6.16.08 – Episode 40 : Horsey Men!
Show Notes – Get comfy while we spend some time with Domo from Dark Horse, Dookie Poo from Chaotic Unicorn, a special On Location with Devilrobots, a PSA from Matt, and much more! Thanks to you, we’ve made it to episode 40 and we’re still going strong, so thank you for staying tuned to Toy Break!
* It’s getting really hot out. We may have to film Toy Break from a kiddie pool soon.
Toy Break Stuff
- Buck Eye Rott Contest – Win a 3DRetro.com exclusive yellow version of Sket One’s new vinyl Buck Eye Rott! Just post an original and creative picture of tomatoes in the forum! – deadline is July 2nd
- Small Toy Break Download – just use the “small mp4” link above for a lower resolution, smaller version (320 x 240) of Toy Break at about half the size in megabytes
- Toy Break on Blip.tv – reminder to update your Flash player to fully enjoy watching Toy Break on Blip.tv!
News
- Phase 3 Mad*L’s – by Mad – third wave of 5″ Mad*L’s out soon with a SRP of $24.99
- New Ugly Kaiju – by David Horvath & intheyellow – 5.5″ Babo and Cookie Shop is limited to 150 pieces and should be available in July for about $74
- Gremlins Action Figure Box Set – by NECA – set features three figures: Gizmo, Poker Player, and Stripe with accessories – watch for them later this month
- Storehorsemen FANtastic Exclusive – by The Four Horsemen – their exclusive piece of the Anitherian Nine collection, the pink pachyderm known as The Chalice of Guudenup, releases June 21st at midnight EST for $25 and is limited to less than 300 pieces
- Free Billy Bronze Pink Book Edition – from now until July 10th, you can get a free 3″ Billy Bronze Pink Book edition from Tenadious Toys with every order over $100
- MTV’s The Maxx Mini – by Shocker Toys – mini vinyl figure limited to 500 pieces will be available at San Diego Comic Con and you can pre-order it now for $35
On Location
- Interview with Devilrobots – our awesome correspondent Mike Maraldo took a Toy Break with Kitai and Koto from Devilrobots in Japan!
Huge thanks to Mike, Kitai, and Koto for sharing their time and toy insights with us! Check out the whole interview at youtube.com/toybreak.
- Devilrobots Contest – To win the fabulous Devilrobots prize pack, grab the blank Tofu image in the contest section on our forum and create your own Tofu design! Post your creation in the same thread by July 9th to enter and don’t forget to check out their Tofu site!
Reviews
- Domo – by Dark Horse – 8″ flocked Domo figure available in Classic Brown, Fabulous Fuchsia, Royal Blue, and Polar White for $40
- Dookie Poo DIY – by Choatic Unicorn – about 5″ tall, $22, also available in vinyl is regular Dookie-Poo and Sleepy-Poo
Events
- Tic Toc Apocalypse – solo exhibit of works by Amanda Visell at M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs, CA from June 21 to July 1st
- Show Us your Munny Volume 2 – custom Munny show featuring over 30 Vancouver artists at Voltage in Vancouver, BC on June 26th
- The Mash-Up – Pocket Full of Monsters group show featuring art from artists such as Angrywoebots, Phallic Mammary, Tragnark, Peekaboomonster, Mainframe, and many more at Munky King in Los Angeles, CA on June 26th
- World of Imagination – group show featuring customized 16″ Qees from artists such as Reactor-88, Motorbot, Jesse Hernandez, Keith Poon, Slobots, and many more at APW in New York, NY beginning June 28th