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When you hear the words Diamond Supply Co., you probably think urban fashion. Diamond Supply Co. has made their mark in the streetwear scene for years with their graphic tees and hoodies, and now with this sweet little collab with Kidrobot into the vinyl art scene with the Diamond Cutty 3.75″.
The iconic Diamond Supply Co. logo becomes the Diamond Lil Cutty 3.75″ vinyl figure.
MSRP: $11.99USD
Buy it @ Kidrobot – Diamond Cutty.
Last year I enjoyed buying and collecting all of Marvel Legend’s Guardians of the Galaxy 6″ action figure series. Now for 2015, Marvel will take a look at Thor universe of characters.
These cute yellow bubbly characters Minions are very popular from the “Despicable Me” animated films and now they get official licensed Hasbro board games. From the iconic board game Monopoly, this Monopoly Despicable Me 2 Game gets some Minion-twists for fans.
When I was growing up, I remember many summer camps I’ve attended where I would spend hours playing the classic board game – Stratego with fellow campers. Now there is new way to play Stratego with playing cards from Patch games.
A book set in World War II, following the title character, Mono, an Ape-Human hybrid. With the first few pages following Mono as he takes out Nazi after Nazi, the last ten or so pages is just a small dinner with a Nazi General, Heinrich Eberbach. This issue had a lot of text in it, though that’s not a bad thing. You get to learn a bit about what the General thinks will happen during the war and about his upbringing; and even though it is a slow build up, it seems to lead up to a confrontation between the two characters in the next issue as the General tells his four wolves (Odin, Loki, Baldor and Fenrir) to “Attack” an unknown enemy.
Previously on Doctor Who, The Doctor and Clara get a distress call from an old friend, Tiger Mathara so they head to India 2315 but by the time they got to him it’s too late and they find him dead at the hands of a Thugee. While investigating Maratha’s death, they meet Maratha’s daughter Priyanka and find out that Scindia, an organization that worships the deity Kali, are behind everything. The last we see our beloved character, The Doctor gets sent back in time to India 1825 where he is saved by a renegade amazon named Rani Jhulka while Clara and Priyanka are trapped in 2315 surrounded by a horde of Thugee.
Issue 4 starts with the Doctor and Rani, a female bodyguard to the daughter of a spice merchant. She tells the story of how she fell in love with the daughter and how she loses her. You then find that her lover was also killed by the Thugee. After giving her back story to the Doctor, they are ambushed by the Thugee.
If you’re looking for a cool LED light for your desk, then this is it. This officially licensed Mega Man Helmet desk light is powered by USB and uses LEDs.
Like a greatest hits compilation CD from a band, Hasbro Studios has put up their own “Best of” tribute to a couple of popular G.I. Joe characters from their various cartoon incarnations. Hasbro Studios gathers the best cartoon clips of Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.
Photographer Giampaolo Sgura for Vogue Paris had novel idea of taking pictures of fashion models and their accessories in a Barbie-style packaging box. Well, just like my childhood, I had lots of Barbie dolls growing-up and I remember fondly roaming the Toys’R’Us aisles in the Barbie section.
If you’re having one of those days in your cubicle where you just can’t think, type a report or just write a simple internal company email, will this desktop toy might do wonders for you. So, take that 15-minute break, and play with the Amazeballs Stepper.
With the G.I. Joe toy-line not making an appearance at this year’s Toy Fair, who knows what Hasbro is planning for this long toy franchise. Though they have announced they’ve hired a new Brand Manager Mark Weber for the G.I. Joe toy-line. Well, at least Hasbro got the Transformers toy-line correct and this year should be outstanding again. The theme for 2015 is Combiner Wars. Many of the first waves have hit retail brick and mortar stores now.
There’s a plethora of smartphone cases from the cute to geeky. Now comes the Mech Warrior steampunk-style smartphone case. Sold at the Red5 gadget shop, this is the Metal Art MECH Warrior Phone Stand.
