these look pretty darn nifty

project squadt updates: vinyl prototype

Jamungo's PROJECT: SQUADT is coming along very nicely indeed - moving from test pulls to vinyl prototype with fabric clothes / camo-parka (seen above-left) for GASSED-V1. No release date nor product details as yet - but do stay tuned to TRE for developments :)FYI: Project: Squadt is a series of 5.5 inch tall platform base articulated figures with interchangeable / removable skull-helmets. The

coolrain's 1/6 monsterz crew: andy

Andy is 17 years old. Andy is a very bright boy. He likes music and collecting vintage Hasbro figures.ANDY is also the youngest member in Korean fashion-figure creator Coolrain's MONSTERZ CREW [TAGGED], and is the fifth character from his 1st design series - currently up for pre-order this month.QUANTITY: Limited Edition of 10.PRICE: US$700-per. (Deposit 50% of total amount upon pre-order /

bic plastics @ vinyl toy network 2008

BIC Plastics unleashed an all-out onslaught of their toys at the recently concluded Vinyl Toy Network @ Pasadena Convention Center Dec 6-7th 2008 - along with a vinyl toy-superstar line-up consisting of Marka27, MAD, KaNO and David Flores with the launch of their respective toys - namely: KiLLA INSTINCT, SHAM Da Clown, BODEGA and SKETCHARTIS. On hand also were the duo behind Blokhedz and the GID

seen @ villains custom toy show 08 - no vacancy, melbourne (dec 12)

Here's a preview-peek of what went down and what customs were on display at last night's VILLAINS CUSTOM TOY SHOW 08 [BLOGGED] @ No Vacancy, Melbourne (organized by Villains Store)- featuring a selection of Munnys and a Teddy Troop, and an original sculpt by Claudio Mantuano that is totally PUCK-ish :)A full line-up will be uploaded in the next few days, til then - CLICK THRU for more peekies to

the imminent invasion of wwrp and wwrs figures from 3a toys

After establishing ground in the 1/6th-scale-genre with their premium range of figures (who tread an untapped zone between art toys, mecha and military-themes) and continuing to do so - Ashley Wood and 3A Toys are threading beyond the scale with the BAMBA LAD figurine [TAGGED], and now a planned invasion into hobby model-scale and action figure collectible territory is imminent - with the advent

soopa maria warhol-update

UPDATED: All 12 pcs sold out in under a minute once it was released online. Congrats, Erick & Tomenosuke-dudes!Courtesy of Tomenosuke - we now have a price and packaging images (in addition to my earlier post) of Erick Scarecrow's SOOPA MARIA WARHOL Tomenosuke Special!QUANTITY: 12 custom hand painted resin figures.STATS: 6.75 inches tall (figure).PRICE: ¥17,850 (US$200 / SGD$298)DROP-DATE: Sunday

coraline: the movie & behind-the-scenes featurettes

Oh dear ... do forgive me, for I have been remiss in providing a proper explanation / detailed description of What CORALINE Is (before I go any further with revealing the "Coraline Gift Box", innit? heh). I blame my quad-middle-age giddiness for this lapse, but I giddily-digress ... onward & forward! ~ but first, the movie trailer:CORALINE is an animated stop-motion fantasy film based on Neil

watchmen: comic con 2008 preview

Here's an embedded version of the WATCHMEN: Comic-Con 2008 Preview currently watchable on iTunes [CLICK]. 3+ minutes worth of footage previously shown the San Diego Comic Con 2008. Had to re-watch it without the music. Silk Spectre pulling down the tarp to reveal [Archie] actually gave me goosebumbs! LOL

christmas danke shoen plush bears by ayumi urayama

Ayumi Urayama's DANKE SCHOEN Plush Bears [blogged] gets into the yuletide spirit by being decked out in Santa-gear and ready to be cuddled or for gifting!Standing 18cm (x 12cm wide) - the current christmas teddy bear is smaller than it's previous 26cm tall large-bear (but bigger than the smaller one at 12cm :p). Check them out HERE - priced at 11,000YEN per bear (US$121 / SGD$180). Also check

zacpac exclusive beak falcons by touma

What YOU need to know about the ZacPac-exlusive BEAK FALCONS by TOUMA:RELEASE DATE: January 24th 2009WHERE: ZacPac TOYS&COLLECTIBLES [www] In-StoreREMARKS: TOUMA will be present for signing.SIGNING-SCHEDULE: From 1pm on (Shop opens 12 noon - tickets will be given out for signing session only 10-minutes prior to opening).SIGNING-DETAILS: HEREBEAK FALCONS QUANTITY: 120 pcs. (Recommended to reserve

holiday gid teddy troop by buff monster

Peeped this over at Clutter just (while trolling for UK Dunny pics *cough* :p) = A series of 25 hand-painted Holiday GID Teddy Troops by Buff Monster - in splendid tonal-green and powder-pink (cute snout in pink tho)."Each Trooper is signed a numbered and comes with a hand-silkscreened box and signed/numbered Giclee print. The Trooper will drop on Monday December 15th at 10am PST from

maritime and mythology & gifted group show @ cerasoli:lebasse gallery (dec 12)

Cerasoli:LeBasse gallery drops word of two shows opening on Friday - with Gallery I featuring Portland based artist Evan B. Harris with 'Maritime and Mythology', while Gallery II showcases the 'Gifted' group show. CLICK THRU for full exhibit-description and preview-details. And/or go direct to www.cerasoli-lebasse.com to peep the preview online now.Meanwhile, if you were not able to attend Yoskay

mccarty shoots koibito for hi-fructose

Brian McCarty shoots Yoskay Yamamoto's half-boy-half-fish KOIBITO [tagged] for the upcoming issue of Hi-Fructose Vol.10 and you can download the image for screenshot/wallpaper for free, as well as for your iPhone - courtesy of Brian. (And you should be grateful becoz Brian had hypothermia doing this shoot!)CLICK for download page, along with a Q&A & behind-the-scenes. Koibito official releases

subject 2221: the harbinger 1/6 zombie by sideshow collectibles

Currently one of the more prolific mass-makers of 1/6th-scaled Zombies - Sideshow Collectibles adds another flesh-eater to their THE DEAD stables of undead 1/6th-scaled figures [tagged on TRE] with Subject 2221: The Harbinger 12-inch Figure! The Exclusive-Edition comes with a Raven atop a rotting hand (yumz) and is now on pre-order HERE for a 1st quarter 2009-release @ US$74.99-per, limited to

