MMS DX The JOKER in 1/6 by Hot Toys

And so the 1/6-gauntlet has indeed been thrown down, with Hot Toys' spanking new feature development for their 1/6th-scaled action figures - namely the "Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS)", which features Translucent Iris, Simultaneous Positionable Eyeball Function in all direction, work naturally like human eyes ~ which puts them in direct competition with ENTERBAY's "360 Eyeball System" (

KANJI Line-Up by Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins

You know what? The simple truth is; I Can't Get Enough of KANJI! ~ Seeing the hand painted colorways [tagged] on the resin figure designed by Jared Deal, sculpted by END and produced by Argonaut Resins - had left me gagging for more - and now with the entire posse lined-up? Jizzleth-worthy, I insist! (*Pass me an adult-diaper, please - fhanks*).5 inches of resin-coolness will be made available (

El Diablo Wave 3 by Robbie Busch x Argonaut Resins (Teasers)

Argonaut Resins are teasing Robbie Busch's upcoming EL DIABLO Wave 3 - with the Amethyst Tint and the Mono DIABLO on-show! FYI: Previous Waves have seen 5 different colorways / versions of hand casted and hand-painted resin figures - made available with each release. Stay tuned for more updates :)[CLICK for El-Diablo Waves 1 & 2 coverage-on-TRE]

Jamungo's Project Squadt NOZZEL Available Now / Preview of GOHST (April 20-drop)

UPDATED: Two hours was all it took for Nozzel to be completely Sold Out! ~ Hope y'all gots one for yourselves? :)Jamungo's SQUADT NOZZEL is available right now for orders @ www.jamungo.com/squadt_store (TIP: Clear your cookies and/or Cache for smoother online ordering!). Limited to only 100 pcs @ US$65-per (includes worldwide shipping via EMS) - the 6 inch tall articulated vinyl figure includes

Hiroshi Fujiwara Vinyl Figure Vol.2 by adFunture (Teasers)

UPDATED 01.04.09: HF Vinyl Figure Vol.2 will be officially released on adFunture on April 18th, 2009 @ adFunture's eShop and at ICONIC-1. Edition of 150 pieces only - currently no price is determined.Eddi of adFunture has posted a sneak-peek-pic close-up of the next Hiroshi Fujiwara-vinyl figure on his blog, as well as the feature-image (shown above) on the website's main-page. Vol.2 rocks a

Sket-One's REWIND @ Kidrobot Miami (Mar 28-Apr 28)

Peep Sket-One's REWIND event / inaugural show at the New Kidrobot Miami Gallery (circa March 28th 2009) - complete with blue-cloudy skies - either via the flickr-slideshow above, or go direct to Sket's flickr-album (gotta lurve the Sket-Staypuff Marshmellow-Man!). FYI: Rewind exhibits thru April 28th.Source: Drilone's Tweet

Brian Colin's custom-I.W.G for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Peep Brian Colin's customed-I.W.G. bear gone-all-Jurassic Baby - but be not deceived by it's adorable peepers, for even as a hatchling, tis liable to be hungry, and I doubt this dino be a vegan, yeh? Completed for the upcoming Humans Beware group customs-show @ Rocketworld - April 10th launch [tagged / www]. Shown above-right is the accompanying painted canvas showing the caverns where the eggs

Keith Poon's custom-I.W.G for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Maaaan, can't a dude-bear catch some waves without getting his board chewed-on? (No word on whether ToyQube's Sharky or Hammerhead be the nibblish-culprit tho ;p) ~ Peep Keith Poon's custom-I.W.G. for the upcoming Humans Beware custom-show @ Rocketworld - April 10th launch [tagged / www]

WWRP Bramble Decaled / Bramble-Balance

A few sneak-peeks at the 1/12th-scaled WWRP Bramble coming in 3A-Associates Membership-packs [tagged] from 3A Toys - with a full-Bramble with decals [previously-posted excluding] and a trio of images of an unpainted Bramble showcasing it's articulation and balance (one-leg, babeee - one leg!). CLICK THRU for a closer look!And if you missed the 3AA-exclusive Desert Bramble - no worries, for word

3A Poster (Number 1) by Ashley Wood x 3A Toys

Ashley Wood and 3A Toys releases their first non-toy product with a 3A Poster (Number one) - featuring art by Ashley on a 16" x 40" landscape format (Thick paper, matt varnish) for US$25-per - available now @ Bambalandstore.com (price includes shipping via standard mail, sent rolled in tube). *Neato*

GID Metal Spirit by Paul Shih (Apr 2-drop)

An update for Paul Shih's METAL SPIRIT [last-featured] - for they be ready to haunt the world!Standing 2.4 inches tall - only 19 Metal Spirits have been hand-cast in acrylic resin and hand painted - and they will be made available on Paul's website @ www.paul-shih.com from April 2nd @ 22:00pm (UCT/GMT time). Price is US$13 per (plus shipping for pre-orders). And yep, the little trucker-cap

MAW-Stitch custom by Motorbot (for Stitch Experiment 626 Project)

You know the cutesy and adorable blue alien that landed on Earth and became the friend of many a kiddies, from the Disney animated movie LILO & STITCH? Well, the shape may be right on-form (becoz it is :p) .... but maaaaaan, this MAW-Stitch is a whole different species - and you don't wanna be trying to feed this lil teethy-critter any form of food-stuffs - becoz there is absolutely no guarantee

Jewelry Of The Week: Motorbot's Worm Brooch

This may not be particularly enticing for folks with an intense fear of worms - but if you're down with nature, and up for some unique-jewelry? ~ Then Kevin "Green Fingers" Olson aka Motorbot has just the right accessory for you = The WORM BROOCH! Alas, this is a commissioned item ~ but you may want to bug him or stake out Motorbot's Etsy-shop for more by the end of the week, yeh? SRP is US$35 (

Nahualli by Wootini x Yahid Rodríguez

About 3 years ago, Wootini and Yahid "Serial Killer" Rodríguez stumbled upon each other on a message board, and started planning to create a miniature art figure series called the "NAHUALLI". After much anticipation and patience, the plan became a reality and is now available. [CLICK THRU for more pics and story]. Distributed by DKE Toys - SRP is US$9 per blind-box. Each case of Nahualli

Big Numbers #3

I have been reading comicbooks since i was but a wee toddler (okay fine, 12-ish years old - first copy being a reprint Kirby-drawn Fantastic Four bought at a neighbourhood provision shop and read while I had my first public haircut). Fast forward to the late-80s and early-90s, where I'd discovered the art of Bill Sienkiewicz - both confused by, and utterly charmed x intrigued with his style, I

Monks In The Vinyl Temple of Crazy Label

Crazy Label Monks from Veggiesomethings' House Of Liu [Above / back-to-front]: The Grand Master, Master, Disciple, Student and Baby Monk - enough to populate the "Temple Of Crazy Label"! .... And Sifu Monk (shown-below) has finally gotten his weapon of choice [blogged] = a tassled-spear with golden shaft and silver-tip! Both Sifu Monk (Master) and baby Monk will be made available in April ~ *Stay

Getting Nine Kindsa Lucky with Go Lucky Neko by Delme

*After lapping up some weird, brightly coloured, glowing ooze,this litter of cute kittens turned into nine different types of lucky*GO LUCKY NEKO is a upcoming new series of 3 inch tall mini figures (in blind box assortment) coming from Dreamland Toyworks - featuring the designs of UK-designer Delme and sculpting by Dave Bondi. Currently no definite release date nor full product info is

Peacemaker 32.9 by Brandt Peters

PRESS: "The wait is over... MINDstyle's PEACEMAKER 32.9 by Brandt Peters has invaded the states and making its way to retailers everywhere. The stylized 12 inch tall figure leads the summer charge from Brandt Peters highly anticipated new SERV-O-MATICS series."

WHAT: PEACEMAKER 32.9
CREATOR: Brandt Peters
MADE-BY: MINDstyle
SRP: US$94.99
SIZE: 12 Inches Tall
QUANTITY: Limited to 300 Pieces

Wallpaper Memories custom-Mad*Ls Series 2 by Cris Rose

If you missed UK-creator Cris Rose's earlier one-off customed 5 inch Mad*L-series dubbed "Wallpaper Memories" - well, you will do well to keep a sharp eye out (with fingers on the click-ready) for the starting of the second trilogy - with the first figure releasing this coming Monday @ 18:00 GMT on http://crisrose.bigcartel.com/ (FYI: Subsequent release of PINK on Wednesday, PURPLE on Friday @

Moon Fox by Sergey Safonov

MOON FOXES are mysterious sleeping floating creatures met by Gooma on his way to deep north. They floating with the moon light and existing only at the night part of the world.Moon Fox is the first character in a small series dubbed "Moon Wanderers", and is a supporting character in a Gooma book that Moscow-based creator Sergey Safonov (of Lunohod-1) is currently working on. [flickr] Character

More KANJI in Color by Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins

After drooling over the first two hand-painted colorways of Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins' KANJI [tagged] - two more colorways have surfaced and they are utterly yumz, IMHO! Peep the splendid Red and Black colorways (including a coupla outdoor-shots of the prior-posted colorways) - which now makes 4 of 5 figures revealed for WAVE 1 (5th would most likely be a surprise colorway).Scheduled for an

AW177 Custom-I.W.G. for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Tis mecha-enhanced animal versus rogue armored protocol soldier when BEAR SUPREME and RHINOTECH clash - with the state of humanity and freedom hanging in the balance! Regardless of the outcome, custom-toy-afficionados will be the true victors, for they have the opportunity to gawk at NYC-based artist/designer Allen Wen aka AW177's customed I.W.G. figures for the Humans Beware show [tagged]@

ARTDENKA Custom-I.W.G. for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

WHAT we know about *HOPELESS* thus far:- HOPELESS is not human, animal,,,, It is the living object from hell.- HOPELESS lives by taking nourishment from skeletons, while the treacherous snakes "Brutus" & "Cassius" aim to eat HOPELESS's big eyeball ... But! HOPELESS's cobweb will catche the snakes in return, and will eat it!- But do not attempt to attack HOPELESS from behind, for HOPELESS's mouth

When Kenny Met Ashley

While Ashley Wood was in Hong Kong the week prior (visiting 3A Toys headquarters) - he also found time to pop by Kenny Wong's studio (far left is Kim from threezero!) - where he did a Popbot painting for Kenny on the spot, while Kenny gave Ashley a test color MOLLY toy in return. CLICK THRU for more pics :)Also mentioned on the Bambablog was this: "Ash was followed around by the good folks from

TK Interloper by Ashley Wood x 3A Toys

Here's a sneak-peek at the 1/6th-scaled TomorrowKing INTERLOPER (courtesy of 3A Toys Forum).The TK Interloper is the "Faker"-Tomorrow King in the Popbot Universe (as "Faker" is to Masters Of The Universe), and is limited to only 20 pcs in existence - randomly inserted in TK AKI and KIBA figures(aka TK Oyabuns) as a "Chase" variant.The TK Interloper is the rarest of all TKs released thus far (FYI:

3A-Associates Membership Blister-Pack Peek

What you will find in your 3AA (3A Toys Associates) Membership package:001. 1# WWRP Desert Bramble in 1/12th-scale - with weapons (World War Robot-Portable). Each bot will have 3AA club members' ID number stamped on the underside. FYI: Above bot does not have decals added-on as yet.002. 3AA Membership Card with personalized member name and ID number.(Membership allows a 24-hour pre-sales before

Lil'G Blastin' On The Streets Of Toronto

Remember Jasin Dollin's little urban vinyl ghettoblaster dubbed Lil'g I featured on TRE a while's back? Well, Jasin took his proto out for some snaps on the streets of Toronto the past week - featuring lots of urban graffitti product shots with a few models to give a sense of scale. CLICK THRU for full-peeks and/or facebook Lil'g here :)TRE-IMPRESSIONS: Now with the scale shown, the product

Tequila 2.0 by Muttpop (Apr-drop)

Here's another TRE-exclusive-image of Muttpop's TEQUILA - which allows me/us a better look at the right-side of Tequila Previous-left] showing what seems to be a red-soaked right fist/hand. Now that ain't no tabasco-sauce spillage, innit? *el-coolio*Keep a look out for Tequila V2.0 when solicitations (via DKE Toys) go out the end of next week (*cough-Thursday-cough*) for an early-to-mid April

Chuckwa-Exclusive Squidnik Skully (Mar 28-drop)

Chuckwa will be releasing an exclusive Variant of Squidnik's Series 2 Mini-Skully. The design is titled "I am not forever" and is a Black & White variant exclusive to Chuckwa.The Skully will go on sale at 10am PST in-store @ Chuckwa (2453 E Chapman Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831), and at noon PST online (chuckwa.com). Priced @ US$25 - only 10 of this variant were produced!(Cheers for the headsup,

MMS DX 1/6 Joker by Hot Toys (Teaser #1)

I reckon this teaser-image deserves the fully-posted-treatment - not least becoz it parallels one of the early The Dark Knight teaser-images - but also features a character from one of the more memorable (fan) films of 2008, IMHO. Imagine having Heath Ledger (as The Joker) in the palm of your hands. Now imagine it with a nigh-realistic Ledger-doll in the palm of your hands. Looking at this

GOEMON Cosbaby by Hot Toys

Besides the 1/6th-scaled Goemon Ishikawa from Hot Toys - the movie characters from GOEMON also get baby-rized and reduced down to 3-inches into GOEMON COSBABYS! Release date is set @ 2nd quarter of 2009 [CLICK THRU for still / full-pics]. The Goemon Mini Cosbaby (COSB65-67) will feature 3 sets of 2 different design figures per-set:- Set 1: Goemon + Cha Cha- Set 2: Goemon (Knight) + Saizo- Set 3:

