Snatched from Jerwis Dy's Facebook is this image pf a trio of POP! Vinyls from Funko - featuring (L-R): Catwoman, Bane and Batman - from The Dark Knight Rises movie! Yes, I want them ALL, along with Jabba The Hutt shown below! muahahahaha
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The Dark Knight Rises & New Star Wars POP! Vinyls
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Enclave proposes five candidates to board of Gaming Partners
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Loads of New Goodness From DST
Diamond Select has an avalanche of cool new stuff on display this year in their showroom including their newly announced ‘Mad Monster Party’, the expansion of their classic ‘Munsters’ line, Marvel Select figures based on ‘The Amazing Spiderman’ and ‘The Avengers’ plus lots and lots of sweet new Minimates!
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LEGO Showroom 2012 New York Toy Fair Pictures
We have lots of content to get through, and, we want get you all 500+ pictures we were able to take at the LEGO Showroom at the New York Toy Fair! And, yes, 500+ pictures means RAW stuff. You’ll see good shots of Legos. You’ll see poorly framed ones. Maybe even a hand! Or, perhaps,...
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alphabet love letters
Aaah, now here’s a lovely Valentine’s gift worth keeping. A beautiful collection of framable Binth love letters, $44. The entire alphabet, each with their own envelope, allowing you to chose whether you keep them all like the greedy design nerd you might be, or share your love with a select few loved ones (those whose [...]
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Supermagical Dunny
Kidrobot has announced a new Dunny from 64 Colors. This 8-inch Supermagical Dunny is "a strikingly beautiful but merciless sentinel of the forest". It features a unique head sculpt with a branched ear. The Supermagical Dunny will be released on February 23rd 2012. Lmited to a run of 1,200 pieces, each piece will run $75.00.
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Another Stinkin' Steiff Mystery!
Yipes! Another stinkin' Steiff mystery! But this one smells much more like roses than anything else! Check out this little mystery critter Steiffgal stumbled upon during a random Google image search. She was looking for photos of a Steiff skunk, and this little guy popped up. When she traced the picture back to the host website, it turned out he was for sale at a little antique store in Maine! What luck! But just who is he?
In black and white terms, here's what we do know about him. Skunk is 10 cm tall, standing in what Steiff refers to as the "begging position", and unjointed. His hands and feet are made from double thick felt. His body is made from short black and white mohair, while his bushy tail, which is positioned at a 90 degree angle to his body, is made from very long black and white mohair. He has a pink hand embroidered nose and mouth, and brown and black pupil eyes. His tiny ears are rounded and made from a single layer of white mohair.
... and what we don't. Skunk doesn't have any Steiff ID at all, nor is he mentioned in any Steiff reference books that Steiffgal knows of, including the collector's favorite Steiff Sortiment Books by Gunther Pfeiffer. However, it is Steiffgal's strongest suspicion that he was made by Steiff. Here's why!
1. Mystery skunk has an uncanny resemblance to Steiff's begging Diggy Badger from 1959 through 1966. The Diggy pattern came in 10 and 15 cm. Mystery skunk has the same size, physical construction, body position, and facial expression as this well known pattern - except for his dramatic tail! Here you can see mystery skunk on the left, and Diggy on the right for comparison.
2. Mystery skunk has the same material and general design pattern as Steiff's classic standing skunk from 1962 through 1963 - except for his felt hands and feet. Classic skunk is "barefoot" in this regard! Classic skunk came in velvet and mohair in the 10 cm size, and all mohair in the 25 cm size. Here you can see the 10 cm velvet version for comparison.
But following the scent of some important clues, Steiffgal is all but certain that this little skunk was made by Steiff. Mystery skunk's ears are extremely tiny, so it is very possible that the button (which would have been the raised script version which fastened on with a few prongs) just fell out over time, as there was not that much fabric to hang onto! She also feels that he was made as a sample or prototype of a possible general line skunk, based on the already successful Diggy pattern.
Here's why. The standard line skunk was only in the catalog for two years. This means one of a few things. Either the standard line skunk sales just weren't all that good, and/or from a manufacturing standpoint, they were too complicated and expensive to make. So the mystery skunk was most likely produced around 1961 as an option to what the standard line skunk could be, or in 1963 as an alternative for the standard line skunk which was on its way out. Either way, this mystery skunk was not put into wide scale production, and the next skunk - a cosy version - was introduced in the line a few years later, in 1969. Cosy Skunk is pictured here on the left.
Steiffgal hopes you enjoyed sniffing out this little mystery with her!
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New 2012 DC Universe JOKER Hot Wheels Diecast Car in Stores Now!!
OK, you know that new series of 2012 DC UNIVERSE SUPERHEROES Hot Wheels Cars that Mattel keeps coming out with? Well, here are the next 3 new Comic Book Cars: Superman, Green Lantern, and The Joker! Now obviously we're gonna focus on the JOKER one because the Bat-Blog is ALL ABOUT BATMAN, ha ha! But in the 2nd photo you can see the other cars too and they're really great. Personally, I totally love them! These brand-new toys were found by our Ace Bat-Reporter Batmobilly! He said he found them at Wal-Mart but I'm sure they will hit Target stores soon. Hey, if anyone, and that means YOU, sees ANY brand-new Batman Merchandise in the retail stores then please let us know! ( Thanks Batmobilly! )
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Winter Wonder Festival 2012: Anime Garage Kits (part 2)
And we're back with the second part of our anime garage kit coverage and a few surprises tucked in for good measure. Afterall, how can anyone dislike the kit of Iskandar from Fate\Zero posing with his awesome T-shirt? And don't miss out on Jotaro Kujo going oraoraora while cooking!!