1/6 cobra trooper by sideshow collectibles

G.I.JOE : 1 / COBRA : 2First came Snake-Eyes, then Cobra Commander took charge, and now poised to be the next G.I.Joe 1/6th-scale action figure to be released by Sideshow Collectibles is: COBRA TROOPER 12-inch Figure!"Cobra Commander was able to persuade many fighters to his cause of world domination with promises of wealth and power. You'll have a chance to start building your own legion of

an evening with bwana spoons @ the switcheroo workshop (dec 20)

Amanda Visell of Switcheroo says: "Hey there folks this is just a heads up for our bff Bwana Spoons night. We'll be releasing loads of fun stuff including the Rainbowasaurus! Bwana will be in town with trunks of magical things and we'll have a few suprises to brighten your holiday season. If you're excited but cant make it, email me to be put on a waiting list. We're so excited to have Bwana in

no conclusion: a phalanx studio mini exhibition @ goodforit, taiwan (dec 12 - 31)

TAIWAN-based PHALANX Studio will be having their first solo mini exhibition @ goodforit - with the opening on December 12th (@7pm / exhibits thru Dec 31st, 2008). Dubbed "NO CONCLUSION" - the show will see both artwork and a variety of custom toys - no doubt from Phalanx's vault of toy-creations thru their 4 years of existence. And you can see from the Prologue Video above, Mark Cheng's The

tins for tots by kid kustoms

Kid Kustoms is collaborating with PPG industries and Wheaty Wheat Studios to bring folks a completely new medium and international forum to display individual talents. They have invited the world’s best hot rod stripers, street artists, illustrators, air brushers, graphic designers, and cartoonists to compete in one of 3 categories to generate awareness and resources for this year’s charitable

villain store's custom toy show 08 @ no vacancy gallery, melbourne (dec 11-22)

Melbourne's Villain Store is putting on a customs-show this Friday December 11th with a sweet list of artists [WHO] putting their touch on a wide selection of platforms - from Munnys, to Teddy Troops, to Coin-Ups - to an original sculpt by low-brow-artist Claudio Mantuano. Along with the custom toys there will be artwork and prints by many of the artists. Perfect for any last minute Xmas-shopping

peekabomonster @ the lightsleepers pop up store (dec 11 - 30)

Lightsleepers and Pocket Full Of Monsters presents: PEEKABOO MONSTER [myspace] @ The Lightsleepers Pop Up Store (1311 Kapiolani Blvd. Honolulu Hawaii 96814 USA) - with an Opening Reception on December 11th (5-9pm) and exhibits thru Dec 30th, 2008. Peekaboo Monster will have special Hawaii only limited prints and t shirts as well as original art pieces for sale at this event. For more

seen @ uglycon nyc - giant robot gallery (dec 6 - jan 7)

UGLYCON NYC is happening right now @ Giant Robot Gallery, in the East Village, New York City [blogged] and will exhibit thru January 7th, 2008. A Costume Contest was a part of the festivities, with the winners already announced on David Horvath's blog. Meanwhile, do check out event pics via David's flickr and Geekanerdblog [pic via]."This year's art show offerings will include original paintings

20 classic hip hop album covers in lego

20 Classic Hip Hop Album Covers Recreatedin LEGO courtesy of FORMAT: CLICKETH :)"After 50 years as an industry leader, LEGO has become a staple in any kids toy box. In more recent times the mini-figs and legendary building blocks have been used to recreate famous landmarks, classic photographs and now: Formatmag.com recreates over 20 Classic (and some not-so-classic) Hip Hop Album Covers in LEGO.

seen@noop show berlin - 4010 mitte, berlin (dec 10-jan 12)

[L: False friends - Hong Kong / Berlin / R: Clouds over noop, "storm" and "rainbow"]Coarse Toys' NOOP SHOW BERLIN exhibition [blogged] opened December 10th @ 4010, Berlin and High Snobiety has oodles of preview snaps of the displays as well, including a few new ones as yet unseen @ Rotofugi's [tagged] - specifically new resin figures shown utop (both Lion-Dance-head & Bear-ball-head be looking

one just one: first ever art toys exhibition in east java surabaya (oct 22-29)

Courtesy of Marine of MyTummytoys - we have pictures of the first ever Art Toy exhibition in East Java Surabaya - dubbed: ONE JUST ONE (circa 22-29 October 2008) - as organized by Mytummytoys. Co - CCCL France Alliance and House Of Rotten Apple - to introduce art toys, plush and the concept of toy customization, in Indonesia, well as to provide more exposure for Jouwe (The Rhino Project / www /

su2cv (w/ fritz gunner kommandant) by will sweeney x threezero

Besides being the other half of 3A Toys (with Ashley Wood) - Kim of Three Zero is also currently working with many other artists and continues to produce highly collectible premium products under the Three Zero brand. One such collaboration is a new toy SU2CV - with Will Sweeney (creator of Hot Dog Man / Tales of The Green Fuzz) along with Will's Alakazam! Label.Measuring 13" long and 10" high (

treeson blindbox series update: ren's cart with mended hearts

Oh cool! Ren does have his back-pack and pull cart ~ filled with mended hearts, no less! [WHAT] - Andy Woo sneaks WIP-pics of Crazy Label's upcoming series of blind-boxed mini-figures for 2009 (1st quarter) - featuring character designs based on Bubi Au Yeung's book "Treeson & Other Stories" [blogged]. Click on images above to peep full-images (on Andy's flickr) and stay tuned for further

rooster in smartan's head

First Animation of Smartan by (his creator) HongKong illustrator Reni Wong, made in collaboration with Crazycult ... gives "Cock-headed" a new meaning, dunnit? ~ heh.(Cheers for the headsup, Patrick!)

preview for nocturnal by kathie olivas & brandt peters @ cardboard spaceship (dec 12)

CLICKETH for select previews of artwork and customed-toys for NOCTURNAL: Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peter's upcoming show on December 12th @ Cardboard Spaceship / The Krate (803 Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz Ca 95060). More show details and schedules HERE.p/s#1: Many of the art and toys have already been spoken for. Go bug cardboardspaceshiptoys [at] gmail.com to put you on their preview-list, or if you're

new triad toys license announced: john carter of mars & wanted: dead or alive

Triad Toys has just announced the acquisition of two new licenses - from the far reaches of space and sci-fi adventure, to classic bounty-hunter cowboy tales - with Edgar Rice Burroughs' JOHN CARTER OF MARS Mars Trilogy and WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE - classic late-50's/early-60's TV series which starred Steve McQueen. CLICK THRU for press-release :)JOHN CARTER OF MARS ACTION FIGURES COMING SOONTriad

soul calibur 4: 1/6 taki by triad toys on pre-order

Following their August-announcement of their agreement with NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Inc. to produce toys based on their Soul Calibur® IV video game - Triad Toys drops word of their SOUL CALIBUR 4: TAKI 12-inch figure currently up for pre-order HERE @ US$94.99 for an end-March 2009-release (March 27th).The Soul Calibur 4 Taki 12 Inch figure features:- New Triad Toys Otaku 1.2 body with over 25

i'm sorry if i smell: a jon burgerman mini exhibition @ fewmany, tokyo (dec 12)

