MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series: Wave 1 full reveal…

  After several teaser shots over the past couple of weeks, we proudly bring you the first wave of our H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series in all it’s glory! You may be wondering where a few of the entries have gone (the original line-up featured 15 artists)… Well, we’ve decided with the sheer volume of figures (plusContinue reading “MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series: Wave 1 full reveal…”

MAN-E-NEWS// Clutter’s (In)action Figure Show featuring The Disarticulators…

It comes with great pleasure today to announce details of the very first group art exhibition that we (Tru:Tek, Zectron and Bigmantoys) will be participating as The Disarticulators… Clutter‘s (In)action Figure Show! Without further ado, we bring you the official press statement- “The (In)action Figure Show,” an art toy show focused on elevating the traditionalContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Clutter’s (In)action Figure Show featuring The Disarticulators…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Ewoking Dead’ and ‘David’ resins from Killer Bootlegs…

Unfortunately missing out on the full release whilst we were away, we nevertheless bring you details of Killer Bootlegs‘ latest figures, the Ewoking Dead! Based on the illustration by Jonathan Fallon (of the same name), the figure has been booted from a vintage “Teebo” Ewok figure, coming with an array of gruesome sculpted zombie gutsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Ewoking Dead’ and ‘David’ resins from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series: Rampage Toys and Brutherford Industries first test shot…

Signing off in style before our week away, we bring to you the first production shot of Rampage Toy‘s ‘Battle Ready’ Ugly Cenicorn and Brutherford Industries‘ Hungry Hungry Hordak for the upcoming H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series! Cast in an authentic M.U.S.C.L.E-tone rubber, the pair will be joined by another 13 designs for the gatcha capsule-style releaseContinue reading “MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series: Rampage Toys and Brutherford Industries first test shot…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The Killer Bootlegs Artist Series: “Blackbook” Edition Art-Too…

Originally released to huge fan fare last month (find out more here), the awesome Art-Too figure from Killer Bootlegs and UK graffiti artist Hoakser has returned… this time sporting it’s very own Artist Series! Created to coincide with Black Friday this week, KB’s Peter Wheatstraw Goral enlisted the talents of some of the low-brow artContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Killer Bootlegs Artist Series: “Blackbook” Edition Art-Too…”

MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series 1 update…

Following the first announcement a couple of weeks back (check it out here), we’re pleased to reveal that our H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series has been moving along at lightening pace, and whilst we have a whole lot of details that unfortunately have to remain secret at the moment, we’re more than happy to share the latestContinue reading “MAN-E-XCLUSIVE// H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series 1 update…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The Killer Kaiju Melt and Frankenfett 2.0 from Killer Bootlegs…

“Awakened from the depths of Lake Michigan by a bunch if drunken Packers fans attempting to dye the lake green, the Kaiju immediately laid waste to Chicago reducing it to ashes and rubble!” Ahead of the release of the Killer Kaiju this weekend (check out our previous post here), Peter Goral over at Killer BootlegsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Killer Kaiju Melt and Frankenfett 2.0 from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series revealed…

After a tremendous response to our “Recruitment Drive” last month, we are proud to reveal details of the very first H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series! Featuring a varied mix of both new and established artists, we’ve been lucky enough to secure talent from as far afield as kaiju, resin, vinyl, plush (!), plus pieces from some ofContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The H.U.S.T.L.E Artist Series revealed…”

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 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 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// A trio of releases from Killer Bootlegs…

Hot off the heels of last month’s ingenious “Man Inside the Mask” bootleg (find out more here), Peter Goral over at Killer Bootlegs is proud to present a trifecta of must-have resins that will be hitting the KB store this month! Here’s a quick rundown of the swag that’ll be on offer… Vintage Art-Too feat.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// A trio of releases from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The “Jeremy Bulloch” Boba Fett from Killer Bootlegs…

Following a test pull reveal at the beginning of the month, Peter Wheatsraw of Killer Bootlegs is proud to announce that the “Jeremy Bulloch” Boba Fett bootleg is finally ready for public consumption! Consisting of a vintage Fett body left as-is, the figure comes with a “Captain Adama” Battlestar Galactica head that resembles an elderly JeremyContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Jeremy Bulloch” Boba Fett from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The Wizard World Exclusive Mutant Jawas from Killer Bootlegs…

With the Chicago leg of the Wizard World Con touching down just yesterday (August 9th), we thought we’d revisit the awesome Mutant Jawas that Killer Bootlegs‘ Peter Wheatstraw has created for the event… Kit-bashed from a vintage Jawa and Yoda, and coming complete with bootleg vinyl cape, Peter enlisted the talents of two new interns toContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Wizard World Exclusive Mutant Jawas from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The “Jeremy Bulloch” Boba Fett from Killer Bootlegs…

Following on from our look at 2bitHACK’s “Mi Empire Loca” earlier today, we’re pleased to be able to reveal the first test pull of another awesome Star Wars bootleg… the “Jeremy Bulloch” Boba Fett from Killer Bootlegs! Previously mentioned in our KB round up back in May, the toy consists of a vintage Fett bodyContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Jeremy Bulloch” Boba Fett from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The “Wizard World” exclusive Mutant Jawas from Killer Bootlegs…

Peter Wheatstraw over at Killer Bootlegs kindly shares details of his latest project, the “Wizard World” exclusive Mutant Jawas! Kit-bashed from a vintage Jawa and Yoda, and coming complete with bootleg vinyl cape, KB have enlisted the talents of two new interns to cast a staggering 100 of the figures in preparation for next month’sContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Wizard World” exclusive Mutant Jawas from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The Art-Too resin figure from Killer Bootlegs…

In lieu of Peter “Wheatstraw” Goral opening the new Killer Bootlegs envystore last week, we’ve decided to take a look at one of his older pieces that has since resurfaced. Originally created exclusively for low-brow art blog “Sixty Bones Press“, the R2D2 bootleg comes complete with a glow-in-the-dark “Ghetto Blaster” boombox, and real fat-cap head (PeterContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Art-Too resin figure from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The carded GID Sharkgut from Killer Bootlegs…

As mentioned in our reveal of the Killer Krayons earlier in the week, Peter over at Killer Bootlegs has been hard at work producing a special variant of the Sharkgut Wayne Gracey bootleg… the carded Glow in the Dark edition! Kit-bashed from a vintage Ree Yees, Bossk, Nien Nunb, and Whiplash from He-man, the marbled GID castContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The carded GID Sharkgut from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The Killer Krayons from Killer Bootlegs…

Peter over at Killer Bootlegs has been working on several projects for his new “Killer Krap” line, the first coming in the form of these awesome assault riffle bullet shaped crayons! Dubbed the “Killer Krayons”, Peter will be releasing these in the standard colours found in Crayola’s 8 packs; red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, violet,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Killer Krayons from Killer Bootlegs…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The “Sharkgut Wayne Gracey” Cosmic Creep from Killer Bootlegs…

Revealed in our Killer Bootlegs feature a couple of weeks back (here), the latest figure in Peter Goral’s Cosmic Creeps line, the awesome Sharkgut Wayne Gracey, has finally touched down in the store! Kit-bashed from a vintage Ree Yees, Bossk, Nien Nunb, and Whiplash from He-man, the figure was given the name Sharkgut by his 4 1/2Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Sharkgut Wayne Gracey” Cosmic Creep from Killer Bootlegs…”