1/6 Movie Masterpiece Series: Goemon Ishikawa by Hot Toys

New images have been released for Hot Toys' new line of movie-1/6th figures for the Japanese martial-arts fantasy-movie GOEMON [tagged / WHAT] - starting with the lead character Goemon Ishikawa the bandit! Featuring a headsculpt by Korean-legend KOJUN [WHO / aka sculptor of John Connor] and a 12 inch tall figure dressed in nigh-sweet and detailed looking tunic (the top-tunic looks embroidered tho

Strange Video Discovered In Skynet Research Audio

Embedded audio and pixellated visual found within Skynet Website Audio [via Resist Or Be Terminated] - which had been troubling the viral-website since Thursday. The gauntlet has been cyber-thrown. Pick a side. I had believed in Skynet Research, but they ignored my friendly hand. Down with Skynet. Long Live The Human Resistance!WHICH-BASICALLY-TRANSLATES-TO: The online viral-campaign [tagged]

Star Trek x Playmates Toys TV Commecial

TV Commercial showcasing Playmates Toys' toy-series for the movieSTAR TREK [blogged / via TrekMovie.com / Topless Robot]

KFC x DKE

L.A-based DKE Toys Toys Distribution is a distributor for various designer toys in the U.S.A. [profile] - and with every toy-list / solicitation emailer they send out, the DKE header-logo is up for interpretation by a variety of artists and creators.This KFC-themed one by plush-makers Purple Flavor is my current fav. I've not met Dov Kelemer (head-honcho of DKE) personally, so I'm not too sure of

Festival Flea Market @ The Substation, Singapore (Apr 12)

To celebrate the launch of the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival [www] a pre-festival event in the form of a Festival Flea Market [facebook] will be held on April 12th 2009 (11:30am-7pm) @ The Substation, Singapore (www / 45 Armenian Street). On Sale will be film memorabilia, DVDs, movie posters, merchandise, toys and all things movie-related! (I'm interested to see what type of "toys"

Lou Pimentel's Mat-Mat MUTT-custom

Peep Brooklyn-basd artist Lou Pimentel's custom-MUTT completed for the Custom MUTT Show @ APW Gallery, April 3rd 2009 [tagged]. Dubbed Mat-Mat - the concept is based off the fan-fav Imperial AT-AT from Starwars, with a petina weathered effect - for that battlefield-beaten lush look. TRE-IS liking it loads!

Star Trek Movie Posters

STAR TREK Movie Poster-time! Above-left is the UK-poster (exclusive release from EMPIRE / via ToxicShock.tv) and above-right is perhaps the International (Asian?) version, with a "May 8th" premiere date (*unable to authenticate as source has since pulled off the posting :p). CLICK on images above to view bigger - and CLICK THRU for four more posters found via SciFiCool.com]

Making Robots With Rotobox & The Reveal Of GOLION (Suprarobo Series)

TOYSREVIL presents an exclusive first-look at Rotobox's new custom for their Suparobo-series [tagged] with the reveal of GOLION! Showcasing uber-anime-awesomeness via a customed-Qee, the boys from Rotobox captures the spirit of the classic robot down-pat, IMHO - including the adorable mecha-lion-feets! TRE had an opportunity to cyber-chat with Spencer and Stephen aka the Rotobox-dudes [Multiply

Oswald by Ready2Rumbl (for Hypermarket)

WHAT-IS: "Oswald" is the name of the sculptured figure - and he is a mix between a Octopuss and The Kraken. He's a daredevil cowboy who does all kind of stunts. Oswald is made out of cardboard, styrofoam and clay.CREATED-BY/FOR: Oswald is created by Netherlands-based Ready2Rumbl (aka Danny van den Hoonaard - maker of Fire Olly) and was created for the upcoming show 'Hypermarket' in June at Go

About That Clear Resin Rebel Pilot by PHU! x Dodgrr

Sneakie-peekie of PHU!'s 2-inch tall Rebel Pilot in CLEAR resin - a collaboration with Dodgrr in the U.S. = *sweetness* ... And will the clear-Rebel Pilots be a part of PHU!'s upcoming second series to be released? [tagged / Interviewed] Or a separate series altogether? *Stay Tuned For Details*

KANJI in Color by Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins

Jared Deal drops wicked colored-KANJI images - for his upcoming Wave 1 toy-launch on Wednesday April 1st - 12:00 Noon EST @ argonautresins.bigcartel.com (Price undetermined). Designed by Jared Deal [Interviewed], sculpted by Eric Nocella Diaz [Interviewed] of Argonaut Resins - this is what Jared had to say about the paintwork for his 5-inch tall resin creature: "Used some wicked metal fleck car

"Bad Programming" (Custom 6" Mecha Sad Bear) by Cris Rose

This is what UK-customizer Cris Rose had to say about "BAD PROGRAMMING" - his customed 6" Mecha Sad Bear (a vinyl toy by Luke Chueh): "I'm not usually the type for blood and violence, but once i'd started work on this chap, it seemed pretty clear why he was so disappointed with himself...Sometimes robots go wrong. It's not their fault that they were programmed badly, but it is good to have a big

Big Hairy Deal show @ Super7

Serious event-pics and customs for BIG HAIRY DEAL @ Super7 viewable via Kirkland's Toybot Studios-blog - featuring insane-customs and artwork from Josh Herbolsheimer and Lee Gajda aka Leecifer! (cheers for the headsup and for sharing, Kirkland!)

Scarygirl Online Flash Game Trailer (Final)

Remember that Scarygirl online flash game teaser I posted back in '08? [RE-PEEP] - Well, Tarwin of Touch My Pixel kindly updated TRE with a juicy final trailer for our viewing pleasure! (Thanks, T!)Currently awating final approvals - the eventual SCARYGIRL Game will be released on www.Scarygirl.com - as a free to play Flash game! "It has over 14 levels of gameplay which include platforming and

64Colors custom-I.W.G. for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ESCAPED CUSTOM-TOY? There's currently an Toy-APB (*All-Points-Bulletin*) out for an "escaped" customed-I.W.G. bear! Painted by 64 Colors - Eric mentions in his statement: "Woody (is) not yet finished but he escaped from our studio. Bashed us over the head with blunt object when we were working on a cute painting." [Read the full-story on 64Color's blog]Current Location

Black Atelier vinyl by SheOne x Made By Monsters

Known for his Abstract Typography. UK Graffiti legend SheOne will release his 1st vinyl sculpture "BlackAtelier" with Made by Monsters on March 27th, 2009 at the day of his solo exhibition at Garageworks Ind. The sculpture is based on Sheone's hand holding spraycan with highly detailed fine line and posture. [Teased earlier and shown above / PS-brightened for your viewing pleasures]. The first

Project Squadt Nozzel S1 Release Info (Mar 30-drop)

After all the teasers and developments [Tagged-on-TRE] and straight after the reveal and "de-classification" of their origins on TRE - PROJECT SQUADT is ready for a roll-out this coming March 30th! Here is the Official Release Info for Squadt Nozzel S1 (FYI: The "S" stands for Specimen"):RELEASE-DATE/TIME: March 30, 12:00 Noon - Central Standard timeWHERE: The webstore for this release will be

Design Junkies Edition CMYK Jumping Brain @ The Resin Collective

After the RGB JUMPING BRAIN, here comes the CMYK but only for real Design Junkies!Designed and made by Emilio Garcia (of Labo Laboratories) - this SPECIAL EDITION Jumping Brain resin-figure [Reviewed / Tagged] is priced at US$250-per - and will be made available at The Resin Collective show @ Red Hot Robot (April 11). Limited to only 10 pieces - each set includes:- 1 WHITE Jumping Brain signed

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer Online Now

The first Where The Wild Things Are trailer has gone live @ ellen.warnerbros.com [via Cinematical / bwo Cleolinda). Above-embedded video courtesy of MovieWeb! The 3-minuter was first premiered at the end of the Ellen DeGeneres show. Let's hope a larger-resolution will be posted on the movie-website eventually soon: wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com = tis looking really lurvely, I haveta say!

2PetalRose for The Resin Collective @ Red Hot Robot (Apr 11)

Brothers Ben and Liam Scriven aka UK-based resin toy-makers/creators 2PetalRose has a quartet of resin-figures all done-n-ready for the upcoming RESIN COLLECTIVE show @ Red Hot Robot (April 11th / tagged) - featuring their original-design Kombat Kings resin-figures in 4 customs-characters = namely; SABURAU The Samurai by Liam, and REAPER, WELLINGTON and the 2PR Signature Edition by Ben./// CLICK

Birthday Dragons, Gary Grenades, Metal Robins and a Movie Screening

This coming Thursday's gonna be quite a "special" day - for not only are Switcheroo Workshop releasing a host of toys (7pm-8:30pm) from Amanda Visell and Michelle Valigura - but tis also Amanda's birthday! (31 is NOT old - take it from an old man, yo!)First up is Amanda's BIRTHDAY DRAGON - limited to 25 pcs with a SRP of US$400 - this figure is Number 3 in Amanda's Zoo Trip series. (Figure comes

Jon-Paul Kaiser custom-I.W.G. for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Jon-Paul Kaiser rawks a I.W.G. Affonso-Rhino for the Humans Beware show @ Rocketworld [TAGGED] circa April 10th - featuring one of Spiderman's super-villain nemesis - rendered in stark black x white [JPK-interview]; The Rhino!Nice one, Jon-Paul!

Plaseebo's Skulloctopus From Outer Space - Vinyl Edition

Bob Conge drops word of their first Plaseebo vinyl edition toy to be produced in Japan! The figure in question is Bob's SKULLOCTOPUS From Outer Space! (FYI: The SKULLOCTOPUS first made it's debut as a hand cast clear urethane-figure for new York Comic Con 2009 / blogged).This clear vinyl edition will debut @ the upcoming Kaiju Comrades show opening at the Ghetto Gallery this weekend in Tokyo.

Mister Cartoon Does Fast and Furious Billboard

For the promotion of the upcoming street race-car flick FAST And FURIOUS [www / tagged] Universal Pictures commissioned graffiti artist Mister Cartoon (designer of The Lost Angel toy-figure) to create a custom billboard for the film, and the finished artwork (measuring 14-foot x 48-foot billboard) is now on display on the corner of Sunset Boulveard and Sherbourne Drive in West Hollywood, CA.

KidAkira's Black Guard 1/6 Companion to Night Watch Bramble

From the customizer of the steampunk-1/6 "Professor Kurt Von Kessler" [WHO] - KidAkira comes a spanking new 1/6th-scaled "companion" for 3A Toys' all-black (with white) Night Watch Bramble. Hey, I'm a sucker for all-black ensembles, and you throw in a duo-tubed gas-mask? *Teh-Coolness*Peep more images of KidAkira's BLACK GUARD on the 3A Toys-forum and/or OoneSixthWarriors.com

This Is Your Day Of Reckoning: Star Trek TV Spot

[Star Trek tagged-on-TRE]

Hot Toys MMS DX 1/6 JOKER Police Honor Guard (Teaser #2)

"Hot Toys reveals first MMS DX figure! - Some of you may have received an evidence bag from Hot Toys a week earlier, with a piece of purple swatch and an unheard series name – MMS DX. What is the secret behind these clues? We are pleasantly surprised that some collectors on forums hit the correct answers! If you are not sure, click on our 2nd teaser to get more clues right now!" [via HT

Shadow Trooper custom-MAD*L by Motorbot

SHADOW TROOPER is a one-of-a-kind customed-MAD*L vinyl figure completed by MOTORBOT aka Kelvin Olso - as a commisioned piece for a private collector. Needless to say, TRE reckons this is clone-frakkin' awesome! Now the next thing is - who do we have to speak to, to make this Shadow Storm Trooper-homage into a legion of production 5 incher tall vinyl-army?[CLICK for more Shadow Trooper-pics /

Jorg and Jong Trexi by Sigit (for Follow Your Plastic)

Here's more peeps at the custom-mecha TREXI from Surabaya-based artist Sigit [www] completed for Follow Your Plastic showcasing next @ The Other Culture, Jakarta (March 27-29 / blogged).CLICK THRU for more pics of "JORG and JONG Trexi" - including a coupla of 'exclusive' WIP-images :)[Work-In-Progress pics of Jorg & Jong Trexi][On display at "Follow Your Plastic" in Surabaya - circa March 20-22]

Follow Your Plastic @ The Other Culture, Jakarta (Mar 27-29)

If you (like me) had missed the first FOLLOW YOUR PLASTIC Artoys Exhibition and Custom Show in Surabaya, Indonesia (circa March 20-22) - fear not! For event pics have been snapped and posted for Day-1 & Day-2 [CLICK THRU for select custom-pics]But if you're down in Jakarta during March 27-29? Make sure you make a beeline to The Other Culture. FX Lifestyle Center for the TREXI custom show's next

Blindsided By Blind Boxed Toys

Jeremy Brautman of TOYCYTE explores and questions the world (and concept) of Blind Boxed Toys - with a 5-Part expose - starting with Toy Companies' stand in Part One, and Part Two giving the fans and collectors a voice on the matter.WHAT-ARE: Toy-producer and retailer Kidrobot explains "Blind Boxed Toys" as "When you purchase blind assortment figures they come packaged in identical boxes. The

Modern Hero by Fully Visual x MAD (Mar 25-drop)

Brian of Fully Visual drops word of the impnding release of "MODERN HERO" - in collaboration with MAD.Standing 3.5 inch high and 2.25 inch wide - Modern Hero is priced at US$99-per and limited to a run of 99 Silver + 1 Gold chase metal cast figure. Standby for a releases this Wednesday, March 25th, 6pm PST.

