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 with a special edition Halloween Spacefuck and some candy! Priced at just $25, these unfortunately (for us anyway!) sold out within a matter of hours… Here’s keeping our fingers and toes crossed we get to see them again sometime in the near future! Aside from the Halloween release, Peter also informs us that he’ll be working on a very special project with Ben Spencer, Dwaine Espinoza, Brandon Michael Barker, Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!, Tim and Steve Seeley, John Santagada and Rob Hexevo (phew, what a line up!) for the Nerd City C2E2 booth next year… more news on that soon!

MAN-E-NEWS// The Cave Guard painted run from Healeymade…

Following unpainted releases at both San Diego and New York Comic Con this year, Healeymade has been working on the very first painted run of his latest sofubi collaboration with Lamour Supreme and Mishka, the Cave Guard… Coming in a variety of one-off designs, the impressive figures even come with a hand-cast colour-matched resin hoof that replaces the original right leg! No news on how or when these guys will be available, but we’re guessing they’ll be joined by a special reissue of the original 3.75″ Cave Guard “Grhoul” sometime in the not too distant future… Be sure to stay locked on the Healeymade IG feed (@healeymade) for any further developments!

MAN-E-NEWS// The Metallic Silver Pandara from Paul Shih…

Originally featuring at this year’s Designer Toy Awards, the Kiss inspired Metallic Silver Pandara will be making a special Halloween appearance tomorrow (October 31st), as Paul Shih reveals that 2 out of the original set of 5 will be up for grabs in his store! Rotocast in resin and hand painted by Shih, the adorable tribute to 80’s rock will be touching down in the PaulShih store at 1pm PST for just $55 each… Be sure to set the date in your calendars and be close to a computer when they hit- these guys WILL NOT be around for long!

MAN-E-NEWS// The Halloween 2012 Splattered Kumon from Shirahama x Lulubell Toys…

Always going the extra mile to appease their legion of loyal fans, Lulubell Toys have only gone and secured one of Shirahama’s most sought after kaiju figures, the mighty Kumon… in an exclusive Halloween 2012 “Splattered” colourway no less! Designed by Yatsuashi and sculpted by Kiyoka Ikeda of Gargamel, the spider monster has been cast in a super clear soft vinyl, which has been painted from the inside and finished up with spray detailing on the outside as well. Standing at 4″ tall and coming with one point of articulation, Splattered Kumon will be dropping in the Lulubell Toy store tomorrow (October 31st) at 11am PST for just $50 each.

MAN-E-NEWS// The Blurble Designer Con exclusives…

Custom kaiju maestro Blurble reveals details of his offerings for this week’s Designer Con, including the debut of his latest resin figure, Thuban: The Giver of Light! Sculpt and cast by Blurble, the candle shaped beasts have been sprayed in a special 2-tone “Galaxy Dust” with hand painted detailing. Limited to just 5 pieces (as well as a few custom one-offs), Thuban will be available for just $15 a piece. Joining Thuban, Blurble will also be unveiling his latest round of Grody Shogun customs in the form of the Emoody Bros. Limited to just 3 pieces and priced at $50, each figure has been sprayed in a mixture of Monster Kolors, coming complete with a comfy beanie created by the one and only milkyrobot! Last up, Blurble will also be bringing along a new batch of Toothless resins for the wallet friendly price of just $4 each. Cast in a mixture of neon, marble and GITD resins, the bagged and headed figures, along with the Emody Bros and Thanos, will be available exclusively at the Lulubell Toys booth… Blurble will also be on-hand at the event, so be sure to track him down and say hi!

MAN-E-NEWS// The “Brain Experiments” resin figures from Double Haunt…

“Found in the depths of Castle Double Haunt these two freaks are clearly the handy work of the mysterious mad scientist Dr. Brainstrain.”

The guys over at Double Haunt kindly share details of their awesome Halloween resin offerings, the creepy-yet-cute Brain Experiments! Hand sculpt, cast and painted by Double Haunt’s Raphael Briskie, the 2.3″ tall minis come locked in a bag with custom header card. Limited to just 4 sets, Dr Brainstrain’s creations can be yours for just $30 each… On top of the awesome new release, Double Haunt are also offering up a 15% discount on all toys by simply entering code HALLOWEEN2012 in-store! In addition to this, all resin toys sold within this time will receive a free hand drawn sketch card depicting the toy bought (no two sketch cards will be alike)… Double Haunt will also be giving away the below promo poster (original artwork), plus a Skelehand hair clip to one lucky buyer! The competition and offer will only be available until November 9th, so be sure to get your orders in quick!