Jon Burgerman is having a mini-exhibition in Japan @ FEWMANY, Shinjunku, Tokyo - from December 12th (8-10pm). Dubbed I'M SORRY IF I SMELL - click-forth for what doodled-goodies to expect: here and here (in Japanese / with prices).

terminator salvation update: trailer 2 online & designing terminators

Haven't been able to keep up-to-speed with all-things TERMINATOR: SALVATION aka T4 - so I reckon buddling them up in dedicated posts seemed the logical (and sensible) thing to do on TRE (*cough*). And so the earlier November online-hoo-haa about designer Martin Laing's conceptual illustrations for T4 (drawings shown here / more via io9.com) "finally" sees fruition in scenes from the current

watchmen video journal #9 / sdcc-footage on itunes

"Details", folks - tis all about the "Details" (especially for props and sets). And most times, details get lost thru the transition from inception, to the legion sat in darkened cinema halls, chopping down on their popcorn and sucking on their sodas, oblivious to the effort put in by the Art Department (where I formerly plied my "trade"). But details are not missed out on by fanboys and fangirls

of kidrobot16: kidpunks and supermini keychains v.4

Kidrobot-double-toy-trouble in the coming new year with the release of their mascot as a 8-incher KIDROBOT16: KIDPUNK and the 1.5-inchers SUPERMINI KEYCHAINS V.4."We’re paying homage to our icon’s punk rock roots with 3 rad versions of Kidrobot 16: Kidpunk. We take your through the history of punk starting with the ‘77 Edition and continue on with the ‘80 Edition and ’84 Edition. Ears pierced and

mr. frostie beats by interspectacular x kidrobot

"NYC-based multimedia artists, INTERspectacular, collected rain from the funky clouds over the 5 boroughs intent on making ice, but one little cube knew he could do more than keep drinks cool. After acquainting himself with the tough city streets and picking up some scratch, MC Icebox found his true calling—rocking the block with his hip-hop crew FROSTIE BEATS. This 7-inch B-boy keeps thing cool

ye olde english uk dunny series by kidrobot

Come 2009 - January 22nd will see the launch of the long-awaited (and hush-hush speculated) YE OLDE ENGLISH UK DUNNY SERIES by Kidrobot! Featuring 17 blind boxed, 3-inch figures by the top lads and ladies (as well as sum frens of TRE) - including folks like Clutter / Doktor A / Frames / HiCalorie x Julie West / ilovedust / Jon Burgerman / Keanan Duffty / McFaul / Mimic / Peskimo / Shok 1 / Tado

claudius waiting

"Claudius has muscles that most can only dream of. He cares about all living things and has the biggest heart of anyone we know. He will never disappoint." [via]Claudius stands 5.56 inches high and is handcrafted from wood. Claudius has a wee duckie on his head and a dumb-bell - no doubt for use in maintaining his toned wooden physique (what music he listens to, that I'd liketa know! LOL).

about that soopa maria warhol japan-only tomenosuke exclusive by erick scarecrow

After the (awesome) reveal of ESC Toy's SOOPA MARIA SATO resin figure, creator Erick Scarecrow drops an even-more destructive toy-news-bomb before the End of 2008 (and before he goes for a "lonnnnggggggggggg break" - you deserve it for the hard work you've done, bro!) - with the introduction of SOOPA MARIA WARHOL!Limited to only 12 pcs - the pink-colorway edition Soopa Maria Warhol is a

tell me how to get ~ how to get to real street: real street by realxhead x kaiju-taro

This is what we (in local Singaporean-parlance) call "Champion". RealxHead does Sesame Street - and kaiju-mutants are unleashed upon the most famoustest street of kiddy-streets with the REAL STREET Set! The Count, Big Bird, Oscar The Grouch, Elmo and Cookie Monster has been re-imagined with Evil, Bigaro, Mutant head, Ogan Bat and Mutant Chaos! Available from Kaiju-Taro as a Kai-Zine (Issue 009)

pink hotchachacha with giclee print by gary baseman (dec 12)

50 hand-signed PINK HOTCHACHACHAs drops December 12th (10am Pacific/Los Angeles local time) and along with it comes an accompanying giclee print (shown) that will be available for sale only at www.garybaseman.com. Price for pink-plastic-n-print-hawtness: US$160** (Limit to one per customer)."This little devil is 6 1/2 inches tall, made of gorgeous pink vinyl, and comes housed in an amazing pink

koibito release party @ munky king (dec 11)

Munky King is proud to present the official release of KOIBITO by Yoskay Yamamoto @ the KOIBITO RELEASE PARTY, December 11th (7-11pm) @ Munky King Melrose. Yoskay will be signing, and bringing along special custom pieces as well. To show his appreciation, Yoskay has added a special surprise for a small number of customers first in line for the Koibito (so don't be a toy-diva and come late LOL).

celsius colored

A quick update since the figure was last seen in Test-Injection-form, with Jonathan from Kuso Designer Toys kindly sharing with us a sweet image of a hand-painted CELSIUS figure from the factory (for review-purposes) which is currently in the coloring stage. Standing 7 inch tall with an 8 inch wingspan - Celsius looks pretty rad in this armor-tone, IMHO. Hopefully in a few days we will get to see

i am kittylitter

< Where TOYSREVIL is, in the food-chain board-posts-ranking of 3A Toys-forum ...*heh*

venison mimobot by gary baseman

VENISON by Gary Baseman is the second Mimobot designer USB flash drive (after MODman) to be made available for the coming holiday and gift-giving season (*hint-hint*) with prices starting from US$24.95 for 1GB to US$79.99 for 8GB.[SHOP]p/s: The "decapitation" of the graphic is a tad disconcerting, but nevertheless Baseman-cool - LOL :p

holding hand squad and a website revamp by tessetoys

Tessetoys has revamped their website @ www.tesselate.me.uk/tessetoys - and with it comes the listing of their new HOLDING HAND SQUAD Series 1 available in 10 colors (for the first batch) and priced @ £9.99-per resin-figurine. [SHOP]FYI: All figures are handmade with the packaging designed and printed in-house by Sam Millen aka Tesselate. Sam also mentions that if you would like to order a

more pecanpals pre-order updates from noferin

Pecan is happily holding the large print he received for purchasing a whole set. Pandacake is equally happy holding the print she received for pre-ordering at least one Pecanpal ... Which means that if you purchase a whole set, you will receive two prints. The larger print is a signed and numbered limited edition. The smaller print is an open edition. (FYI: a US$75 value for free!) - and

vinyltoynetwork 2008 (dec 6-7, 2008)