Mini Treeson Under A Tree (...Or Plant)

Andy Woo of Crazy Label previews a mischievous lil Treeson mini-figure lying underneath a wee plant (which Andy mentions is "a mini forest in the studio" :p) - presumably a figure from the upcoming Treeson and Other Stories Blindbox Series [tagged]. *Adorable*

Jared Deal's custom-Lucha Libre for It Came From Skullbrain @ Super7 (Apr 18)

Presenting CEREBRO DEL CRANEO! A Lucha Libre custom from Jared Deal - completed for the upcoming "It Came From Skullbrain" group-show @ Super7 on April 18th! Click on image to view bigger and CLICK THRU for more delish-custom-pics!LUCHA-STATS:Height: approx. 5" tallWeight: a hefty 1.25lbsSpecial Move: SkullBrain FreezeRecord:13 wins 0 lossesAlter Ego: Halloween Undead Cumberlain

GOEMON Trailer 3 & Hot Toys Sneak Peeks

Peep the 3rd GOEMON Trailer above and CLICK THRU for a closer-look at magazine-page snaps (posted by boardie "ShiGuangYu" on OSW) showcasing blurry images of what would more likely be Hot Toys' upcoming 1/6th-scaled and COSBABY Goemon toy-lines!PRESS: "Hot Toys co-finances red-hot Japanese movie GOEMON, unveils merchandise line. - GOEMON, the new movie from acclaimed Japanese director Kazuaki

GOCCODO custom-I.W.G. for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Here's a TRE first-peek-preview of Japanese-designers GOCCODO's custom-bear completed for the I.W.G. Humans Beware group-show [TAGGED] for April 10th @ Rocketworld! Aptly dubbed "SNAKE COILS" - the concept is inspired by that of a frog being eaten by a snake - who coils itself around the body of the frog. Check out the pretty "bruising" on the hand which caught the snake's body. (Well done,

Ted Stilson custom-I.W.G. for Humans Beware @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Peep a slideshow-preview of Ted Stilson's completed-custom for the I.W.G. Humans Beware group-show [TAGGED] for April 10th @ Rocketworld.TITLE: I.W.G. is in da 'House' [flickr-album]MEDIUM: acrylic paint, polymer clay, mixed media.STORY: The immediate goal for the I.W.G. (Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo) was to resist human destruction and domination of their ‘natural’ habitat. They

ResistOrBeTerminated.com

UPDATE: Scary images in Skynet Security Feed"A “malfunction” occurred while the Skynet system was feeding information back to his laptop, causing horrific images to display on screen: Human beings horded like cattle into some kind of containment area, while a (Skynet?) security camera looked on. It’s impossible to tell exactly who or where those people are, but it’s fairly clear they’re in

LAST BLOOD (aka Blood: The Last Vampire) Trailer 3

[Trailer 2 / Trailer 1 (with show-descript) / movie website / Premieres 29th May 2009]

About That Gatchaman Joe Poster Image

An update on the GATCHAMAN animated-movie front with a poster image currently spreading like wildfire thru the www (gawds but we is starved innit?) - with an image showcasing "Joe Asakura" aka the cool-rebel duder of the bunch. Poster-image was first spotted on display at the recent 2009 Tokyo International Anime Fair (Imagi Studios’ Gatchaman from the Tatsunoko’s booth - above-image-left). I

Astro Boy Teaser Trailer 2 & Promo Image

The ASTRO BOY animated movie by Imagi Studios x Summit Entertainment releases a second teaser trailer featuring the boy robot testing out his abilities (the hand-cannons are sure gonna be fun :p / headsup via Movieweb) - while MTV Splash Page debuted a new promo-image with a silhouette of the movie's hero - shown below-right. Below-left is the Astro Boy booth @ the recent Tokyo International

March BE@RBRICK Update by Medicom Toy

CLICK THRU for basic product info about Medcom Toy's March-BE@RBRICKS Update - featuring brand-collaborations with Zozo, GenBei, BG Brand, Heidi and Yokohama port (celebrating 150 Years) - as well as the limited edition 100% + 400% WATCHMEN BE@RBRICK :)BAL x DEDUE 5th Anniversary 100% BE@RBRICK- Release in March 2009- Priced @ 1,500YEN (US$15)- Pre-order details here: zozo.jp/shop/dedue/GENBEI BE

Black Rain's SATO in 1/6 by Medicom Toy

20 Years have since passed when Japanese-actor Yusaku Matsuda was seen on-screen opposite Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia in the movie; "Black Rain" - as "Sato" - the Oyabun-wannabe Yakuza. Come October 2009, Medicom Toy pays homage to the actor with the release of a 1/6th-scaled RAH figure of SATO! CLICK THRU for a closer-look at the product images :)Priced @ 20,790YEN (US$213 / SGD$321) - the

Crows ZERO 2: 1/6 RAH Figures by Medicom Toy

Medicom Toy offers duo-characters from the upcoming live-action Japanese feature-film; CROWS ZERO2 [www / IMDB] - the sequel to Crows ZERO - both of which are directed by Miike Takashi!/// CLICK THRU for info on both the toys and movie :pThe feature film has a April 11th premiere date, while both action figures are scheduled for a release in March. Both figures utilizes the RAH301-body form, and

Rocketeer V2.5 1/6 RAH by Medicom Toy

Medicom Toy is set to release yet another version of their 1/6th-scaled RAH (Real Action Heroes) ROCKETEER V2.5 (“Back To AD1938 at L.A.”). Scheduled for an October 2009-release, and priced at 15,540YEN (US$159 / SGD$240) - the figure is based on the early-90's Disney live-action film, and touts a more refined replication of the rocket-pack (complete with "chewing-gum") as well as a better

Shishimaru VCD by Medicom Toy

Medicom Toy's SHISHIMARU VCD (Vinyl Collectible Doll) stands 95mm (approx 3.7 inches) and has a SRP of 3,990YEN (US$41 / SGD$62) - with an October 2009-release date. This apparently is the "Original"-version, as compared to the 1/1-scaled version (seen @ Anime Festival Asia 2008).Shishi-maru the "Ninja-Dog" is a character from the Japanese anime "Ninja Hattori-kun" [wiki].

Mickey Mouse (Frankenstein Version) VCD by Medicom Toy

MICKEY MOUSE（FRANKENSTEIN version）by Medicom Toy sees a "teenage-Frankenstein Mickey" standing 145mm (approx 5.7 inches) and is priced at 7,140YEN (US$73/SGD$110) with an October 2009 release date. A monster of a price for a monster of a vinyl ... or rather, a vinyl based on a "monster". heh.

Carpet-Backdrop (WIP) for the SEE by Kenn Munk

Further to my earlier-post about Kenn Munk's upcoming the SEE show @ Århus, Denmark (circa April 3rd to 29th) - here's a peek at (a small scale mock-up of) the carpet / backdrop that will go up on the wall at back of the shop space (which will be off limits to the public, and showcased behind glass). Estimated width is currently tagged at 3.75 metres.Kenn mentions: "Currently messing about with

The Attack of ILLAZILLA @ Laced, Las Vegas (Mar 20)

Check out the slideshow-video above [via jnelv] of The Attack of ILLAZILLA mini-touring custom Show [tagged] @ Laced, Las Vegas the weekend just. Featuring TNES' wooden-Dino Illazilla customed by a host of international artists - the next stop of the tour brings them to Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles on Saturday April 4th, 2009!Meanwhile, more coverage of the LV-show can be found @ Cartfarm,

Spooky Rat by Danny Chan (ONEWAY GID-version)

DKE Toys solicits a Danny Chan-designed Spooky Rat x ONEWAY (Glow in the Dark Version) vinyl toy (comes with removable shades and earphones) - with a limit of 300 pcs and a SRP of US$79-per. Do check with your fav retailers for pre-order availability.[CLICK THRU for another pic].Standing 6 inches tall, I'd forgotten about this figure, since the black & white prototypes were last seen @ Taipei Toy

BIC Plastics 2009: 2nd Teaser Image for New Toy Line

And so "forms" have been given to the earlier-teased teaser image of a new toy line from BICS Plastics in 2009. So what is the true nature of the upcoming "BICS" Project?CLICK on teaser-image left to view bigger, and peep the list of participating artists for the project - which by now no doubt is a series of designs on a singular (or "three") platform-toy(s). Although "size" is something that

Boy Germs Issue #1 by Hello, Brute

Once upon a time, I had wanted to self-publish a fanzine/zine. It was at the height of my addiction passion for trading cards and comics. And in some warped-fact, I actually did publish 3 "issues" (primarily A3-sized double-zeroxed pages folded = 4 pages) and were given out free to "customers" who popped by my Sunday flea-market stall (at The Substation). Decades have since passed, and the notion

Teaser for Chocolate Molly Ballmer (Handmade Version)

PEEP the special hand made version of Patrick Chow x Kenny Wong's Molly Ballmer [tagged] - now oozing with chocolatey-goodness as CHOCOLATE MOLLY BALLMER! (Handmade Version)With only 10 pcs made available, do stay tuned for further product updates, yeh? Looks like Kenny's Molly really enjoyed her last Molly's Chocolate Magic-show, yeh?*YUMZ*

VinylAddiction.tv

"VinylAddiction.tv is a new show all about the Designer Toys/Urban Vinyl Movement which is often referred to as the next art movement. Growing from its early inception in Asia and slowly spreading into a world-wide phenomenon.The show features behind the scenes interviews with artists, companies, collectors,and show coverage."Featuring online streaming-videos - the series is hosted by artist

TOYBREAK Episodes 69 + 70

Tis time for a Toybreak and here's two episodes for your toy-viewing downloading-pleasures. First up is last week's Epsiode#69: Resintastic - featuring a all-resin-episode with Robot Unicorn by Roy Wasson Valle, Mr. TeePee by uhoh Toyworks, Jouwe by Marine Ramdhani, as well as guest host Neil Winn - who continues on in this week's (fresh off the mailbox) Episode#70: Lucky Draw - featuring

Where The Wild Things Are Movie-Update: Stills & Website Launch

The Where The Wild Things Are [tagged] movie-website has gone "live", which shows an "October 16" date (Altho nothing much else is currently clickable). Meanwhile, USA Today has posted quite a number of images / stills from the Spike-Jonze directed live-action adaptation of a children's story - for which has been mirrored HERE.Source: Movieweb"Where the Wild Things Are follows the adventure of

Michael Lau's CSBOOTH16: Gardener Still - Day Two

Tis Day Two (Sunday, March 22nd) of Michael Lau's 2-day show CSBOOTH16: Gardener Still and TOTOROSUKI generously snaps the day's release [slideshow shown above / flickr-set] - which included variant colorways of both ELSA and YOUNG ELSA! (Lurvin' the blue-hair!) Released as well was the Metal Gear Solid-themed SNAKE SQUARE (3 colorways were released). But what really caught my eye was a 12-

KANJI First Resin Pulls by Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins

Jared Deal drops sweet-pix of the first resin pulls of his KANJI resin kaiju-figure produced and hand-made by Argonaut Resins! Standing 5 inches tall (same height as jared's VLADIMIR) and featuring the sculpting work of END aka Eric Nocella Diaz [www / Interviewed] - the next stage is adding paint to the creature, for a Wave One release on April 1st! Meanwhile, CLICK THRU for more

Plush! Square!

Found on the Wonderspace news-groups (/Interest.Toyz) was this posted-image by member "?咞?b" ("gumsb") featuring a carton-box with scribbles by presumably Ashley Wood, and presumably in the premises of the hreezero-office in Hong Kong (also the 3A Toys headquarters).Are you as intrigued as I am?UPDATED: Join in the discussion on the 3A Toys' forum-thread :)

1/6 OYABUNS Yama & Naga available March 24 @ Bambalandstore.com

The "now" in the banner ad below-right refers to the 24th of March 2009 @ 9.00am AEST - when sales will be open for the general public @ Bambalandstore.com - for 1/6 Tomorrow Kings OYABUNs NAGA (White) and YAMA (Black)! CLICK THRU for more Oyabun-images - designed by Ashley Wood and produced by 3A Toys.Available to order as a Two-Pack set and Singles (inclusive of 12" figure/s and T-Shirt /

Texas Chelly Chainsaw Massacre Print by Erick Scarecrow

New from Erick Scarecrow is the "Texas Chelly Chainsaw Massacre" Limited Edition Giclee print - scheduled for a release this coming Wednesday 03/25/09 at 12PM EST at the ESC-TOY Ebay shop [www]. Measuring 6 x 10.5, and limited to only 22 pcs worldwide - the print will retail for US$25 and comes signed and numbered by the artist.

Ironman vs Bruce Lee (Stop-motion animation by Patrick Boivin)

It's Kungfu-Kicks versus Repulsor-Rays in this way-cool stop-motion animation by French Canadian autodidact director Patrick Boivin - featuring Medicom Toy's 1/6-scaled Bruce Lee duking it out with Hot Toys' 1/6 Mark-3 IRON MAN! Guess who gets their metal-butt whupped? *Truly good work, Patrick!*Source: Cartoon Mogul

the SEE by Kenn Munk (+ the Evolution of & a Custom from Surface Zero)

Between the 3rd of April to the 29th 2009 - Kenn Munk will be having an exhibition in Århus, Denmark (With a private viewing at 4pm on April 3rd). Titled "The See" - do keep a look out for a trio of screen prints (designed by Kenn - and produced in an edition of 10 per design) - available both on-site and online [HERE] - an image of which is shown directly below:Kenn mentions on his website: "The

New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac @ myplasticheartnyc (apr 10)

myplasticheart presents a new mixed media group show revolving around the theme of the Chinese Zodiac. Titled New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac - the artshow is curated by John Wong and features 25 handpicked artists from around the world - with each one taking on a different zodiac animal, and blending in their own styles to create their own unique art piece. Many of the artists

PHU!'s Stellar for Humans Beware I.W.G. show (April 10)

CLICK THRU for more peeps of PHU!'s WIP-images of his custom for HUMANS BEWARE I.W.G.-custom show @ Rocketworld on April 10th [tagged] - all ready for a roll-out soon!

REWIND by Sket-One @ Kidrobot Miami (Mar 28)

Kidrobot Presents: REWIND = an art show by Sket One - launching March 28th @ Kidrobot Miami [map] - and runs thru April 28th 2009. Sket One will be showing works in the new KR MIA Gallery, and will be in attendance between 6-8pm signing toys, sketching munnys and more.FYI: REWIND is the first in a new series of rotating art shows exclusive to Kidrobot Miami.

