Shizue leaps out of the 3DS

From the popular 3DS game 'Animal Crossing: New Leaf' comes a Nendoroid of the village major's personal secretary, Shizue (Isabelle).

The 3" PVC Shizue comes with optional the parts of three faces (happy, perplexed and overjoyed), a question mark and musical notes along with a pen and clipboard. 

You can now pre-order Shizue from here with an expect October release.

Hordak's Spirit Will Rise Again

It was only last week Matty Collector released a super secret Hordak variant called the 'Spirit of Hordak'. As you can imagine this was a very limited edition figure which sold out win minutes.

But do not fret fellow MOTU collectors as Matty Collector announced today that they will in fact have the Hordack variant occasionally appear (unannounced) throughout the coming year. So keep your eyes peeled for him on their site here. 

Something that is no longer going to appear is the MOTU Evil-Lyn figure who has been retired but would it be cool is Matty release more 'Spirit of' figures including Evil-Lyn?

Bobo is Dolly Obling's Bub

Meet Bobo from Dolly Oblong, a hand painted 4" custom KidRobot Bub. Bobo is a yellow dude with a laid back attitude who loves his mom.

Wearing a hand sewn shirt and tatts, this arm & head articulated figure shows that simple detail works on so many levels. This very cool Mom loving Bub comes in a signed box and can be purchased from here.

The Androids are Lost Buddha's

If you're an Android collector then you'll love Troy Martin's latest release of his "Lost Buddha" Android Blindbox Series. 

There are 16 Buddhas in total with 4 stone chases, 3 bronze chases, and 1 gold chase. This is a limited run so be quick to secure your Android Buddha's before their lost forever from Troy's store here.

Rufus Enlists OMFG New Recruits

Rufus has enlisted his very own OMFG Series 2 colorway with the very awesome 'New Recruits' army man green. 

The New Recruits mini figs contain the 5 OMFG Series 2 characters of Shirtle, Grimm Gourd, Cry-Borg, Cuddlehard & Puke Knight that are all package with exclusive header art by Rufus himself. 

To recruit your very own OMFG series 2 New Recruits check out Ruf’s store here.

Ugly Dols go Hero with DC Comics

Uglydolls and DC Comics have announced their collaboration together that will see Uglydolls characters become DC Comic superheroes in plush form! The first two are two versions (modern and retro designs) of Ice Bat as Batman and Babo as Superman. 

Standing at 11" tall the Uglydolls DC plushes will be released in August but you can first seem on display at this years SDCC in July.

Funko will also be producing some vinyl figures based on the Uglydolls and DC Comics collaboration that will be released in time for the holiday season but no images or any other information has come forward but we'll keep you up to date.

The 'Londoner' Kriture Giveaway

Kriture would like to introduce their latest edition to the Soft Kriture's family 'Londoner' a special edition fur ball with a givaway attached to it, but more on that in a sec.

The 5.11" tall individually handmade Kriture, sports a very patriotic British flag of felt & fur, glow in the dark tempered glass eyes and a squarker to add aditional perosnality to it, not that you need to. Each Londoner comes custom packaged with a tag, hanger, Piercings, fridge Magnet, a note card and profile file.

You can pre-order this adorable yet cheeky Londoner from here or if you want to try luck at winning one here's how:

The Londoner will be Kriture's buddy in London from May 9 to 22, so they decided to make an entertaining giveaway for you. Kriture will be taking pictures with people and places and will be leaving stickers around London. 

Here are two ways you can enter:

Londoners: 

If you find a Kriture giveaway sticker in London, you need to: 

• Take a photo of the sticker and share it on instagram with the hashtag #kritureuk 
• Follow me on instagram : (@marciagaudencio) 
• Like Kriture on Facebook: Here 

On 22nd May, random.org will choose one random instagram winner who followed the rules above. If you are picked, I will inform you and on 23rd random.org will choose between you and a facebook user.The stickers look like this, I will update tips on where you can find those, on facebook, twitter and instagram.

or 

Web followers: 

• Like Kriture on Facebook: Here (make sure your share is public otherwise they can’t see it) 
• Find the thread “GIVEAWAY London Soft Kriture is now OPEN” share it and comment on it 
• Stay tuned to the album “London Soft Kriture Quest”, you will be asked to find something hidden inside a photo until 22rd May. If you find it sooner, don’t tell anyone 

On May 22, random.org will choose one random a potential winner, who followed the rules. This persons will be asked to tell them what picture has the sticker and where is it. 

I will get in touch and on May 23 random.org will choose between you and a instagram user.

Good luck!

Captain Action Deluxe Action Figure

From the 1960's Captain Action makes his triumphant return as a new action figure from Round Two.  

The 11 1/2" tall Captain Action deluxe figure features a super articulated body and accessories that include power packs, cloth costume, belt, gun, holster, lightning sword, boots, cap and comic book from Moonstone Books all in window box packaging.

Take Action now and pre-order your Captain Action figure from here which is due later this month to ship.

Mezco Toyz is Breaking Bad with Heisenberg

Mezco Toyz are releasing what we hope is the first of many, action figure from the hit TV series Breaking Bad. Walter White the chemistry genius turned science teacher turned kingpin; figure features him as his alter ego 'Heisenberg'.

Standing at 6" tall, Walter has articulated arms for pointing his gun, is nicely detailed and comes complete with trademark removable hat, removable glasses, a sack of cash, and a bag of blue crystals. 