This past weekend, artist Nathan Jurevicius released his latest vinyl creation – the Anzû Sylvan based on the artist Gary Ham’s Sylvan platform. The 9″ vinyl toy is a tribute to Sumerian/Akkadian mythology. The Anzû Sylvan is limited to 100 pieces.
If you have “old-school” photography friends that pine for the old days of shooting on film and developing photos in a dark room and you have to get them a gift of some sort, then these products from Photojojo should do the trick.
And you thought only carbon fiber was made for exotic supercars? Not anymore. The idea of these unique LEGO bricks came about with LEGO fan/builder Mark Carpenter and his 3 sons. They wanted something unique and cool to make their LEGO builds standout, the Carbon Fiber Tile.
They’ve already reached their Kickstarter goal and you will need to pledge more than $38.00USD to get these black high-gloss 1×2 carbon fiber tiles. As LEGO builder myself, I’m looking for more variety-style carbon bricks than the basic 1×2 tiles and, as they stated on their Kickstarter page, Mark will be adding more variety LEGO compatible bricks in the future. Now that would be cool.
Check out: Kickstarter – Carbon Fiber Tiles.
As an artist or creator of things, it’s always neat to have someone unexpected appreciate your work and that’s just what happened to two sisters in the Philippines. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn gave a shout out on his social media account about a plush Groot he received.
Do you need a cool looking poster for your boring cubicle or ugly dorm room wall? Check out this cool Spider-Man poster by artist Salvador Anguiano. This poster showcases the various Spider-Man masks throughout his Marvel timeline.
If you don’t know anything about Disney’s animated hit “Frozen”, then you must have been hibernating these past 2 years. The comedy relief snowman Olaf will into action figure poses thanks to HK company Herocross.
With the NBA season now in full swing, here comes some LEGO-style brick building fun. From the Bridge Direct, these are C3 NBA brick build-able playsets featuring a NBA Locker Room Starter sets (85 pieces) and Half Court sets (162 pieces).
If you’re child of the 1980s’, you’re probably remember this iconic film Princess Bride. It was swashbuckling adventure with a dose of romance, action and comedy. There was Andre the Giant and many memorable lines like, “Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!” Now comes Princess Bride-opoly board game from Toy Vault.
One of the hottest toy releases this year is the Takara Masterpiece Ultra Magnus MP-22. The iconic G1 Ultra Magnus toy gets a fitting Masterpiece release and it will a very hot collector’s item. Not only does Autobot Commander resemble closely to the G1 cartoons, it features a detachable trailer and two figures: Spike and Daniel. The Masterpiece Ultra Magnus also includes 2 different hands, 2 missiles, face plate and “The Matrix” of leadership.
Everybody seems to be making these big-head miniature body action figures or vinyl, ‘cuz it’s trending. Well, HK toy company HeroCross known for it’s big-head figures, now has this Boba Fett action figure for it’s Hybrid Metal Figuration line-up.
It seems every little card in our wallet gets an accessory like our smartphones. Here’s something from Bandai Japan, it’s the Crazy Case line featuring the Star Wars Millennium Falcon. Now as I travel around the SF Bay Area using Public Transportation like the BART or MUNI, instead taking out my boring Clipper card, I got this Bandai Japan Crazy Case Star Wars Millennium Falcon.
If you’re an old-time kid, you might remember those toy train sets from yesteryear. But these days, who has room for N-Gauge or HO-Gauge train sets? This things take up lots of space, especially if you’re building a diorama! But Bandai Japan has their mini-train scale, the Scale Shorty Train Model.
Over this Holiday season and the various editorial meetings we had, was the question, “What was our favorite toy or toy line for 2014?” We had some hot feuded geeky discussions, but on everybody’s list was the Super7 x Funko ReAction action figures.
The old Retrender staffers like Stephen and Johnny who actually grew up in the 1980s (cough … they old) said it brought them memories of being a kid in the 1980s. As for me, I just remember watching these ReAction figures as DVDs movies at home with my parents. And that lead to a discussion of “What If?” figure line-ups for 2015. So, Super 7 and Funko, we are calling you out, please take a look at our ReAction action figure wish list!
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