Two days and it was all over. Wham-Bam-Thank-Yew-Fan. Was it as good for you, as it was for me? But hey, I partaketh of the recent weekend's Vinyl Toy Network via online means (and "ways") - which I'm sure would be different than pounding the Pasadena Convention Center-floors in-person, innit? Yep, tis my loss. One day thy feets will touch the VTN-carpets, one day... Meanwhile, check out the

Coraline Gift Box Reveal (Part 1 / Teaser)

Here's a quick teaser-peek into the hand-made "Gift Box" I'd receive from the animation team behind CORALINE The Movie [tagged] directed by Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas / James & The Giant Peach) based on a fairytale by Neil Gaiman.Numbered 23 out of 50 existing boxes worldwide - this perhaps may be personally one of the more treasured and honored "gift" I've received thus far in 2008

vladimir ice wave 2 first set sold out / standby for second set

Confusing post-title? Not if you'v been keeping tabs on Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins' VLADIMIR resin figure, yeh? heh.And so the first set of the second wave of VLADIMIR ICE sold out in three and a half hours (congrats Jared + Eric!) - but fear not resin-believers, for there be a second set of 6 more (of the 10 total) to be unleashed! We'll find out the "When" soon enough, methinks!Would this

simon by hello, brute (dec 9 online-drop)

December 9th (@ 3pm west coast time / 6pm eastern) will see the last online release of Jon Knox aka Hello, Brute's toy for 2008 - featuring SIMON (on Jon's righty, while lfty shows a yummy variant of Jeffrey :p)Simon stands 6.5 inches tall, and is hand-cast in polyurethane resin and hand-painted. Simon comes signed and numbered, and bagged with header card @ US$75 per. This is the 1st variant of

flocked yellow and monotone black da fighters by tim tsui

Peep FLOCKED DA FIGHTER - Lupus.Hope by Tim Tsui. The REGULAR Color Edition comes with yellow flocked with transparent orange material claw and mace, and totally rawkin' with tribal pattern tattoo and armor. The MONOTONE Flocked is the SECRET version which comes at a ratio of 1:5 for a total of 400 pcs produced. You folks have no idea how bad I want this duo of figures, like, d00ds!Flocked Da

bow down to thee peasant! thy emperor of the golden throne commands!

seen at Vinyl Toy Network [tagged] the weekend just was Frank Kozik's hand-painted EMPEROR OF THE GOLDEN THRONE El Pandas from Muttpop. Of the 65-pcs that were made, 10 were brought to VTN and was apparently sold out lickety-split. As for the rest of the 55-pcs? Muttpop mentions that they will be made available through retailers "sometime in January" - as for the "Who?" and "How Much?" - I'll

seen@vtn: neon wack by brian castleforte x pretty in plastic

Brian Castleforte's "Super-Secret Colorway" WACK & BLITE was revealed @ Vinyl Toy Network [tagged] to be these Neon Colored resin-critters - as sculpted and painted by Julie B of Pretty In Plastic (shown below - pretty pretty-in-person). Limited to only 6 pcs and exclusive to VTN - each Wack stands about 11 inches tall (with the arms up) and comes on it's own base, in a special, handmade package

pocket pork series 2.5: for the love of pork

Some say love is fickle, and it's no different for Porks. The blue Unrequited Pork is sad because the lovely yet mysterious Lovely Pork has the hots for the over-joyed Smitten Pork. Question is: Which Pork will you get?While Lovely Pork will be released later, there is still a 70-30 chance of getting either Unrequited or Smitten Pork in this special holiday release. Better still, you get bonus

vinyl frontier spotlight vol 12: tara mcpherson

The Vinyl Frontier Spotlight Vol.12 takes a look at Tara Mcpherson, 'most famous for her rock poster work, fine art & sculpture work , and several production vinyl toys'. In the episode, Tara talks about her art and some recurring themes, working on production pieces, and moving to larger formats like sculptures.The Vinyl Frontier [www] is a documentary film by Daniel Zana, and is slated for a

capped droplets

These Knit-hats on Droplets are too adorable not to post!£5 @ Jam Factory's online store will get a 2.5 inches tall Droplet (made by Crazy Label) in a hand-signed blind-box as well as 3 lots of stickers and 3 lots of badges. No idea how much for the knit-caps tho. Check out Innocent Soothie for some knit-action - and check out more Droplet-pics in the Droplets Flickr-group :)... If 2008 be the

rotund longtail custom (runcible edition b companion) by cris rose

In the single hour I took to format this blog-post (with frantic twitterin' with it's creator) - Cris Rose's ROTUND LONGTAIL CUSTOM - RUNCIBLE EDITION B COMPANION had sold out before this post got published! Granted, it was an edition of 1/1, and it was the very first Rotund custom (even before the regular release), and yeah, it looked pretty darn nifty in hawt-pink, and even moreso awesome with

post-it show 3 @ gr2 (dec 13 - jan 14)

"On everyone's desk around the world is a small stack of sticky notes. Most of us use them to remind us of something, while another group of individuals use them as surfaces for their art." - Giant Robot magazine and stores is proud to present POST-IT SHOW 3 @ GR2 in Los Angeles - from December 13th thru to January 14th 2009. (Post-Its + Art = Brill, IMHO)Curated by artists Mark Todd and

about da yellow tattooed fighter from tim tsui

Seems the "secret" ain't a secret no more ... Stay tuned to TRE for more of Tim Tsui's brand new DA FIGHTER (lupus.hope) figures - in "Secret" Yellow Flocked and Black Flocked Versions :)

bunnyfish & kozyndan @ giant robot 2 (dec 11)

