The Latest: Asian shares rebound, led by Japan
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Stranger Factory Coloring Book Available Now
The just-released Stranger Factory Coloring Book features compelling characters and art—ready for coloring—from a wide-selection of artists who have worked with the gallery: Andrew Bell, Creeptoons, Lana Crooks, Fika Art, Cassia Harries, Shing Yin Khor, Travis Louie, Brandt Peters, Stan Manoukian, Kathie Olivas, Chris Ryniak, Joe Scarano,and Carisa Swenson. Limited...
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Pop Culture Shock Toys: Ryu 1:3 Scale Statue Pre-Order Is Up
In addition to the Ryu 1:3 Statue Evolution Set we reported on earlier, you can now also pre-order all three individual versions of Pop Culture Shock Toys' Ryu 1:3 Scale Statue. Follow the full report link for details on the PCS Exclusive Regular, Battle and Evil editions.
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Hot Toys: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Bruce Wayne with Batsuit and Robin Suit Cosbaby (S) Collectible Set
The last of Hot Toys' Cosbaby announcements for today is for their Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Bruce Wayne with Batsuit and Robin Suit Cosbaby (S) Collectible Set, that comprises Bruce Wayne with an articulated head and dressed in a suit, while the Batsuit is enclosed in its suitcase, and the Robin suit is marked by the words from the Joker. Click through to check out the image gallery and read the product specifications.
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10th Anniversary Plaseebo Custom #6 for April 22nd Drop
PLASEEBO PRESS: "In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Plaseebo, we are releasing a special edition of one of a kind custom sets of the Plaseebo Mummy and Sarcophagus.
This is the sixth in the series and is cast in a GID green vinyl with a gray and earth washes, the 7″ tall figure has been fitted with orange swirled glass inset eyes and wrapped in Mummy cloth. The Mummy has has an internal ![]()
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Luke Chueh -- Damaged Goods at Inner State Gallery (4.22)
Luke Chueh will open his new solo, ‘Damaged Goods’, at Inner State Gallery in Detroit this Friday (4.22). As the flier and his artist statement mention, the new show explores the intersection of art and commerce. In addition to several original paintings, expect quite a few ‘goods’ as well. While...
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DC Collectibles: Suicide Squad Joker Statue Detailed Images Released
After seeing detailed images of Boomerang, Deadshot and Killer Croc, Katana and Harley Quinn last week, it's finally Joker's turn to be the center of attention, and you can see him in all his glory by clicking on the thumbnails above.
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DC Collectibles: Deluxe Movie Line Man of Steel Nam-Ek Revealed
Action Figure Insider are celebrating their 11 year anniversary with "Scoop Week", and for day one they have released an image that gives us a first look at DC Collectibles' Deluxe Movie Man of Steel Nam-Ek! Follow the previous link for more details.
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Etsy Faves: 8 Handmade Mothers Day Gift Ideas (With Love from the Kids)
If you’re conspiring with the kids to get a cracking Mothers Day gift this year, we’ve got two words for you: go homemade. While it’s a lot of fun having the kiddos make something from scratch for mom, remember there are some awesome store bought gifts that have been handcrafted with love. We’ve raided Etsy […]
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Hot Toys: MMS353D16 - Captain America: Civil War 1/6th Scale Mark XLVI Collectible Figure
We might be done with the Cosbaby announcements, but that doesn't mean that there isn't more Hot Toys news! Being added to their MMS Diecast series is the 1/6th scale collectible figure of Tony Stark's new Iron Man armor, the Mark XLVI. It features a newly sculpted Tony Stark head sculpt, an interchangeable helmeted head, sleek and streamline designed armor, 28 LED light-up points throughout the body, specially applied metallic red, gold and silver colored painting on armor, real-like thrust fire accessories, the helmet of Captain America, and a specially designed debris diorama figure stand! Get all of the details and check out the image gallery by clicking on the full report link.
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Fallout® 4: Vault Boy 111 bobbleheads (series 2) Release from Gaming Heads
Available to purchase now on www.gamingheads.com is FALLOUT® 4: VAULT BOY 111 BOBBLEHEADS - SERIES TWO 7 PACK - priced at US$$79.99 ($5 shipping to anywhere in the US) … OR you can also purchase the Barter, Charisma, Explosives, Intelligence, Sneak, Speech and Unarmed bobbleheads individually at US$14.99 apiece.
