Fresh from the success of the Blue Harvest Sale, Peter Kato is proud to present his latest resin series, the Two-Toned Metal Fusions! Created as a sucessor to the original myplasticheart exclusive Metal Fusions, Turtle Tetsujin is joined by Fright Bite for this super-limited release. Double cast in Blue-Orange resin, Turtle Tetsujin comes complete withContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Two-Toned Metal Fusion” series from Peter Kato…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// Paul Shih’s Bevil the Devil Broccoli…
Any followers of cute kaiju legend Paul Shih would have noticed a certain vegetable based figure in the works over the past couple of weeks… which can reveal will be ready imminently! Entitled Bevil the Devil Broccoli, the 4.5″ tall figure is currently in the moulding process, so test shots should be ready (fingers crossed)Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Paul Shih’s Bevil the Devil Broccoli…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Finger Five Series 1 from Fig-Lab coming soon…
Revealed way back at the end of January, Fig-Lab’s much talked about “Finger Five” Series 1 is finally ready for worldwide release! One of the most unique art toy project’s we’ve seen to date, the mini-series features five 1.5″ sofubi ‘finger puppet’ style figures designed by some of the scene’s biggest characters- Paul Kaiju, Suckadelic, MonstreHero,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Finger Five Series 1 from Fig-Lab coming soon…”
MAN-E-NEWS// “The Host” custom Munny from Adam Pratt…
Adam Pratt kindly shares with us his latest project, “The Host” custom 4″ Munny! Whilst an unusual choice of platform for the prolific mini figure customiser, Adam has taken it in his stride, creating a beautifully over the top piece that has the Halfbad stamp all over it… Featuring a poor green fellow being consumedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// “The Host” custom Munny from Adam Pratt…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Condah Transporters from JC Rivera…
Following in the wake of both Bearlee and the soon to be released Platoon Hero (more info later this week), Chicago based artist JC Rivera continues his resin onslaught with the reveal of the Condah Transporters! Landing in Rivera’s store last night as a prelude to the myriad of resin pieces he will be featuringContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Condah Transporters from JC Rivera…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The carded GID Sharkgut from Killer Bootlegs…
As mentioned in our reveal of the Killer Krayons earlier in the week, Peter over at Killer Bootlegs has been hard at work producing a special variant of the Sharkgut Wayne Gracey bootleg… the carded Glow in the Dark edition! Kit-bashed from a vintage Ree Yees, Bossk, Nien Nunb, and Whiplash from He-man, the marbled GID castContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The carded GID Sharkgut from Killer Bootlegs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The 3″ QiQi figure from Ziqi x Creo Design…
“QiQi is a cute and adventurous little red monster. He loves to explore and try out new things. He especially loves doing these with his friends. You will never get bored when you are with QiQi.”– ZIQI After a long hard wait, Ziqi and Creo Design are proud to reveal that their collaborative project, theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The 3″ QiQi figure from Ziqi x Creo Design…”
MAN-E-NEWS// My Little Arpie work in progress from Jon Knox…
Following the reveal of R. Newbold exclusive “Brewster” resin figure (find out more here) last week, artist Jon Knox presents his latest work-in-progress sculpt, My little Arpie. Harking back to the style of Jon’s earlier resin pieces, the sunglasses wearing cutie stands at 14cm tall. We’re kind of hoping that this guy gets scaled down aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// My Little Arpie work in progress from Jon Knox…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Tenacious Toys exclusive Lopsy from Cash Cannon…
Fresh from the debut of Fire Lopsy last week, Cash Cannon is proud to reveal that the latest edition, a Tenacious Toys exclusive no less, that will be hitting the store this Tuesday June 12th! Coming cast in the signature Tenacious Toys clear blue resin, the adorable figure stands at 2.5″ tall. No news on editionContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Tenacious Toys exclusive Lopsy from Cash Cannon…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Rat Skull resin figures from Manny X Romero…
Originally debuting at Designer Con last year, Manny X Romero has revealed to us that the Rat Skulls will be making a return next week (yep, yet more awesome resin skulls)! Designed by MannyX and sculpted by Tito Acevedo, the 1.5″ tall figure is due to be released in 2 separate editions, Absinthe and BlindContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Rat Skull resin figures from Manny X Romero…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Pharoah’s Guards mounted resin figures from Eeks…
