Hot off the heals of the recent Baxter Stockman custom Glyos posted earlier in the week, Ersico comes with yet another show-stopping piece… the Battle Cat inspired Laser Beast! Taking popular ‘Tiger Burn’ from the iconic 80’s toy line, Ersico has set about faithfully replicating the colours of He-Man’s trusty stead, using a mixture ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Battle Cat’ custom Laser Beast from Ersico…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// The Mortal Kombat ‘Goro’ M.U.S.C.L.E custom from Plastic Playhouse…
The highly talented Plastic Playhouse delves into 90’s pop culture once more as he proudly presents his latest M.U.S.C.L.E custom… an ode to Mortal Kombat’s Goro! Using the four armed ‘Ashuraman No Sensei’ figure, PP has painted him up in the final boss’ familiar orange tone, complete with subtle washes, meticulous highlights and even aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Mortal Kombat ‘Goro’ M.U.S.C.L.E custom from Plastic Playhouse…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Designer Toy Awards open nominations…
The guys over at Clutter are happy to announce that from May 1st until May 15th, the Designer Toy Awards, aka the DTAs, will be accepting open nominations in a variety of categories from both professionals and fans alike! Now in it’s 3rd year, the prestigious ceremony has undergone a number of changes, including a much clearerContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Designer Toy Awards open nominations…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Ultrus Bog ‘Shooting Blanks’ from Lulubell Toys…
Joining the previously revealed Toxic Avenger Sewer Creep in-store this week, Lulubell Toys are proud to present the latest in a long line of figures to receive the ‘Shooting Blanks’ treatment… Skinner’s Ultru Bog! That’s right, after an endless barrage of requests for blank Bogs, Lulubell is set to deliver with both unpainted black andContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Ultrus Bog ‘Shooting Blanks’ from Lulubell Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Nama-Niku’s ‘Kinkeshi Flesh’ Mekamess auction on LRG…
As mentioned in our Ray Skull coverage last week, Nama Niku is the latest out of the blocks with his H.U.S.T.L.E Wave 1 Artist Proofs, proudly presenting the long awaited ‘Kinkeshi Flesh’ Mekamess! Undeniably one of the most popular designs from the first batch of figures, the MechaGodzilla kit-bash has been cast up in theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Nama-Niku’s ‘Kinkeshi Flesh’ Mekamess auction on LRG…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘My Pet Monster’ Critter custom from Topheroy…
We recently sent over a big batch of Disarticulator resin blanks to the mighty Topheroy to get to work upon, and as you can see by the above images, it’s taken no time for him to get down to business! First up we have a private commission for our resident super-sculptor Zectron… Taking inspiration fromContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘My Pet Monster’ Critter custom from Topheroy…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Toxic Avenger’ Sewer Creep from Coma21 x Dski One…
Toys Are Sanity’s Coma21 continues his onslaught of ‘Ian the Sewer Creep’ collaborations as he proudly presents the latest painted run from none other than Dski One… Taking inspiration from cult 80’s horror The Toxic Crusader, the tutu wearing ‘Toxie’ has been been painted up in a mixture of green, red and blue sprays, comingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Toxic Avenger’ Sewer Creep from Coma21 x Dski One…”
MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Split Kit’ GPK Cheap Toy custom test pull from Nolan JP x Muscle Things…
A project almost 6 months in the making now, the mind blowing ‘Split Kit’ GPK Cheap Toy custom from Nolan JP appears to be nearing the final stages of production, with the reveal of the very first test pull over at Muscle Things… Based on one of our favourite Garbage Pail Kid trading cards designs, theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Split Kit’ GPK Cheap Toy custom test pull from Nolan JP x Muscle Things…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The C2E2 exclusive Frenzy Barbarians from Skinner…
Dropping alongside a whole host of custom toys and art at the Critical Hit C2E2 booth this weekend, the legendary Skinner introduces his latest run of Frenzy Barbarians… Featuring 4 different figures based on Frenzy’s new spiked and double-headed designs; Black Tooth Grin (ltd to 1), Nocturnal Gorg (ltd to 2), Iceberg Suicide (ltd toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The C2E2 exclusive Frenzy Barbarians from Skinner…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Healeymade ‘Venom Ashuraman’ custom from Small Angry Monster…
Lauded mini figure customiser Adam Pratt aka Small Angry Monster has finally worked his magic on one of Healeymade’s resins, the incredible ‘Venom Ashuraman’ M.A.S.K x M.U.S.C.L.E mash-up! Painted in a Buff-Monster inspired mix of pink and grey with gold detailing, the exquisitely detailed figure has been given a number of washes and highlights toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Healeymade ‘Venom Ashuraman’ custom from Small Angry Monster…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Rampage x Frenzy ‘Cake Fighter’ barbarian…
