It’s been a long time since the release of Tara McPherson’s Lilitu figure, so it came with great pleasure to find out that Kidrobot Black‘s latest release, Ron English‘s “American Depression” will be dropping at the end of the month! Fitting the more-art-than-toy brief of Kidrobot‘s super sleek subsidiary, the piece has been adapted fromContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Ron English’s “American Depression” for Kidrobot Black…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// The Paul Kaiju x Uamou exhibition at Studio Uamou…
Ayako (aka Uamou) is proud to present Studio Uamou’s latest collaborative exhibition… this time around with neo-kaiju master, Paul Kaiju! Featuring a mixture of work from both artists, Kaiju will be working his neon magic on a number of Uamou figures, whilst Ayako teams up with the legendary Gotto-San to tackle Boss Carrion- an absoluteContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Paul Kaiju x Uamou exhibition at Studio Uamou…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The “Resin is King” blind-boxed series from Tenacious Toys x Dead Hand Toys…
Fresh from the success of the recent Uncle Argh Noir Kickstarter campaign, Tenacious Toys are proud to officially reveal their long awaited collaboration with Dead Hand Toys, the “Resin is King” series! Featuring contributions from some of the biggest names in resin today including Dead Hand Toys owner Brian Ahlbeck, Richard Page (UME), Motorbot, MattContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Resin is King” blind-boxed series from Tenacious Toys x Dead Hand Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Mega Mecha custom Android series from Adam Pratt…
As mentioned last week (Custom Street Shark post, here), our good friend Adam Pratt has been busy working on an awesome new blind-boxed custom Android series, the Mega Mechas! Taking the kit-bashed army aesthetic that we’ve come to know and love, Adam has produced 16 pieces for the series, with 7 common designs, 5 uncommon, 3Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Mega Mecha custom Android series from Adam Pratt…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The “Oh Schnapps” Poison Plum CrappyCat set…
“CrappyCat and FlunkMonkey shove off for a Multidimensional Schnapps Tasting tour. The first flavor on the tour is Poison Plum schanpps. This is a plum based, fruity schnapps. The ingredients include plums, fermented heads of lost travelers, a dash of poison pink berry to add a sweet & smooth finish, and a trapped spirit toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Oh Schnapps” Poison Plum CrappyCat set…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Rampage Toys’ Design Fiesta 35 exclusives…
Hot off the heels of Super Festival 59, Jon over at Rampage Toys is readying another batch of awesome figures for this weekend’s Design Festa 35 ( Odaib Big Site, Tokyo)! Featuring a limited run of just 5 Rainbow Haired Ugly Unicorns and 3 custom Chima Group “Bollos”, the exclusive figures will be available at booths E17/18 alongsideContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Rampage Toys’ Design Fiesta 35 exclusives…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The “JINX” custom Munny from David Kraig…
Designer and customiser David Kraig kindly shares with us his entry for the Kidrobot NY store contest, “JINX” the custom 7″ Munny. With a face inspired by the Hannya mask, this devilish character has been beautifully sculpt with polymer clay and painted using a mixture of washes and acrylics. We absolutely love the creepy vibe goingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “JINX” custom Munny from David Kraig…”
MAN-E-NEWS// New 2″ B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S from Triclops…
Swiftly following the release of PeeNut in MEGA B.A.S.T.A.R.D form (find out more here), Triclops are proud to reveal the return of the original 2″ bootleg series, with test pulls of the re-released Peenut alongside all new character, PeeNut Hunter! Set to make their debut in limited quantities at next week’s Kapow Comic Con in London, TriclopsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New 2″ B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S from Triclops…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Petal Purple Robotones from Cris Rose…
The beginning of the month signifies yet another Robotone drop from resin master Cris Rose, with May’s springtime robots coming in a beautiful “Petal Purple”, a wonderful spring tone seen in wildflowers all over England at this time of year. Available in either Renold or Rourke designs, the hand cast bots are available exclusively from Rose’s BigContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Petal Purple Robotones from Cris Rose…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Lost “Dia de los Muertos” Resin Skulls finally revealed!
If you’ve been following us on Twitter or Instagram (@trutek) over the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed a few shots of our latest resin project, the Lost “Dia de los Muertos” Skulls… well today we’ve finally decided to give you guys the lowdown, with 2 massive points we have to get offContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Lost “Dia de los Muertos” Resin Skulls finally revealed!”
