Recent revealed over at Tenacious Toys, both Sun-Min Kim’s Spider Boom and MCA’s Evil Ape will be receiving the mini-figure artist series treatment in the coming months courtesy of Toy2R. Featuring a staggering list of participants across the 2 series including Jon Paul Kaiser, Sneaky Racoon, Lunabee, Scott Tolesson, Jim Koch, Abe Lincoln, Sam Fout,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Spider Boom and Evil Ape Artist Series from Toy2R…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// Slugs, necklaces, arcade machines, and more from Motorbot…
The resin work horse that is Motorbot has been putting the final touches to several new projects since the sellout launch of Squonk a couple of weeks back, so we thought we’d give a quick rundown of the goodies you can expect to drop in the Deadbear Studios store over the coming month… Swiftly followingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Slugs, necklaces, arcade machines, and more from Motorbot…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Flying Fortress Vs. You ‘Trooper’ resin figures…
Following the recent release of the ‘Charged’ polygon variant of Vs. You‘s trademark boxing glove figure, the team have just revealed their first collaboration with Flying Fortress– the Trooper. Based on the EVO design of Vs. You’s past series, the figure has gained in size, been cleaned up, and painted in the standard Teddy TroopContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Flying Fortress Vs. You ‘Trooper’ resin figures…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Artist proof and custom OMFG Crawdad Kids from Daniel Yu…
Featured here on MAN-E-TOYS a few weeks back, we’re proud to reveal that Daniel Yu aka Dory will finally be releasing the artist proof’s of his OMFG contribution, Crawdad Kid: Lobster Soup edition tonight (March 4th) at 9pm EST through his store. Limited to just 200 pieces, each 2″ hot pink Crawdad comes bagged andContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Artist proof and custom OMFG Crawdad Kids from Daniel Yu…”
MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Moof’ resin figures from Jason Freeny x Jailbreak Collective…
Initially sculpted by Jason Freeny over six months ago, and later released as an edition of 2 on his store, the much sought after ‘Moof’ figure is finally seeing an official release in conjunction with art toy purveyor, the Jailbreak Collective. Limited to an edition of just 25, the hand sculpt and cast 2″x2″ resinContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Moof’ resin figures from Jason Freeny x Jailbreak Collective…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Robot 13 mini figure reveal from Motorbot x Blacklist Studios…
Thomas Hall of Blacklist Studios has just sent over the first full shot of Motorbot‘s finished Robot 13 sculpt, leaving us with no doubt that the eventual 6 pack release will become one of the artist’s most sought after releases. Offered as part of the Robot 13 trade book Kickstarter project (featured here) to anyoneContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Robot 13 mini figure reveal from Motorbot x Blacklist Studios…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Turtle Tetsujin : Hinomaru Charity Special from Peter Kato…
Peter Kato has just sent over some rather interesting news regarding his latest charity based toy project- the Hinomaru Charity Special Turtle Tetsujin. As we near the 1 year anniversary of the earthquake/tsunami in Japan, the country’s people are still recovering from the effects of this catastrophe, so to show a continued effort to support their rebuilding,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Turtle Tetsujin : Hinomaru Charity Special from Peter Kato…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Tokidoki’s Royal Pride blind-boxed mini figures…
Originally revealed way back in 2010 at SDCC, Tokidoki‘s long awaited Royal Pride minis (check the HUGE versions here!) should finally be touching down some time in April. Papa Lion and GF Savanna (pictured at the front) have already made an appearance as a two piece set at both SDCC and NYCC, but this is theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Tokidoki’s Royal Pride blind-boxed mini figures…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Jelly Empire Zombies from Selena Briggs…
Ruler of the Jelly Empire, Selena Briggs, has just revealed the latest batch of Jelly Zombies, which are poised to drop exclusively on the Jelly Empire store on Wednesday, March 7th at 3pm EST. Limited to an edition of just 3, each hand cast, painted, and customised resin Jellybot comes with its own unique accessory-Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Jelly Empire Zombies from Selena Briggs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Exclusive Frombie releases for Wondercon 2012…
As mentioned in our GID Maria post yesterday, the Frombies will be out in force for this year’s Wondercon (booth #285), with the first batch of planned releases announced today. First up, the friendly zombies will be dropping an exclusive ‘Glow in the Dark’ edition of flying squirrel SB, who will be available to orderContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Exclusive Frombie releases for Wondercon 2012…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Double Trouble’ Zagarad from Le Merde x Gargamel x Super7…
