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…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// RJ-K5 Astrofresh Basketball Droyds from JK5 x Kidrobot…
New York artist JK5 (of Flowbot fame) has just revealed his latest collaboration with Kidrobot, the Astrofresh Basketball Droyds. Combining two of the artist’s greatest passions, a certain George Lucas film and basketball, the 8.5″ figures have rather interestingly been crafted in resin- could this be marking a change for the almost exclusively vinyl Kidrobot?!Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// RJ-K5 Astrofresh Basketball Droyds from JK5 x Kidrobot…”
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…”
MAN-E-FEATURE// Exclusive interview with Rampage Toys’ Jon Malmstedt…
With a slew of hand sculpt and cast resin releases, an original vinyl toy, plus collaborations with the likes of Kikkake, Splurrt, Tenacious Toys, and Hints & Spices, the past 12 months have seen Rampage Toys grow to become one of the indie toy scene’s hottest properties. Founder Jon Malmstedt shows no signs of lettingContinue reading “MAN-E-FEATURE// Exclusive interview with Rampage Toys’ Jon Malmstedt…”
MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Love Sick’ Cherry of the Month from Lou Pimentel…
Lou Pimentel‘s Cherry of the Month for February is finally touching down today (February 21st) at 3pm EST, in the rather belated ‘Love Sick’ colourway. Coming in a deep translucent red resin, the 3″ tall Siamese cherries have been cast with an actual pill inside! Produced by Matt Anderson, the Love Sick cherries have beenContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Love Sick’ Cherry of the Month from Lou Pimentel…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Pembleton Stranglefoot ‘Noir’ from UME Toys…
Rich over at UME Toys has revealed the first finished Pembleton Stranglefoot in his initial ‘Noir’ colourway. Standing at around 4″ tall, the hand sculpt and cast resin figure should be making it’s way over to the UME store in both painted and blank forms sometime soon. Stay tuned for an interview with the manContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Pembleton Stranglefoot ‘Noir’ from UME Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// That Thing Ate My Quarter WIP sculpt from Motorbot…
Hot off the heals of the recently finished Squonk figure (dropping in the Deadbear Studio store sometime soon), Motorbot has just revealed images of his latest sculpt, entitled ‘That Thing Ate My Quarter’. Featuring the trademark teeth design that we all know and love, the 3″ resin arcade machine has got to be one ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// That Thing Ate My Quarter WIP sculpt from Motorbot…”
MAN-E-NEWS// (UPDATED) ‘Decommissioned’ custom Sprogs from DrilOne x Cris Rose…
San Francisco’s king of rust, DrilOne, has just revealed details of his latest custom project, an intriguing collaboration with UK artist Cris Rose. Entitled ‘Decommissioned’, the series of various custom ‘Sprog’ robots have been hand cast by Rose and weathered to perfection by DrilOne. No news as to which Sprogs will feature, or their pricing,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// (UPDATED) ‘Decommissioned’ custom Sprogs from DrilOne x Cris Rose…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The resin “Inaction Figures” from Steve Seeley x Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!…
Originally revealed at Steeve Seeley‘s recent “All We Ever Do Is Fight” solo show over at Rotofugi last week (Friday, February 10th), the ‘Inaction Figures’ are now available to purchase in super-limited quantities online. Realised and sculpted by Steve, and cast by David of ‘Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!‘, the 80’s inspired ‘action’ figures take theirContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The resin “Inaction Figures” from Steve Seeley x Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Custom ‘Cerebragon’ Podaigon from Adam Pratt…
Our good friend Adam Pratt has just revealed his latest toy project, the ‘Cerebragon’ custom Podaigon (originally sculpted by Steven Patt of Papagrim under Halfbad Toyz). Standing at 6″ tall, the 12 ounce hunk of resin comes replete with a Jumping Brain infused cranium, extra sculpted detail, and, as always, an expertly finished custom paintContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Custom ‘Cerebragon’ Podaigon from Adam Pratt…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Jelly Empire Valentines releases from Selena Briggs…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything of the Jelly Empire, so it came with great pleasure to find that Selena Briggs has been working on several Valentines inspired Jellybots, all of which will be available to purchase exclusively from her Etsy store later on today. First up come the Love Heart Jellybots. LimitedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Jelly Empire Valentines releases from Selena Briggs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Monstrehero’s 2012 Lucky Bag coming today…