Graffiti/toy artist Eeks shares with us his latest resin works, the stunning Pharoah’s Guards series! Originally created for the MAD Gallery’s “Heavy Hitters” show (June 1st, St Louis), the hand sculpt and cast resin skulls have been mounted on a variety of wooden plaques, each given a superb mix of washes, sprays and rubs forContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Pharoah’s Guards mounted resin figures from Eeks…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Jason the Cheeky Ghost one-off customs from UME Toys…
We know a lot of you were disappointed in hearing the news that UME Toys‘ entry into the recent Kings of Resin series was limited to just 5 pieces… well to make up for it, UME’s very own Richard Page has decided to cast a few more up for his legions of wanting fans! NoContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Jason the Cheeky Ghost one-off customs from UME Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Nama Niku x Muscle Things’ “Manzilla” for B.U.F.F…
Freshly revealed yesterday comes the latest figure in the B.U.F.F (Billions of Unusual Fearless Fighters) line, the Nama-Niku x Muscle Things “Manzilla”! Part sculpted, part kit-bashed by Tyler over at Nama-Niku, the rubber urethane cast figure features the head and mane of a vintage Gozilla mini figure meticulously grafted onto a M.U.S.C.L.E, coming complete withContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Nama Niku x Muscle Things’ “Manzilla” for B.U.F.F…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The new “Nibblers” teaser from The Tarantulas…
Fresh from the release ‘The Space Pirate of Fishtank Castle’ last month, The Tarantulas have cleared the Fishtank Castle store in preparation for a very special project next month. All we can garner so far from the new shop banner is that the new release will be featuring The Tarantula’s signature Nibbler character in a collaborationContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The new “Nibblers” teaser from The Tarantulas…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Big Licker resin figure from Matt Jones…
After months of teasers and WIP shots, Matt Jones aka Lunartik is finally putting the finishing touches to his latest hand crafted resin figure, the Big Licker. Set to land on the Lunartik store Wednesday, 27th June, release will be split into two waves of 30, with the first “classic” themed edition coming in Matt’s signatureContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Big Licker resin figure from Matt Jones…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Galactic Jerkbags x Suckadelic KARATE CHUMPS…
The unofficial Suckadelic fan club “Galactic Jerkbags” have teamed up with the Super Sucklord himself to bring a new line of bootlegs… the KARATE CHUMPS! Limited to an edition of just 30 pieces, each KARATE CHUMP is custom made my the Sucklord, giving you full control over the head design and colours used. Above areContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Galactic Jerkbags x Suckadelic KARATE CHUMPS…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Lucha Sharks: Finned Fighters of HIVE WORLD x-544 from Ben Spencer…
With all of the excitement surrounding the recent release of General Gorgax (find out more here), Ben Spencer‘s latest project, the awesome Lucha Sharks, unfortunately went under our radar… until now! Revealed a couple of weeks back, these otherworldly wrestlers follow the same MOTU inspired aesthetic as Ben’s Galaxxor line, and with the strap-line “Finned Fighters ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Lucha Sharks: Finned Fighters of HIVE WORLD x-544 from Ben Spencer…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The UNKL x Toynami SpongeBob and Friends Series 1…
“Absorbent and yellow and porous is he! SpongeBob SquarePants!” Previously revealed here a couple of months back, the unlikely collaboration between Unipo creators UNKL, Toynami and Nickelodeon has finally been confirmed… SpongeBob and Friends Series 1 will be touching down soon! Five figures have been confirmed so far; Spongebob, Patrick, The Flying Dutchman, Squidward andContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The UNKL x Toynami SpongeBob and Friends Series 1…”
MAN-E-FEATURE// The Zombie Cake! MIMP mash-up mini-resin from Rampage Toys…
As we delve into the world of custom keshi/M.U.S.C.L.E in the build up to ‘Ed Skorm vs. Min-E-Face‘s release, we’ve decided to feature a piece by the artist that first inspired us to undertake the project, the Zombie Cake! from Rampage Toys’ Jon Malmstedt. Although not strictly M.U.S.C.L.E (the figure has been modified from the HunchbackContinue reading “MAN-E-FEATURE// The Zombie Cake! MIMP mash-up mini-resin from Rampage Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Robot 13 mini-figures from Motorbot…
Even after his grisly encounter with an Exacto knife last week (check Instagram for the grisly details!), the ever prolific Motorbot has soldiered on, and whilst not busy casting a vast array of Meatsters, he’s been putting the final touches to the highly anticipated Robot 13 resin 5 pack! As you can see from the shotContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Robot 13 mini-figures from Motorbot…”
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