The World of Toys on TOYSREVIL (Jan/24/2011)
The PLAYGE GREEN SQUBE is slated for a Jan 24th release @ a SRP of US$50 (inclusive international shipping). Measuring 4x4x4" and made in ABS, this edition of 150 item can be ordered via www.playge.net. Got your Sqube-On Yet?
Our friends at Tenacious Toys in New York offers up their exclusive metallic silver PEACE KING resin sculpts by Argonaut Resins (from the "Kings of Atlantis" series) - available online here for US$100 per set - which will get you the Peace King skull, a signed/numbered Certificate of Authenticity, a blind-boxed magnetic skull talisman, and custom hand-made packaging for both skull and talisman. Time To Get Busy!
Hot on the toy-heels of the Peace King is the release info for AR's New Years Tuttz Wave 1 - to be released in 3 waves of metallic colors totaling 16 pieces. Included with the new wave 1 (6 pcs.) colorways is a special light blue (1 of 1) clear tint metallic haze chase Tuttz in which half the proceeds will go to the LCKM@$$ charity to fight cancer. This charity Tuttz will go for US$100 and all the other Tuttz resins will go for $55 (plus shipping and handling) and will be on sale in the Argonaut Resins online store on Wednesday January 26 at 9PM est. time.
The 6 piece Wave 1 New Years Tuttz features -
Charity (clear tint metallic haze chase figure)
Midnight
Money
Lipstick
Royalty
Sunshine
Joe Merrill drops a note about his One-off Hiya Drop which happened just on Saturday. Priced at US$40 each are these 4.5" tall resin critters with articulated arms, with more snaps via Joe's Flick. Available online via http://splurrt.bigcartel.com, we had previously blogged about his NYCC-release.
UPDATED: The Ceekoar drop will be at 8:30PM EST this Saturday, Jan 29. Concocted by Ben Mininberg - there will be five figures available, the Sarvos, three Gendrone battle units, and the yet to be posted Phanost. The Sarvos and Gendrones will be $45 each, and the Phanost will be $50 and features a metal head from Brownnoize Productions. Each figure is painted fully with Monster Kolor and features a fine and detailed paint scheme with pearl effects and a high-gloss finish. Available online here on Prometheus Rising Studios / More pics here.
Now faced without a "sexy model", we have individual descriptions of Dubai-based design studio robotandsparks' Robot VC3s! With a SRP of US$50 per colorway and currently distributed by DKE Toys (and initially produced by ESC Toys) - "The cute and mischievous little robots are available in five fruity flavours and a blank DIY version, the 6inch ABS figures are limited to 99 pieces of each colour. 4 Points of articulation."
(Above) DESCRIPT: Glossy black and neon pink go-faster stripes, Viper has a bad attitude and a serious problem with authority. Tougher than He-Man and Chuck Norris combined.
DESCRIPT: Sundance yellow with black details, Vespula is the baby of the team. Loves thunder and lightning, ice cream and any film with Bill Murray.
Vanilla white with magenta stripes, Monroe is named after Hollywood screen icon Marilyn because of his curvaceous body, diva demands and fondness of US Presidents.
DESCRIPT: Aqua blue and black, Hendrixx is named after guitar rock god Jimi. Super strength as standard, his favourite animal is the crocodile.
Delicious pink and fruity blue, Bubblegumm is the leader of the pack. Special powers include X-ray vision, indestructible shell and the ability to speak French.
A successful plush makes me want to hug them even if I saw them within a computer monitor). And even more successful "food-loush", makes me just want to take a huge chunk-bite out if them! Steff Bomb has succeed in this, with her Limited Edition Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup plush set, hand-made especially for Valentine's Day. Priced admirably at US$45 per pair and in an edition of only 25 - do make your online-way to Steff's Etsy listing now!
(Size-FYI: Grilled cheese is 3.75" x 4". Tomato soup is 2.25" x 3.75")
The plush-lurve never ends with the coming of special Valentines Caveys scheduled for a February 1st drop online via http://heycavey.bigcartel.com @ 12noon GMT - which would happen to be the Pink Valentine, limited to 25 pcs. Also on sale at the same date and time is the Playlounge-exclusive Blue Valentine, and the Iksentrik-exclusive Black Valentine - both limited to 50 pcs each colorway. The embroidery is tres cool, and so is the color black! Yumz!
Remember the Biohazard Edition of the Glop In The Box? Well, Andrew Bell and MPHLabs have cooked up a brand new Glop In A Box : Ice Edition coming out on Thursday January 27th @ 1pm EST. Priced at US$90 per, there does not seem to be a quantity listed for this product, but man that glob needs to thawed out and soon, doesn't he? Cool. Like, Literally.
Hot Toys readies up a 1/6 release alongside Sideshow Collectibles with Dr Indiana .Jones in the RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK figure … again? Last seen at the 10th Anniversary show in Tokyo, this 12" figure is part of HT's DX-series (#05) - which means movable eye-balls and a duo-change in clothes. Also check out the bare-body on the figure! Do look out for product-stats to be revealed on hottoys.co.hk, and check out more product snaps on HT's Facebook.
Medicom Toys is on a Star Wars-roll, with upcoming duo-Fett releases in their Real Action Heroes (RAH) line of 1/6th-figures. Shown above is the infamous intergalactic bounty hunter BOBA FETT (from "Revenge of the Jedi"), while posted below is "daddy-Fett" JANGO FETT.Both priced at 18,900YEN, both should be in stores soon-ish.
January 20th saw the release of Kidrobot's DUNNY AZTECA Series 2, and Ernesto East of The Beast Brothers was on hand for the signing at KRMIA - which also saw the reveal of the "yellow (gold)" Chase Dunny, in tandem with their regular Grey "stone" figure (which happens to be one of my fags). CLICK to view slideshow of the event on full-screen (52 pics contained).
Jesse Hernandez was at KRSF to sign his KR-exclusive MICTLAN Jungle Edition colorway, limited to 50 pcs
I've blogged about this before, and have expressed my disdain for the figures, but somehow I am compelled to blog about them again, (not just to score maybe some blog-hits) primarily because I have discovered images of the toys "before" they went thru the crippled-mirror in the water from Brooklyn-based artist Robert Lazzarini (whose other works were actually pretty darn cool). The Companion comparison-images are from "Drew From The Slope", and the figures were available for US$180 per at Kawsone.com. So what do I know, they were sold out! LOL
I have no idea where these Gloomy-inspired Bunny plush are bootlegs or legits, regardless they are super-adorably cool and every Chinese toy-loving home should have one … or a pair!