MAN-E-NEWS// The Black Halloween Monster Embryos from Taylored Curiosities…

Joining the spooky Seedlings we featured here a couple of weeks back, Penny over at Taylored Curiosities is proud to present another Halloween themed release just in time for tomorrow’s festivities… the Black Monster Embryos! Cast in a solid black resin, each adorable micro-figure comes with hand painted GITD eyes and umbilical cord that glows a creepy blue in the dark. Limited to only 8 pieces in this colour, the Black Monster Embryos are available to purchase in the Taylored Curiosities store for just £12 plus shipping… Be sure not to delay if you’re interested, as judging by past releases they won’t be around for long!

MAN-E-NEWS// The Canvey Island Monster resins from Ham FX…

“Canveys are a small population of sea creatures found off the shores of Canvey Island. The males of the species, known for their blue eyes and sparkle stomachs, are the most common of the Canveys, and the king (known only as FABOO) is the rarest!”

Ham FX is proud to present his latest resin series, the Canvey Island Monsters! Taking inspiration from some of Kaiju’s finest beasts, the creepy looking Canvey Island natives have been hand cast in pink resin, coming blind bagged in 4 different colourways; Standard Canvey, Faboo, CeeCee and the Royal Guard (plus a special one-off black/orange). Limited to just 15 pieces, each Canvey comes bagged and headed with a 4″ x 6″ copy of the identification guide (below) for just $20 a piece. Check them out on the Ham FX store right here…

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’s most iconic figures, the six armed Ashuraman. A perfect match to the already stunning Armorvor design, the new articulation in the neck means that all 3 faces of the wrestling god can now be put on display… No news as to whether these will ever get a full release, but given that the pictured piece is a rubber cast copy things definitely look promising. More news as soon as we get it!

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 of Monster Kolor sprays and finishes. Limited to 30 pieces this time around, the 4″ tall Ultra-Grunts will be available at the Bebop Designs booth (#505) for just $25 each. Anyone unable to attend the con will be glad to know that Keith will also be accepting online orders on the day of the show (November 3rd) through direct e-mail at Keithfulmis.studios@gmail.com…

MAN-E-NEWS// The Ugly Pump-corn UU’s from Rampage Toys…

Wasting no time since his arrival back in Japan last week, Jon over at Rampage Toys has been saving something fun for the Halloween celebrations… a batch of orange vinyl Ugly Unicorns that he’s calling the “Ugly Pump-corns”! Available in either raw unpainted form, or with the beautiful sprays and cut-out Jack’O Lantern style eyes and mouth, the Ugly Pump-corns have been limited to just 10 pieces (Jon has stated he will paint the amount requested). Priced at a very reasonable $30 and $40 respectively, the Ugly Pump-corns will be heading to the Rampage Toys store on Tuesday, October 30th at 9pm EST…

MAN-E-NEWS// Rise of SAMHAIN “7 Days of Halloween” resins (update) from Menace Inc Studios…

Just a quick reminder that Jeff Beck’s Menace Inc Studios are now into their second day of Halloween-themed “Samhain” releases, with the latest one-off, entitled the “Pumpkin King”, easily our favourite version of the Jack’O Lantern inspired figure yet… The first Samhain to receive a full paint job, we have to say the stunning sculpt is all the better for it, revealing all of the character and charm that we first saw in the original grey sculpt… great work! Available in the Menace Inc Studios store alongside Day 1’s release “Candy Corn” now, the Pumpkin King has been priced at just $20 plus shipping. Be sure to check the store later today for Day 3’s offering! (1pm EST)

UPDATE// Since writing the post, both Candy Corn and Pumpkin King have sold out… best of luck with Day 3 guys!

