Yetipocalypse at Mothership Toy & Art Gallery Wrap Up & Lex Yeti Pre-Order
22 February 2018

After the success of not just one but two previous shows, Mothership Gallery in Philadelphia hosted Yeti Season 3 Yetipocalypse earlier this year....

"The Blank Show 2" - Open Call
24 March 2017

Are you a talented bastard that thinks you have the chops to be a part of Huck & Clutter’s 2nd Annual Blank Show?

Are you an artful craft master ready to exhibit your work...

04 November 2016

Here it is: Matt JOnes' customized Swatch Maxi. Featuring a customized face with a cartoon mosquito, glow-in-the-dark eyes, wings as hours and minutes hands and a nose as a seconds hand, each...

18 October 2016

A few weeks ago, we showed off JFo's first entry in his line of custom Dunnys. Dubbed Illumin8, each piece is a Dunnified light fixture, from a Light-Brite to a Tiffany-style lamp. Now the entire...

14 October 2016

P!Q took the short hike from Grand Central to the Javits and brought a bunch of custom Labbits. The gift shop put together a group show focusing on sweets and Kidrobot's newest blank platform toy...

11 October 2016

It was raining cats and robots at the booth shared by The Jelly Empire and Argonaut Resins. Selina Briggs premiered her plush Jellybot, along with plenty of resin 'bots that have been turned...

26 September 2016

While the pessimists are saying the designer toy scene is dead, new brick and mortar stores are popping up on both coasts. While Martian Toys expands to Philly, Gravy Toys is putting a bird on it...

26 September 2016

Everybody loves shiny stuff, and now you can customize your platform toys with shiny paint from Montana. In my own experience, Montana has the best range of colors and best application of all the...

Rato Kim x Discordia Merchandising BOXCAT Black Kickstarter
05 February 2018

If you're kicking yourself for missing out on Rato Kim and Discordia Merchandising...

Little Green Men at Mothership Gallery Roundup
22 March 2017

Earlier this month I made the trip to Philadephia for the opening of Mothership Gallery's Little Green Men. This show was around St Patrick's Day, and considering the background of Mothership, it...

04 November 2016

You probably don't need much convincing to go to DCON this year, but just in case you do, check out the preview for the Toy Within a Toy exhibition organized by Broke Piggy. Four 8 inch Dunnys...

17 October 2016

For the second year in a row, Martian Toy brought the most custom toys to NYCC, so many that I had to pick and choose which to include in this post. And of course, many of these customs used...

13 October 2016

I spent way more money than I intended to at NYCC. And myplasticheart took the majority of it, mostly thanks to their wooden Androids from Andrew Bell. And while I was too late to pick up one of...

28 September 2016

Tenacious Toys are brining airbrushed goodness to NYCC courtesy of UNCLE Studio. Cosmic ultralandscapes are comprised of stars, galaxies, and nebulae, and adorn a Calevarita, Mecha Dunny,...

26 September 2016

I see the light! JFo, who you may remember from the LED-equipped Valentine's Day Dunny, has started to...

23 September 2016

I need sugar, stat! After walking through P!Q in Grand Central to view Zard Apuya's first solo show, I'm lusting for donuts, Kinder Happy Hippos, and chunks of cookie dough. Zard, if you didn't...

Rato Kim x Discordia Merchandising DIY BOXCAT Kickstarter
05 January 2018

The world needs more Boxcats, and for 2018 Rato Kim and Discordia ...

Rato Kim Boxcat Custom Exhibition
12 January 2017

With all the success of Rato Kim's Boxcat customs, it was only due time until there would be a custom show featuring this...

03 November 2016

Blast from the past! There have been murmuring (and a few leaked images) of some new Teddy Troops by Flying Fortress and Artoyz. Today we finally got the full reveal of two 3 inch blank Troops....

14 October 2016

I might write a lot about designer toys, but some brands and artists slip past even me. So I did a double-take as I walked by Jellykoe's booth at NYCC. Their designs are super cute and every piece...

13 October 2016

The New York native Tenacious Toys brought an utter buttload of customs to NYCC. Cat Atomic and UNCLE Studio dominated the booth, while minifigures from Touma and a variety of other artists...

MJ Hsu Halloween Delectables Sneak Peek!
28 September 2016

If you didn't think Halloween ...

26 September 2016

What do Big Kev, Art Wino, DKE Toys, myplasticheart, Tenacious Toys, Clutter, and For the Masses have in common? They're all getting a new Cavus Bloom from Kyle Kirwan for NYCC! Each booth will...

19 September 2016

Each month, the UK's Collect & Display release a series of custom toys from a new artist. September's guest artists are Jen and Tony Bot, who have created four custom Dunnys based on a...

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