With Supefestival 62 just a week away now, Jon over at Rampage Toys has started to reveal some of the amazing pieces he’ll be bringing along to his booth… the first of which coming in the form of the mighty Cake Fighter! A collaboration with the Frenzy Bros, the initial festival release will just featureContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Rampage x Frenzy ‘Cake Fighter’ barbarian…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Suki and Belemey Flatfoot resin test pulls from UME Toys…
After a couple of minor setbacks with production last week (leading to a complete re-sculpting), Richard Page over at UME Toys proudly reveals the first test pull of Suki the Shrunken Head… joined by another unexpected addition, the new and improved Belemey ‘Flatfoot’! Due to be making an appearance at the Cardiff Tattoo & ToyContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Suki and Belemey Flatfoot resin test pulls from UME Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The CUD resin mini figure from Brooke A Allen…
Previously featured here as a work in progress sculpt a couple of month back, Brooke A Allen‘s latest resin mini figure, simply titled “CUD”, is finally upon us! Markedly bigger in scale than previous efforts at around 2″ tall, the fearsome beast has been hand cast in a number of different one-off colourways, each comingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The CUD resin mini figure from Brooke A Allen…”
MAN-E-NEWS// War Pug customs from 1Shot Toys x Ersico…
Featured here a couple of weeks back, 1Shot Toys‘ ‘War Pug’ Glyos head has just seen it’s first painted run courtesy of none other than Ersico! Featuring the hand cast resin head design on a number of different Glyos configurations, the awesome figures have been hand painted by the artist in a mixture of black,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// War Pug customs from 1Shot Toys x Ersico…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Suki the Shrunken Head from UME Toys…
With the spectacle that was ToyCon UK now done and dusted until next year, British artists and designers have already begun working on exclusives for the next big event in the UK calendar, the Cardiff Tattoo and Toy Con, with UME Toys‘ Richard Page certainly no exception… Introducing the latest addition to the ever growingContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Suki the Shrunken Head from UME Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Humavor custom Glyos from Evilos…
With the pieces from Killer Bootlegs‘ recent ‘Toys Are Us’ group show now up for grabs through the Rockford Art Deli online store, we’ve decided to shine some light on one particular figure that caught our eye, the ‘Humavor’ custom Glyos from Evilos… Apart from being quite a change from the norm for the DisneyContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Humavor custom Glyos from Evilos…”
MAN-E-NEWS// “The Burgerking” custom resin figure from Plaseebo…
Fresh from the recent Rampaging Night Gamer drop, Bob Conge aka Plaseebo comes with his latest one-off resin masterpiece, the rather aptly titled “Burgerking”… Based on the new ‘GNAW the Obese’ sculpt, the gigantic hand cast figure stands at a monstrous 10″ tall and 6” wide. Coming complete with red glass eye inserts, fabric remnants,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// “The Burgerking” custom resin figure from Plaseebo…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Taylored Curiosities’ ‘Brilliant Blue’ & custom Giant Monster Embryos now available online…
Another artist we were finally able to catch up with at ToyCon over the weekend (however brief!), the lovely Penny Taylor of Taylored Curiosities brought along a mesmerising display of aroma-plush, one-off mini sculpts, resins (including a cheeky proto of a forthcoming collab with Alto!), and of course, the hotly tipped Giant Monster Embryo customs.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Taylored Curiosities’ ‘Brilliant Blue’ & custom Giant Monster Embryos now available online…”
MAN-E-NEWS// New customs from TERRTHOM…
Since posting his debut Bulletpunk-inspired Multiskull custom a few weeks back, up and coming toy artist TERRTHOM has set working on a whole slew of similar pieces, the results of which you can see above… Featuring the same unique blend of kit-bashed mech kit parts and meticulous weathering, the latest round of incredible customs featureContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New customs from TERRTHOM…”
MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Cowababa’ Giant Monster Embryo custom from Creo Designs…
Following the work in progress shots we posted last week, Chris Alexander over at Creo Designs is proud to reveal Cowababa: Baby Mutant Ninja Turtle in all his pizza eating, shell spinning glory! Created for the debut of Taylored Curiosities‘ Giant Monster Embryo, Chris has completely transformed the humungous resin figure (which, incidentally was sculptedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// ‘Cowababa’ Giant Monster Embryo custom from Creo Designs…”
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