The crochet-bunny with the wildest globe-traveling adventures aka BUNNYFISH [WHO] will be making it's way down to GR2 (GIANT ROBOT 2 IN LA / www) on December 11th (6-8pm) - along with it's creators Kozyndan - where you'll get a chance to get yours personalized (as for the "how", I leave it up to you folks :p).Meanwhile, Bunnyfish is available online @ US$17 for five inches of crochetry-bunniness

pecanpals pre-order updates from noferin

PREVIOUSLY BLOGGED-ABOUT PECANPALS-FACTS:- Pecanpals will be available for pre-order from Noferin's website on the 10th of December, Australian Eastern Standard Time (Melbourne) at 8am. (**Double-check world-clock for YOUR timezone here**)- Priced at US$45 each - Pecanpals are handcrafted from wood and is limited to 200 per character worldwide. Standing between 4.5 - 6.5 inches in height -

jubi bu x hi exibition @ shihlin citizen hall, taipei (dec 20 - jan 4)

Jamie (LuciferJ) shares with us a headsup of the JUBI BU X HI - Exhibition @Shihlin Citizen Hall, Taipei - starting December 20th thru to January 4th 2009. [CLICK THRU for more artwork]A total of 29 artists from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore were invited to participate in this exhibition - with the main theme for all artworks being the birth of “BUSHI GAKKI” = a character

nocturnal by kathie olivas & brandt peters @ cardboard spaceship (dec 12)

Cardboard Spaceship presents NOCTURNAL - featuring new works from Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters - with a opening reception scheduled for December 12th @ Cardboard Spaceship / The Krate (803 Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz Ca 95060). Kathie & Brandt will be present for signing with proceeds benefitting "Toys For Tots". And these are the signing rules:(1) $20 for a doodled scavenger blank (proceeds to

about that tokidoki x-mas tree at royal-t

I seriously can't remember when was the last time we had a Christmas-tree in the Heng Household (4/5 of us are Buddhists ... and nope, no wrapped prezzies under the tree for ages too *le-sobz* :p) ... but what I do remember (mostly from past office celebrations) was that while it may have been fun(ish) setting up the tree, it too was a hassle to take it down, dissembling and re-boxing them! (heh)

wunderland war december specials & box of wwar

Wunderland War has a coupla new figures out - namely URINE TROUBLE (a yellow variation / colorway of 8 Hands For Every Bad Habit I Have aka Octopus with a headwrap :p) and LOOK DEEP INTO MY EYES - CULT LEADER:Urine Trouble (3rd version) measures almost 7 inches tall (17 cm) and 5 inches wide (12 cm) at the base. Limited to 192 pcs @ US$15.00-per. "Look Deep Into My Eyes" Cult Leader is limited

touma's knuckle mask on order

Readers of TRE might remember the "STCC Convention-Bout" I had with TOUMA I posted a whiles' back? ... No? Fine (*sulks*). More probably folks WILL remember Touma's appearances at conventions and fairs when he dons his Knuckle Mask for signing sessions? Now YOU can get that mask for yourselves! (What you do with it, is your prerogative tho ... but send pictures pls LOL)Priced at 25,000YEN (US

the saddest place on earth by mimipong @ booksactually, singapore (dec 12)

Local design collective Mimipong will showcase their Hug Your Sorrow plush toys in a month-long exhibition: titled The Saddest Place on Earth - with an opening / launch party on December 12th (8pm) @ BooksActually, 5 Ang Siang Road, Singapore (exhibits thru Jan 12th 2009).The Saddest Place on Earth is a collaborative effort between Mimipong’s successful line of tear dolls together with

the bird who was afraid of heights

Oh Noez! I'm basically 3 hours too late to blog about the book launch of "The Bird Who Was Afraid of Heights" - written by Farah Bagharib-Kaltz, with illustrations by Eeshaun and published by Straits Times Press (Children) - happening which happened @ BooksActually, Singapore (from 2:30pm - 4pm). But fear not, for the 30-page book should be available at all major Singapore bookstores by now

phu! 2009-project update: v.2 p-77 black prototype

Peep the BLACK-colorway prototype of PHU!'s upcoming toy for 2009: The 8 inch tall v.2 P-77!/// CLICK to peep the coverage of P-77's developments on TRE and *Stay Tuned to TRE for further updates*

world war robot 2009 wall calendar by ashley wood (bambabooks)

Ashley Wood's Bambabooks goes Cafepress - with the first offering before the endof 2008 being an Oversized Wall Calendar for 2009! Available here for US$20.I remember in another lifetime a long time ago, when I'd collect calendars, especially larger-sized ones - both for work and personal use. Large ones could be used as "paintings" or wall-hanging-props in my film shoots, as well as dioramic

soopa bros gold coin prize figure revealed: introducing soopa maria sato

The mystery of the Soopa Bros Gold Coin PRIZE FIGURE is revealed!Folks who've purchased a ESC Toy Soopa Coin-Up Bros. [tagged] and were lucky enough to get a Soopa Gold Coin (FYI: 100 Coins were randomly packed in the first Soopa vinyl production run) - you may hold one of the serial numbers that were selected for a drawing that will enable you to purchase the SOOPA MARIA SATO limited edition

iti-pinhead update: test-injection form

I suspect comparisons with Crazy Label's (Original) TREESON may perhaps surface, but only becoz there be white body spikes, innit? What you're seeing here is the blank test injection form by Kuso Designer Toys LLC for Itokin Park's ITI-PINHEAD [tagged] - and is NOT the final colorway [THIS is] - so chill & enjoy the Iti!Current Product Info: Iti-Pinhead stands 5 inches tall and has a tentative

ganmetall celsius update: test-injection form

From Wax to Test Injection-form = Rotobox's Ganmetall CELSIUS is looking mightily splendid here - even in plain-white, IMHO! By no means is this the final version (but folks, tis cool enough for me LOL) with a few more adjustments to be done by fledgling toy-producers Kuso Designer Toys LLC - and this winged cyborg-assassin be ready to be unleashed upon the toy-world! Meanwhile - CLICK for

the art of syunya yamashita by kotobukiya @ anime festival asia 2008

Fans of Japanese artist Syunya Yamashita were also treated to a selection of ARTFX / Fine Art Bust Statues from Kotobukiya @ the recently concluded Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] @ Suntec City Halls 403-404 (circa Nov 22-23, 2008). With an average height of 19cm / 7 1/3″ - these cold-cast femmes tantalized and teased from beyond their display base and thru the glass cabinet-panels LOL ///

kotobukiya @ anime festival asia 2008

Clearest shot I could get of the display was via the back, as folks crowded the front of display to snap to their own fill! And the only time it was clear? I snapped a wider-shot instead, before the crowds gathered again in front ... *forehead-palmslap* LOLKotobukiya's display at the Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] @ Suntec City Halls 403-404 (2 weekends ago / circa Nov 22-23) saw a spread of

vinyl toy network day one: "live" via toybreak & spankystokes.com

Breast painting, making zombies and day-old muffins = just some of the conversational topics bandied around when I'd thought to pop by Toybreak's online live coverage of Vinyl Toy Network - Day One, December 6th 2008 (Noon-ish, Pasadena-time) as the last stop of my online journey for the day (it was around 3am Sunday morning / Singapore time) - when things started to get "lively" ... /// CLICK

pinkghost 2nd anniversary party / bad habits & guilty pleasures art show (dec 13)

