Updates

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Knives

Hey folks! Today is Wednesday.. hump day.. etc!

So far this week, it’s been pretty quiet around these parts but there are a few things popping up soon!

Of course today being Wednesday, there will be a Wednesday’s Wallpaper of the Week dropping extremely, incredibly, intensely soon! Like, literally seconds after we post this.

Masters of the Universe fans rejoice.. someone finally got around to taking a closer look a few of these really cool, Four Horsemen sculpted figs. Review = soon.

All new Workshop this Friday! As usual, it’ll be a good ‘n!

In other news.. I had planned to start a video review feature for the site and post it up this past week. Well, as fate would have it, my video camera decided to take a swim with the fishes which effectively kill my idea. But don’t lose heart dear reader, I will again one day procure a camera and make with the video reviews.. You’ll be the first to know when I do!

While the pace hasn’t been as brisk the past two or three weeks around here as we’d like.. In the next few weeks we’ll be doing reviews for figures from Kotobukiya, Play Arts Kai, Mattel and of course 3A. We’re also excited about the slew of all new Workshops we’ve planned to hand craft just for all you customizing crazies.

Thanks for reading!

– Knives

Coming This Week!

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Knives

Last week turned out to be a pretty slow one around here. Some delays in shipments and technical difficulties backed a few things up but this week we hope to TOTALLY redeem ourselves. 🙂

– The Workshop will get not one but TWO new tutorials this week that I know your gonna flip over! If you’re into 1/6th and custom toy accessory goodness check back soon!

– The much delayed, yet totally worth it 3A’s Blind Cowboy and Ghost Horse Review

– A few surprises

2012 NYC Toy Fair News #1

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Knives

The New York City Toy Fair is in full swing and I’m 4968 miles away. I WISH I could somehow have made the trip but alas, my bike needs a new tire and it’s an incredibly long swim. This year was simply not meant to be. All I can do is scour the info-webs for some of my favorite toy manufacturers reveals and post them here all in one tidy place for you.

Kotobukiya Bishoujo Statues

The much teased Harley Quinn final(?) artwork is on display and as well as teaser art for Mass Effect 3’s Femshep! Koto’s Ivy statue turned out incredible. I’m betting Harley will come out just as polished. I can’t wait to see the final sculpts! Stay updated on Kotobukiya stuff on their Facebook page.

image from kotobukiya

Mattel has a bunch of new Masters of the Universe Classic figs to show off. I grew up on MOTU and love seeing the line revisited and old familiar faces pop up.Stinkor anyone? Check here to see the full list of everything Mattel has on display as well as release dates.

image from matty collector.com

Who? Who I ask you, doesn’t love LEGOS? My favorite line of LEGOS has been their classic Star Wars line, but my love for super heroes my trump it as LEGO revealed a whole slew of Marvel licensed goodness. From the Avengers to X-Men.. I can already tell my mini-fig collection is going to grow leaps and bounds!

image from LEGO

I have two weaknesses, turtles in a half shell.. and turtle power. The new TMNT toys from Playmates look great! Cool little touches like the scar on Raph’s shell have me really excited to have this guys in hand.

pic from playmates

pic from toynewsi.com

Wow, Square Enix/Play Arts Kai protos of Mass Effect toys look in-cred-i-ble! They consistently somehow wrangle together my favorite properties from Street Fighter and Batman to Metal Gear and Mass Effect.

pic from toyark.com

Speak of Metal Gear and Batman, you can preorder those over at bigbadtoystore.com and urban-collector.com right now!

pic from bigbadtoystore.com

OK, that’s part 1 of my mini coverage Toy Fair 2012. So much good stuff coming in the next few months! With my shelves are already at maximum capacity, I may have to knock out a wall to find a place for it all!

Friday News

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Knives

I love toys, games, comics and art. These are my passions. Today I’ve learned of the passing of someone who greatly contributed to all of those. Adam Adamowicz of Bethesda Games. He was the key concept artist behind the visual goodness of Skyrim and Fallout 3 two of my favorite games of the past 4 years.. among others. A touching, more fitting tribute can be read here. If you’ve ever sat in awe at the beauty and vastness of Skyrim or pushed yourself to play on for “just one more hour” to see what’s on the other side of that hill in Fallout 3, you should give it a read. Here’s to his friends, family and those who knew him well. R.I.P.