Mutant Bunny Prints & To-Fus from Joe Ledbetter @ San Diego Comic Con 2011

Joe Ledbetter has a cowpoke of happenings at next week's San Diego Comic Con (www) - firstly with the release of his 50-pcs limited 11" x 14" 5-color print on 1/2" birch wood "Mutant Bunny Mickey Monster" print at Hi-Fructose Magazine (booth #4939 / blogged) where Joe himself will be on-hand to sign on Friday 12pm.As well his collabo-project with Devilrobot's TO-FU characters; "Mr. Bunny-Fu" and

Gloomy Sits Down Plush @ Taipei Toy Festival 2011

"Gloomy Sits Down" Prime Plush from Mori Chack and produced by Play Imaginative - available to pre-order at the PI Booth in Taipei Toy Festival (www) with an August release schedule. Five designs to choose from - price undetermined from my end tho - but they do look adorable, don't they?

SpongeBob Squarepants TO-FU @ launch of Play Imaginative new store in *SCAPE

Play Imaginative has moved out of their Iluma store and into *SCAPE [www] - and has launched their 3,000-pcs limited 4" SpongeBob Squarepants TO-FU with a "special launch price" (SGD$18 for members / SGD$20 for non-members) to celebrate their new venue. Grand opening happening from 5pm @ 2 Orchard Link, #02-14, on April 29th Friday. Offer ends on the following Monday tho, so don't dally if you

New To-Fu Oyakus from Play Imaginative - From Joe Ledbetter, Devilrobots and Gloomy Bear

After our earlier post about the SpongeBob SquarePants To-Fu (exclusive only to Singapore btw), another three (or you could say "four") new To-Fu Oyako vinyls will be coming forth from Play Imaginative, namely the Joe Ledbetter-designed MR BUNNY-FU and SNO-BUNNY-FU (above / who is incidentally releasing his Chinese Zodiac series soon) and a EVIROB TOFU with Devilrobots (finally!) and a very

Chinese Zodiac Series by Joe Ledbetter x Play Imaginative

Joe Ledbetter taps on his inner Asian as he redesigns the animals from thelegend of the Chinese Zodiac in his wickedly awesome signature styles!Play Imaginative prepares a release of Joe Ledbetter's CHINESE ZODIAC Series ~ featuring animals based on the Chinese Almanac, who previously made their stunning display debut at last year-end's STGCC (Yes, I wished I coulee grabbed them out off the shelf

Upcoming Toys on TOYSREVIL (Mar/4/2011)

Looks like San Diego Comic Con gets their first toy-volley-reveal for 2011, courtesy of ThreeA Toys and comicbook label IDW. Shown here is the WWRp Day Watch Edition of Heavy Bramble (sans military pouches and decals) which no doubt will be made available at the show (remember 2009's WWRp Bramble release?). Also do look out for a second 3A-release specifically online.New snap of Jeffrey Lamm's 6

Seen@STGCC 2010: Play Imaginative

WHAT: Many weeks ago in December 2010 this Saturday, I ventured out of the hospital for a single day to cruise along the con-aisles of the Singapore Toy Games and Comic Convention in Suntec City. This was what I witnessed from my trusty wheelchair…WHO: One of the key toy-players of STGCC was local toy-makers Play Imaginative (whom folks remember to be the event organizers for STGCC 2008-09), who

The World Of Toys on TOYSREVIL (Jan/8/2011)

CLICK THRU to see what's new and what's hot (and maybe even "what's not"?) in the toy-world today - showcasing deadly vinyls, galaxy-spanning resins, squisible-plushies, plastic-poopies, time-travelers, rapper-dollies, retro-remakes and even a figure series of epic proportions! Do remember to hit up toysreviler [at] gmail.com with your latest news, info and images!In his recent 10th Anniversary

Seen@STGCC 2010: Joe Ledbetter's Zodiac Series by Play Imaginative

95 x images in slideshow above / CLICK for full-screen slideshow0A surprising display at the recent Singapore Toy Games and Comic Convention 2010 (STGCC / Tagged) was Joe Ledbetter's new ZODIAC Series with Play Imaginative. Distinctive JL-designs feature the 12 x animal characters from the Chinese Almanac, each depicting a year of birth (for sure I'll be scoring a Rooster lol). No doubt

Project Singa: Design A Singa Competition & Project Singa Custom Showcase

At first glance, the SINGA 2.5" figurine from Play Imaginative, brought back memories of my school-days, when Singa The Courtesy Lion was seen plastered on Courtesy campaign posters which somehow embedded themselves with our Nation's psyche, so much so it is as much a mascot-icon as the Merlion, IMHO. And holding it in hand, was another boost of toy-joy, as all the abovementioned-memories

