6.22.11 – Episode 172 : Andor Guest
Show Notes – Scott and Ben join us to look at Daft Punk Tron RAH, Asia Minigod, Wrecks & Dazey, and much more! Grab a bowl of Grapenuts and join us for a Toy Break!
Toy Break Stuff
- Button Lab Contest – Win 100 full color or black & white custom 1-inch buttons ($25 value) to give away, sell, or horde for eternity! To enter, simply post your button design in the contest section on the forum…that’s it! You can use the button template from button-lab.com. Deadline is June 22nd
- 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!
- OMFG! Series 1 on Kickstarter – Help us produce a toy line of community created mini figure characters like old M.U.S.C.L.E. and Monster In My Pocket figures!
News
- Designer Toy Awards – organized by Clutter Magazine – nominations are open to anyone in a variety of categories such as Best Mini Series, Most Influential Event, etc. – awards ceremony at the Munky King Comic Con Party next month
- Munky King SDCC Releases – Luke Chueh’s White in Black (750 pcs), Yoskay Yamamoto’s Screaming Sunrise SDCC Black Exclusive (200 pcs), Luke Chueh SDCC Exclusive OMI, and Chris Ryniak’s Misfortune Cat mini SDCC exclusive black edition
Blindbox
- Dunny 2011 – by Kidrobot
Reviews
- Daft Punk x Tron RAH – by Medicom – 12″ Real Action Heroes complete with trademark helmets – extremely limited – $400
- Asia Minigod – by Marka27 * BicPlastics – 15″ vinyl speaker – $150
- Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter Mickey VCD – by Medicom & Disney – 6″ vinyl figure depicting Mickey as Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter – $70
- Wrecks & Dazey – by Joe Ledbetter & Analog Playset – two figure set of characters featured on the album My Dinoasaur Life by Motion City Soundtrack – Wrecks is 7″ tall and Dazey is 4″ tall – limited to 600 pieces – $100
- Raku – by Huck Gee & Kidrobot – Day version of this 8″ Dunny, limited to 500 pieces – $100
Events
- San Diego Comic Con – in San Diego, CA July 21st to 24th