Seen @ FILTH DIY Station Wagon Custom Art Show & Toy Release @ Kidrobot LA (Mar 19)

In addition to my earlier-posted previews of custom-Station Wagons - peep the embedded slideshow for signing / event snaps and even more nifty customs by folks like UNKL, Tristan Eaton, SuperDeux etc. The DIY Station Wagon vinyl toy is designed by FILTH (aka Lucas Irwin) and produced by Kidrobot, and comes in 2 colorways: Orange (US$75-per / 100-pc made) & White (US$60-per / 200-pc made)

Michael Lau's CSBOOTH16: Gardener Still - Day One

Slideshow of DAY ONE (March 21st) of Michael Lau's CSBOOTH16: Gardener Still show @ Michael Gallery, Hong Kong [tagged] thru the generous lens of "TOTOROSUKI" [flickr-set] - who blogged about the day's events here [via] - which showed a few "new" HELLBOY-inspired red bodied-vinyl figures as well - along with releases of 004 Brian, 040 young Brian, 057 Lazy Brian, and a "Secret" figure ("Hell

Rock Hard (Brown Pants Edition) for Jakuan Retrospective @ Rebel

CLICK THRU for more peeps of ROCK HARD Brown Pants Edition of the Gotham Toy Series (by 360 Toy Group) that were given out to the first 50 folks who came for the JAKUAN x 360 Toy Group Retrospective @ REBEL Boutique Club on the night of March 22nd [TAGGED]. [FYI: All above images snapped in the "smoking room" @ REBEL]One of the coolest cats I've met thus far, Jakuan gamely signed my box and I

Rainbow After The Rain

Can't remember when was the last time I saw a rainbow in Singapore skies. Or maybe rainbows are not all that memorable, and perhaps something we all (myself included) take for granted. And some even laugh and/or poo-poo at the notion, or even the mere mention of.If you be the latter? Do not CLICK to read on.Standing outside Liang Court's side exit, a few steps above the taxi stand and half an

Twitter for Jakuan of 360 Toy Group @ Rebel, Singapore (Mar 21)

UPDATED: CLICK THRU for consolidated Tweets from yours truly, when I was down for the set-up of the Jakuan x 360 Toy Group Retrospective @ Rebel Boutique Club Singapore, March 21st 2009 [tragged].FYI: My on-site Twittering stopped when I begun to interview The Man :)/// TWEET-BEGINS ///# In the midst of settng up the jakuan retrospective @ rebel nw... 4:01 PM# If u cld see the 360 toygroup toy

KAWS Companion Keychains @ Original-Fake (Pics & Info from Instinctoy)

The ever-dependable Instinctoy-blog has posted both images and information about the KAWS Companion Keychains from Original-Fake [blogged about just]. This is the basic info (via online-translation):- 5 Colorways in the series: including Brown, Grey, Black, GID-Green and GID-Blue.- The mini-sized Keychain measures approximately 5.2cm tall (2 inches)- Price per figure (including tax) is pegged at

Artist additions for The Resin Collective show @ Red Hot Robot (April 11)

Red Hot Robot announces nine new and final additions to the artist roster for The Resin Collective show happening April 11th [tagged] - the final roster is now 36 artists strong! The new additions are:- Dave Pressler (USA)- Imagination Asylum (USA)- KAIOVODO (Argentina)- MackDaddy (Australia)- Mutant Massacre (USA)- Roy Wasson Valle (USA)- Spooky Parade (Japan)- Tan-ki (France)- Uh Oh Toyworks (

RAY The RobotBirdlett by Cris Rose x Okkle (for Resin Collective)

As the old saying goes: "A Bird In Hand is Worth..." ~ well, you know the rest ... but 2 Birdlett-customs by Cris Rose? *Custom-Gold* ~ IMHO. You might be familiar with the custom hand-painted resin blue JET The RoboBirdlett shown above-right (Birdlett is created by Okkle) - featured previously. Well, say hello to RAY the RoboBordlett (above-left) - completed by Cris for the Resin Collective show

Anxiety Broom: Live performance by Jon Burgerman x Jim Avignon @ Factory Fresh

Peep a mix of photos and video of the "Aniexty Broom" live performance by Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon @ Factory Fresh, Brooklyn, NYC - circa Feb 4th 2009 [blogged]. Also check out the artworks from both gents - done for the show - online @ Factory Fesh [collabo-art shown left via].P/S: Am liking the music for video by Neoangin - looks like I might haveta blip me some tunes :)

Motorbot's Maw Type MUTT Custom

Peep customizer-Kelvin Olson aka MOTORBOT's new Maw Type custom-MUTT completed for the upcoming Custom MUTT Show on April 3rd [WHAT] - looking like it eats your nightmares for breakfast and swallows your soul by lunchtime = *Wicked*A reoccurring motif in Kelvin's customs - he explains: "The MAW is an evolving concept that I'm playing with. I figure out a litle more about it with each toy I make.

Subject 1025: The Babysitter (Spooktacular / Goth Edition) by Sideshow Toy

I've since realized I've developed quite a "fondness" for Sideshow Toy's SUBJECT 1025: THE BABYSITTER - and not becoz I "own" any of the 1/6-scaled femme-zombie (sadly I can only but look at her longingly via online pictures - yes, tis one of "those" doomed online-romances ... :p) but I reckon we could always do with some 1/6-zombies in our collection, innit? Before it was (possibly) about them

G.I. Joe - RECON at Waypoint 12 with Timber: 12-inch Figure Environment by Sideshow Toy

And the next G.I.Joe 1/6th-scale product coming from Sideshow Toys is ... "Timber" - Snake-Eye's dog! Well, specifically Timber is "officially" apart of the G.I. Joe - RECON at Waypoint 12 with Timber - 12-inch Figure Environment [via].Well, a diorama is always welcomed in my book (and I've since learnt not to think or say: "I can build one myself" - becoz that evidently never quite happens LOL).

1/6 Indiana Jones in German Disguise by Sideshow Toy

Folks may be familiar with the crack of Indy's whip, but Indiana Jones with a RPG? Decked out in a German military uniform?"The world's most renowned adventurer and professor of archeology has found himself in some pretty precarious situations, but with quick thinking and ingenuity at his side he has been able to get out of the most sticky of circumstances! Pre-Order Sideshow Collectibles'

The Coming of Tequila 2.0 by Muttpop

Muttpop drops a new image of their upcoming TEQUILA v2.0 - complete with wee scarlet stain (gawds but I hope that's a tabasco-sauce stain, altho I'd really rather it be the sweaty blood of his opponent :p) - snapped @ Griffith Park. Expect more images and details to be released in the days/week to come :)[CLICK on above pic to view bigger, and weep for joy - go on, it's okay!]

Kill Bill (Parts 1 + 2) in One Minute, One Take

Personally, I enjoyed, nay - LURVED Tarantino's KILL BILL Part 1 more than Part 2, but hey, both are TRE-favs and courtesy of Slashflim [via Topless Robot-tweet] here both parts condensed down to 1 minute, and filmed in 1 single take. *Awesome*

ROHBY's Caterpillar MadL Completed & Ready To Roll Out!

Since my last WIP-feature on Rohby's CATERPILLAR MADLs - the Stikfas-operator sized mecha-customs are now complete and ready to roll-out! Featuring a warm yellow x black color-scheme, and a humbling TRE bumper-sticker (You rawk, R!)The pneumatic-pumpin' and sweet-clean-lined custom comes from Rohby's "Iron Slave" designs - which are heavy, slow moving, workhorse mechas designated to serve. And

Toy Brief 37: Reviewing Watchmen Movie Wave 2 Action Figures

The folks from ToyBreak / October Toys (aka Goerge & Ayleen Gaspar, & Neil Winn) take a look at the second wave of DC Direct Watchmen action figures including Classic Silk Spectre, Classic Nite Owl, Dr. Manhattan, and the Comedian! [Wave 1 Reviewed]

Living The KAWS-Lifestyle With Companion Keychains and Pillows

KAWS Companion Keychains via Original-Fake [no tangible product info as yet] and KAWS OriginalFake Companion Pillows (produced by Medicom Toy / 100% Nylon / size undetermined) @ US$78 on Kawsone. Tis all about livin' the KAWS-lifestyle, folks!

Watchmen Rorschach Unmasked (Exclusive Variant Action Figure)

[*More snaps to come*]

Petit Astrolapin by Mr Clement

Mr Clement's Petite Lapin dons a spacesuit [blogged] and goes travelling beyond Earth's atmosphere, and perhaps might land in your toy-collection - provided you're fast enough to purchase his latest incarnation of the knife-welding rabbit (this time he comes with a map or envelope instead :p)!Priced at £22 each (+free shipping to US/UK/JAP) and limited to 200-pcs produced - the 13cm tall (PVC)

VOTE Now For Your Fav YOKA Design (Round 1)

Remember the YOKA Design Competition organized by CLUTTER Magazine and adFunture back in 2008? Well, the time for Public Votes are here and now!< CLICKETH the image-left to start voting on your fav YOKA-design. Up right now is the 1st of 7 Rounds of Yoka Voting ~ *Ding-Ding*"Each round's voting will last a week and the 3 designs with the most votes will go through to the final and stay in with a

Ashley Wood Visits Michael Lau (and TRE sobs-manly-sobs of desire)

In an "ideal world" - all these Michael Lau toys are MINE! But alas I have but a small miniscule-fraction of them, and I know the toy-world doesn't revolve around my wonton vinyl-desires - so I can but dream, drool and gently touch each figure on my Mac-monitor instead ... (*manly-sobs*) ...Ashley Wood snapped this display pic when he visited Michael Gallery during his current trip to Hong Kong [

FILTH DIY Station Wagon Custom Art Show & Toy Release @ Kidrobot LA (Mar 19)

FILTH's DIY Station Wagon [www] is set for a launch in Kidrobot LA on March 19th - along with an exclusive multi-artist Custom Show (I do heart custom vehicles). Artists include Tristan Eaton, UNKL and if you do not want to spoil your personal viewing pleasures in person at the show - then DO NOT CLICK THRU to peep previews and WIPs of custom-wagons from Andrew Bell, MR Shane Jessup and FILTH

Full Body Bambaboss by Ashley Wood x 3A Toys Revealed

Ashley Wood reveals on the Bambablog the full-image of 3A Toys' BAMBABOSS vinyl figure [tagged] standing proud in the Hong Kong offices - complete with bellowing smoke-spheres coming out of the hoodied-Bamba! An earlier posted pre-order schedule had the reported 10 incher vinyl available on Feb 24th - for a March-release tho. And if the size remains the same, then that peekie at the Bramble-body

DEVILROBOTS & Kenny Wong LIVE in Singapore (April 25-26)

DEVILROBOTS and Kenny Wong will be in Singapore for an exclusive autograph session of To-FU Molly products this coming 25th & 26th April (Sat & Sun) for a product launch / event @ Liang Court (Atrium)! 2 New products will be released at the autograph session, which will be available ONLY at this event. [1] The To-Fu Molly Blank Version will be available for SGD$80-each, with a limit of only 50-

JAKUAN x 360 Toy Group @ Rebel Boutique Club (Mar 21)

Want to know what toys will be available for procurement and on showcase for the upcoming JAKUAN @ Rebel Boutique Club retrospective event [WHAT] happening this Saturday March 21st (from 7:30pm to 9pm)?< CLICK on image-left to see the whole onsite-poster!

SDCC Mini Sharkys by Keith Poon x ToyQube Revealed

Paul Chin of LavishLivez.com is in the thick of ToyQube news - first with the sneak-teaser of Keith Poon's Sharky - and now the Exclusive Reveal of not one, but four Mini Sharkys - designed specifically for SDCC!Paul mentions: "The SDCC Mini Sharky package includes 4 different color-ways such as Pearl Black, Pearl White, G.I.D, and last but definitely not least, CLEAR!!! I love the G.I.D, but

And The Sugar Skull Plush Goes To...

And the winner for the Jared Deal x TOYSREVIL Sugar Skull Plush contest [WHAT] is: Jimmy Foo (of HotFooFoo & VinylToyFreaks)! Congratulations!Jimmy's name was randomly drawn from a pool of folks who'd answered the 4 questions correctly! Thanks for all who took the trouble to take part, and to Jared for sponsoring such a yummy-prize!FYI: The answers were Booth#964 / 5 Variants / 3 Eyes / The

Hot Toys Co-Finances Japanese Movie GOEMON & Announces Merchandise Line

Hot Toys expands beyond manufacturing toys and licensing properties from others, by getting into filmmaking and licensing themselves - with the announcement of their co-financing of and upcoming merchandise line from a new Japanese feature film, GOEMON! [www / IMDB][Plenty of cast & characters to be made into 1/6th, innit? W00T!]PRESS: "Hot Toys co-finances red-hot Japanese movie GOEMON, unveils

Hot Toys' "Weapon X" Sculptor Revealed To Be KOJUN!