Pinkghost celebrates their 2nd Anniversary this December 13th 2008 with a Party and a group art show. Party-wise: there be raffles, pinata with surprises, live bands, music, apple, blueberry and pecan pies [DETAILS]. The group art show: BAD HABITS & GUILTY PLEASURES features artists: Bryan Collins, Brian Gray Brian Gray, pooka.machine and Taylor Meers.Hosted By: PINKGHOSTWhen: Saturday,

argonaut resins x robbie busch's el diablo colorways revealed

Peep the first two colorways for the Argonaut Resins' EL DIABLO toy! [tagged] Designed by Robbie Busch aka McBoing Boing - each of these color ways will be uber limited (stay tuned for further product details). Standing 6 inches tall - El Diablo comes with a variety of swappable colored skulls. And if you're currently in Chicago, do drop by Rotofugi - whose hosting Busch's solo show: "El

radioactive green edition muraida by erick scarecrow x esc-toy

The Midnight Snack black edition of MURAIDA was released last Black Friday, and now tis time for the RADIOACTIVE GREEN EDITION MURAIDA to stomp (or slush) the Earth!Designed by Erick Scarecrow for the ESC-Toy OSK series (and licensed by Neon Martian) - A nemesis of Dizign (aka OSK #1); Muraida stands 10 inch tall with 6 points of articulation, in a combo of solid and clear vinyl. Limited to 200 

noop show berlin by coarsetoys @ 4010, germany (dec 10 - jan 12)

From Hong Kong, to the United States [WHAT], and now to Berlin. Coarsetoys' NOOP SHOW BERLIN opens December 10th in Berlin / Germany - hosted by 4010 gallery space. Featuring Coarsetoys' latest works, the exhibition will run until January 12, 2009.WHAT: Noop Show BerlinDATE: December 10, 2008 - January 12, 2009TIME: Opening @ 6pm (by Invitation only) / Official Opening 8pmWHERE 4010Alte

the switcheroo workshop open house & vtn after party (dec 6)

Amanada Visell says: "Hey boys and girls! So this Saturday is the Vinyl Toy Network in Pasadena. Saturday night we're hosting the after party and having an open house in our workshop in Pasadena. Should be fun and we'll be releasing some new stuff you can see in this email and some you cant. Here's a taste..." ... and what a taste it was - CLICK THRU for full-sampler :)EVIL POOPICORNS in an

toybreak episode 57 / toybreak live coverage @ vinyl toy network (dec 6-7)

Toybreak Episode #57 takes a look at Monster Burp from Peskimo x Crazy Label, The Magic Number by Pete Fowler and kaijus from Brian Flynn.Meanwhile, the Toy Break-crew (aka George, Ayleen and Matt) will be covering and streaming live from the Winter Vinyl Toy Network on Saturday & Sunday / December 6th & 7th from about 10 am to 4 pm PST @ www.toybreak.com/live/ (Just click on the arrow to watch).

vinyl toy network @ pasadena convention center (dec 6-7)

CLICKETH for coverage on TRE of what toys & exclusives to be expected at this weekend's Vinyl Toy Network @ Pasadena Convention Center. [CLICK THRU for summarized listing] - I'm sure there are plenty of other goodies and activities I'm missing out on. If you're a vendor or artist - do feel free to leave a comment in this post to give folks a headsup on what you have and think might interest

empty's chain gang by re:mind for squish factor @ gnosis store & gallery (dec 5)

The maker of Sleepwalkers plush from Eyeformation aka Matt (Re:Mind) has just dropped word of a new plush series he's working on - dubbed The EMPTY's - with the first 3 characters; CHAIN GANG - set for a debut at the upcoming plush show at Gnosis Store & Gallery [www] called Squish Factor - opening Dec 5th (6-10pm).Matt mentions: "This set is the 1st of many characters to be made in the EMPTY's

they walk among us-exclusive runcible edition b by cris rose

UPDATED: Runcible Edition B is teh Sold Out!The earlier teased RUNCIBLE EDITION B by Cris Rose have been completed and are now available exclusively @ They Walk Among Us! Standing 7 inches tall, hand-made in resin and hand-painted by Cris himself - the uber-limited edition of 10 pieces has a SRP of £39.99 per.Cris mentions on his flickr: "These took me twice as long as i imagined they would, so

gorilla biscuits black prototype edition by super7 @ vinyl toy network (dec 6-7)

Super7 presents an EXTREMELY limited Gorilla Biscuits BLACK prototype - destined for Vinyl Toy Network this weekend (Dec 6-7). *Sold Both Days or until sold out*Neither quantities nor price has been determined.For reference: the earlier released (and sold out) 5-inch tall soft vinyl First Press Colored Version [WHAT] had a SRP of US$55-per. Happy Gorilla-Hunting, Folks!

1/6 anime masterpiece golgo 13 by hot toys

"Golgo 13 (ゴルゴ13, Gorugo Sātīn) is a manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine since 1969. The series follows Duke Togo, a professional assassin for hire. Duke's alias ("Golgo 13") is short for Golgotha, the place of Jesus Christ's crucifixion.The manga is one of the longest running adult manga in Japan and has sold over 200 million copies

edward cullen twilight action figure from neca

Now, I heart me a decent vampire-flick - from the outlandish to the subdued (hell, I even enjoyed the soap-series from years back; The Kindred - yes, I have the DVD box-set LOL) - with The Lost Boys firmly etched in my impressionable mind, in what seems a lifetime ago ("People Are Strange" echoing in my mindscape) ... altho I'd not been so much into the new tween vamp-flick TWILIGHT (www / wiki /

k-20 legend of the mask: the movie and the toys

The modern world has changed indeed, especially when now I discover a new film via it's toy-release (Ain't it glorious? LOL). I've not had a chance to dig up the story on this K-20 LEGEND OF THE MASK 1/6th-scaled RAH figure from Medicom Toy, when Sideshow Collectibles solicited the figure [www] last week-ish, complete with back-story of the figure.K-20 (the RAH toy / above) has an estimated 1st

watchmen movie toys update: variant editions of the comedian, dr manhattan and rorschach