We’ve seen a few artists dropping Lucky Bags this month in celebration of the Chinese New Year, with the highly sought after Monstrehero certainly no exception. Set for release later today (February 13th), the Monstrehero 2012 LUCKY BAG features TONS of genuine MONSTREHERO goodness in one super-deluxe package (ie paper bag)! Don’t let the humbleContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Monstrehero’s 2012 Lucky Bag coming today…”
MAN-E-REVEAL// Scott Wilkowski’s custom OSM figures for Toypocalypse 2…
With the Four Horsemen‘s Toypocalypse 2: Futureretro exhibition (featured here and here) opening later tonight at NYC’s TT Underground Gallery (February 10th, 7pm), we thought we’d give you a quick run down of the various OSM customs that Scott Wilkowski will be presenting at the show. Featuring a mixture of Green Death and ‘Infcected’ styleContinue reading “MAN-E-REVEAL// Scott Wilkowski’s custom OSM figures for Toypocalypse 2…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Rivet Wars Quad Stug from Ted Terranova out now…
Rivet Wars fans rejoice! After months on the drawing board, Ted Terranova’s mighty Quad Stug tank is now available to purchase exclusively through the RW store. Priced at an unbelievable $28 plus shipping, the hand cast grey resin figure has been scaled to sit perfectly alongside an army of 50mm Allied Grunts. Having seen thisContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Rivet Wars Quad Stug from Ted Terranova out now…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Robobees Series 3 from Lunabee x Cris Rose dropping tonight…
Previewed back at the beginning of the week, Lunabee has finally revealed the 5 adorable creatures that will be making up the latest series of Robobees. Hand sculpt and cast in resin by Cris Rose, the ‘Sprog’ based customs are to go on sale exclusively in the Lunabee store at 8pm (GMT) tonight. Entitled theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Robobees Series 3 from Lunabee x Cris Rose dropping tonight…”
MAN-E-NEWS// WIP Squonk resin figure from Motorbot…
Master caster Motorbot has recently revealed some work in progress shots of his latest resin creature, the Squonk. Standing at around 3.5″ tall, the initial run of figures are set to drop on the Deadbear Studio store late next week, coming in a limited marbled resin run. Motorbot is still putting the final touches toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// WIP Squonk resin figure from Motorbot…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Bitsumo Lunar New Year Edition from Dai Tran…
Dai Tran over at Rawrs has just revealed the latest addition to the highly popular Bitsmo line, the Lunar New Year edition. Coming in a deep red resin with grey hand-tied mawashi, the 4.5″ tall hand cast figure features 7 points of articulation. Available to pre-order exclusively through the Rawrs store, Bitsmo has been pricedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Bitsumo Lunar New Year Edition from Dai Tran…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Dropping Jaw resin figure from 11 year old JAMS…
The art toy scene saw the arrival of its youngest contributor this week, with 11 year old (!) Jacob Sieglbaum aka JAMS releasing his very first figure in the form of “Dropping Jaw”. Coming in an initial clear blue colourway, the 2.5″ hand cast resin figure will be available to purchase exclusively through Tenacious Toys for aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Dropping Jaw resin figure from 11 year old JAMS…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Valentines Pink Robotones from Cris Rose…
Tonight (February 7th) sees the launch of the second figure in Cris Rose’s Robotone series, with this month’s addition coming in the form of Valentines Pink. Available in either Reynold or Rourke ‘Sprog’ designs, the 3″ hand cast resin robots come bagged and headed. Available from 6pm GMT over at Cris’ store for $25 plusContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Valentines Pink Robotones from Cris Rose…”
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