MAN-E-NEWS// DCon exclusive Debris Japan and Dry Head from RESTORE…

Taking home “Best Sofubi” at the recent Designer Toy Awards for their breathtaking Debris Japan SFB, RESTORE are proud to reveal that the figure will be making an appearance at Designer Con next week alongside at matching version of the popular Dry Head keyring… Cast in a beautiful clear glittery pink soft vinyl with purple sprays, each Debris comes complete with cloth fundoshi and giant size paper talisman with the characters for “reincarnation” emblazoned across it… Available in extremely limited numbers for just $100 and $15 respectively, both Debris Japan and Dry Head will be available exclusively at the Pop Soda (Refreshment) booth…

MAN-E-NEWS// The “Nov. 6” resin figure from Patient No. 6…

Avant garde resin maestro Patient No. 6 drops the latest edition of his self-titled, Patient No.6 “Nov.6”. Not unsurprisingly touching down in the Patient No.6 store on November 6th (which also happens to be the artist’s birthday!), the autumnal themed figure has been sprayed in a mixture of deep browns and reds, featuring acorn ‘hats’ on top of his numerous worm heads as well as a hand-knitted woollen jumper! Standing at 7.5″ tall, expect to see Nov. 6 in-store next week for $76 plus shipping…

MAN-E-NEWS// The Halloween specials from Peter Kato…

Following the release of his latest wave of resin figures at NYCC a couple of weeks back (check them out in full here), our good friend Peter Kato is back with a whole slew of Halloween themed goodies! Here’s a quick rundown of what will be hitting the PK store later on today (October 26th)…

Ninja-Robo Pumpkin Slashers// “Always on the look-out for pumpkins to slash up into jack’o lanterns!” The third variant of Peter’s digitally sculpted Ninja-Robos, the Pumpkin Slashers have been cast in a gorgeous clear orange resin, finished with hand painted black detailing (including separately cast black katana arms!). Standing at 3″ tall, the figures have been limited to just 5 pieces, coming with a price tag of $25 each…

Halloween Party FrightBites// Resurrecting the much loved Fright Bite one more time, Peter proudly presents 2 new variants, Slime Green and Candy Orange. Cast in clear green and orange resins, the mischievous Fright Bite comes lovingly hand finished in a mixture of red, black and white. Once again limited to 5 pieces, both colourways will set you back just $10 a piece…

Tako-Pumpkins// With an adorable round shaped head, Peter has wasted no opportunity in giving these little guys a full pumpkin make-over, painting the clear orange resin figures in a jack’o lantern style with a green stem drilled into the top! As with past Turtle Tetsujin and Tako Cube releases, the Tako-Pumpkins feature a hand painted ghost that has been embedded within the chest with clear resin. Limited to 5 pieces (starting to see a pattern emerging here!), the 2.5″ tall figures can be yours for just $15 each…

Skeletor Tako-Cubes// Leaving the best to last (in our eyes at least!), Peter rounds off the Halloween series with the release of yet another awesome Tako-Cube edition… inspired by the one and only Skelitor! Cast in a mixture of solid dark and light blue resin with yellow and purple highlights, the embedded chest piece comes with an awesome rendition of He-Man’s sworn enemy- WANT! Priced at $15 each, these will also be limited to just 5…

MAN-E-XTRA// Peter Kato’s “Blister” resin for the Scary Girl Ten Year Anniversary Show…

Now, in addition to his humungous Halloween drop, Peter has also been kind enough to share his piece for Toy Tokyo’s 2012 Halloween Show, the “Nathan Jurevicius presents Scary Girl: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition”… Deciding upon creating a small 5 piece run inspired by Jurevicius’ Blister character, the figure has been created using the never-before-released Alpha body that Peter created before settling upon the Turtle Tetsujin design we all know and love. Originally planned as a “base body” (kind of like a he-man base muscle body) that was due to be used for numerous other figure designs, it’s great to see it finally see the light of day- albiet without a head per say! Cast in a clear green resin, each figure features the face of blister embedded in the chest, coming complete with dark spots and black hand painted detailing… Dropping at the show’s opening on October 31st, expect to pay just $30 a piece.
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Nathan Jurevicius presents Scary Girl: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition
Halloween night Oct 31st 
2012  7pm~10pm at Toy Tokyo Underground Gallery 91 Second Ave (near 5th street) nyc.
With over 100 artists including Junko Mizuno, Lamour Supreme, Sucklord, and Bwana Spoons…

