Celebrating the first year of tabletop/art toy crossover series Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown in style, creator Bryan Borgman has teamed up with Acheson Creations for a truly momentous Kickstarter campaign! Offering up a total of 12 new figures to compliment the past year’s releases, Bryan has secured designs from some of the biggest names in the indie miniContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown 1st Anniversary Kickstarter campaign…”
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MAN-E-NEWS// Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown from Bryan Borgman x Papagrim Toys…
After months of preparation, Bryan Borgman is proud to reveal the latest subsidiary of the hugely popular Kaiju Kaos tabletop skirmish game… the Smackdown series! Taking note of the steady rise of mini figures in the art toy scene, Bryan enlisted the talents of Papagrim Toys‘ Steve Patt to create a crossover-line that can beContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown from Bryan Borgman x Papagrim Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// BIG-MAN Keshi: Wave 1 from Bigman Toys…
Previously featured here a couple of weeks back, Bigman Toys’ Jumbo-Kaggra custom keshi is set to be joined by another 3 figures for the first official wave of BIG-MAN Keshi! Priced at just £5 ($8) per figure, these guys are available in “all the colours of the ‘bow” (opaque only), by hitting Bigman up directly at happyburbridge@googlemail.com.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// BIG-MAN Keshi: Wave 1 from Bigman Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Rare M.U.S.C.L.E Can V.2 from Nama-Niku x Muscle Things…
As we prepare for the launch of our exclusive Super Rare M.U.S.C.L.E Can colourway, we bring you the first shots of its latest incarnation, Version 2! Created by Nama-Niku and Muscle Things, the newly revised design features a whole host of new non-poster figures (from our count, there appears to be 8 crammed in thisContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Rare M.U.S.C.L.E Can V.2 from Nama-Niku x Muscle Things…”
MAN-E-UPDATE// ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face “Noir” production shot…
As we loom ever closer to the release of our first M.U.S.C.L.E custom bootleg 2 pack, ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face, we’ve decided to share with you the first production shot (with sprues still attached!) of the super-rare “Noir” edition that we will be offering up to our readers a week before the figures’ official release.Continue reading “MAN-E-UPDATE// ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face “Noir” production shot…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Meatgrinder vs. Half Baked Ham Namakeshi custom bootlegs…
[photos/info- University of M.U.S.C.L.E] As mentioned earlier in the week, we still weren’t sure as to whether Meatgrinder’s sparring buddy, Half Baked Ham, would be making it into our first batch of Nama-Niku x Eric Nilla Namakeshi exclusives… well today we can reveal that our meaty friend has made the cut! To be released alongsideContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Meatgrinder vs. Half Baked Ham Namakeshi custom bootlegs…”
MAN-E-UPDATE// The Eric Nilla x Nama-Niku MAN-E-TOYS exclusives- first test pulls…
As mentioned in our recent exposé of their awesome work, the mighty Eric Nilla and Tyler from Nama-Niku have agreed to work on a number of exclusives for our store… so it comes with great pleasure today to reveal to you the very first test pulls! Due to feature Eric’s SD Splatterhouse Rick, alongside Tyler’s ChibiContinue reading “MAN-E-UPDATE// The Eric Nilla x Nama-Niku MAN-E-TOYS exclusives- first test pulls…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Jumbo-Kaggra custom keshi from Big Man Toys…
Continuing our look into the world of keshi/M.U.S.C.L.E in the build up to ‘Ed Skworm and Min-E-Face‘s release next month, we bring you Jumbo-Kaggra, a stunning keshi from UK based Big Man Toys. Based on the real-life wrestler of the same name, the custom figure comes complete with the infamous spiked mask worn by bothContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Jumbo-Kaggra custom keshi from Big Man Toys…”
MAN-E-NEWS// Scrap Sanadayu custom bootlegs from Luke Harris…
[Photos/info from the University of M.U.S.C.L.E] Continuing our look into the world of custom M.U.S.C.L.E/Keshi in the lead up to next month’s ‘Ed Skworm and Min-E-Face release (find out more here), we bring you the awesome custom Scrap Sanadayu bootlegs from Luke Haris of Imperfecz Toys! Originally created for a short lived manga that airedContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Scrap Sanadayu custom bootlegs from Luke Harris…”
MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Rare M.U.S.C.L.E. Can from Nama-Niku and Eric Nilla…
[Photos from the University of M.U.S.C.L.E] As mentioned in our feature yesterday (read more here), we will be delving into the world of both M.U.S.C.L.E and Kinnikuman a lot more as we ready our ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face release, with no better place to start than Nama-Niku and Eric Nilla’s awesome Super Rare M.U.S.C.L.E Can.Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Super Rare M.U.S.C.L.E. Can from Nama-Niku and Eric Nilla…”
MAN-E-FEATURE// Nama-Niku and Eric Nilla’s custom M.U.S.C.L.E figures…
Since embarking on the ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face project a few months back (find out more here), we’ve slowly started to realise how big and diverse the custom M.U.S.C.L.E/Kinnikuman community is, with sites such as the University of M.U.S.C.L.E, Little Rubber Guys and Nama-Niku covering a huge selection of highly talented sculptors, producers and paintersContinue reading “MAN-E-FEATURE// Nama-Niku and Eric Nilla’s custom M.U.S.C.L.E figures…”
MAN-E-NEWS// UPDATE: ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face test pull shot #2…
As you may remember, we have been working on a couple of resin releases over the last few months, with our first M.U.S.C.L.E bootleg 2 pack, ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face, finally nearing completion (find out more about their progress here and here). Today we reveal the latest colour-test pull shot from Steve Patt over at Papagrim Toys-Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// UPDATE: ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face test pull shot #2…”
MAN-E-NEWS// First test pull shot of our debut release, ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face!
We were greeted this morning with a very exciting e-mail from Steve Patt over at Papagrim Toys, who kindly sent us over the very first test-pull shot of our debut resin release, ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face! Following on from our extensive reveal a couple of weeks back (find out more here), Steve has since madeContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// First test pull shot of our debut release, ‘Ed Skworm vs. Min-E-Face!”
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