Standing at 6" tall, Walter has articulated arms for pointing his gun, is nicely detailed and comes complete with trademark removable hat, removable glasses, a sack of cash, and a bag of blue crystals. You can hail the king Heisenberg by pre-ordering now from here which will ship in July.

Tee of the Day: Upper Playground 'LA' x Jeremyville'

Our tee of the day goes to Jeremyville who was  comissioned by Upper Playground to design the 'Upper Playground 'LA' x Jeremyville' tee.

This awesome tee also comes with a Jeremyville RAW #6 color zine, in a silver foil pack (24 pages of wood free matt paper stock)

Sorry ladies this only available for the men which comes in white with the awesome 3 colour print of Black, Light Pink and Pink. To get your rad tee check out the Jeremyville store here.

Cuddle Your on Smudge Squirrel from RoadkillToys

The latest release from RoadkillToys comes Smudge, the cute yet very macabre plush Squirrel. Stuffed with a mixture of beads, blood and guts and gore are made using the latest, cutting edge stuffing of a special new micro-bead that gives the guts and organs a more malleable, tactile effect. 

"Our Squash-plush range looks like roadkill. Feels like roadkill. And tastes like roadkill. But they’re not. They’re plush toys. Very macabre plush toys. It’s the way we design them that makes them seem so real." - RoadkillToys 

You can also disembowel Smudge by pulling the blood and innards through the zip that lines the back of the teddies carcass. 

As an added bonus all the Squash-plush series come with death certificate and bumper sticker. To hug your very own roadkill Smudge check out the RoadkillToys store here.

Tic Top 5: Interview with Ryan Hall aka Dougy74 Design

Welcome to Tic Top 5 where we ask an artist or specialist the hard hitting questions (not really they're actual quite easy). Todays artist is U.K. based Ryan Hall aka Dougy74 Design who's an Illustrator, Creator and Exhibitionist of Paper Toys.

From an early age Ryan has had a love for creating especial with paper but it wasn't until university that he found his true calling as a Paper Toy Maker. Influenced by his childhood pop-culture love such as Masters of the Universe, Doctor Who and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has seen his work on exhibition and seen in print and online media over the last 4 years:

2013

The Bad Robot Experience Art Show, Gallery 1988, CA, USASave & Destroy Art Show, Galerie Maurer, Zurich ,SwitzerlandSNL / Is this thing on? Art Show, Gallery 1988 , CA, USA The Doctor Who Exhibition, Artboy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

     

2012

The Old School Video Game Art Show, Gallery 1988, Santa Monica, CASave  and Destroy Art show, Ficzone edition, Granada, SpainStar Wars Celebration VI, (part of the Rancho ObiWan display)  Orlando Urban Paper 2012 Art show and workshop, Arnsberger Kunstsommer GermanySave and Destroy Art show, Animacomic, Malaga, SpainMay the 4th Star Wars, The Hang Gang Art Show, Leeds
Made in Wales Exibition, The Cardiff Story Museum, Cardiff (Solo show)Rancho ObiWan, The Star Wars Museum, California (Permanant display)
Toy Break Online Show

2011

Mr Freeze takes over Christmas, Orbital Comics, London ( Solo show )Gallery under the Stairs, Scala Cinema , Prestatyn ( Various work )Adventures in Time, Space and Paper, Rhyl Gallery, Rhyl ( Solo show) Oriel Scala Gallery, Prestatyn (Various work)Rhyl Pavilion Arts and Craft Show, Rhyl ( various work )

2010

Glwndwr end of year degree Art show, North Wales School of Art and Design, 
Wrexham Publications/PressStar Wars Insider magazine October 2012North Wales Journal January 2012Attitude Magazine June 2011

Paper Craft isn't just gluing pieces of colored paper together but an art form in it's own right. Ryan's work invokes happy childhood memories of Saturday Morning Cartoons and Toy Play. The characters themselves that he creates breath personality and a style like no else. This is why we thought Ryan would be great to answer the Tic Top 5 for today:

1. How did you start in the industry of creating & customizing?
   When I was a kid hahaha, I just didn’t see a cardboard box, I saw Castle Greyskull or the Planet Hoth and would just construct my own playsets for my toys. But it was my time doing my illustration degree at university that really started me off doing my paper sculpt work, for some of the briefs we had to take a more 3D route with creating the characters that you could actually see and touch, and from there I just enjoyed taking this flat piece of card and transforming it into a toy. With such a simple medium you get some amazing pieces of toy art, from there it all developed in to something I really wanted to carry on doing, so then I just worked hard in getting my work out there to build up a following.
2. What was the first toy or item you customized or created?
   I remember as a kid just making my own life size K-9 from Doctor Who, which was just lots of boxes and tin foil. To anybody else that’s basicly what it looked like but to me it was the tin dog.
   
   
3. What influences you?
   Creative people! To be around other creatives and seeing what they do and there opinons is something I couldn’t do without. Kids! I do workshops with children and to just see there imaginations come to life and enjoy making something is just amazing to see.
   
   
4. What are your weapons of choice?
   As a paper toy maker, my scalpel and blades. Even just my scissors to be honest, without those im pretty much lost. My sketch book also for just ideas or rough sketching.
   
   
5. If you could collaborate with anyone (living or dead) who would it be?The illustrator Amanda Visell, her work is just amazing and the way her illustrations just work from 2D to 3D models is just awe inspiringly brillant. I would very much give my right arm to collaborate with her to see how my paper sculpts and her illustrations would look together.

If you'd like to get in touch or know more about the awesome Ryan Hall here's his links:

• Website: Dougy74 Design
• Facebook: Dougy74 Design
• Twitter: @Dougy74Design

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