MAN-E-NEWS// Gumbo in Grombyland from Blackgard x GeeKai

“Gumbo is the mascot for Gummy-O’s, a breakfast cereal marketed to children by Gromby Foods Co. He works very hard, tirelessly selling sugar-coated wheat products to children in order to promote his brand, and sometimes takes his job a little too seriously. When he is not being a cereal mascot, he enjoys the following activities: fishing, ping-pong, and talking long walks in the forests of Grombyland. He is sometimes a little lonely because currently he is the only resident of Grombyland forest, and he would secretly like to have a friend to play ping-pong with.”

Tom over at Blackgard is proud to present his first collaborative project with artist GeeKai, and if you guys were expecting another armour clad Ironheart-style figure, then you’d better think again! Named Gumbo, the loosely Ewok inspired character has been created to kind of “fit around” the Blackgard universe rather than being set in it- the idea being that if Blackgard was a television show from the 80’s, these bears would feature in the cereal ads during the commercial breaks… absolute genius! Standing at 4″ tall with a single point of articulation, Gumbo will initially come in two different flavours; Orange Creamsicle and Avacado Dreamsicle (each an edition of 10), which will be joined by a few one-of-a-kind customs on the day of release. Priced at $30 each ($40 for the customs), the figures come bagged with headers, featuring artwork by GeeKai… Look out for them on the Blackgard store this Friday (October 26th), at 9pm EST…

MAN-E-NEWS// The Halloween Special “Spiderboid” from Goboids…

The mysterious interstellar Goboids have just welcomed the latest addition to their ever growing universe of cranium-inspired creatures, the “Halloween Special” Spiderboids! Featuring the standard finned brain design, the stunning figures have been hand cast and pressurised in a glittery clear orange resin with black fin… each coming with a rubber toy spider embedded within! Priced at just $20 a piece, the fully Goboid compatible figure is available in strictly limited quantities through the Goboids store right here. Stay tuned for more from the modular resin toy line soon, and check out the Goboids site for a full rundown of the series!

MAN-E-NEWS// The White Winter Raar and Mumble from Neese…

Following the reveal of DMS‘ Overmaster Supreme in Carbonite yesterday (just below!), we bring forth the latest project from his partner in crime Neese, the White Winter Raar and Mumble! Featuring the same mix of hand cast resin and plush from previous releases, the impressive 12″ tall White Winter Raar has been decked out in a beautiful super-soft faux fur, complete with white/sparkly iridescent resin horns and claws plus your choice of the standard black Raar eyes or the new black pupils with white eyelids (pictured). Limited to just 15 pieces, Raar will be available in the Monsters & Mecha store this Friday (October 26th) at 6pm BST (GMT+1) for an undisclosed price…  Also looking to hibernate in your home this winter, Neese’s Mumbles have also been given the “WW” treatment. Measuring 4″ x 3″, these open edition little fur balls have black safety eyes, the choice of white or iridescent resin mini horns and a looped ribbon to hang them with. As with the Raar, pricing is still to be confirmed, so be sure to set your watch for the drop to avoid any disappointment!

MAN-E-NEWS// The Overmaster Supreme in Carbonite from DMS…

DMS‘ latest addition to the Bootleg in Carbonite series, the Overmaster Supreme, is a little hard to explain, but we’re going to give it our best shot! A bootleg of the Sucklord’s recent Overmaster “case exclusive” Dunny, which in turn was inspired by the original Dumny bootleg (also bootlegged by DMS last year- confusing!), the part hand cast resin, part vinyl toy comes in a retina burning pink with silver splatters… Limited to just 25 pieces each, the signed, numbered and blister carded figures will be going on sale in the DMS store this Friday (October 26th) at 7pm GMT+1 for just $50 a piece.

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 including vintage Star Wars and GI Joe, the first wave consists of 4 different figures; the Black Guard, High Ranking Insect, Spiritual Intruder and rpg-88. Cast in a mixture of clear and opaque tints, the bagged and headed pieces will be touching down in the newly opened The Mark Ultra store this Thursday (October 25th) at 11pm EST for an unbelievable sum of just $12 each plus shipping… Stay tuned for more from this promising artist soon!