Super7 have just revealed details of their latest release, the Le Merde x Gargamel “Double Trouble” Zagarad. Featuring the head of Gargamel’s Zagoran coupled with the body of Le Merde’s Hollis from Super Rad Zagarad, the 4″ vinyl figure continues the recent Super7 trend of marbled vinyl, this time in black and glow (we can’tContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Double Trouble’ Zagarad from Le Merde x Gargamel x Super7…”
MAN-E-NEWS// New teaser of the Micro-BUDS from Ferg…
Since the reveal of Ferg‘s micro flame-head BUD last month, news on the much requested mini-figure had gone quiet- that was until an unassuming photo ended up on Instagram last week… Featuring the micro-BUD in both bomb and flame form, the Scott Wilkowski (interviewed here) sculpted figure appears to have already entered production. Information onContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New teaser of the Micro-BUDS from Ferg…”
MAN-E-FEATURE// OMFG! Series 2 submissions…
With the closing date for OMFG Series 2 submissions looming (entries must be posted in the October Toys forum by February 29th), we’ve decided to give a quick run-down of some of the best entries we’ve seen so far. Competition has been fierce this time around, with the dedicated thread now holding well over 8Continue reading “MAN-E-FEATURE// OMFG! Series 2 submissions…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Motorbot’s ‘Squonk’ resin figure out today (plus Robot 13 update)…
Featured here as a work in progress a few weeks back, Motorbot‘s latest resin creature, the Squonk, is set to drop some time today in the Deadbear Studios store. Limited to an initial batch of around 10, Motorbot has revealed several different shimmering colourways so far, including ‘slime’ green, root beer, ocean water, sparkling creamContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Motorbot’s ‘Squonk’ resin figure out today (plus Robot 13 update)…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Brutherford Industries’ ‘Snack-Size’ Ice Scream Man revealed…
Ever since the release of Brutherford Industries‘ Ice Scream Man a couple of weeks back, popularity for the figure has gone through the roof (with some finding homes as far out as Russia!), so it came with great pleasure this weekend to find out that Bryan is already hard at work on his next project- theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Brutherford Industries’ ‘Snack-Size’ Ice Scream Man revealed…”
MAN-E-NEWS// 3AVOX: March releases from threeA Toys…
Making up for the lack of appearance last week, today’s 3AVOX came packed with information regarding the latest threeA releases, including the long awaited MGS Rex’s confirmed release date and pricing. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been revealed… First up, threeA have officially announced a March release for their first 2000 AD collaboration, theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// 3AVOX: March releases from threeA Toys…”
MAN-E-FEATURE// The Glyos creations of Marty “GodBeast” Hansen…
(Wolf various Glyos customs / original Armorvor Wolf prototype, cast by TGB) Being relative newcomers to the Glyos universe, we had only really known of Marty “Godbeast” Hansen from his prototyping/casting work on Ben Spencer’s Galaxxor series- that was until we happened upon his blog this week… Skimming through the hundreds of beautifully sculpt andContinue reading “MAN-E-FEATURE// The Glyos creations of Marty “GodBeast” Hansen…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Pembleton Stranglefoot customs from UME Toys available now…
Rich over at UME Toys has just given us a heads up on the long awaited Pembleton Stranglefoot resin figure. Opting out of a traditional ‘general’ release, one-of-a-kind personalised custom Pembletons are taking their place, available directly from the man himself for just £50 each including shipping! Rich gives us the lowdown… “Pembelton seems toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Pembleton Stranglefoot customs from UME Toys available now…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Robot 13: COLOSSUS Kickstarter featuring mini-figures from Motorbot x Blacklist Studios…
Co-founder of Blacklist Studios, Thomas Hall, sent us over some rather interesting information regarding the studio’s latest Kickstarter project. Set up to fund a trade book edition of their first comic series, Robot 13:COLOSSUS, Blacklist are preparing a wide variety of extras for anyone interested in investing. As well as GID t-shirts, buttons, one-off sketches,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Robot 13: COLOSSUS Kickstarter featuring mini-figures from Motorbot x Blacklist Studios…”
MAN-E-REVEAL// Custom NUKED! mini-figures from Adam Pratt…
Master customiser and close friend of MAN-E-TOYS, Adam Pratt, sent over some pics of his latest project today- a custom painted set of NUKED! mini-figures, privately commissioned by yours truly! Hand sculpt and cast by Steve Patt of Papagrim Toys, the initial set of 3 mini-figures (Clawgrugg, Skekiltor, and Oculus Viri) were released (and quicklyContinue reading “MAN-E-REVEAL// Custom NUKED! mini-figures from Adam Pratt…”
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