The WATCHMEN MOVIE Action Figure series [tagged] continues with a trio of "Variant" releases - featuring a TRANSLUCENT-DR.MANHATTAN, an UNMASKED RORSCHACH and a FLASHBACK Version of THE COMEDIAN - without the facial scar! (Pre-Vietnam War glory days).All three figures stand between 6.25" to 7" tall and are limited to 5,000 pcs each design (remember their quantity limitations are vastly different

skullskin release party & ajee solo show @ arty dandy paris (nov 15)

French-artist AJEE recently held her solo art show and SKULLSKIN worldwide release / launch party recently @ Arty Dandy Paris (circa Nov 15). CLICK THRU for event pics, as well as a closer look at custom SkullSkins from Jon Knox, Doze, Yomek!, MIST and Steph C.O.P. - courtesy of Extended Playz. And do feel free to get yourself a SkullSkin figure @ BonusToyz - available now in 3 colorways: Green,

stuff this! plush show @ rivet gallery (dec 6-31)

Rivet presents their second annual plush group show dubbed: STUFF THIS! With an opening reception starting December 6th (7-10pm / exhibits thru Dec 31st) - this exhibit will feature over 30 artists from around the world, including: Alisa Ross / Amanda Drake / Amanda Spayd / Anna Chambers / Chet and Dot / Christy Kane / Cuddly Rigor Mortis / Curioddities / Curster / Cutesypoo / Daniel Elson /

michael lau's crazy air force 1 @ michael gallery, hong kong

First there were multiple colorways [WHAT] - and now there's an All-Black edition too? (Above pics via Tomm's blog). Supertouch reports that the ultra-limited edition of 10 (**I'm calling them "Crazy Lau" figs for now, until someone can tell me the official name, yeh?**) are for family & friends of ML. CLICK THRU for pics of a converted Michael Gallery into a padded loony-house for his "Crazy

pre-order noferin's pecanpals on december 10th 2008

[Higher-res version on Noferin's flickr]Folks awaiting Noferin's PECANPALS wooden figurines [blogged] are to take note of this update: Pecanpals will be made available for pre-order on the 10th of December, 2008 at 8am AEST! (Based on Melbourne, Victoria time & date / double-check world-clock here).Limited to 200-pcs per character, Pecanpals possess articulation, and are handcrafted and made

christmas z.o.m.b.i.e.s by october toys @ vinyl toy network (dec 6-7)

Breaking October Toys news!Zombie-lurvers to watch out for Christmas Z.O.M.B.I.E.s lurching about this weekend @ Vinyl Toy Network (Dec 6-7 / or at least at October Toys' booth) - where 20 sets of 10 x RED and GREEN Z.O.M.B.I.E.s will be made available for US$10 per set.Z.O.M.B.I.E.s [tagged] are on average 2 inches tall and Series 1 came in 5 characters with 4 colorways: Toxic Green, GID, White

dke toys @ vinyl toy network (dec 6-7)

DKE Toys offers up a couple of exclusive toys at this coming weekend's Vinyl Toy Network (Dec 6-7 / Pasadena Center) with previously blogged about STONE HERMIT by Erick Scarecrow, and Dave Bondi's PINK AKASHI!Erick's hand-painted and customized 8-inch tall Stone Hermit Dunny [blogged] comes signed, numbered and housed in a custom-made box for US$120 per - limited to only 12 pieces (*gasp*) - for

vladimir ice edition drops december 5th

Now would you put these babies in your mouth if they be (Vodkha) Jello-shots? (Party-ON Christmas! heh). As delish as they look, they're NOT jello-shots but nigh-cool ICE Editions of Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins' VLADIMIR (2nd Wave) - but I'm sure you know that already ... This post serves as a reminder that these 6 colors shown (from a planned 10 piece edition) will be made available on Noon -

skate bat by kill your idol toys @ art basel miami

Supertouch was down at Art Basel and they scored a toy-scooper with the release of SKATE BAT by Kill Your Idols Toys [www] and manufactured by Gentle Giant - with the design based on (and in honor of) skatepunk artist Richard Sanchez's vintage B&W illustration - also released in tandem with a new art book titled: "Punk Is Dead, Punk Is Everything" (published by Gingko Press / what).Supertouch

hypethetic x geeksigners tiger-translate onitsuka-tiger sneakers

Sneaker-customizers HYPETHETIC had collaborated with Geeksigners aka ANTZ and Mr.B for a series of one-of-a-kind Special Edition Tiger Translate-Onitsuka Tiger sneakers: with 2 up for online auction and 2 to be given away via media contest. FYI: The shoes are currently on display @ Star360 (Wheelock Place #02-08, Singapore)CLICK THRU to peep the sneakers in detail and go bid on them online here

meggs for rebel boutique club, singapore

Melbourne-artist MEGGS (he of He-Man busts) dropped by Singapore recently for a gig to do up the walls of new club Rebel Boutique Club @ Clarke Quay with his signature street-art-stylings - and ANTZ has pics galore on his blog (WIP and Party-pics). As for the complete pics of artwork, I guess you'd haveta be in the club itself to have a full gander, innit? heh.Shown below is a collabo-bombing

sket one's 16" gid ripple

DKE Toys will be distributing Sket One's long awaited 16-incher RIPPLE in GID (Glow-in-the-Dark) - upsized from the regular 8-incher editions. A Kaching Brands and Sket One collaboration - the figure production for Ripple GID is limited to 90 pcs with a SRP of US$150-per.

phu! 2009-project update: p77 revealed

Can there be any further doubt about what PHU!'s upcoming project for 2009 is? [MORE] Posed next to the first-released 6-incher P77 [tagged] resin-mecha, is the upcoming 8 incher "upsized"-version [tagged].The openable hatch-doors of the cockpit is quite the surprise - seeing that this be a resin-figure and becoz the ignorant me has yet to see much moving parts on resin figures thus far - at

apexplorer - ice by winson creation (3rd anniversary commemorative 1/6 figure)

To celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of Winson Classic Creation - Winson Ma will make available (for pre-order) a very limited edition 20 hand-made APEXPLORERS - ICE 12" action figure sets! (Each set comes with handmade snow base):ICE is one of the humanoid characters in the Apexplorer-series [tagged] - and she's just returned from her trip to the North Pole in November! (as seen from the video below

the making of apestitch by winson ma (for stitch 626 project)

Cool slideshow courtesy of Winson Ma of Winson Creation - featuring the MAKING OF APESTITCH - completed for the Stitch Experiment 626 Project [tagged] - currently on display @ Delay No Mall, Hong Kong (MINDstyle's lifestyle / show space). CLICK THRU for some event launch images and more WIP-pics :)[all images via Winson Creation]

t x t project rangeas clear pink edition @ vinyl toy network (dec 6-7)

I'm sure by now this image of Tim Biskup x T9G's RANGEAS in Clear Pink has travelled the cyberhighways [via] - so perhaps this will serve as a reminder (than "revelation") of what is to come for this coming weekend's Vinyl Toy Network @ Pasadena Center (Dec 6-7) - whereby 25-pcs will be made available (from an edition of 50 / the other 1/2 were made available @ the Bishop Xmas Party :p).Meanwhile

seen: touma @ mixi-bang!

