“Reminding you of the rainbow after the rain…” Founder of up and coming art toy house CREAMOUS, Alan Leong is looking to take his first step into the world of vinyl with the announcement of “The Misery” Indiegogo campaign… Originally produced as a 3.2″ resin figure (that unfortunately went right under our radar!), the adorableContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Misery Indiegogo campaign from CREAMOUS…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// The Halloween Blindbag mash-ups from Killer Bootlegs…
Completing our round of Halloween themed posts today, Peter Goral of Killer Bootlegs kindly shares with us images of his latest resin series, the Halloween Blindbag Bootlegs! Consisting of 20 “one-off” mashups utilising parts from the Killer Bootlegs archives, the stunning figures have been cast in a variety of Halloween inspired colours, each coming withContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Halloween Blindbag mash-ups from Killer Bootlegs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Ashuravor custom Armorvor head from Eric Nilla…
On top of the horde of commissions and original figures Eric Nilla‘s been working on recently, the mini figure maestro has managed to squeeze in some time to work on a very cool new custom piece… the Spinning Head Ashuravor! A fully Glyos Armorvor compatible head, the piece has been booted from one of M.U.S.C.L.E’sContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Ashuravor custom Armorvor head from Eric Nilla…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The DCon Ultra-Grunt resin figures from Bebop…
Following their debut last year, Keith Fulmis aka Bebop‘s Ultra-Grunts are poised for a return at Designer Con next week! Designed by Keith, the striking homage to both Kaiju and classic American toys has been cast in a mixture of clear and opaque resins by Cliff of Monstrehero, each coming complete in a variety ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The DCon Ultra-Grunt resin figures from Bebop…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Mark Ultra’s debut resin bootleg figures…
Inspired by some of the bootleg/action figure scene’s finest including Healeymade, Killer Bootlegs, Triclops Studio and… ehm… our very own Tru:Tek (poor chap!), The Mark Ultra is gearing up for the launch of his debut resin figures… and boy we’ve got to say, they’ve turned out awesome! Kit-bashed from various 3.75″ action figure favourites includingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Mark Ultra’s debut resin bootleg figures…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The M.I.S.T.E.R.S Lobokeshi from Imperfecz Toys…
Following our preview a couple of weeks back, Luke over at Impefecz Toys is proud to announce the long awaited release of the M.I.S.T.E.R.S Lobokeshi! Created for horror blog Cinema Insomnia, and based around it’s host, the glasses wearing, mustachioed Mr Lobo, the series consists of 8 different figures, each kit-bashed from different classic 80′s toy linesContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The M.I.S.T.E.R.S Lobokeshi from Imperfecz Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Shifty Megatron one-off re-release from Killer Bootlegs…
Joining the variety of new figures that have been hitting the Killer Bootlegs store over the past month, owner Peter Goral has gone back to his very first bootleg “Shifty Megatron, with the release of a special one-off edition! Originally created for the Molded Heroes art show a few years back, the kit-bashed action figureContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Shifty Megatron one-off re-release from Killer Bootlegs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Treegarr resin action figure from Bigmantoys…
“Born from the blood of centuries of sacrifice in a far off desolate wasteland, ‘Treegarr’, known also in ancient tongues as ‘Treevil’, needs blood to remain animated. If starved, he must lay root and remain dormant until blood spilt by evil allows him to awake again… Although Treegarr is only one entity, and one evil mind,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Treegarr resin action figure from Bigmantoys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Galaxxor x Onell Designs crossover…
Ok, a little late on this one guys (2 weeks to be precise!), but as you can see from the shot above, it’d be a crime to overlook such an amazing piece of work… A collaboration between Galaxxor‘s Ben Spencer and Onell Design‘s Matt Doughty, the breathtaking figure is the latest in a long lineContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Galaxxor x Onell Designs crossover…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Creeps resin bootleg figures from Jesse Narens…
Whilst it was sad to hear that Jesse Narens aka Ghost&Flower would be retiring the hugely popular Stegoforest resin a few months back, we’ve been sitting tight to see what the talented artist would come up with next… wel the wait is finally over, as Jesse proudly introduces his first bootleg action figure series, TheContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Creeps resin bootleg figures from Jesse Narens…”
MAN-E-NEWS// A H.U.S.T.L.E Recruitment Service Announcement: We Need You!