Designed by Kaushik Manna, these PVC figures stand 5 inches tall.
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Miss Columbia and the Columbian Rag Doll
Image Courtesy of Theriaults.com
The American Cloth Doll, shown in the picture above, sold on Theriaults.com for $15,500. When I first saw this I wondered why this particular doll was so expensive. What was it about her that drove that price so high?
According to her description: 19" All cloth doll with flat dimensional face, having oil painted facial features and hair, blonde hair with softly swirling curls at the forehead, painted brown eyes with large black pupils and white highlights, single stroke brows, defined nose, closed mouth with outlined lips, blushed cheeks, stitch-jointed body (see photo) with oil-painted lower arms and legs, original costume.... MARKS: Columbian Doll Emma E. Adams, Oswego Centre N.Y.. COMMENTS: Emma Adams, circa 1892, the doll was awarded the Gold Medal at the Chicago World Fair of 1893, the first American doll to be awarded that grand prize. VALUE POINTS: Extraordinary original condition of the rare doll, with outstanding artistry of painting. Realized Price: $15,500. Lot Number: 14.
The reason she was so expensive was she was an original Columbian Doll circa 1892 by Emma E. Adams, whose doll was awarded the gold Medal at the Chicago World Fair of 1893.
I found her face totally enchanting and had to find out more. Here's what I found out:
According to Cloth Dolls From Ancient To Modern by Linda Edwards: The Columbian rag dolls were first made by Emma Adams in 1891. They were made of muslin and had flat faces which were oil painted by Emma. The eyes were painted blue or brown. Their bodies were stuffed with cotton or excelsior, with an inner core of sawdust in the heads and torso. The limbs were painted flesh color and were stiffened with sizing.
According to The Ultimate Doll Book by Caroline Goodfellow: Emma E. Adams of Oswego, New York began making dolls in the 1890's. In 1893, at the Chicago World's Fair, the Columbian Exposition Commission gave one of her dolls a "Diploma of Honorable Mention," and named it the Columbian Doll: "Columbia" is the female personification of the United States. Among the very first American patriotic dolls, the Columbians were produced until 1910.
Also: Miss Columbia is perhaps the most famous of the Columbian dolls. Made in 1899, and given by Adams to a wealthy Bostonian, Elizabeth Richards Horton, for her International Doll Collection, it toured the world raising money for charities, especially those benefiting children.
So, not only did Emma's dolls win an award, but one in particular, Miss Columbia, toured the world in 1899 raising money for children's charities. Seems like an extraordinary doll. I had to know more.
The Columbian Doll, shown in the picture above, is part of The Strong National Museum of Play doll collection.
Credits: 1891-1906, Artist Emma E. Adams, Material cloth | painted, Origin Oswego, NY, Object ID 79.9982
According to their description: Artist and entrepreneur Emma Adams from Oswego, NY, set out to make a sturdy cloth doll for child's play. She made her dolls of muslin and stuffed them with excelsior and cotton. Emma's practiced hand artfully painted the doll's curly hair, large expressive eyes, and distinctive rosebud mouth. Emma's sister Marietta contributed the clothing for the dolls, which sold in four sizes: 15, 19, 23, and 29 inches through the Marshall Fields department store in Chicago. The Adams sisters exhibited their dolls at the 1893 Columbian Exposition and received a diploma of honorable mention, which gave the dolls some deserved prestige and the name by which they became known. The Columbian Doll later travelled around the United States and the world in an exhibit used to raise money for children's charities. The sisters continued making Columbian Dolls for children until Emma's sudden death in 1900; Marietta carried on for another 10 years or so.
So, Emma painted the dolls and her sister, Marietta, made the clothes and the dolls were sold through the Marshall Fields department store in Chicago.
There is a wonderful "Miss Columbia" article from the Wenham Museum about Emma Adams, her dolls, and the original touring Miss Columbia doll. The original touring Miss Columbia is part of the doll collection at the Wenham Museum.
According to their article: The Original Story of Miss Columbia’s voyage 1900-1902 - Miss Columbia was a doll ahead of her time. In an era when few Americans could hope to travel abroad, she went around the world. At a time when no proper young lady went anywhere alone, she set out on her travels unchaperoned. To all appearances just a simple (if highly charismatic) doll, she was in reality an ambassador with a mission.