Holy-heck! So the mysterious "Weapon X" - who'd sculpted the exceptional 1/6 John Connor / Christian Bale previously posted - is now revealed to be the muchco-revered Korean-sculptor KOJUN! [www] Who can forget his Jack Sparrow? And his "Old Boy" was the stuff of 1/6-custom-legends, IMHO. [UPDATED: CLICK THRU for more Kojun!]"Kojun x Hot Toys = the unexpected 1/6 head sculpture - Last week, we've

About That Hot Toys Joker Viral Promo (Maybe)

Jeff Parker (aka "Wookster" on OSW) received a very intriguing package from Hong Kong's Hot Toys just - which basically consisted of a plastic ziplocked bag labeled "EVIDENCE" ("Forensic samples"), containing colored fabric swatches (measuring a inch and a half squared). Without a lingering-doubt, this may well be a version of a "viral-promotion" from Hot Toys! And I so do heart me my

Custom MUTT Show @ APW Gallery NYC (Apr 3)

WHAT-IS: "The idea behind MUTT was to create a D.I.Y. that you could not only custom, but could custom build. MUTT, appropriately named, is just that. you can mix and match any accessories giving you more options in the D.I.Y. side of things than were previously available. the "shell" itself is an ambiguous shape that lends its self to go any direction you would want to take it."WHO/WHERE/WHEN:

Customs-Update for Humans Beware I.W.G. Custom Show @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Here's a quick-roundup / update of customed-I.W.G figures destined for the upcoming HUMAN BEWARE I.W.G. group custom show @ Rocketworld - circa April 10th [tagged / event-details] - featuring works from Reactor88, Jeremiah Ketner, Tan-Ki, FAS and sneaks from Goccodo, Trenton M and Drilone.[CLICK THRU to view][Reactor-88'S Totem Bear / via / blog][Custom-sneak peek by Goccodo / via][Custom-sneak

Bandage and Scab Plush by Purple Flavour

Admittedly, I'm one of those folks who pick on their scabs. The rough-terrain of recovering skin that clads thy bloodied wounds? Yep, nigh-pickable. Heck, I'm tactile-sensitive, so sue me. Even right now, I'm scratching at my dried left ankle dead-skin until there's a mild wetness - for which I assume is blood (am not kidding). So when DKE Toys solicits the Purple Flavor-designed and produced

"Collect Like You Give a Damn" Commercial Contest by Sideshow Toy

Sideshow Toys announces their "COLLECT LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN" Commercial Contest - with the grand prize being a choice between [A] a trip for two to the San Diego Comic-Con 2009! (*GASP*) Or [B] US$2500 Sideshow Gift Card! .... If this be the only way I can get to SDCC, then I'm IN! LOLWHAT: Produce a video commercial showcasing Sideshow Toy-products, with the theme "Collect Like you Give a Damn"

There's One In All Of Us: Where The Wild Things Are Poster Revealed

After the earlier sneak-reveals (images on skate-boards, no less) of the fluffy furry monsters in the upcoming Spike Jonze-directed live-action feature film adaptation of the beloved children's story "Where The Wild Things Are" [tagged] - the posted now floats amongst the www.The tagline reads: "There's One In All Of Us."Halloween-costume bonanza when the festive season, and movie hits, methinks

KANJI by Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins

Jared Deal x Argonaut Resin's triple-eyed and tubby-bellied KANJI proto-sculpt revealed in full exclusively on Vinyl Pulse. Kanji is Jared's second resin toy after the sold-out Vladimir and is scheduled for an April 1st release.

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with Mike Leavitt

Mention the name "Mike Leavitt" and the art toy crowd would instinctively think of the Seattle-based artist's ART ARMY hand-made figures. For his foray into creating artwork for the Die-Cut shaped cards for Star Wars Galaxy 4 Trading Cards (by TOPPS) - Mike decided to go "minimalist", with Yoda as the main protagonist in a series of ethereal spaced-out drawn-environs. CLICK THRU for an in-depth

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with Daniel Cantrell (aka The Horror)

If you opened up a pack of Star Wars Galaxy 4 Trading Cards (by TOPPS) and snagged a Die-Cut shaped card with a drawing of a startled-looking character starring back at you (like the one shown-right) - then Daniel Cantrell aka The Horror would have succeeded in his aim.CLICK THRU for a TRE-Q&A with the creator of the art zine "Good vs Evil".TOYSREVIL: WHO is Daniel Cantrell?DANIEL CANTRELL: I

Who Watches WALL*E?

What if Pixar's Wall*E was directed by Zack Snyder? = a fan-made trailer that rawks my funny nerd-bone so much that I'm left muffling my hyena-giggles at 1AM in the morning. Good Stuff this, IMHO :)Source: Julius Marx (AFI) Twitter

JET The RoboBirdlett by Cris Rose x Okkle (for Resin Collective)

Cris Rose showcases the first of 2 custom Birdletts (made by Okkle / CLICK THRU for more pics) that will be entered into Red Hot Robot's upcoming RESIN COLLECTIVE show [tagged]. This is in addition to the previously featured Runcible and Rotund. Talk about "prolific", innit? Keep rawking it, Cris!"JET the RoboBirdlett was designed and built by Runcible to survey the forest for fires, while

Mr. Belding @ G1988: LA's IDIOT BOX art show (Apr 2)

PRESS: Join G1988: LA for the gallery's 5 year Anniversary show, "IDIOT BOX," where 100 artists will take aim at telelvision's guiltiest pleasures. Opening Thursday night, April 2nd, with a reception from 7-11 PM, this show is hosted by one of TV's most beloved actors, Saved By The Bell's Dennis "Mr. Belding" Haskins, and promises to be one of the most memorable shows of 2009.The exhibit will

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Website Update & International Posters

I realized that as I have been late in blogging about the X-Men Origins: Wolverine official website-update (which now features individual character-profiles - of all the boys excluding Wade Wilson aka Deadpool) - that the international posters found on IESB [via MovieWeb] - were the same images from the said-website. To wit:CLICK THRU for more screengrabs-grabbed by your's truly, or just simply

Walrus TV Artist Feature: Kostas Interview from Dithers

"Listen in as photographer Ricky Powell interviews Kostas Seremetis about his painting. Interview segment from Upper Playground's "Dithers." Filmed by Reid Van Renesse for FIFTY24SF and Upper Playground." [via]I faintly remember KOSTAS' spray-paint splattered HULK around about the time I started getting seriously into Michael Lau and Eric So, and remembering thinking: "Like that also can, ah?"

Who Is PinB?

ANSWER #1: PinB is a handmade pin cushion (with one right arm), who longs to be a chef.ANSWER #2: PinB is a created by Bubi Au Yeung and begun "life" as a sketch in a sketch book [Read full story here]ANSWER #3: PinB is an upcoming mini figure toy from Crazy Label's TREESON & OTHER STORIES Blind Box series [tagged]ANSWER #4: All Of The Above.Source: Andy Woo's flickr

Japanese Spiderman (Supaidaman by TOEI)

"For many years, a TV series commonly and simply referred to as "JAPANESE SPIDER-MAN" could chiefly be found for download on the Net (provided you knew where to look & had the patience to endure the slow transfer), through back-alley video dealers, etc. Now, while everyone's waiting for SPIDER-MAN 4 to get its shit together, Marvel is hosting subtitled, streaming feeds of JAPANESE SPIDER-MAN on

3rd Works by Ray "Three" Robinson @ D-Structure SF (Apr 3)

D-Structure SF is proud to present 3rd Works- a collection of recent works from artist and designer Ray “Three” Robinson 3 [www]. The show will be a first of its kind for Ray being his first solo showing to date. 3rd Works will not only be an introduction but a journey into the mind of the artist. Enter a world of bent reality where color and simplicity reign supreme. Flawless, heavy black

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with Jason Atomic

TRE goes in-depth with Jason Atomic on his involvement and creation of artwork for the Die-Cut shaped cards from the Star Wars Galaxy 4Trading Card series by TOPPS, as well as some news on his LP-sized enlarged Shaped-Cards, and about that childhood encounter with "Darth Vader"...[CLICK THRU TO READ]TOYSREVIL: WHO is Jason Atomic?JASON ATOMIC: I'm a London based artist.My work is mainly derived

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with JK5

With psychadelia-explosions of colors electric and mundane, iconic images and even the usage of text, JK5 aka Joseph Ari Aloi completed 100 die-cut shaped cards for the Star Wars Galaxy 4Trading Card series by TOPPS - and TRE managed to have a lil online chat [TAGGED] with the man behind JK5 = CLICK THRU to read.TOYSREVIL: WHO is JK5?JK5: JK5 is a 38 year old artist that lives and works in

Muttpop x Lucha Libre in Chinon, France

On the weekend of March 14 & 15-past, a town by the name of Chinon (in the Indre-et-Loire region of France) hosted the (almost) complete LUCHA LIBRE and MUTTPOP Team for a two-day signing and custom show. On show was a gallery with brand new customs done by local artists that will be for sale along with the usual MUTTPOP toys during the weekend. The show runs thru April 5th.BONY covers the event

Black Getter by Rotobox for Suparobo Project Series 2

After the earlier tease by the boys from Rotobox for their SUPAROBO Project Series 2 - comes the full reveal of their first character: BLACK GETTER!With a Qee as custom-based and wielding it's own battle axe - the Black Getter is one of two customs in Series 2. Stay tuned for the reveal of the 2nd robot (I would assume) soon. FYI: All figures are 1/1 customs and will be made available for

Custom Illazilla by OsirisOrion

Rob Ingellis aka OsirisOrion drops a monster of a custom with his Illazilla that's scheduled to join the touring Attack of the Illazilla show [tagged] at it's next stop @ Laced LV in Las Vegas March 20th [blogged]. CLICK THRU for more intense vein-poppin' wooden-dino pics!

Oyabun Tomorrow King Black & White Editions Previewed

Ashley Wood is in Hong Kong this week - visiting the 3A Toys factory (threezero) and no doubt plotting the takeover of the toy-world in days to come - but not forgetting his rabid fans, he drops surprise images of the upcoming OYABUN 1/6 Tomorrow King on the Bambablog - showing not one, but TWO Oyanbuns! Duo Tomorrow Kings clad in all-white and all-black (ala Blanco and Negro TKs) complete with

Slaine The Horned God (fan-film)

SLAINE THE HORNED GOD: A fan-made short-film (or rather fan-made trailer) by Miguel Mesas - adapting the British 2000 AD comicbook [wiki] written by Pat Mills. I remember feverishly following the weekly serial primarily because of the art of Glenn Fabry and Simon Bisley and can scarcely remember the story (Apologies to Mr. Mills). But would I want to see this as a live-action big-screen movie?

Toy Brief 36: Reviewing Watchmen Movie Action Figures

Living my toy-life vicariously thru George and Ayleen from ToyBreak / October Toys - who reviews the first wave of Watchmen Action Figures from the movie [WHAT] - featuring Rorschach, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre and Nite Owl.

AlterEGO customs by DUST

German artist/designer DUST shares with TRE the various limited edition customed versions of his original creation AlterEGOs (a new character in the dark RAS world) that are now ready and available for order! FYI: All of DUST figures are handmade and hand-painted art toys cast in plastic (Polyurethane). Produced in Germany (in small series) - each AlterEGO stands 6.5cm / 3 inches tall./// CLICK

Leecifer for Big Hairy Deal Show @ Super7 (Mar 21)

Leecifer showcases a portion of his customed toys for the coming BIG HAIRY DEAL Show @ Super7 on March 21st 2009 - and tis enough to get any toy-collector's mouth drooling with custom-anticipation, IMHO. CLICK THRU for an embedded slideshow of more customs (including those completed for yet another show; "It Came From Skullbrain" - to debut April 18th).The "Big Hairy Deal" art show features work

Wood Never Looked So Good (thanks to Noferin)

New PECAN PAL pic of weight-lifting enthusiast "Claudius" from Noferin to add to the previously featured Pecan and Pandacake - showcasing a natural wood-stain finish to the wooden toys, the second series after their full-colored counterparts. I can't wait to see more!

The Coming of SHEONE Vinyl toy by Made By Monsters

PRESS: James Choules, aka SHEONE, is a London based artist with a unique brand of abstract painting that is rooted deep in the new wave graffiti era of early eighties New York. SHE1 has been painting and making graphics for twenty years, exhibiting in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Berlin and Milan. His own brand of abstract typography is stylised shorthand and uniquely

Chapel of Dawn x Made by Monsters x Ron English GRIN (Apr 1-release)

Remember the wee image of a (OG-Charlie Brown) yellow-tee GRIN figure by Ron english on display at the Hong Kong-launch? Well, headsup those looking out for the "Original Color GRIN"!The "Chapel of Dawn x Made by Monsters x Ron English" GRIN will be releasing on April 1st, 2009 - with a worldwide limit of 100-pcs! Standing 7 inches tall, the vinyl toy had a SRP of US$98 for the first blue-tee

CSBOOTH 16: Gardener Still on MiLK

Tomm of MiLK shares on his blog a trio of page layouts for an upcoming issue of MiLK magazine featuring figures from Michael Lau's CSBOOTH 16: Gardener Still! [TAGGED] Scheduled for a two-day show from March 21st to 22nd @ Michael Gallery in Hong Kong - the event is also a celebration of ML's and Crazysmiles' 10th anniversary - with figures on show to include:004 BRIAN005 ELSA***040 YOUNG

Calling All Cars by Jack Hankins

In celebration of the launch of Matt Hawkins' book URBAN PAPER [tagged] set for an April-release - Jack Hankins aka Horrorwood - has started a new customization project - named CALLING ALL CARS. Recruitment is currently underway for artists to customize Jack's "Go Bananas" papertoy [blogged] - which is one of the featured toys in the book. The project is open to all comers. Jack also mentions: "

New Sharkys by ToyQube (Teaser)

An exclusive teaser-pic from Paul of LavishLivez shows an intriguing black and white SHARKY from ToyQube. We've seen versions of Black Sharky, but have yet to see a White colorway (except the one at SDCC 2008). Will it be a DIY-Sharky to come? Beware of the Great White!And on the topic of Sharkys, I bring your kind attention to my Sharky-custom [TAGGED] completed in 2008 - for which it is

GREEN Pierce & Nathan by Carnival Cartoons x Plastic and Plush

Looks like the 3rd colorway from Carnival Cartoons' PIERCE & NATHAN vinyl-duo is GREEN with Plastic and Plush snagging the exclusive!The 5.5" tall Pierce the Human Pincushion and 4" tall Nathan the Dog-Faced Boy rotocast vinyl figure set is limited to only 50 pcs - and will be made available on Tuesday March 17th (aptly on St. Patrick's Day) - priced at US$75 (plus S/H). The set will include a

Jared Deal X Tattooed Steel

Jared Deal says: "I am very pleased to announce my involvement with a great new company Tattooed Steel! These guys & gals really have an amazing product here... Now you can wear your favorite artist right on your wrist, or around your neck! I am very honored to have been chosen as one of their signature artists." ~ You might have seen their display-debut at the recent New York Comic Con.

