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Weathered, Worn, And Wonderful... New Slobots From Mike Slobot!
The Slobots Never Left... They Just Got Smaller. It’s been a while since we have checked in with Mike Slobot, but one thing is for sure... the Slobots never stopped rolling! Mike has been steadily building away in his studio, continuing to evolve his charming little robot universe with a fresh shift in direction. This year, he has moved away from the larger Slobots and started focusing on smaller, more detailed pieces, with pretty much everything now coming in under 5" tall.
A radical new edition of Martin Ontiveros’ BAPHOMANIAC has arrived, and this one looks like it crawled straight out of a neon-soaked mall arcade, grabbed a slice of pizza, hit the skate shop, and never looked back! Toy Art Gallery is dropping the brand new BAPHOMANIAC Mallrat Edition, giving the blasphemous Bapho a totally tubular flashback paint scheme packed with hot pink, electric blue, silver horns, toxic green eyes, and enough retro surf/skate attitude to melt your Trapper Keeper.
Indie Toys Take Over Alhambra: Indietoy Con Returns September 12th-13th!
Heads up, SoCal collectors... Indietoy Con is back next month, and this twice-a-year mini toy convention is shaping up to be another rad weekend packed with indie toys, artists, raffles, exclusives, and all kinds of designer toy goodness!
KLAV’s Power Clone Turns a Familiar Droid Into Sofubi Scrap-Metal Gold!
Kevin Derken, better known as KLAV, is back with a brand new soft vinyl release, and this one looks like it rolled straight out of a rusted junkyard transmission from another galaxy. Meet the Power Clone, a bootleg Star Wars power droid reimagined through the beautifully grimy lens of old school kaiju bootlegs.
Barely Human Gets the TAG Treatment with a Wild Sofubi Capsule Drop!
Toy Art Gallery and Barely Human are joining forces for a freaky little sofubi takeover, and this one is bringing some serious shelf gremlin energy (if that's not a thing, it is now). The new TAG x Barely Human Capsule Collection features a lineup of fan favorite Barely Human sculpts, including: Junk Food Kougai, Chooch, and Peanut, each expertly painted by UhOhToys. If you are already familiar with Barely Human’s world, you know the vibe… strange, charming, rough around the edges in all the right ways, and packed with personality that feels like it crawled out of a Saturday morning fever dream.
This Chibi Horror Toy Is Smoking… Literally - Cighead by Sad Joke Lights Up Kickstarter Soon!
Talk about a first release that comes out swinging… independent artist and toy designer Taylor Bray, the creator behind Sad Joke, is getting ready to launch his debut art toy, and this little burnout is already looking like a conversation starter. Meet Cighead, a 6" PVC collectible based on Bray’s original character that takes a cute chibi-style figure and cranks the horror-inspired weirdness way up with 61 cigarettes sticking out of his head.
New from Otto Björnik - Oscar “OCA” Is Pending Approval, Running on Coffee, and Somehow Still Alive!
It has been a minute since we last saw a new release from Otto Björnik, but good news… the missing cactus has officially been found! After the debut of No Hoots Given, the Burnout Parliament has quietly been growing in the background, and now the next chapter is ready to clock in. Say hello to Oscar “OCA”, the Office Cactus Assistant, a tired-but-hopeful little office survivor who is currently Pending Approval.
The Shadows Have Teeth: NPK23 DH KIWAMI Lands at Toy Art Gallery!
Toy Art Gallery is bringing some serious dark-sofubi energy to collectors with an extremely limited lottery release of NPK23 DH KIWAMI, a wildly detailed new edition from NPK, founded in 2021 by artist @kuang_canban. Standing approximately 9.5" tall, this beast is cast in clear soft vinyl and loaded with fantastic paintwork that gives the entire figure a cosmic, glassy, high-gloss finish. The sculpt is packed with texture, from the skull-like facial features and alien anatomy to the layered body details, long arms, creature-like hands, and wild detachable accessory. This edition features 9 parts, including that extra accessory, making it another beautifully strange entry in the NPK universe.
Galago Studios Introduces Bilao: Guardian of Aarok!
A new independent designer toy studio is stepping into the scene, and their first release is already carrying some serious world-building energy. Galago Studios, a new creator-owned collectible studio based between Portugal and South Africa, is introducing its inaugural designer toy project... Bilao: Guardian of Aarok.
Review/Unboxing - Everything Sucks… Except This Milo Vinyl Figure from Encore Toy Co.
There are some releases that just hit different… and the Milo from DESCENDENTS 7" Vinyl Figure from Encore Toy Co. is absolutely one of them. As a longtime fan of the pivotal punk band DESCENDENTS, getting to crack into this figure on YouTube was already going to be rad, but the version they sent over took things to a whole other level. This was the signed header card edition… and yeah, I was seriously flabbergasted.