Miss Columbia’s travels began in December 1899, when she left the home of her creator, Miss Emma Adams, in Oswego, New York, and journeyed to Boston to become part of the International Doll Collection belonging to Elizabeth Richards Horton. Ms. Horton’s collection numbered around 600 dolls and since 1896 had been widely exhibited throughout the country to raise money for children’s charities.
As the newest member of this large family of dolls, Miss Columbia had been designated to journey across the continent and then board a ship to circle the world. Her mission was to continue Mrs. Horton’s charitable work for needy children, and in the process to create a history for herself. Columbia’s appearances on her trip would be free to anyone who requested her presence. The only stipulation attached was that at each of her stopping places a tag was to be placed on her dress telling the circumstances of her exhibition and how much money she had raised........
I can only imagine that Miss Columbia must have had a delightful adventure all over the world. If you'd like to read more about her and her travels please click here for the Wenham Museum article and here for her travel journal.
In the year 2000, the Wenham Museum re-created "Miss Columbia's" original journey with a replica "Miss Columbia" in order to commemorate the trip’s 100th anniversary and provide a learning opportunity to all the students and schools across the U.S. that she would be visiting. Her travel journal is here. The picture shown above is from the Saugus Public School's .pdf Lesson Plan for Miss Columbia's visit. Their .pdf lesson plan is here.
Image Courtesy of Antiques Almanac
I wanted to see more of what this Miss Columbia Doll looked like and found a picture and article of her on the Antiques Almanac website. The picture shown above is from their website.
If you'd like to see an amazing amount of pictures of beautiful 19th century dolls Theriaults has a wonderful "The Backler Collection" October 2014 Theriaults issue on Issuu.com. There is a wonderful picture of Miss Columbia Dolls on Page 4, Page 7, Page 71, Page 138, and Page 162 .
Here's some more of Emma's dolls:
Image Courtesy of Theriaults.com
The RARE LARGE SIZE AMERICAN "COLUMBIAN DOLL" BY EMMA ADAMS WITH BABYLAND RAG DOLL, shown in the picture above, is from the Theriaults.com website.
According to their description: 29"All-cloth doll with stitched-on shoulder plate head over muslin form,flat-dimensional face with oil-painted complexion and facial features,oil-painted brown curls,outlined brown shaded eyes,short-stroke brows,outlined nose,painted mouth with upturned lip corners,blushed cheeks,muslin stitch-shaped body with oil- painted lower arms and legs,nice antique costume,undergarments,antique photograph brooch,shoes..... Comments: Emma Adams of Oswego, New York.......
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The AMERICAN CLOTH COLUMBIAN DOLL BY EMMA ADAMS, shown in the picture above, is from the Theriaults.com website.
According to their description: 22" All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face having oil-painted complexion,hair and facial features,shaded brown hair with scalloped curls framing the face,shaded blue eyes with white eye dots,arched brows,outlined nose,closed mouth with outlined lips,stitch-jointing of arms and legs.....Comments: Emma Adams who presented her cloth doll at the Chicago Columbian World Exposition of 1893.......
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The RARE AND IMPORTANT AMERICAN CLOTH, shown in the picture above, is from the Theriaults.com website.
According to their description: 22" All-cloth doll with oil-painted face and forehead curls,flat-dimensional face with shaded complexion,outlined blue eyes with defined pupils and white eye dots,short-stroke brows,outlined nose,painted mouth with shaded and outlined lips,brown scallop-edged curly bangs,muslin stitch-shaped body with oil-painted lower arms and legs,nice antique costume is likely original......Comments: Emma Adams of upstate New York.....
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The AMERICAN CLOTH "COLUMBIAN DOLL" BY EMMA ADAMS, shown in the picture above, is from the Theriaults.com website.
According to their description: 19" All-cloth doll with oil-painted complexion,hair and facial features,shaded light-brown hair with curly shaded-blonde bangs,large brown eyes,brown eyeshadow,feathered brows,outlined rounded nose,closed mouth with heart-shaped lips,blushed cheeks,muslin stitch-jointed body.....Comments: Columbian Doll,the Gold Medal winner at the 1893 Chicago World"s Fair was the first American doll to be award this international prize,designed and made by Emma Adams of Oswego,New York....
