2.8.11 – Episode 154 : Ben Again
Show Notes – Join us for Outer Space Men, Bionic Bjoern, 5″ Mini Qee, and much more! Have a bison burger and join us for a Toy Break!
Toy Break Stuff
- Custom Pepper by DrilOne Contest Winner – Big thank you to DrilOne for the amazing custom and to everyone who entered!
- Pico & Wilshire Lava Edition Contest – Enormous 2 figure set ($170) is limited to 98 pieces and one of them could be yours, courtesy of Joe Ledbetter! To enter, simply draw your own version of Pico & Wilshire and post it in the forum! Deadline is March 2nd
- Toy Break Poster – 11″ x 17″ poster featuring art by Charles Marsh (aka Monsterforge) – $5 + $2.50 shipping or $10 + $2.50 shipping for one signed by all four of us including Charles!
News
- ThunderCats – 20″ figure features 7 points of articulation – ships late July, pre-order now for $38
- Monster Kolor Paints – now available at Lulubell with an exlusive Lulubell kit
- Mimobots Lower Prices – Mimoco has lowered the price of their Mimobot USB flash drives – base 4 GB versions are now just $24.95
- Android For All Contest – MetroPCS is currently holding a contest to have your Android design produced on a 3″ Android figure
- Alien Argus – by Mark Nagata & Masami Yamada – 10″ figure featuing 10 points of articulation and two sets of interchangeable eye-stalks – available now for $90
- Seeker Collector Sets – from Bigshot Toyworks & Jeff Soto – these sets include 8 Seeker figures (Ghost, Toxic, Fire, Water, Earth, Aether, Groove, and Ice), Jeff’s “Storm Clouds” book, published by Murphy Fine Art Books, “The Seeker” offset lithograph print from Jonathan Levine Gallery, Unfolded Seeker Box, signed by Jeff, and an Original 5″ x 5″ Mini Seeker painting all for $950 – available for pre-order now
- Bitbots Jinny Competition Winners – Bitbots have announced 10 winning Jinny designs by 8 artists that will be included in a future Jinny series
- Monster Bossy Bear – by David Horvath & Toy2R – these 5″ kaiju versions of Bossy Bear in classic blue and roseus (pink) will be coming soon
Blindbox
- LEGO Minifigs Series 2 – by LEGO
Reviews
- Outer Space Men Infinity Edition – by The Four Horsemen – Astro-Nautilus, Metamorpho, Xodiac & Inferno – $40
- Bionic Bjoern – by Scheer Imagination – 7″ tall resin figure limited to 50 pieces – €65 (~$90)
- 5″ Mini Qee – by Toy2R – bear, bunee, toyer, mon, kitkat, pigee, and sprayee characters will all be available very soon
Events
- 5″ Mini Qee Custom Show – group show with over 30 artists custom 5″ Mini Qees at Yoyamart in New York City, NY on February 14th
- Toypocalypse – A Four Horsemen retrospective presented by Toy Tokyo Underground – this show will chronicle more than decade of toy design from the Four Horsemen at Toy Tokyo in New York, New York from February 11th to 17th