MAN-E-NEWS// Bridget Rhee’s “Buddy’s Den” at TT Underground…
“Buddy is a hunter. A cute adorable one. But Buddy doesn’t prize the ordinary wild animal, he seeks to collect the eccentric– fantastic, strange, and unique creatures and odds and ends from the likes no one has ever seen before.” Peter Kato kindly shares with us the first group art show from friend, artist andContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Bridget Rhee’s “Buddy’s Den” at TT Underground…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Hang Gang’s “May the 4th be with you” group art show revealed…
With a number of Star Wars themed celebrations taking place around the world last Friday, we decided to get a piece of the action by heading down to the highly anticipated “May the 4th be with you” group art show at FullCircle, Leeds. Curated by Barry over at the Hang Gang, the massive event playedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Hang Gang’s “May the 4th be with you” group art show revealed…”
The MAN-E-TOYS Lost “Dia de los Muertos” Resin Skulls… Full reveal tomorrow!!
????? Cant wait? Head over to the UME Toys blog here or follow us on Instagram/Twitter at @trutek for a sneaky peak 😉
MAN-E-NEWS// UPDATE: ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face test pull shot #2…
As you may remember, we have been working on a couple of resin releases over the last few months, with our first M.U.S.C.L.E bootleg 2 pack, ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face, finally nearing completion (find out more about their progress here and here). Today we reveal the latest colour-test pull shot from Steve Patt over at Papagrim Toys-Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// UPDATE: ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face test pull shot #2…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Plaseebo’s customs for Monster Mayhem at FOE Gallery…
Following the slew of reveals for last week’s BITS show, the ever busy king-of-creep, Bob Conge (aka Plaseebo), shares with us another 5 customs that will be featuring at this year’s Monster Mayhem. Consisting of 2 Molezilla customs, the resin cast “Moleortise” and the vinyl “Cotton Candy Molezilla”, a new GID Diagomi, the Grody mash-up “Braineniac”,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Plaseebo’s customs for Monster Mayhem at FOE Gallery…”
MAN-E-NEWS// “Cans” custom sculpt and those Wookie magnets from Rich UME…
Richard Page over at UME Toys bombards us with yet another quality custom sculpt, the hip-hop loving “Cans”! Based on a sketch Rich did a while back (pictured below), this guy has been in the sculpting stage for the past week, so it was great to see him finally emerge with a huge blast ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// “Cans” custom sculpt and those Wookie magnets from Rich UME…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Freshly Caught “Fruity” Feelings from Taylored Curiosities…
Penny Taylor of Taylored Curiosities kindly shares with us the latest addition in her long line of aromatherapy designer plushes, the Freshly Caught “Fruity” Feelings. A successor to the hugely popular Freshly Caught “Worry” released a while back, the latest summer inspired edition stands at a mere 1.5″ tall, has been made in a superContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Freshly Caught “Fruity” Feelings from Taylored Curiosities…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Suckadelic’s “Toy Lords of Chinatown” Episode 3 screening party…
“After a year of speculation, rumors, and forgetting about it completely, the next chapter of the exciting SUCKADELIC Comedy-Drama-Supervillain Soap Opera is ready to be unleashed on the World!” At long last, the Super Sucklord has finally finished the third instalment of the acclaimed internet viral series, “Toy Lords of Chinatown”, and is holding hisContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Suckadelic’s “Toy Lords of Chinatown” Episode 3 screening party…”
MAN-E-TOYS at the Star Wars “May the 4th” art show…
We’d like to just give our readers an advanced apology for our lack of coverage over the next couple of days… “Why?” you may ask- because we’re packing our bags and travelling up to the Midlands for the long awaited Star Wars: “May the 4th be with you” art show at the Full Circle Gallery,Continue reading “MAN-E-TOYS at the Star Wars “May the 4th” art show…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Plaseebo’s customs for the “BITS” show at Lot F Gallery…
Follow the reveal of both “HD2” and the “Toy Shrine” print series earlier in the week, Bob Conge aka Plaseebo kindly shares with us the 3 custom pieces that will be featuring at tomorrow’s “BITS” show at Lot F Gallery (find out more here)… Mickeybabypuppy// First up comes Plaseebo’s collaboration with the mysterious Kaiju Coup…Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Plaseebo’s customs for the “BITS” show at Lot F Gallery…”
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