Originally sculpted way back at the beginning of the year, Splurrt‘s breathtaking Skull of Abel is finally seeing the light of day courtesy of Monster Island! Standing at a rather lofty 4″ tall, the crushed skull has been rotocast in a white resin for this pictured test shot, with a limited batch to follow soon. NewsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Splurrt’s resin “Skull of Abel” revealed…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// The Galaxy People’s Superfestival exclusives…
The Galaxy People are proud to reveal that they’ll be attending Superfestival later this month with an exclusive batch of figures! Based on the iconic vintage Pachi figures, the 3 awesome ‘arms up’ sculpts; Meklops, The Grappler and Helios, stand at around 115mm tall with 2 points of articulation, this time around coming cast in aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Galaxy People’s Superfestival exclusives…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Skinner’s Cthulhu Knight custom bootleg revealed…
The mighty Skinner turns his hand to the world of custom bootlegs once more, revealing his latest piece, the Cthulhu Knight! Featuring a ton of Lovecraftian tentacles sculpted on top of a battle damaged vintage knight figure, the awesome creation is due to come cast in resin by none other than LiLJAPAN’s Oni Creations (producers of Kozik’sContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Skinner’s Cthulhu Knight custom bootleg revealed…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Trick ‘R Treat inspired “Grump” resin figure from UME Toys…
If you have even the slightest interest in UME Toys you’ll know they LOVE Halloween, so to kick things off early, the guys will be unleashing an all-new addition to the ever growing family this week… The Grump! Inspired by Michael Dougherty’s Samhain character from cult horror classic Trick ‘R Treat, the mischievous little guyContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Trick ‘R Treat inspired “Grump” resin figure from UME Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Super Sandbagger’s Wastelanders: Wave 3 out now…
Following the success of both Wave 1 and 2, JR Deem aka Super Sandbagger‘s post-apocalyptic mini series “Wastelanders” returns with 2 all-new sculpts! In a nod to the original release, Sandbagger has returned to the line’s central characters, Skorplok and Chibbs, with the new “Evolved” and “Bagglorite General” variants coming with a number of awesome additionsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Super Sandbagger’s Wastelanders: Wave 3 out now…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Plaseebo’s Battle Damaged Pollen Kaiser for the TAG Anniversary Custom Show…
Joining over 50 of the art toy scene’s finest in celebrating Toy Art Gallery‘s fourth year in existence, Bob Conge aka Plaseebo kindly shares his entry for the Anniversary Custom Show, the Battle Damaged Pollen Kaiser! Coming with head armor removed for repairs, Paul Kaiju’s 10″ sofubi has been split into 2 pieces for this custom,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Plaseebo’s Battle Damaged Pollen Kaiser for the TAG Anniversary Custom Show…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Construction Site Monster “KOUZIRA” from Elegab…
The warped mind of Elegab spews forth yet another must-have kaiju, as he proudly presents construction site monster KOUZIRA… Standing around the same height as Wars Gon (approx. 9″), the breathtaking figure combines the ulikely worlds of kaiju and construction toys to dizzying effect, featuring numerous bulldozers, a quarry pile for a head and diggerContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Construction Site Monster “KOUZIRA” from Elegab…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Mutant Vinyl Hardcore’s “Flying Freak” sculpt update…
Originally set for release alongside Paul Kaiju’s Asbestora and Splurrt’s Usir as the latest DX, Mutant Vinyl Hardcore‘s Flying Freak has since mutated into an all-new stand alone figure! Featuring an ingenious 2-sided design (Banshee Mouth and Eyesore) that can be displayed both ways, the winged head sculpt now has a sweet new pair ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Mutant Vinyl Hardcore’s “Flying Freak” sculpt update…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘secret’ Sgt. Zombie Angus customs from Clawfreak x 1Shot Toys…
As part of the ongoing “Mega Sale” revealed earlier in the week, 1Shot Toys‘ Eric Villanueva has been dropping a number of secret figures throughout the weekend, our favourite so far coming in the form of these awesome Sgt Zombie Angus’! Raised from the corpse pile by none other than Clawfreak, the pair of rubber-castContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘secret’ Sgt. Zombie Angus customs from Clawfreak x 1Shot Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Blurble’s Swampy and Gusto in Space…
Mike Marinello aka Blurble is proud to present not 1, but 2 new releases heading to his store later this week! First up we have Swampy… Designed and sculpted by Blurble, with production duties handed over to Dubose Art, the little guy stands at around 2.5″ tall, coming cast in a red/yellow swirled resin completeContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Blurble’s Swampy and Gusto in Space…”
