plush Archive
Art
You know that old saying: “Behind every great toy lord and toy hunter on reality TV, there’s a stack of broken action figures and a girl with a
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plush
I have yet to watch Adventure Time. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of it until Comic-Con, when I ran into what I thought were a Where’s Waldo
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vintage
Welcome to The MINT (Moment of Imagination and Nostalgia with Toys) Museum of Toys: “the world’s first purpose-built museum for toys”. After reading my story on France’s fantastic collection of vintage toys (Les
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conventions
I’m usually much too important of a person to wait in line for things, but upon the recommendation of sculptor/designer Chauskoskis and a peek through the window, I knew
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vinyl
Uglydolls always make for a happy Comic-Con experience. In addition to bountiful plush, affordable tin toys and new BLOX vinyl figures in the Uglydolls area, there was a small
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conventions
Has someone ever (earnestly) asked you the question: “What are designer toys?” You could try to explain it in words, or you could simply show them the pictures
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vinyl
Gary Ham, Julie West and Scott Tolleson shared a booth for Comic-Con. Ham released his Japanese vinyl Wooper Loopers (previously) in the figure’s premiere painted and unpainted colorways
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conventions
The Sucklord continued to out several historically homoerotic characters in the form of bootleg action figures (as detailed here) during Comic-Con. Licorice Leslie was quick to sell out, no doubt
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conventions
Camilla d’Errico debuted her new statue, No Ordinary Love, at her Comic-Con booth. Based on her painting, d’Errico’s explains that the statue is the “visual interpretation and expression of her feelings”
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vinyl
Gary Ham proves himself a real renaissance man with Comic-Con 2012 releases of Wooper Looper in many mediums. One year ago at Comic-Con, Ham displayed the Wooper Looper prototype, and I made it
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