The first thing that popped into my mind was: TOUMA HAS A NEW MASK! And tis a GOON! ... and yes, there be plenty of toys too at Touma's exhibition @ mixi-bang! [tagged] and "VinylMadness"-Matt has oddles of event pics on his flickr-album [all pics via] - which showcased the new Beak Falcon (GID Bone Edtn), Knuckle Bears, Destadons, Skuttles and an army of Mao Cats and Kazu Mouse (or should it be

give less fruitcake, buy more art group show & toy2r pop-up store @ t&p fine art (dec 5)

After the first pop-up @ DBA Brooklyn [seen] - TOY2R announces the second POP UP STORE – this time in Philly in conjunction with the group exhibit: GIVE LESS FRUITCAKE, BUY MORE ART! - opening @ T&P Fine Art [www/myspace] on December 5th at 7pm. While the exhibit carries on – T & P will also feature TOY2R products by Frank Kozik and others. Figures will be on sale and display from December 5th

toy2r @ vinyl toy network (dec 6-7)

When TOY2R decides to attend a toy-show, they sure don't hold back on the toy-goodies, do they? And for the coming weekend's Vinyl Toy Network @ Pasadena, USA (Dec 6-7) - there be a slew of toys for Toy2R-fans - including the previously blogged about VTN-exclusive MONO EDITION SMASH by Joe Ledbetter (150 pcs @ US$150 per). Advance-releases include Kennyworks' MOLLY QEE - ICE & MUSIC VARIANT (15

about that thirty-six inches tall sharky from toyqube (test-shot)

Peep the sculpting test shot for a giant fiberglass SHARKY "fresh out of the waters" (sorry, but I had to try a pun) and coming from ToyQube in 2009 - courtesy of designer Keith Poon. Now, I seriously doubt if you'd wanna be bringing thsi to the pool to play "JAWS", innit? LOLStanding at a whopping 36 inches tall (shown here in comparison to the "original" 8 incher tall Grey Sharky! ) - there is

monstrehero invades kaiju monster invasion @ harold golen gallery (dec 3-6)

MonstreHero invades the Kaiju Monster Invasion show at the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami Florida (Opened December 3rd thru to Dec 6th) with a slew of figures (new and classic), artwork and lithographs. Shown here are the legion of hand-made resin figures to expect - including Victim#1s, Axefaces (lurv them figs), Skullmasters and Montre P.A.N.T.sCheck out more pics on MonstreHero's flickr-album [

gorilla biscuits by super 7 (sold out)

The link to Super7's GORILLA BISCUITS figure [TESTSHOT] doesn't seem to be working, which suggests to me that the figure, which was made available online from December 2nd @ Super7Store (5pm Pacific) - is sold out?Nevertheless, this blog-post now serves an "archival purpose" - with pics and info of the 5 inches of soft vinyl (First Press Color Version) based on the mascot of punkrock band Gorilla

uglycon nyc @ giant robot gallery (dec 6 - jan 7)

UGLYCON NYC hits New York this weekend (Dec 6, 2008 - Jan 7, 2009) @ Giant Robot Gallery [www] - where limited production Uglydolls, OOAK-Kaiju and "a few "approval proofs" of rare versions long gone" - will be on display and made available. (FYI: Raffle tickets for chance to purchase hand made items and art at 12 noon, numbers called at 3PM). There's also a Costume Contest where the grand prize

united nations of cupco @ damien minton gallery (dec 10-20)

Cupco's THE UNITED NATIONS OF CUPCO [www] group plush-show features customs from 70 international artists [tagged] - "Working with the basic CUPCO doll template each artist offers their own solution to world peace and the advancement of humankind" Luke Temby (aka CUPCO) then hand-sewn said template into plush-form when the artwork was returned to him. The result can currently been seen online @

tomorrow kings sets sold out & abomb bot teased

If you were one of the folks who pre-ordered the TOMORROW KING [tagged] from Bambalandstore.com before the 75 sets were sold out within 9 minutes of it's online release today - then tis a pity you may miss out on owning the first 1/6th-scaled figure from Ashley Wood's POPBOT world (box below-left), and perhaps the opportunity to be in the running for the 10#s of Blanc De Plume fgures - available

gary baseman @ art basel miami (dec 4-7)

Gary Baseman's artworks will be exhibiting at two shows in Miami this week @ Art Basel Miami (Dec 4-7). Three of Baseman’s most recent works found their way from Barcelona to Miami and are being featured at Iguapop’s booth #102 @ the SCOPE Art Fair [www]. There's even a contest to win a pair of VIP tickets (CLICK THRU to read).In addition, two of Baseman's paintings from his show "I Melt In Your

friendswithyou's funhouse @ art basel miami (dec 4-7)

STRANGECo will be sponsoring a FriendsWithYou-event at the SCOPE Art Fair during Art Basel Miami (Dec 4-7) with the FUNHOUSE!"FWY (aka Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III) have been commissioned to design a special lounge space for the SCOPE Art Fair [www] at Art Basel Miami! Titled Fun House, the commission is an interactive exhibition for all ages, with a giant anthropomorphic bounce house

electric monkeymen @ art basel miami beach (dec 4-7)

[Higher-res version via my Multiply]18 inches of Bronze in a trio of colors - (Empire) Black, Blue and Red - is the 35 lbs ELECTRIC MONKEYMAN; designed by MARS-1 and sculpted by Brin Berliner who spent 3 months bringing them to inanimate life and ready to be seen at the coming Art Basel Miami Beach (Dec 4-7 / www).After working on Stalin and Ludwig Van for Frank Kozik, Brin's busy with Kozik's