Slipping under our radar upon release a couple of months back, we couldn’t resist sharing this amazing project from Airmax after laying eyes on it last week… Taking 2 of the 80’s most iconic cartoons/action figure lines,the 4″ tall GI Joe has been meticulously customised to look like the Transformers’ Soundwave! Replete with accessories, realContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The custom carded Soundwave GI Joe from Airmax…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// The Acro-Zombies from Bigman Toys…
After 6 weeks of blood, sweat and tears, Bigman Toys can finally reveal the full Acro-Zombie line up in all its glory! Originally due to become a series of around 20-30 figures, spiralling costs and issues with UK supplies meant that Bigman was forced to whittle the number down to 10 in order make themContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Acro-Zombies from Bigman Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// “The Collector” custom Bramble from Manny X…
Fresh from the Rat Skull‘s sell-out success earlier this month, Manny X kindly shares with us his latest resin infused custom, the breathtaking “Collector” custom threeA Bramble! Standing around 7.25″ tall and about 5″ wide, the hefty piece comes with Manny X’s signature exposed resin brain, an MP5, rocket launcher, frag grenade, removable pouches, bloody clubContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// “The Collector” custom Bramble from Manny X…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Dester Commando sofubi from Star Base…
Japanese Star Wars blog Star Case are proud to present their latest exclusive sofubi release, the Dester Commando! With a design based on the vintage Japanese Stormtrooper robots of the late 70’s, the must-have piece comes cast in clear vinyl with one side revealing a mixture of wires and circuitry embedded underneath! Coming complete withContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Dester Commando sofubi from Star Base…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Grimthraxx Glyos from Monsterforge x Papagrim Toys…
“Grimthraxx! The slave warrior who became a legend in and out of the arena! Once condemned to a fate of eternal combat, Grimthraxx defied his masters and led one of the greatest revolts in Glyan history. Grimthraxx grew to be a mighty general commanding the freed warriors of the Galactic Arena in their struggle toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Grimthraxx Glyos from Monsterforge x Papagrim Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Healeymade’s Vrah “Citric Summer Acid” DKE SDCC exclusive…
Anyone following David Healey aka Healeymade‘s Instagram feed over the last month or so would have seen the gun-totting Vrah pop up a few times… well we can reveal that the stunning action figure mash-up will be making his debut at DKE‘s SDCC booth (#4728) in the exclusive “Citric Summer Acid” colourway! Cast in aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Healeymade’s Vrah “Citric Summer Acid” DKE SDCC exclusive…”
MAN-E-NEWS// One-off “Vicar” resin figures from Healeymade…
Fresh from a sell-out debut drop at myplasticheart last week (find out more here), Healeymade is putting the final touches to the latest batch of gun-totting “Vicar” resin figures! Limited to an edition of just five one-off creations, the beautiful 4″ tall action figure mash-ups have been hand cast in variety of jaw-dropping marbled tints.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// One-off “Vicar” resin figures from Healeymade…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Acro-Zombies from Bigman Toys…
Ahead of a full feature on MAN-E-TOYS soon, we bring you a sneak-peak at Bigman Toys‘ latest project, the Acro-Zombies! Created as a love letter to the vintage Mcroman/Micronauts toy lines, the articulated figure features kit-bashed parts taken from the Giant Acroyear’s Armroid robots, the original Acroyear and Time Travellers, alongside originally sculpted guns and fully removableContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Acro-Zombies from Bigman Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The 1:6 scale threeA compatible resin skulls from 13ART…
As I am sure all of our regular readers are aware, we have a certain penchant for resin skulls… so it came with great pleasure yesterday to stumble upon the breathtaking work of Taiwanese artist, 13ART aka Skull Man! Hand sculpted and cast in resin with the utmost level of detail and style, 13ART’s skullsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The 1:6 scale threeA compatible resin skulls from 13ART…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The “Bra(v)ery” custom Bambaboss from Daniel Yu…
Daniel Yu aka Dory kindly shares with us his latest privately commissioned piece, the “Bra(v)ery” custom Bambaboss! Taking inspiration from V for Vendetta (hence the bracketed V), Daniel has really gone to town on the 5.5″ figure, sculpting three removable masks, various weapons and holsters, plus the huge plume of smoke jutting from the guy’sContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Bra(v)ery” custom Bambaboss from Daniel Yu…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Ironheart resin figure from Blackgard…
“Ironheart is an armored figure shrouded in mist and shadow. He has recently been sighted around the perimeter of Castle Blackgard, although his purpose there is still unknown. Some say he is a Gardian of the Castle itself, while others have specuated that he is looking for a way inside.” It appears that alongside theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Ironheart resin figure from Blackgard…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The “Mi Empire Loca” Chwebacca Homes from 2bitHACK…
Continuing his recent barrage of resin bootlegs, 2bitHACK has just revealed details of his latest project, the “Mi Empire Loca” series! Hilariously combining hispanic culture with Star Wars, the first character to be announced is “Chewbacca Homes”, coming complete with vest, long shorts and trainers! Seen above is the first test pull which 2bitHACK plansContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Mi Empire Loca” Chwebacca Homes from 2bitHACK…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Rivet Wars’ Blighter Monowheel from Ted Terranova…
Recently revealed here a few weeks back, Rivet Wars creator Ted Terranova has been hard a work developing the highly anticipated Blighter Monowheel! Pictured above is a near-finished sculpt of the contraption… as you can see from previous shots, Ted has added a huge amount of detail, pivoting the vehicle to give the soldier aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Rivet Wars’ Blighter Monowheel from Ted Terranova…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The new Thundercrap Spiki set plus Revolver Girl SDCC exclusive from Rotobox…
Just in time for the upcoming Anime Expo (June 29th – July 2nd), Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica are proud to present their latest wave of Thundercraps figures, this time coming in a 3-piece box set! Originally previewed here way back in January, the final roster has been confirmed as Evil Lion-Oh Really, OG Cheatarah, Siberian Tigrowl and Goldigger Cheatarah.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The new Thundercrap Spiki set plus Revolver Girl SDCC exclusive from Rotobox…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Art-Too resin figure from Killer Bootlegs…
In lieu of Peter “Wheatstraw” Goral opening the new Killer Bootlegs envystore last week, we’ve decided to take a look at one of his older pieces that has since resurfaced. Originally created exclusively for low-brow art blog “Sixty Bones Press“, the R2D2 bootleg comes complete with a glow-in-the-dark “Ghetto Blaster” boombox, and real fat-cap head (PeterContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Art-Too resin figure from Killer Bootlegs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// New Glyos heads from Motorbot…
Alongside a plethora of resin releases including the Meatsters, Speakerbots and Robot 13 minis, the ever prolific Motorbot has found the time to work on a new Glyos head, bringing his unmistakable toothy aesthetic to the popular action figure line. Featuring a double-headed design which can be rotated to reveal 2 very different faces, theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New Glyos heads from Motorbot…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Vicar Apparitions from David Healey x MPH…
myplasticheart is proud to announce the latest exclusive release in the Healeymade line of resin figures, the Vicar “Apparition” edition! A mash-up of action figures including one of the baddest villains in outer space (can you guess who it is?), the stunning figure comes locked, loaded, and ready for action. Cast in a ghostly pale blue/greenContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Vicar Apparitions from David Healey x MPH…”
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 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 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…”
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