The High Priest of Toby by Gary Baseman x Kidrobot

   Fresh from his secret society inspired mini series, Gary Baseman and Kidrobot have teamed up once again to bring you The High Priest of Toby.  At a commanding 9 inches tall, this charismatic enigma is ready to lead you down the path of enlightenment.... or certain doom, one can never be too sure about these things.  But for $100 you can give it a go and see where he takes you.  There are only 450 of these available worldwide, so get your magic Kool Aid brewing, your track suit dry cleaned, and be ready to snag one of these on December 1st. 

Sucklord "Jerk of Art" Figure

    Leave it to the Sucklord to turn lemons into high priced lemonade.  After being voted off of Work of Art, he immediately posted a photo of this figure online.  It's a cool response to the shafting he got on the show.  No matter what he did, he was always seen as just a toy maker and was never taken as seriously as the other artists involved.  Somehow, I think he'll still get the last laugh, and this is one heck of a start.

Pop! Vinyl Ugly Dolls from Funko

    Funko is really churning out these Pop! vinyl figures like crazy, and in January they're adding Uglydolls to their already impressive roster.  Here's hoping that they run out of ideas soon so they're forced to make a Sanford and Son set of toys.  It could happen.  

Coarse Toys Paw! Raw

   Coarse Toys has decided that because people have enjoyed customizing their Paw! figure (and there are some amazing ones out there) that they needed to bite the bullet and make a blank one.  Available in their webstore now, this blank figure is aimed at stopping artists from painting over their special releases and thus limiting the amount that are available to collectors.  It's a double edged sword because on the one hand, the less there are available means that the remaining products will increase in value.  The flip side of that is that there are fewer of them for collectors to buy up on the secondary market because their original design is compromised.  Well, for $165 toy artists can now paint without the guilt of possibly ruining a limited edition.

Kidrobot x Skullcandy

   I just learned about this collaboration between Kidrobot and Skullcandy and I have mixed emotions.  First, I think it was a great idea to bring the two brands together, which Kidrobot seems to be looking to do more and more.  But my major beef is that you only get the chrome Dunny with the headphone jack in his face if you buy the black pair, which are $300.  The sets are limited to 1000 worldwide, but the price is waaaaaaaaaay outta my comfort zone.  But the blue pair are cool and sensibly priced at $60, but you don't get a toy with them.  When they did their Swatch collection there was only 1 watch without a matching toy and is was only $10 cheaper.  I'm sure there are people that will have to have the $300 pair because they want to get every Dunny they possibly can, but I will be totally fine with never being able to have this one.

Tara McPherson x NagNagNag Black Friday Release

    Tara Mcpherson and NagNagNag have teamed up to bring you this...thing.  It's called the Zombie Ice Baby and I suppose the name is fitting?  I really don't get the ugly toy movement of misshapen critters that look like they would be better suited moonlighting as scabs than sitting on your bookshelf.  But if unlike me you enjoy a plastic representation of venereal disease, then you should spend your Black Friday at The Cotton Candy Machine in Brooklyn rather than at Wal Mart (which I would have thought was the best place to collect the grotesque).  Lord knows how much these things will be but I'm sure it's not cheap.  I can honestly say this is one Tara McPherson toy I will be happy to not add to my collection.

The Walking Dead from McFarlane Toys

    Anyone who knows me knows that I'm behind on everything.  New movies come out and I see them when they're on DVD, and that's usually after there's been a few sequels.  But thanks to the combination of Netflix and Comcast On Demand, I no longer have to yell at people to not spoil The Walking Dead for me.  Speaking of spoiled, how about all that nasty meat just laying around everywhere?  Hopefully if the zombie apocalypse happens for real we will be able to quickly lose our sense of smell.  

    Back to business.  McFarlane Toys will be releasing the first series of figures inspired by the show this December.  You get Officer Rick Grimes, everybody's favorite redneck Daryl Dixon, and two zombies that are just begging for you to put a bullet through their moldy skulls.  

   For Toys R Us shoppers you will also get an exclusive black and white Rick Grimes that is covered in blood.  For some reason, I don't think it's his.