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The AMERICAN CLOTH "COLUMBIAN DOLL" BY EMMA ADAMS, shown in the picture above, is from the Theriaults.com website.
According to their description: 17" All-cloth doll with stitched-on shoulder plate head over muslin form,gusset crown seamline,flat-dimensional face with oil-painted complexion,facial features,and short brown curls,outlined brown eyes with short-stroke brows,outlined nose,painted bow-shaped mouth,muslin stitch-shaped body,nice antique costume,undergarments,shoes.... Comments: Emma Adams of Oswego, New York.....
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The EXTREMELY RARE LARGEST SIZE OF THE IMPORTANT AMERICAN CLOTH "COLUMBIAN DOLL", shown in the picture above, is from the Theriaults.com website.
According to their description: 30"All-cloth doll with stitched-on shoulder-plate head over muslin form,flat-dimensional face with oil-painted complexion and facial features,oil-painted short shaded brown curls,outlined blue eyes with defined pupils and white eye dots,shaded brown encircling eye shadow,short-stroke brows,outlined nose,painted mouth with shaded and outlined lips,muslin stitch-shaped body with oil-painted lower arms and legs,nice antique costume,undergarments,brooch,shoes.....Comments: Emma Adams of Oswego, New York....
I just love the expressions on all of Emma's dolls. Can you image the expression on a little girl's face when she received one. Pure joy!
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Tartan Animals by Sean Landers
American artist Sean Landers offers us a second series of paintings that represents animals whose co
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TOYSREVIL @ ROADKILL: Safe Passage (April 8)
Seen @ "ROADKILL: Safe Passage" group customs show exhibiting at FLABSLAB from April 8-20th, 2016. Featuring Twelvedot's "Roadkill" figure (produced by Pobber), as customized by select international artists.
Images were taken on opening day April 8th, with the event attended by Twelvedot and his wife Faye Kim (who had two customs on display - which we'll take a closer look on the blog soon), ![]()
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icosahedron playhouse? maybe!
I’m a bit obsessed with geometry right now, and icosahedrons are right up my alley. So my eyes kind of bugged out of my head when I stumbled onto this sweet little house! Ok, yes, it’s a doghouse. But it’s a DIY Doghouse, you could make it any size you want right? They even tell you […]
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"Rocco" by Lectrr On Pre-Order Now!
Belgian professional cartoonist Lectrr sends word of his first designer toy being released and currently available for pre-orders on oogabooga.storenvy.com, starting now and lasting till May 1st.
Named "ROCCO" - the character stands 6cm (about 2.3 inch) and is made of urban polyresin, and available in three colors. Made in Hong Kong, only 95 pcs were made. All of them are hand numbered and ![]()
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Mark Nagata's "Alien Big Chap" Painting & Giclee Prints for "LV-426 ALIEN Art Show" @ Creatures Features (Opens April 23)
Signing these #giclee #prints for upcoming #alien tribute show curated by @chogrin at @cfeatures store ! 😸😸 #marknagata #limitededition #illustration #artA photo posted by mark nagata (@maxtoyco) on Apr 17, 2016 at 12:40pm PDT
"Alien Big Chap" tribute painting by Mark Nagata of Max Toy Co completed for "LV-426 ALIEN Art Show" curated by Chogrin for Creature Features. Both the original (acrylics![]()
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IF-EX18 Lordscorpion - Iron Factory Not Scorponok Pre-orders Now Up!
IF-EX18 Lordscorpion is a triple changer who stands 7 (18cm) tall in robot mode. His alternate modes are a large scorpion and a base. Lordscorpions head can also detach and form another mini robot. The figure includes: rifle, shield, and instruction manual. The IF-EX18 Lordscorpion is set to ship 2nd Quarter 2016 at a current pre-order price of $79.99 USD. Order now at bigbadtoystore.com.
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Hot Toys’ Scarlet Witch Movie Promo Edition
In Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, after stopping Ultron’s terrifying plan to eradicate mankind on Earth, the Avengers have established a new base with Captain America and Black Widow leading a new Avengers team consisted of War Machine, Vision, Falcon, and Scarlet Witch. Now, Hot Toys has announced the new 1/6th scale Scarlet Witch Movie Promo Edition […] Read more
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More Toys!
I simply couldn’t resist a few more photos of the Vintage Toys on display here in Holland, Mic
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