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MAN-E-NEWS// The Rivet Wars Rocket Bike from Ted Terranova…

With the previously posted MonoWheel now awaiting production after a successful test-print last month, Ted Terranova is proud to reveal the latest vehicle to join the Rivet Wars fight, the Rocket Bike! Shown here in an exploded view, we’re glad to see the multi-part assembly of the Quad Stugs hasn’t put Ted off doing aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Rivet Wars Rocket Bike from Ted Terranova…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The Rivet Wars “Monowheel” test print from Ted Terranova…

After finalising the awesome Rivet Wars Monowheel design a couple of weeks back (find out more here), Ted Terranova proudly presents the very first test print! Picking up pretty much all of the detail from the original 3D sculpt, the print is due to be cleaned up soon with some minor tweaks before Ted beginsContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The Rivet Wars “Monowheel” test print from Ted Terranova…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Rivet Wars’ Blighter Monowheel from Ted Terranova…

Recently revealed here a few weeks back, Rivet Wars creator Ted Terranova has been hard a work developing the highly anticipated Blighter Monowheel! Pictured above is a near-finished sculpt of the contraption… as you can see from previous shots, Ted has added a huge amount of detail, pivoting the vehicle to give the soldier aContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The ‘Rivet Wars’ Blighter Monowheel from Ted Terranova…”

MAN-E-NEWS// New Rivet Wars sculpts from Ted Terranova…

As major influence in our pursuit of getting our own resin toys off the ground, it always comes with great pleasure to find out what Rivet Wars creator Ted Terranova has lined up next… and boy are we in for a treat this time! Since the release of the Quad Stug box set last month,Continue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// New Rivet Wars sculpts from Ted Terranova…”

Pressbot resin toys from Tesselate…

Continuing his recent onslaught of toy releases, UK based artist Tesselate is proud to present his latest figure set, the Pressbots. Consisting of a pink, yellow, and blue figure, the hand cast and painted Pressbots come with a header card and two hand cut vinyl stickers. Retailing at £9 a set, the limited edition threeContinue reading “Pressbot resin toys from Tesselate…”

Shaun of the Dead Lego concept by Yatkuu on Cuusoo…

If we hole up, I wanna be somewhere familiar, I wanna know where the exits are, and I wanna be allowed to smoke! -Shaun Whilst sifting through the many brilliant Lego concepts on Cuusoo, we stumbled upon the latest project by Yatkuu- a startlingly accurate diorama of the Winchester pub from Shaun of the Dead!Continue reading “Shaun of the Dead Lego concept by Yatkuu on Cuusoo…”

Zombiemonkie’s Zombie Art Project

With Halloween just around the corner, up and coming toy designer / customer Mikie Graham of Zombiemonkie has recently unveiled his latest creation, The Zombie Art Project, set to run throughout October. Graham has painstakingly customised 65 different Playmobil figures to brain eating perfection, featuring “outbreak survivors, celebrity zombies, one playset, and enough humourus goreContinue reading “Zombiemonkie’s Zombie Art Project”

LEGO® Mini-figures on a Mission… to Outer Space

Launching at the beginning of last month, NASA’s Jupiter space probe, the Atlas V rocket, was secretly carrying a few unique stowaways. In a collaboration with Lego, three mini-figures were especially created and attached to the space craft for it’s five year journey to the fifth planet from the Sun. The toys, based on theContinue reading “LEGO® Mini-figures on a Mission… to Outer Space”

Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999

Whilst writing our recent feature on Peter Goral’s “Killer Bootlegs” and the newly emerging bootleg toy scene, we stumbled upon the amazing works of American modeller, Sillof. Although not a bootlegger in the same vein as Goral or the Sucklord, Sillof’s customs of well known iconic action figures (primarily from Kenner’s vintage Star Wars line)Continue reading “Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999”

Toy Karma 3 @Rotofugi Gallery

Now in it’s third run, Toy Karma, in association with Max Nagata’s Max Toy Company, will be finally opening it’s doors at the Rotofugi gallery on September 10th. Celebrating the weird and wonderful world of Japanese Kaiju toys (made famous by the likes of Godzilla, Mothra and Ultraman in the 70’s), the exhibition has beenContinue reading “Toy Karma 3 @Rotofugi Gallery”