Friday, April 27, 2012

Shoggoth Slave from Skinner x Jay222




    Skinner and Jay222 are doing it again with this sick figure inspired by the myths of H.P. Lovecraft. If you've ever read any of his work, you know that ole H.P. had some pretty twisted visions of things that were lurking in the world and this series of figures has captured that and then some. This guy is a Shaggoth Slave, the whipping boy of The Elder Things. Need someone to to pick up your laundry or commit mass murder? Here's your man. This guy is huge too, measuring 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide. You can pick him up this Monday, April 30th, for $125.



Custom Toy of the Week: Lisa Rae Hansen




      Ok, this might be my favorite custom toy of all time. This amazing work is courtesy of Lisa Rae Hansen and was part of the Heavy Metal Qee Project. The nesting doll/iron maiden started off as a Qee figure and the little metal head that is inside is all an original sculpt. I would love to see a series of figures based on Mega Seth, so someone should step up and make that happen. If I had the cash I'd make it happen, but alas all my money goes to cat litter and weird smelling fish treats. Check out more from Lisa at http://www.ibreaktoys.com/ and if you want to buy this dude you can click here and he can be yours. Also, the proceeds are going to charity, which is cool.




Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ferg x Grody Shogun Young Gohst Subscriptions




I'm gonna go ahead and say it. These are the best mini figures of the year. Go ahead and try to top them, you can't. It would take a heavy dose of wizardry to make anything cooler, and the best part is you can ensure that you get every single one of them. No buying blind box after blind box and hoping you get 'em all. You pay one flat fee and then get a couple of figures mailed to you every month. It's better than the Sausage of the Month Club I'll tell you that.

These genius little guys are the creation of Ferg and Grody Shogun. Each 3 inch figure comes with a brain that you can mix and match how you see fit. For $285 you get a total of 13 figures over 6 months and that includes shipping. These subscriptions go on sale April 30th so get your affairs in order and get these figures.



Make This Toy a Reality

 


Tenacious Toys are soooooooooooooo close to making this Mini Qee a reality. We're talking less than $200 away from having their Kickstarter fully funded and this Scott Tolleson toy in production. For only $30 you get one of these awesome figures shipped to your house. These retail for $28 alone, so paying an extra $2 for shipping is the best deal you'll ever find. There are other amounts you can pledge as well and you get some cool rewards to go with them: stickers, t-shirts, even original art. Click here and brag to your friends that you're an international toy mogul, making things happen in plastic.

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The Expendables Minimates



Ok, I'll admit it: I've never seen this movie. Never even wanted to really, despite the fact that it has every cheesy action star ever is in it and it looked like no expense was sparred as far as bullet blanks go. But does that mean I can't appreciate toys based on this movie for which dialogue was most likely not the highest of priorities? Of course not! In fact, it makes playing with them that much easier cause you can put your imagination on auto pilot and get to the killing!

These Minimates will be available soon in two different four packs. the ones pictured above will be available in Toys R Us stores, while the ones below will be at your favorite comic/specialty retailers. Each pack will come with tons of lethal accessories to keep things interesting.

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Mishka 100% Bearbrick




    Yeah, this toy doesn't suck. It's a killer Bearbrick from the folks at Mishka, who make awesome toys and clothes and probably other stuff that I don't know about but would be tempted to buy. Designed by Lamour Supreme, this insane cyclops will be available May 12th for an undetermined price. Or maybe it was determined but they know you want it so bad that you'll pay whatever you have to in order to add this sucker to your collection. Or maybe they just forgot to tell us. They're probably busy folks.



Introducing Keg O'Boom from South Africa



 

This is Keg O'Boom, the first ever designer resin figure made and produced in South Africa. He was created by artist The Given and is limited to only 50 pieces, with 1 out of every 5 being a glow-in-the-dark variant. You can get your own little powder keg dude right now by going to http://www.thegiven.co.za/kegoboom/.