With a lack of fresh news in the wake of last weekend’s NYCC, we’ve decided to take this opportunity to officially launch the H.U.S.T.L.E Recruitment Drive! Read on to find out how you can be a part of our forthcoming team of artists, customisers and bootleggers… “Following the success of our debut ‘Ed Skworm Vs.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// A H.U.S.T.L.E Recruitment Service Announcement: We Need You!”
MAN-E-NEWS// Universe of Violence Series 1: Sets B and C from Eric Nila x Ironmask…
After a couple of technical set-backs, mini figure master Eric Nilla is proud to present the final 2 rounds of Universe of Violence Series 1! Packaged as Set B and Set C, each of the 2 packs feature original M.U.S.C.L.E scaled sculpts from both Eric and Ironmask; Blemmyae Warrior, Brute, Deadface, and our hands down favouriteContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Universe of Violence Series 1: Sets B and C from Eric Nila x Ironmask…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Frankenfett resin figure from Killerbootlegs…
Following our preview last week, Peter Goral over at Killer Bootlegs is happy to reveal that the highly sought after Frankenfett will be touching down in-store later today! Featuring the same Boba Fett body from the recent Jeremy Bulloch release, the figure has been kit-bashed with vintage Remco Frankenstein head from their legendary Universal Monsters 80’sContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Frankenfett resin figure from Killerbootlegs…”
MAN-E-NEWS// New WIP sculpts from Ironmask…
The ever busy Ironmask has just revealed images of his current work-in-progress sculpts, as always featuring a few forthcoming characters that we recognise (the long awaited Hell Turtle in particular!) alongside a whole heap that we don’t. Most appear to be figures for upcoming Universe of Violence and Gorewad Monster releases, but it was theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New WIP sculpts from Ironmask…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Horri-Bull Ultimate B.U.F.F custom from Muscle Things…
Running alongside the ever popular B.U.F.F custom bootleg M.U.S.C.L.E series, Alec over at Muscle Things has been working new line that concentrates on the early 00’s comeback in the form of Ultimate B.U.F.F: An MWO Legacy. Due to feature a number of customs and remakes based on the more exaggerated sculpts of Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E, theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Horri-Bull Ultimate B.U.F.F custom from Muscle Things…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The “Critters inspired” mini figure: Halloween Orange “Non-Con” Exclusives!
Our very own Tru:Tek has once agin teamed up with the Amazing Zectron for the latest batch of “Critters inspired” mini figures… the Halloween Orange “Non-Con” Exclusives! Whilst we’d have loved to send a batch of the mischevious little creatures to NYCC this week, there was unfortunately no one willing to take on such aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Critters inspired” mini figure: Halloween Orange “Non-Con” Exclusives!”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Godbeast x Onell Design x Jason Frailey NYCC Exclusives…
Joining the previously posted Monster Kolor Clawshine and Infernicus Cyborg Space Barbarian, Marty “The Godbeast” Hansen proudly reveals yet more collaborations that will be making their way to Onell Design‘s NYCC booth this week… Focussing entirely on the highly sought after Armorvor Glyos, Marty will be dropping the new Ultra Thermal Dust Octo Armorvor (sculptedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Godbeast x Onell Design x Jason Frailey NYCC Exclusives…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Sucklord NYCC schedule…
Back for what could be his biggest year yet, the Sucklord will be invading NYCC later this week with a grip of new “SUCK-CRAP”, including the long awaited Creature Scrubs of the Universe figure, more Suckadelic Bootleg Dunnys, the new Sucklord Glyos figure (!), plus the previously revealed Designer Toy Awards “Host” bootleg! Here’s a quickContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Sucklord NYCC schedule…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Beard-Fisto from The Amazing Zectron…
After months of super-secret teasers, “Critters inspired” mini figure creator Zectron has finally given us the green light to post his next incredible creation… the provisionally titled Beard-Fisto! Absolute perfection in terms of both technicality and creativity, the beard-fisted master has been painstakingly sculpted in 2″ mini figure scale, featuring an incredible level of detailContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Beard-Fisto from The Amazing Zectron…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Cthulhu M.U.S.C.L.E custom from Staszkiw x Nilla…
Joining the vast collection of current collaborations Eric Nilla‘s been working on recently, he proudly introduces the first custom figure from M.U.S.C.L.E enthusiast Phil Staszkiw, the Cthulhu! Originally sculpted and kit-bashed almost 10 years ago, the Lovecraft inspired beast had been gathering dust on Staszkiw’s shelf until a chance encounter with Mr Nilla… Now finally makingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Cthulhu M.U.S.C.L.E custom from Staszkiw x Nilla…”
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