Metal Spirit (WIP) by Paul Shih

Here's a sneak peek of an upcoming new resin toy designed and to be manufactured by Paul Shih - named METAL SPIRIT!This little ghost is based on some new drawings for a side project Paul has been working on currently named; "Hollow Threat" - a project influenced by punk & heavy metal - "it's gonna be all dark and evil! hehe.." - says Paul ... and I do like me them evil-toys, innit?

Electric Tripus by Bob Conge for Kaiju Comrades @ Hyaku, Tokyo (Mar 28)

Bob Conge of Plaseebo drops pics of his custom Tripus figure (by Mark Nagata) - slated for a debut at the upcoming KAIJU COMRADES show @ the Hyaku gallery in Tokyo starting March 28th (Click flyer-ad for details).Dubbed ELECTRO TRIPUS - the custom features a one of a kind clear vinyl hand paint with 3 glass eye inserts, a body filled with sea weed and an internal multi bulb LED color changing

Vespbear custom-I.W.G. by Cris Rose for Humans Beware (Apr 10)

The thing that I love most about Cris Rose's custom-"Titus" bear & scooter (from Rocketworld's I.W.G. / Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo) - completed for the HUMANS BEWARE group-custom show [tagged] beyond it's awesome visage, is that the bear is melded together with the vespa! I so do heart cyborg-fusions ... *le-sigh* ... CLICK THRU for more pics - and mind the static-electricity of this custom

Destro & Sidewinder custom-I.W.G. by D-Lux for Humans Beware (Apr 10)

Peep the "Destro and Sidewinder" custom for the HUMANS BEWARE group-custom show [tagged] by Detroit-based customizer D-Lux. Featuring "Affonso" the rhino from Rocketworld's I.W.G. series (Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo) atop his mod-scooter - in full gear to match his appearance in the G.I.Joe comics! Check out more custom-Destro pics on D-Lux's blog

Humans Beware: I.W.G. Custom Show @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

PRESS: What happens when you tell more than seventy artists from around the world to help a bunch of bears evolve and take on humanity? The HUMANS BEWARE I.W.G. Custom Show will provide the answer [www]. Featuring seventy urban artists from a variety of backgrounds and locations around planet Earth, the I.W.G. blanks will be "evolved" from different visions of the artists. With such a huge

Runcible & Rotund Preview by Cris Rose for Resin Collective @ Red Hot Robot (Apr 11)

Cris Rose previews his entries for The RESIN COLLECTIVE Show @ Red Hot Robot (April 11 / blogged) - featuring his original creations Runcible amidst a dioramic setting (*yumz*) and "doing what he does best and thinking of things lost..." [via] - as well as the secondary-entry of Rotund in sneakie black&white. Can't wait to see them in full!- CLICK to read the history & story of Runcible / CLICK

Men from N.O.M. Sneak Preview by 3A Toys

Would you believe a blurry sneak image would make a figure just as enticing as a crisp and clear one? Well, at least it has my humble interest piqued (an understatement lemme tells ya!). Here's what we know so far about the MEN From N.O.M x 2 figure set from 3A Toys [via previous post]:- MEN From N.O.M. is essentially Ashley Wood and Kim of Threezero (the principals of 3A Toys) in 1/6th-form,

Night Watch and Euro Defense Brambles Have Arrived

Well, not exactly "arrived" in my household (*tear*) but have begun to arrive at 3A Toy-collectors the past few days - and with the kind permission from 3A Toys forumer "Zookeeper" - here's a look at all three of his 1/6 BRAMBLES (designed by Ashley Wood and produced by 3A Toys) lined up in a row! Shown below (L-R): DEEP POWDER, EURO DEFENSE and the "chase" NIGHT WATCH BRAMBLE! (*Gush*).FYI: 50

Must Be The Fumes @ Chuckwa (Mar 14)

MUST BE THE FUMES is a new show @ Chuckwa featuring custom Munny's from Crevice Creeps and Zdenek55. The show opens March 14th (7-11pm) and runs thru April 3rd (Click on flyer for more details)Also available will be a limited number of Dean Bradley's Mainframe figures (by Strangeco), signed by the artist, including the green camo version colorway that was never released to stores. CLICK THRU for

Jaguar Warrior Dunny Chase by Jesse Hernandez

Spotted on GOCCODO's blog is an image of the "chase" JAGUAR WARRIOR DUNNY from Jesse Hernandez x Kidrobot [blogged] - featuring a reverse colorway and gawds does it look impressive, IMHO! (I have such a weakness for black-chases, it is pretty ridiculous :p). And if I read the online-translation correctly, the secret chase edition is limited to 125 pcs (out of the 1500 made) with a 1/12 chance to

GOCCODO @ Geishai#12

GOCCODO participated in an art event "GEISAI#12" a couple of weeks back (March 8th / blogged) in Japan. On display was a new vinyl toy (shown above) dubbed CHICCHI - which features a boy sitting on the toilet ("Chicchi" means a child's pee in Japanese - is that a plunger stuck on it's head? *Kewl*) set for a release in the near future (heh)./// CLICK THRU a look at a new resin DIY-platform toy,

LaMB on ANIMAX (Mar 24)

"It is the year 2472 A.D. More than three hundred years have passed since the invention of a new quantum drive - capable of speeds up to half lightspeed - (allowing) mankind to venture outside the Solar System. The planet Cerra, a veritable dustbowl 25 light years away from the Solar System, is the furthest of the outlying human colonies. There are no prisons on Cerra. Instead, there is beauty."

BLOOD: The Last Vampire Theatrical Trailer 2

Peep the 2nd Theatrical Trailer for the live-action BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE [IMDB] - adapted from the manga x 2000-anime from Production I.G. starring South Korean actress Jeon Ji-hyun (named "Gianna Jun" for this celluloid-outing) as the titular heroine "Saya" - who is a "halfing" (born to a human father and a vampire mother) and her job? To hunt and kill demons. [More details in my earlier post

1st Force x Qee Collection Collaboration (FnC KOLON x Toy2R)

The 1st Force x Qee Collection Collaboration sees the release of a new line of fashion sneakers - dubbed 1st Force - from Korea's FnC KOLON, who has partnered with TOY2R to develop and produce matching 2.5 inch QEEs to be packaged with each pair of shoes."1st Force [www] launches the TORNADO design first followed by the EARTH line, which will present itself as a lightweight basketball sneaker.

I.C.U. Moody in Chicago

Ted Stilson's I.C.U custom-Moody lands in Chicago and does the town.Check out more about Moody's adventures @ www.bovinyl.blogspot.com

Wallpaper Memories customed-Mad*Ls by Cris Rose

Two Cris Rose-custom Mad*Ls went up and got grabbed within a span of two days, each within a few minutes of being listed online at his online store. As redundant as this post may be for procuring purposes, it'll now serve as a reminder for folks to stake out Cris' shop for more surprise goodies that may pop up as and when. [MORE PICS]The first of his WALLPAPER MEMORIES series was the SEPIA

Price List & Info Update for JAKUAN @ REBEL Boutique Club (March 21)

To add to my previous post about the REBEL Boutique Club-hosted Retrospective showcase to pay tribute to JAKUAN (of the 360 Group) this coming March 21st - here is a price-list for vinyl toys that will be available for sale on-site between 7:30pm to 9pm:/// ANDY MOUSE (by Jakuan x Keith Harring) @ SGD$100-per(wonder if ALL the colorways will be available tho ...)/// NOSFETATU (by Jakuan x FUTURA)

The Coming of "Naked Wood" Pecan Pals / Where Are Your Pecan Pals? by Noferin

TRE-readers may remember an interview I had with Noferin back in 2007 - where there was a mention of their PECAN PAL wooden toys being coated with wood stain, "to allow the grain of wood to show through"? Well, seems that day may not be too far off, with the "NAKED WOOD" versions shown above! *Stay Tuned For Details!*Meanwhile, Noferin needs some help. Seems PANDACAKE (from the first full colored

Terminator Salvation John Connor (Christian Bale) in 1/6 by Hot Toys

The teaser image featured earlier this week of Hot Toys' 1/6 JOHN CONNOR from Terminator Salvation had generated quite the buzz around the www and collectors alike. Today, both HT & Sideshow Toys have released both images and info about the figure! FYI: Sideshow Toys is currently open for pre-orders with an estimated 3rd quarter ship-date. Price is US$139.99-per. If ever there was a toy that

DIY Pusher Show @ Munky King (Mar 26)

March 26th wil be the launch of the DIY PUSHER SHOW @ Munky King (Melrose Gallery) - featuring Thomas Han's DIY Pushers 6 inch tall vinyl toy getting the custom treatment by a selection of artists and sculptors including Yoskay Yamamoto, Joe Shea, Le Merde, CJ Metzger, Brandt Peters and more. Munky King says: "To coincide with Thomas's guest appearance in Luke Chueh's "From Light Cometh Darkness"

Sights & Sounds by Dan Goodsell & Michael Fleming @ Monkeyhouse Toys (Mar 14)

Dan Goodsell (creator of Mr. Toast) will be having an upcoming show this weekend @ Monkeyhouse Toys in SIlverlake CA - together wth Michael Fleming (creator of Putrid Pal). No doubt there's going to be oddles of charming characters you'll get to meet - created by these two fine gentlemen, IMHO :)Titled SIGHTS & SOUNDS, the show begins March 14th (4pm-8pm). CLICK THRU for a preview of artwork for

Attack of ILLAZILLA @ APW Gallery & eBid.net

The Attack of ILLAZILLA mini touring custom show [WHAT] was unleashed to the public last week (March 6th) and these are the online locales where you can partaketh of the event pics:@ FeedTheHIPPOEs (CLICK THRU for select mirrored-pics)@ DeepCoverLV.com@ Robbie Busch's LJ-gallery In addition, the menagerie of customs are available online for your bidding pleasure @ eBid.net. The "adventures" of

Muttpop's King Katch Update: WIP sculpt & character design evolution

Courtesy of the swell-folks at Muttpop = CLICK THRU for a TRE-exclusive closer-look at the updated sculpt for KING KATCH since my last feature, as well as a peep at character-design evolution rendered by Fabien (in reaction to Jerry's character description) or go direct to source @ us.muttpop.com [pics via].MuttpopBob-blogs: "Of all the characters in our Lucha Libre Universe, King Katch has

PHU!'s P-77 v2.0 RED Prototype in Singapore (A TRE-Exclusive First Look)

Last night TOYSREVIL got to have an exclusive first look at (and fondle of) the 8 inch prototype resin RED colorway of P-77 v2.0- as designed by PHU! and engineered by MyTummyToys. Apologies for the low-res video above tho (still yet to sort out the better quality capture which still eludes me)./// CLICK THRU for more still pics, as well as my humble first impressions :) [FYI: The P-77 v2.0

Anime DVD Collection

Naruto Uncut Box Set, Volume 12

The 12th Box Set of Naruto bridges Seasons 6 and 7 of the hit ninja comedy-adventure. While Naruto waits for Jiraiya (a.k.a. "Pervy Sage") to return to the Hidden Leaf Village and continue his training, he goes on a series of short missions that allow the filmmakers to develop some of the secondary characters. Shy Hinata, who nurtures a secret crush on Naruto, proves she's an able warrior in her own right with a spectacular new jutsu of her own creation. Rock Lee, who can't use magical techniques, proves the efficacy of his exhaustive physical training by fending off the lightning-wielding Raiga while unconscious. Director Hayato Date plays the drama of the battle against Raiga and his lightning swords against some unusually broad comedy. Lee, Tenten, Neji, and Naruto use a little old lady's "Curry of Life" like Popeye's spinach: It restores consciousness, heals injuries, and builds fighting power. But it's so incredibly spicy, only Lee enjoys it (and even he turns scarlet after the first bite). Naruto blows the mission to capture the rare Bikoshu Beetle--literally and figuratively--with a badly timed attack of flatulence. An outdoor test for a class of student-ninjas showcases both Naruto's bad habits (his idea of living off the land is to stock up at a convenience store before heading into the forest) and his unshakable determination. The characters have a different look in these episodes that suggests Studio Pierrot changed ink and paint systems and, possibly, some key clean-up artists during production. The Special Edition comes with a "mininja" figure of Rock Lee. (Rated T+ Older Teen; suitable for ages 12 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, nudity, toilet humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (150. A Battle of Bugs! The Deceivers and the Deceived!151. Blaze Away, Byakugan! This is My Ninja Way! 152. Funeral March for the Living, 153. A Lesson Learned! The Iron Fist of Love! 154. The Enemy of the Byakugan, 155. The Dark Creeping Clouds, 156. Raiga's Counterattack, 157. Run! The Curry of Life! 158. Follow My Lead! The Great Survival Challenge! 159. The Bounty Hunter from the Wilderness, 160. Hunt or Be Hunted?! Showdown at the O.K. Temple! 161. The Appearance of Strange Visitors, 162. The Cursed Warrior, 163. The Tactician's intent)

DGPH Website Relaunch & Web-Shop

Argentinian design house DGPH has been pretty prolific in their production of toys and art / design projects these past couple of years, with a sweet selection of vinyls, plush, inflatable toys and even socks! (all much coveted by TRE / CLICK for full-coverage on TRE / Interviewed). Their character creations never fail to charm, IMHO. And now, along with the launch of their new (portfolio)

The ARK Project

WHAT-IS: The ARK Project [www] sees the participation of international artists in creating an "animal bible" - with each artists' showcase an animal representing an animal or species from their homeplace.An initiative by DGPH - the objective is to then have the artworks be printed in a book format (by IdN) which documents and will support a specific wild life protection entity with the project

MOLESTOWN 8Bit Online Platform Game by DGPH

WHAT-IS-MOLESTOWN?01. MOLESTOWN is a new online 8Bit platform game created by Argentinian design house DGPH and can be played now @ MOLESTOWN.com (above screengrab via)02. You will be able to travel around Molestown world and meet all DGPH characters like Tsuchi, Mr Topo, Cabello and many more surprises :) 03. MOLESTOWN is utterly adorable (the website-tune has been playing as I'm prepping this

TSUCHI by DGPH x Munky King

"Tsuchi is Father Earth, the oldest god and wisest being that has ever lived. Seated on his throne in the planet's core, he rules the seas and the land, surrounded by his little minions.""His upper half controls all the nice good things that happen in the world, while his bottom half rules the mysterioius dark side. The energy caused by the friction of his internal struggle keeps the planet on

TOYBREAK Episodes 67 + 68

Duo-TOYBREAK Episodes of toys-on-video for your viewing pleasures - starting with Episode#67 (We Watch The Watchmen) featuring Koibito from Munky King, Futurama figures from Toynami, Watchmen Series 1 from DC Direct and more!Episode#68 (Fat Unicorn) features a 1/6 Stormtrooper from Sideshow, Hairy Bomb by Kozik, the Vintage Marshall by 64colors, Mutt by Tyler, and a brand new segment ... And the

3A Toys' VENTURE Magazine

FYI#1: Ashley Wood and 3A Toys is currently open for contributions to their VENTURE magazine! Articles on Toy Collecting or Art Collecting are welcomed, as well as Toy Photographs! Wanna see your toys and articles in print? Hell yeah I would!DETAILS: "If you would like to submit a readers Toy photograph to VENTURE email a HIREZ 300 DPI image at least 6 inches in height to info@threeaonline.com.