Project Singa & Singa Lion The Toy from Play Imaginative

Beyond the half-lion-half-mernimal "Merlion", Singapore has yet another near-iconic mascot, in the form of the Courtesy Lion, Singa. And thru the years, Singa Lion has dutifully carried out his mascotary tasks as the "kindness mascot" for numerous National Courtesy Campaign, since 1979. Fast forward to 2010, Singa will be made into a 2.5 inch tall toy figurine, by Play Imaginative!Shown above is

TO-FU OYAKO Postman MyStamp Set by DEVILROBOTS x SingPost

The Singapore Post TO-FU is a collaboration between Japanese design company DEVILROBOT and SingPost ("Singapore Post"), as produced by Play Imaginative. The set shown includes a TO-FU OYAKO stamp sheet with five SGD$1.10 stamps and a specially designed 2.5-inch TO-FU OYAKO figure wearing an "official" SingPost uniform. Currently available in-store at PI's storefront at Iluma, Victoria Street. (

Toy-Teaser: 10 inch Copperhead-18 Trexi by Kenny Wong x Play Imaginative

Spotted at Play Imaginative's storefront in Iluma, Singapore, is the brand new 10 inch tall COPPERHEAD-18 TREXI from Kenny Wong, along with it's tin container! As swell as the tin container is, the main focus is the Trexi form itself, with this incarnation being a full vinyl figure (as opposed to it's earlier ABS-plastic make), as well as the newly developed articulated leg [first blogged about

Toy-Teaser: New 4 Inch TO-FUs from DEVILROBOT x Play Imaginative

DEVILROBOTS reveals images of their upcoming trio of 4-inch tall vinyl-figures made with Play Imaginative: Pisces TO-FU, Aquarius TO-FU & Love TO-FU! Currently neither drop-date, price nor availability details are revealed (as of this published-post), so all we can do is CLICK THRU for a closer look, along with a quick visual-catchup with previous 4 inches of cuteness-releases in the TO-FU family

Customizing Urban Vinyl Workshop by Daniel Yu for [Artificial Artefacts]

Tis not a common happenstance that a toy-customizer would hold a workshop about customizing toys (be it a newbie or an old-pro), much less hold it in this little island of Singapore, IMHO. Disregard the simple fact that the toy-communities here are splintered into so many different genres and toy-categories, with a small pocket of dedicated art toy-specific collectors. With that in mind, the "

Little Trickers Gunmetal Edition To Launch In Singapore (Jan 2, 2010)

Since their display debut at STGCC in August, Touma's blind-boxed Little Trickers are now scheduled to launch at Play Imaginative's store at Iluma, Singapore on Saturday January 2nd, 2010. SRP is SGD$11.95 per blind box / SGD$191.20 per set of 16.To celebrate the the event, limited sets of Little Trickers Gunmetal Edition have been specially produced (450 sets worldwide), and will be made

Canon Pixma Trexis by Play Imaginative x Gagatree

Spotted in todays' issue of My Paper was a full-page ad for Play Imaginative's new series of 3 inch tall Trexis (CLICK on either image to view in full) - as well as a description on PI's own webbie:TEXT: If you're a keen Trexi collector, you probably want to get your hands on these! In collaboration with Canon Pixma, we have released 2 3" Memory Drive Trexis, as well as 8 1.5" Trexis!It might be

Play Imaginative's Midnight Launch Madness @ Iluma, Singapore (July 4)

Come the stroke of midnight on the 4th of July (Singapore time) - Play Imaginative's flagship storefront @ Iluma, Victoria Street - will be the event venue of choice for their official "Midnight Launch Madness" event! (Event lasts til 1am). Of note for collectors and PI-fans will be the launch of the 4 inch BABY TO-FU and Play TO-FU Series 2! (FYI: 4-inch Baby TO-FU @ 50% off / Play TO-FU

TO-FU Mollys and Minis by Devilrobots x Kennyswork x Play Imaginative (featuring Tokidoki)

CLICK THRU for a closer-look at Play Imaginative products releasing within the months of July / August/ September 2009 - featuring the second series of Mini Play TO-FU [peep Series One on TRE], a 4 incher TO-FU vinyl figure (Baby Version) and two collaborative TOFU Mollys from Kennyswork x Devilrobots showcasing the skin-designs of Tokidoki!Do note that currently neither quantity nor prices have

Little Trickers and Mao Cats by TOUMA x Play Imaginative

CLICK THRU for a closer-look at upcoming toys designed by TOUMA and Play Imaginative - set for a July/August 2009 launch - featuring duo Mao Cat-releases, and the blind-box mini figure series; Little Trickers!Something interesting from Play Imaginative, as they take on production of TOUMA's previously released MAO CAT figure (example). Two designs will be featured: a SMILEY MAO CAT (Good Luck