With the onset of the 4th installment of the mega-blockbuster Transformers franchise opening this weekend, Medicom Toys brings us the 200% Be@rbrick version of all the big hitters: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumble Bee and Star Scream (above). Each Be@rbrick stands a bit under 6″ tall and fully transforms into robot form, something no other Be@rbrick can offer. Pick up each figure for […]
27
Jun
Medicom goes Megatron with upcoming film release
23
Jun
A Milk exclusive Stark suit greyed-out & battle tested
A new Milk exclusive from 3A is the Marvel favorite, Iron Man. As can be expected from the world class toymakers at 3A, the Milk Magazine Iron Man is loaded with unique details, like a grayed-out color way that denotes its prototype, testing nature. The 1/6 scale figure features crash test marks and various Stark Industries marques, and comes […]
30
May
World class designer toys from Crazysmiles
Hong Kong toy-artist Michael Lau has teamed up with manufacturer How2work to bring a new series of figures from Lau’s Gardenergala universe. World class toymaker Lau has been re-inventing the gardener universe since 1999, his first line being that which would inspire the vinyl-toy movement throughout the world. It would take some time before his toys could be […]
27
May
When your desk is headed for disaster of biblical proportions
Funko Pop is ready to de-poltergeist your toy box with the Ghostbuster’s Pop! vinyl figures. Funko has gotten license to create adorable vinyl toys for every pop-culture crew under the sun, from Game of Thrones to Nightmare Before Christmas. So it only makes sense that a 6″ Stay Puft Pop get on board too — not to […]
27
May
Medicom Toys towering ode to dispensable Darth Vader lackeys
If Star Wars episodes can keep coming, you’d better brace for the very same for lucrative toy licenses. And so, in eager of anticipation of the upcoming episode VII, and in revamp of the 400% Bearbricks released in June 2011, now comes Medicom Toys’ huge 1000% Bearbrick Stormtrooper. The stormtrooper measures just under 28 inches, and if […]
16
May
Limited run of only 10 pieces from the Hong Kong toymakers
Coarse Toys is an artist duo in a Hong Kong studio who have gained international recognition for their sculptures and lofty “themes of denial, betrayal and lies.” (Oh my!) In fact, their beautiful take on the buzzkill has been through these parts before, multiple times, perhaps best with the rabbit-suit wearing False Friends. Their most recent work is […]
6
May
The world's only toy rendition of the godfather of the living dead
Mondo (the gallery/shop based in Austin, TX dedicated to posters, prints and nerd-worshipping tchotchkes like this) have joined up with Retroband Toys to put out the first-ever limited-edition action figure of the overlord of zombie films, George Romero. By no coincidence, the figure was created in time with the Texas Frightmare Weekend‘s screening of Dawn of the Dead this past weekend, […]
2
May
Your perfect 30-point of articulation date for movie night
If you’re not amped enough about the opening of The Amazing Spiderman 2 this weekend, you should probably start collecting action figures — stat. Perhaps you should also cut some popcorn holes into the face of your Spidey suit for when you go to the premiere — sans any self-respecting date. Well, maybe you think that you don’t […]