We Don't Need Fake Papertoy & Print by Sjors Trimbach

Now, if you've been trying to click and download Sjors Trimbach's FREE papertoy @ www.wedontneedfake.co.cc (a Shin Tanaka initiative / blogged) - fret not for it is available for your random-clicking NOW :)And while you're at it, do consider grabbing yourselves a print of the character as designed by Sjors himself. Limited to 10-pcs (and signed by Sjors) in high quality inktjet print on 200 grams

Tokidoki Opens Capsule Store in Soho, NYC

From the tokidoki European Office comes the announcement and pics of the second flagship store opening in New York City. [CLICK THRU for peeps]The Capsule Store comes one year after the first store based in Milan. Located in Soho (176, Spring Street) along the street famous for it's fashionable sites. The store opened March 7th, while a meet-and-greet with artist Simone Legno is scheduled for

Michael Lau's Jordon 049 x 023

PRESS: The highly anticipated and sought-after Michael Lau's Jordon 049 x 023 x MINDstyle is finally available to MINDstyle's ATS members (Art Toy Society) with a limited amount being offered online and at De La Barracuda in Los Angeles, (the new source for Michael Lau x MINDstyle in the US).

The earlier releases are only available on the secondary market as with most of Michael's releases.

SK3 Mono by Michael Lau

From Michael Lau and MINDstyle comes the White+Grey MONO colorway of Michael's SK3 characters - last seen in color at CSBOOTH 15 in 2008. [PICS]

The figures were first offered to MINDstyle's ATS (Art Toy Society) members a week priors, and now an allotment has been made available for the general public online from Vinyl Pulse!

Priced at US$300 for the trio of 2bbi, BlackWhiteOrange and Fatwest

TOYSREVIL @ #Open Room Session (March 10)

THE-NIGHT-BEFORE: The Ogilvy #OPEN ROOM session [WHAT] on March 10th started shortly after 7pm, and wrapped up around 11-ish. The primary topic of the event was “YOUR BLOG: How To Market Your Blog Like A Brand”. There were 4 speakers in all (including your's truly).Jon Yong Fook (yes, THAT YongFook) started the ball rolling with "8 profound and life changing things that happened because of my

Gamma Mutant Space Friends Mini Series by Tara McPherson x Kidrobot

Pastel punk illustrator Tara McPherson’s GAMMA MUTANT SPACE FRIENDS land on earth April 23rd - courtesy of Kidrobot. The mini series includes 10 figures and 2 chases - and will come blind–boxed with a SRP of US$7.95 each. [info]And it looks like Ace Kittyhawk and Ion Z from Tara's previous flocked release with KR [PEEP] lives on again in toydom!

8 inch Tree Huggr Dunny by KRONK x Kidrobot

Scheduled for a April 9th release is South African illustrator Kronk’s TREE HUGGR DUNNY - in a full 8 inches' worth of vinyl - with "1 in 12 are super-light and rare" (does that mean it's light in weight? or color?).Limited to 1000 pcs @ US$75 per [info]. If this character be pro-nature, let's hope he doesn't come sit on your face with his pinked-bums, when he finds out you've bought him housed

April Labbits Vinyl & Plush by Frank Kozik x Kidrobot

The month of April is Labbit-month as Kidrobot rolls out a selection of both vinyl and plush from Frank Kozik's bunny creation - starting with the 10 incher 1984 LABBIT - complete with safety pins and too-kool-for-skool pink laser-shades @ US$50 per pop with only 1000 pcs churned out. April 23rd is the official drop-date, but there'll be an exclusive pre-release on April 2nd @ Kidrobot NY.Watch

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Win A Sugar Skull Plush Contest (by Jared Deal x TOYSREVIL)

UPDATED 18.03.09: Contest Submissions are now Closed. Thanks for taking part and good luck, y'all! :)Fancy a skull-faced plush sitting on your pillow? Or hanging above your bed? Or even whispering sweet sugary nothings inside your ear? ~ Well, maybe not the last bit - but as part of the TRE Blog-Birthday celebrations, Jared Deal has generously sponsored a SUGAR SKULL plush for a TRE-contest![

And The Winner For The 1/1 ROTUND TRE-1 Edition by Cris Rose Is...

Numbers were crunched. Results were tabulated. And a lucky winner has been picked! The results of the "Win a 1/1 Rotund TRE-1 Edition Contest" [WHAT] by Cris Rose x TOYSREVIL are out! First the numbered-answers to the questions: 2318 / 2003 / 47 / 183. And the lucky winner of this exceptional 1/1 custom resin Rotund (including the hand-made hand-painted packaging box!) is "Lauren Goodnight"!

Wallpaper Memories (Sepia) 1/1 Custom Mad*L by Cris Rose (Mar 9-drop)

Cris Rose says: "One of the glorious things about getting older, is that you start to appreciate history and memories. What would have been worn, damaged and therefore discarded as a child, becomes something of sentiment, the signs of wear actually adding value and character...So, being the sentimental bugger i am, here is the first in a small series of Wallpaper Memories, painted as and when the

Oyabun Tomorrow King Update (Mar 24-pre-order)

WHEN: Pre-Order for 1/6 OYABUN Tomorrow King [tagged] starts 9-00am AEST on March 24th via Bambalandstore.comHOW-MUCH: US$150 (includes EMS worldwide shipping and a full size Lasstranaut T-shirt)WHAT: TK OYABUN was created by Ashley Wood and made by 3A ToysFYI: The oversized jacket may well make it eventually as an actual 1:1 scaled human-sized jacket, in time![CLICK for all-Oyabun on-TRE]

3A Toys March 2009 Update

Tis battlefield bots and soldiers for this March newsletter update from 3A Toys featuring predominantly Ashley Wood's WORLD WAR ROBOT characters - including artwork reveals and product information. [CLICK THRU FOR MORE]ABOUT Rothchild Lunar Defense ARMSTRONG:- Armstrong is Bertie sized in height (approx 14 inches tall)- Armstrong's 1/6th weapon is 17" long.- CLICK for Armstrong-coverage on

BioHazard5 / Resident Evil 5 in 1/6 by Hot Toys x CAPCOM

"Hot Toys x Capcom = BioHazard5 (Resident Evil 5) 1/6th scale collectibles - March is a lucky month for Video Gamers! Because a new license has been added into our Videogame Masterpieces Series – YES! That's the Resident Evil 5 (aka Bio Hazard 5)! What will you expected to get from our VGM series? Chris? Sheva? or who else? Grab the game and make your guess...Answer will be risen on our

Terminator Salvation 1/6 John Connor by Hot Toys (Teaser)

UPDATED 13.03.09: Full product pics and stats have been updated HERE!"He can save us..." The man who fated to lead the mankind... - He is John Connor, the hero in Terminator Salvation. To be his follower, you don't have to wait until 21st May, because he is now staying with Hot Toys! Oh, but the battle-experienced Tech-Com soldier refused to face the camera, we only snapped one shot of him! You

Elements Alpha by Artoyz Originals (Mar 14-drop)

The last time TRE had a glimpse of Artoyz Originals' ELEMENTS ALPHA Artist Series was back in 2008 [PEEP] - and now they are scheduled for a launch this coming Saturday March 14th via a variety of Europe-based (predominantly France) locales. [CLICK THRU FOR MORE]Elements Alpha are based on 4 main Elemental-forms, namedly: Earth, Fire, Air, Water. Contributing artists includes: Koa, Jean

TOYSREVIL @ Open Room Session (March 10)

In a surprising development of my intrepid online-life, I (and a few others) have been asked to give a talk to a group of local (Singapore) bloggers tomorrow @ the premises of The Ogilvy Centre, as part of their Open Room Sessions initiative. A group of 30 peers shall have the pick of my "first" coming-out blog-cherry (sounds wrong only if you're filthy-mind, you randy-reader you ;p) as I attempt

PROJECT SQUADT: DE-CLASSIFIED

BASIC PROJECT SQUADT FACTS DE-CLASSIFIED [As-of-March 9th 2009 / +8 GMT][1] Nozzel S1 will be the first Squadt release (100 pc limit).[2] The 'S' stands for 'specimen'.[3] The figures will be available via an online store (as yet determined) and will be US$65 per. (This includes shipping from HK to anywhere in the world).[4] To be released on March 30 @ 12:00 Central Standard. [5] One release

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with Pro Wolf Master aka Gio Chiappetta

Pin-up girls with Sithlord and Storm Trooper-heads were the icons of choice for the artist named PROWOLFMASTER - as done for the Die-Cut sketch cards from the TOPPS-released Star Wars Galaxy 4 trading cards series. Find out what had inspired Gio Chiappetta in the creation of these images, as well as info on how to get a little piece of what had gone into the creation of his set.[CLICK THRU TO

3rd Ad-Image for CSBOOTH16: Gardener Still @ Michael Gallery (Mar 21-22)

Michael Lau does Metal Gear Solid with this obvious homage to the game and SNAKE-character, for his upcoming CSBOOTH 16: GARDENER STILL. After the earlier SIMPSONS and HELLBOY images, I've just about given up on trying to speculate about the theme for the show, besides the obvious homage to media icons in Game, Television and Comicbook / Movies ... "Heroes of Media"? "Addictions of the modern

TOYER-Z by Frank Kozik x Toy2R

The proto was seen on display @ the recent New York Toy Fair 2009 and now Qee4All reveals more of the Frank Kozik-designed and Toy2R-made 10 inch tall TOYER-Z mecha-robo-hero! Based on Toy2R's mascot, the "Toyer" - all i can muster about this incarnation is: *Awesome*Lovin' the little details like the back-of-head/rim that looks like a military-helmet, and the tri-lines on the hands, like

Seen @ Tasteless Art show by PON at ToyQube (Mar 6)

Paul from LavishLivez.com has hooked TRE up with select snaps of PON's solo art show @ ToyQube's this past March 6th, including a video interview with KaNO about his impressions of the show "Take Out: Tasteless Artworks" by PON [blogged][CLICK THRU FOR MORE]Paul says: "From canvas, custom toys, to his own spray can work the exhibition was full of excitement and your eyes were kept busy by all of

Moneygrips Orange and Green

First there were the Red and Blue color-tinted resin MONEYGRIPS by KaNO x Argonaut Resins - seen on display at New York Comic Con 2009 [PEEP] ... now peep the yummiest of jello-flavors with Orange and Green color tints!Details when I get'em! :)

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with MCA Evil Design

Hey, I'm down with "EVIL", and when I found out MCA of Evil Design was involved in the Star Wars Galaxy 4 Trading Card series - doing the Die-Cut sketch cards - I knew I had to bug him for a quick Q&A [TAGGED] - for the motivations of his color-pencil sketches, as well as finding out what "MCA" actually stands for .... (heh)[CLICK THRU TO READ]TOYSREVIL: WHO is MCA? ... what does MCA actually

Lucky Draw Verdigris Variants for Mechtorian Series 1 by Doktor A

PRESS: MINDstyle’s MECHTORIANS SERIES 1 mini-figures by Doktor A have finally made its way to retailers. These highly detailed figures are beautifully packaged in window-boxes. The first selection of six figures includes DJ Gramo (Entertainer), Stephen LePodd (explorer), Scuttler the Butler (Domestic) Mr. Head (Philosopher), Sentry Wheel (City Gate Guard) and Sir Shilling Copperpenny (Bank

A Hundred Blips

And so my blip hit 100 listeners today.Which basically means a hundred folks are tuned in to my online music "channel" / stream / songlist / whatever it may be know as. Which also in some warped parallel-world conundrumic fallacy, means a hundred friends and strangers have more of an insight into my psyche than anyone else on the www (if anyone knows how to look or care abouts anyways).Because

Caterpillar MAD*L Customs by ROHBY (mid-March drop)

The master-of-mecha-customization is at it again! Peep these WIP-images of Rohby's upcoming custom construction vehicle made out of a 5 incher tall MAD*L - complete with a Stikfas driver!WHASSUP: A total of 5 customs will be released on tinyimports.com around mid-March (Stay tuned for exact drop-date) with a price range of around 3 to 4 hundred each (**Final price depends upon how much

Hot Toy's Terminators on Sideshow Toys

Hot Toy's TERMINATOR SALVATION 1/6 line [blogged] is currently available for pre-orders on Sideshow Toys in Regular Editions as well as a Sideshow Exclusive Edition of the gaitling gun totting 1/6 endoskeleton featuring an Environmental display base - available nowhere else [peep insert image - yes that's the biggest I could find]- T-600 Sideshow Exclusive Edition @ US$179.99- http://

GOTH Cheshire Cat by Span of Sunset x Disney

The newest Span of Sunset, Inc. X Disney collaboration has been unveiled with the immediate release of their vinyl figure Cheshire Cat in its latest color way - GOTH.The Cheshire Cat vinyl figure is based upon Lewis Carroll's character from Alice in Wonderland, here reborn into a 3D form by Span of Sunset, Inc. This Cheshire Cat picks up inspiration from goth music and lifestyle, representing it

Master Your Destiny: ENTERBAY x Dragonball Evolution

Now, I'm not surprised to see GOKU and PICCOLO being picked to be possibly made into 1/6th action figures by ENTERBAY (as they would be the obvious choice and hero-figures) but would BULMA actually be their "first" female figure in 1/6th to be released? [A question I first asked in 2008 as well].ENTERBAY shows off a DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION image featuring Justin Chatwin as Goku, Emmy Rossum as

Rotobox Next Custom DIY Project - Suparobo Series 2 Teaser

After their 'Garada K7' and 'Doublas M2' customed-Qees - what else does the boys from ROTOBOX have up their sleeves? Well thie above-left teaser for SUPAROBO Series 2 doesn't really offer much besides the March drop-date ... but the WIP-image above-right might give further clues to the custom's identity ... Spencer! You guys best getter move on and reveal the answer soon, yeh? heh.