MAN-E-NEWS// NNWA Keshi Event photo recap…
As promised yesterday, we’re proud to present a full photo recap of the NNWA Keshi Event opening! Hosted by Nama Niku at the Rampage Studios shop/gallery space, the show played host to some of the hottest indie keshi figures right now, including exclusives from Eric Nilla, Ironhaus, the Disarticulators and of course Nama Niku himself.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// NNWA Keshi Event photo recap…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Stealth Mode Scamwave one-off from UME Toys…
As massive fans of the original one-off sculpt last year, it wasn’t a question of whether we’d be adding UME Toys‘ Scamwave to the Man-E-Toys collection, just what colour it’d be in! Opting to stray from the OG “Battle Damaged Blue” and choose something a little more in-line with our own figures, we settled onContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Stealth Mode Scamwave one-off from UME Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Rampage Toys’ “Flying Cake” garage kits for the NNWA Keshi Event…
Ahead of a full show recap, we bring you yet another exclusive release for Nama Niku‘s NNWA Keshi Event, Rampage Toys‘ “Flying Cake” garage kit! Featuring the awesome Cupcake Keshi Plane, originally cast in a urethane rubber by our very own Tru:Tek, the blank flesh figure comes with 2 points of neo-mag articulation, a woodenContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Rampage Toys’ “Flying Cake” garage kits for the NNWA Keshi Event…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Ersico x Glyog custom Glyos drop…
Teaming up together for the very first time, mighty mini figure customisers Ersico and Glyog are proud to present a gargantuan custom Glyos drop! Featuring a dizzying array of custom builds, third party resin casts and 80’s toy mash-ups, the line-up of 15 figures were originally conceived by Glyog, with the majority of painting andContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Ersico x Glyog custom Glyos drop…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Meadowknight’s Alien Ghost Worm, Beast Blossom, King Crumpet and Big Rad Wolf revealed in full…
Teased here as near finished sculpts last week, Meadowknight is proud to reveal her latest line-up of minis in full! Due to be the first batch of figures under Meadow’s new A.M.P (Amusing Mini Paranormals) brand, the unlikely bunch consists of Big Rad Wolf (the line’s central character), Alien Ghost Worm, Beast Blossom (originally DandyLion)Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Meadowknight’s Alien Ghost Worm, Beast Blossom, King Crumpet and Big Rad Wolf revealed in full…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Hellopike’s Fistful of Pheydon custom run…
Fresh from the custom Usir release a couple of weeks back, Hellopike is proud to present his latest sofubi micro run… a Fistful of Pheydon! Utilising Onell Design’s Pheydon Finger5 figure, Hellopike has painted up 5 mixed blanks, each coming in a unique blend of super-bright sprays, detail hugging black rubs and hand painted detailing.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Hellopike’s Fistful of Pheydon custom run…”
MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// The Leucotomy exclusive sofubi mini set from beaK…
Our good friend Leucotomy kindly shares details on his latest exclusive sofubi release, the creeped-out mini set from beaK! Cast in a pink soft vinyl, the strictly limited run consists of 3 different pieces; a masked head, an omake-style zombie arm, and our favourite, a mini-Bemon style Smog Monster with Eiffel Tower accessory! Making anContinue reading “MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// The Leucotomy exclusive sofubi mini set from beaK…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The clear ‘R-2′ sofubi from Star Case…
Having missed out on both OG and SDCC versions at retail, it came with great pleasure today to find that Japanese Star Wars fan site/store Star Case are set to release the awesome R2 sofubi again… this time in clear vinyl! Revealed on the official Star Case IG feed earlier today, the loving homage toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The clear ‘R-2′ sofubi from Star Case…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Splurrt’s Usir/CK Mash Up release at FOE Gallery…
This Saturday, September 7th, Splurrt will be heading to the FOE gallery for the release the first run of Usir/Cadaver Kid mash ups! Cast up in what appears to be a tan/flesh soft vinyl, the super-limited batch of figures have been lavished with a number of metallic, brown, red and peach sprays. Available from the gallery spaceContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Splurrt’s Usir/CK Mash Up release at FOE Gallery…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Scamewave resin figure from UME Toys…
Following an intense few weeks in the UME Toys resin lab, Richard Page is proud to announce that his latest masterpiece, the breathtaking Scamwave, is finally up for grabs! Based on Rich UME’s one-off Soundwave sculpt created last year, the stunning 8″ tall Transformers trubute consists of a whopping 13 different hand cast parts and 9Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Scamewave resin figure from UME Toys…”
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