Author Archives: Niall Anderson

Staying within the realms of sofubi micros today, we bring you the latest figure from Science Patrol, prehistoric invertebrate, the Ankyloworm! Taking a brief side-step from SP’s usual yokai-influenced output, the little guy – coming in at around 2.5” tall – appears to draw it’s inspiration from the recent revival of classic keshi lines suchContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Ankyloworm” sofubi micro from Science Patrol revealed…”

From the looks of his recent studio posts, it would appear that Jon Malmstedt over at Rampage Toys has a whole slew of new vinyl coming over the next few months, the first to be revealed coming in the form of this adorable Tofu micro for Devil Robots! Standing at little over 2” tall, the beautifully realisedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Tofu sofubi micro from Devil Robots x Rampage Toys revealed…”

 “Once upon a time, there was a thing called Earth Wolf. He lived and undied in a magic forest full of things and so forth, until one day he was wandering around with his mind also wandering around, walked smack into a pretty sunset, and got it all over himself. Being an outdoorsy sort, heContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Blasted” Earth Wolf sofubi from Super7…”

Following an instant sellout release at Wonderfestival Winter 2015 a couple of weeks back, Dennis over at Shirahama Toy is proud to announce that the Awesome Toy x Grody Shogun “Super Space Guys” are now up for grabs via a 48 hour preorder! Featuring the body of Awesome Toy’s FAKE BARON and the head ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Space Guys sofubi from Awesome Toy x Grody Shogun x Shirahama Toy…”

Having seen a few limited releases since it’s debut way back in July of last year, Pop Soda and RESTORE’s Jungle Fever “Fog” sofubi is finally seeing it’s first worldwide drop courtesy of Medicom Toy! Designed by PopSoda and sculpted byRESTORE’s Abe Junnokai, the beautifully realised chameleon stands upright at just under 8″, coming complete with 10 separateContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Medicom exclusive Jungle Fever “Fog” from Pop Soda x RESTORE…”

Hot on the heals of the recent “Outbreak” release, Daniel Smith aka Turbopistola has just dropped a whole slew of new figures in his store! Joining a new “Creamy Banana” Cuddle Hard produced in a bright yellow PVC at $3 each, Daniel has been hard at work on a fresh batch of one-off Elephants minisContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New works from Turbopistola…”

Having seen a limited release back in November last year, Cinema Monster from Splurrt’s new imprint Secretoy has received an all-new “Beta” colorway courtesy of Medicom Toy!Heavily inspired by the golden age of monster flicks, including both Ray Harryhausen’s classic Cyclops and the 2-headed “Galligantua” that graces the iconic cover of 1968′s Famous Monsters of Filmland yearbook,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Medicom exclusive “Beta” Cinema Monster from Splurrt…”

Toy Art Gallery are excited to offer not one, but two awesome new releases this week! First up we have the latest iteration of Secret Base and Three Tide Tattoo’s Karakasa Tattoo Man. Dubbed the “Netsuke” edition, the beautiful figure has been cast in a brown vinyl and treated to a black rub to resembleContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Netsuke Karakasa and Yellow/Black NADSAT BOY sofubi at Toy Art Gallery…”

The legend that is Paul Kaiju has been hard at work on a whole slew of new releases over the past couple of weeks, all of which will be touching down in his store at various points through Sunday, March 1st! Here’s a quick rundown of the incredible pieces that’ll be up for grabs… CHAOSContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The CHAOS JOE set and more from Paul Kaiju…”