CLUTTER Exclusive PINK Billy Bananas

With lurve in his eyes and lust in his loins, BILLY BANANAS dons his Sunday pastel--best and oozes sensual-pinkness as a CLUTTER Magazine exclusive toy - limited to only 150 pcs @ £24.99 per! CLICK on pics below to see the Billy's huge ... bloodied cleaver ...Standing 5 inches tall, Billy Bananas is designed by Tristan Eaton and is released here in conjunction with Thunderdog and Interspectacular

100% FREE Exhibition @ STITCH, Tokyo (April 4-19) / DANKE SCHOEN Soft Vinyl Toy Prototype

DANKE SCHOEN is an online store and brand specializing in bears which were designed by TOUMA [tagged]. Initially offered as plush, the duo pair of black (Danke) and white (Schoen) bears are now poised to be manifest in soft vinyl! [Original sculpt shown below-right].For the coming 100% FREE Exhibition show @ STITCH TOKYO, Daikanyama, Tokyo (April 4th-19th, 2009) - the Owner of DANKE SCHOEN

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Final Trailer

Was Logan tracking a young Scott Summers aka Cyclops? The future team-leader of Professor Xavier's X-MEN? (Then Jean Grey must've really been jailbait for Wolverine then ... *yikes*). Listed in IMDB is "Tim Pocock" as "Scott Summers". Wow. I didn't know that :p

World In Focus: 6 Minutes To Midnight

An episode of late night UK current affairs review World In Focus aired in October 1985, in which photo-journalist Alain Guillon and author Hal Eisner discuss the emerging geopolitical crisis with presenter Jeremy Miller.The recording purports to have originated from the Veidt Industries video archive. It details its source as 'KARNAK' the significance of which is unclear.Source: The New

Retrospective of JAKUAN @ REBEL Boutique Club (March 21)

Come March 21st - JAKUAN (of 360 Toy Group) will be landing on Singapore's shores, and REBEL Boutique Club [www] will play host to a one night only retrospective exhibition of his career!The event will showcase exclusive toys on display from KAWS, FUTURA, Keith Harring, SUPREME and many more. And if you're feeling the itch beyond just mere glancing at the toys? Fear not - for ANDY MOUSE (by

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with MAD

I remember my first ever Q&A with MAD aka Jeremy Madl was about his custom-Vader helmet for The Vader Project (back in 2007). A familiar name to the Vinyl-Crowd (an understatement / CLICK for MAD-on-TRE) - MAD tackles both Vader and Storm Troopers in the new Star Wars Galaxy 4 Die-Cut trading card series by TOPPS [TAGGED] and TRE is here to bug him once again![CLICK THRU TO READ]TOYSREVIL: WHO

Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi @ Wondercon 2009

Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Wondercon 2009 Booth-images [via flickr] showcasing prototypes of their new line of toys, including MARSHALL Series 1 from 64 Colors [blogged], NINJATOWN MICRO PLUSH from Shawnimals [blogged], Chris Ryniak's LAKE MONSTER [www] and Travis Lampe's TEAR DRIPS [www].Only Vintage Marshall and the Zoltar Monotone Tear Drip were available at the Con, and are now listed online

Ozymandias Action Figure

Without a doubt (and with total bias-ness based on what the TRE-blog is about), one of my fav scenes in the WATCHMEN movie, is when [SPOILER-BEGINS /// Dan Dreiberg holds up a Ozymandias action figure, which is displayed alongside the other action figures, in Adrian Veidt's office /// END-SPOILER] in one of the scenes from the comicbook adapted for the big-screen.*Cool*Source" New Frontiersman

1/6 DC Direct Dr Manhattan reviewed on MWCToys

... No, the Blue Man Group didn't get themselves made into action figures - but rather these are images from Michael Crawford's review of DC Direct's Watchmen 13 inch Deluxe Dr. Manhattan action figure [Seen @ NYCC-09 & SDCC-08] ... and nope, there ain't no exposed glowing-bits on this man-dolly. heh.I'd lurve to have a Rorschach and The Comedian tho ... heh.

Evolutionism of 1/6 Head Sculpture by Tomm of MiLK

First seeing the MILK magazine layout spread on Tomm's blog got me excited, but having the opportunity to view them at higher-res - courtesy of ENTERBAY - got me positively high on nostalgia and longing for the "good old days" of 1/6th. The visual montage by Tomm / "NotAToy" is a virtual who's who of celeb-sculpts and likeness by a broad spectrum of brands and manufacturers thru the years, and

ENTERBAY to make 1/6 Bruce Lee as KATO from The Green Hornet

HongKong luxury-1/6th toy-makers ENTERBAY announces the coming of their 5th edition of BRUCE LEE from their Real Masterpiece Series - with "KATO" from "The Green Hornet"! [CLICK for product-specs]"ENTERBAY, The Bruce Lee Estate and The Green Hornet, Inc would like to invite you to experience the wonders of the crime-fighting masked hero “KATO” in this classic TV show! Master (Arnie) Kim has taken

Adidas Trexis by Play Imaginative

Adidas celebrated their 60th anniversary last Friday with a Singapore house party at the Timberlux Warehouse, and one of their special celebrity guests was Hong Kong actor Edison Chen (currently based in Canada) in what would be one of his first public appearance since the sex scandal which rocked the HK entertainment industry in early 2008.And local toy-makers Play Imaginative scored a

Fire Everything!: Star Trek Trailer 2

[HD-version above / via TREKNews.de / Trailer ONE / Superbowl Spot / Playmates Toys]

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with Spooky-Booty

By day, Natalie To is an art director, designer, animator, illustrator, compositor and dance machine. But by night, she dons her supervillain mask and takes on the persona of SPOOKY-BOOTY! And she has lent her talent in providing artwork for the Star Wars Galaxy 4 Die-Cut trading cards by TOPPS [TAGGED]. TRE gets behind the mask and gets down to the making of her interpretations of Lord Vader and

Brew Tea Full Video by Phoneticontrol

Phoneticontrol made a video for projection for the Launch party of his solo show BREW TEA FULL @ 88point5 [tagged] and what is shown above is a sampling of it (hopin' to see more soon, Eric!) - which to me, "explains" a little bit more about the relationships between the creations and the world in which it exists, IMHO. Cool.FYI: All artwork shown at acrylic on wood and are available at www

Terminator Salvation Standee in SG

Terminator Salvation standee seen @ Downtown East Cathay cinema Level 4. Wish I could've been able to snap a direct-frontal, but this was placed within a walkway corridor and not in the main lobby ... not yet anyways, I suspect :p [CLICK on image to view larger]

TOYSREVIL Watches The WATCHMEN (Short Version)

First and foremost, WATCHMEN - for all intents and purposes is a "genre" movie. Make no mistake, this may not be your run-of-the-mill popcorn flick for the masses, nor a generic date movie for the uninitiated. And with a M18 rating in Singapore ("Mature 18") it sure isn't meant for the kiddies demographic, and rightly so.From the fanboy point of view, expectations are high, not just the question

The Resin Collective @ Red Hot Robot (Apr 11)

THE RESIN COLLECTIVE is an upcoming show @ Red Hot Robot which primary focus is on hand-cast resin figures from around the globe. The list of participants [PEEP] are well known to TRE and excite me, seriously so. RHR also mentions that most artists will be submitting 1-4 new customs and/or new figures for the show, and that some artists will be in attendance at the opening on Saturday, April 11th

ILLAZILLA Customs for Attack of ILLAZILLA @ APW Gallery (March 6 / Part One)

The Attack of ILLAZILLA Mini Tour begins this coming Friday March 6th @ APW Gallery 6pm-9pm [DETAILS] - the first of four stops/shows featuring customs by a host of folks from all over the globe working on the Illazilla wooden dinosaur platform figure created by TNES (owner and designer for the Las Vegas based urban clothing company Hippo Esthetics aka HIPPOE). ILLAZILLA-CUSTOMS-PREVIEW: CLICK

My Pet Zilla by Nasty Neil for Attack Of The ILLAZILLA Mini Tour

This wild orange furred, crazy eyed critter with a menacing bite is named "MY PET ZILLA" and it's Nasty Neil's customed wooden Illazilla - completed for the upcoming Attack Of ILLAZILLA Mini Tour happening this Friday March 6th - starting @ APW Gallery [WHAT]. Nasty Neil will be attending the NYC show - so be sure to track him down and ask about MPZ's story, and why it ain't on a leash, yo!

Star Wars Galaxy 4 Sketch Cards Q&A with LAMOURSupreme

Exposed pink-bloodied brains and gnarly rotting decaying cloned-flesh underneath Imperial Forces-issued helmets. Would anyone have expected such a Star Wars Universe would exist? LAMOURSupreme did. Space Zombies Rawketh!CLICK THRU for a TRE-Q&A about his work done for the Star Wars Galaxy 4Trading Card series by TOPPS [TAGGED]TOYSREVIL: WHO is LAMOUR SUPREME?LAMOURSUPREME: Probably some jackass

"Blavatski & Sons" Custom Contraptions by Doktor A for Transcenders @ Gallery1988

In addition to the recent release of his MECHTORIANS figure series from MINDstyle [tagged] - Doktor A continues to astound with gorgeous one-off customs completed for the group show "Transcenders" - currently on show @ Gallery1988. Featuring a series of "personal lifestyle" enhancement-themed custom contraptions from a fictitious "Blavatski & Sons" (if only it were real, seriously) - with the one

The Continuous Spectrum @ Double Punch Gallery (March 14)

Double Punch Gallery Presents THE CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM = a 4-man art show featuring Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros, Mark Todd and Jesse Balmer. Original art works will be on display as well as some surprise toy customs ;)FYI: Bwana, Martin, and Jesse will be in attendance and refreshments will be served.CLICK THRU for some (pilfered) preview images of artworks destined for the show (:p), as well

Making Bramble: Factory Floor Photos

I apologize to you, my dear TRE-readers, for I have yet to have the opportunity to wax lyrical about the weathering / paint-app capabilities of Hong Kong-based toy-manufacturing company; threezero, and how they bring an acute level of richness to the quality of their products with said paint-capabilities, especially with the recent releases from 3A Toys - a company in partnership with artist and

A TK-Oyabun Sneak Peek & Info Update

OYABUN's oversized jacket (with a hoodie?) makes a blurry sneak-appearance on the 3A Toys website - and here's a wee update to my earlier post about Ashley Wood's 1/6-scaled Tomorrow King OYABUN [HERE] - via the efforts of Gimbat @ the 3A Toys-forum:Ashley Wood on the Oyabun release and it's limits: "A heads up, the OYA is going to have a theoretical limit due to materials shortage (the worlds

We Kill You Hearts NYC (A Monster Hide & Seek Contest)

In celebration of We Kill You's foray into New York City, WKY will be holding it's first Monster Hide-and-Seek street contest for Big Apple fans! From Monday, March 9th - Friday, March 13th, We Kill You monster plaques will be placed in various nooks and crannies all over New York City. Being wild and crazy creatures, you never know where these critters will turn up! Keep your eyes open, and

Anime Accessories & Stuff

Giant Paper Robot Fight (Paper Robot Designing Contest)

UPDATE: Contest dateline has been extended to March 26th, with winners announced on March 31st. (thanks fr the headsup, "beats"!)To commemorate the completion of the 4-in-1 Robot Paper Toy Project seen in Giant Robot magazine, Scion and Giant Robot are challenging readers to design their own paper figures for a chance to meet the master of paper figures Shin Tanaka himself and have their paper

The End Begins

A sweet tri-character poster image from TERMINATOR SALVATION to go with the new Theatrical Trailer [HERE] - courtesy of IGN [via Cleolinda]. CLICK THRU for a closer look at the T-600 (image-center) whose being made into 1/6th by Hot Toys [video / product details]

If You Are Listening To This, You Are The Resistance: Terminator Salvation Theatrical Trailer 2

[Note: If this embed-video goes down, check out Yahoo!Movies / original-source]The Marcus Wright" "is-he-a-human or-terminator" identity status in the movie TERMINATOR SALVATION has now officially gone 'public' with this trailer. And this trailer has excited me more with a slower-pace of editing, with a cohesive voice-over narration by Christian "John Connor" Bale. The ending with (presumably)