We also get a kit of Rin from Usagi drop (why did the manga have to have such a terrible ending???) and the girls from anohana also make an appearance. I have to admit that I really liked the kit of the younger anohana girls and also Tohru from A Channel. I also tried (but failed) to acquire the Erio from Denpa Onna. Definitely one of her better renditions. Hope she is made available again at a later event!
Are there any kits in this gallery which you wish you could have?
[via plus alpha and HK-DMZ]
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New Products on the Horizon
Watch for these new products from Tonner, Tonner Toys and Wilde Imagination. These tempting images were posted on FB from the Javits Center Toy Fair today. I'm hoping for better images and descriptions later this week.
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| Avatar Characters, 22" Resin |
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| Maudlynne Macabre, 15.25" vinyl |
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| City Girls, 16" Vinyl |
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Women in Toys honors Joanne Oppenheim with Lifetime Achievement Award
I’m thrilled to share the terrific news that my amazing mother (and business partner) was honored last night with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Toys. Joanne was recognized for being a true trendsetter in how we talk about the value of play and the importance of providing our kids with quality playthings. As [...]
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The great escape: the bath toys that swam the Pacific
When 28,800 bath toys fell off a cargo ship in the Pacific 20 years ago, they began an incredible journey. While some washed up in British Columbia and Hawaii, countless others circumnavigated the globe. Here, in an excerpt from his new book, Donovan Hohn follows the fantastic voyage At the outset I felt no need to acquaint myself with the six degrees of freedom. I'd never heard of the Great ...
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TF2012 Photo Gallery: The McFarlane Toys Booth
Next in our Toy Fair coverage is a gallery of images shot at the McFarlane Toys booth. not a lot to see this year, but you might spot a couple of new things there. Follow the above link for a closer look.
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Captain Action/Captain America – Teebo-ing
It seems the Diamond Comics guys had a sense of humor when setting up the new Captain Action figures in their new display…
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Winter Wonder Festival 2012: Anime Garage Kits (Part 1)
Rather unsurprisingly, there was a rather strong showing for the anime garage kits at the event and my understanding is that it was very busy indeed at the event. Lots of new kits of varying quality stood next to some older ones which were up for sale again so the event looked rather healthy from a quantity point of view. In fact, the gallery for the anime kits had to be split into 3 to be able to fit!!
Strangely, there was no single dominating show or series this time around, although the princess of the crystal from Mawaru Penguin Drum could argue that she was the most popular character at the event, with quite a few kits of her appearing.
Of course, we also got some staple series which we would expect, like Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Evangelion and Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. Strangely absent were the girls of Fate/Stay Night. There was only 1 new kit of Saber on display this time around! Could her popularity be waning? Personally, I think they've already done a couple of redesigns too many anyway!!
We'll have more anime garage kit galleries later but are there any kits from this one which make you wish you could own them?
[via Plus Alpha and HK-DMZ]
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2012 Toy Fair: Mattel - WWE Legends, Superstars & More
2012 Toy Fair: Mattel - WWE Legends, Superstars & More
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Mini Projects– Some Appealing Mini Chemistry Ventures
Mini Projects happen to be jobs that help college students to recognize simple chemical guidelines by executing an experimental procedure. These small jobs help in making the uninteresting topic of chemistry even more appealing. The significant benefit of mini chemistry jobs is that you are able to perform this with products that happen to be [...]
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Business Analyst Interview Issues
The analysis of your small business needs inside a challenge, together with a suitable documentation of your challenge, are the key obligations of the small business analyst. An enterprise analyst will have to see to it, that the documentation for your challenge is done incredibly properly, to make sure that the small business consumers will [...]
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How to Find Jewelry Watches
So you’ve decided that it must be time for ones watch for being special. This really is an element that just isn’t difficult. The two main possibilities: it is possible to design a wristwatch of your personal or acquire one on the currently popular replica watches watches widely available. Jewelry watches tend to accept a [...]
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Fisher-Price Little People Splash 'n Scoop Bath Bar (W9950)
Fisher-Price Little People Splash 'n Scoop Bath Bar (W9950)
Fisher-Price Little People Splash 'n Scoop Bath Bar (W9950) - What a great way to pour on the fun! The roof of the hut is a strainer, Eddie’s innertube is a scoop, the dolphin squirts, the monkey spins—there’s even a waterfall when you pour water through the sandcastle! And once kids see the slide, they’ll never want to get out of the tub! (But when they do, everything stores right on the bath bar until next time!)
Fisher-Price Little People Splash 'n Scoop Bath Bar (W9950)
- Get ready for bath time run with the Little People
- This colorful playset easily suctions to the tub and stays put during play
- Set incorporates great water play features
- Includes Little People Eddie figure and dolphin that doubles as a squirter toy
- All pieces fit compactly on playset and slide folds up for convenient storage
Buy this Pre-kindergarten toys - Fisher-Price Little People Splash 'n Scoop Bath Bar (W9950)...
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