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The Effects of 3D Printing on The Designer Toy Scene

3D Printing isn’t a new technology, but in recent years it’s become far more attainable. No longer the size of entire buildings and so...

Opinion: The (Art of) Toy Lotteries

The art toy lottery is something that some artists dabble in and something I as a collector am not a fan of in terms of format. It’s...

New Acquisitions from Japan + Canada

TAKE A BITE!: Toys tend to embrace the passage of time, better than most people. Every so often I produce a video flashback and forward...

Review: Pookie by Pucky

Hello Pookie! No, I'm not getting chummy with you, it's the latest soft vinyl figure from Hong Kong based artist Pucky. Hand painted,...

Get It On Bangagon - Dragonfire Style

SO SOFUBI: Here we've been given a golden (and pink, and purple...) opportunity to review our very first figure from talented maker...

The 2016 Poppies Awards Announced

Hello everybody! It looks like the 2016 Poppies Awards were just officially announced. For nearly a decade Michael Crawford has been at...

Coarse Invites You To Enjoy Your Stay

GETTIN' CRABBY: A colorful crab in a monotone raccoon walk into a room… that's the set up with this new figure set from coarse. This is...

Kozik: A mans work is never a bust.

To many of us art and toy collectors Frank Kozik is an icon. The Spanish-born artist has a list of poster designs from some of the most...

Vegetarians Beware: Iron Meat Is Here

BA-BA-BA-BAmmmmmm: Don't be fooled by the headline (yours truly's been veg since '84), yet there's a serious pounding, not as in...

The SpiderTrooper Nets Us In His Web

Over the last few years we have really grown to enjoy the work being produced out of Thailand. One of the leading artists on the scene...