What's Shipping For The Week Of December 7, 2016
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Titans Return Hot Rod & Firedrive - TFormers Video Review
Hot Rod has needed a Classics style updating for a while. The Rodimus from the 2006 line aged very quickly, a fact that became very evident with its rerelease in 2010. But with troubled Masterpiece releases between then and now, the question must be asked: can we actually get a good Hot Rod toy? Yes. We can. Head over to the review page to watch our video review, or check out the text and photos version, along with our gallery of 150 photos of Titans Return Hot Rod! Click here to get started.
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G.I. Joe 1/6 Scale Custom Storm Shadow Figure By Diatlas24
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The Best of The West!
Talk about a California gold rush, Steiff style! Steiffgal recently traveled out west to attend Steiff celebrations on behalf of the company. Attendees were invited to share their personal treasures at these events at fun "show and tell" sessions. And boy, did they ever! Steiffgal had the pleasure of seeing a number of family heirlooms, some childhood favorites, delightful woolen miniatures, and even one of the company's extremely rare "125 carat" bears, made with real gold mohair. Here are a few of the 14k vintage treasures collectors brought along that really caught Steiffgal's eye!
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Sit and stay and take a look at this great King Charles Charly dog. This precious pooch is 14 cm high, sitting, head jointed, and made from white and brownish/orange tipped mohair. His adorable face comes to life with oversized brown and black pupil eyes, a hand embroidered black and white nose and mouth, and an irresistible, "pouty" expression. He was produced in 7 sizes ranging from 10 to 35 cm from 1928 through 1936. Sitting Charly was also produced as a music box in 17 and 22 cm from 1928 through 1931 and on a pincushion in 17 cm from 1929 through 1932.
And what makes this Charly a champion? Steiffgal loves his mile-long ears and huge personality. His size makes him easy to display, and a perfect companion for a larger vintage doll or bear. Plus, a dear friend of hers has a real-life Charly, so this breed and pattern really pulls on her heartstrings.
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Rolling right along, this early postwar elephant on wheels also made a huge impression on Steiffgal! This big boy is Steiff's Zieh Elefant or Pull Toy Elephant. He is standing on all fours, unjointed, and made from lovely grey mohair. His face is detailed with black eyes that are backed in pink felt, a smiling mouth, and white felt tusks. The bell on his trunk helps announce his arrival. Elephant's feet pads are grey felt. He is dressed to the nines in a red and yellow trimmed blanket; this is original to him. His red leather headwear has been lost to time. He glides along on four blue wooden wheels. This elephant on wheels was made in 28 and 35 cm from 1950 through 1961 overall.
Why is this piece so ele-fantasic? This timeless pattern includes design elements from as early as the 19-teens. His condition is the perfect balance between showing some love and play wear, yet still fine enough to have tremendous collector's interest and appeal. And who can resist his open, smiling mouth and delightful felt tusks? Certainly not Steiffgal!
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And finally, size defies with this beautiful baby bunny. This happy hopper is begging, unjoined, and made from white velvet. He is unjointed and decorated with a few brown spots here and there. His face just shines with black shoe button eyes, a simple brown hand embroidered nose and mouth, red airbrushed highlights, and clear monofilament whiskers. His red ribbon is original to him; one way to "test" for this is to see if the ribbon is stitched in place, or if there is evidence if that was once the case. This version of Steiff's velvet begging rabbit was produced in 4 sizes ranging from 10 to 28 cm from 1899 through 1927 overall.
Begging to know what's so cool about this sweet treat? First, his condition is really amazing, showing only minimal darkening over time. He was originally very white, but white velvet tends to become tan or even brown over time, even with careful handling. Kudos to his current owners for keeping him so well protected! Second, his pattern is among the most desirable, early designs produced by Steiff. Collectors can't seem to get enough of the company's small, early, velvet patterns. A similar sized velvet begging rabbit in far less pristine condition recently sold for about $1,000 on eBay. And finally, you can't help but notice his wonderful IDs - his full white ear tag and long trailing "F" style button. The numbers on his ear tag correspond to: 4=begging or standing on back legs; 4=velvet; and 14=14 cm tall. These "small" tag details make all the difference in determining if an item is good or great. And this begging rabbit is blue ribbon calibre indeed!
Steiffgal hopes this quick peek at event "show and tell" highlights has put you in a festive mood indeed.
Have a question about one of your Steiff treasures? Let's talk! Click here to learn more!
Sit and stay and take a look at this great King Charles Charly dog. This precious pooch is 14 cm high, sitting, head jointed, and made from white and brownish/orange tipped mohair. His adorable face comes to life with oversized brown and black pupil eyes, a hand embroidered black and white nose and mouth, and an irresistible, "pouty" expression. He was produced in 7 sizes ranging from 10 to 35 cm from 1928 through 1936. Sitting Charly was also produced as a music box in 17 and 22 cm from 1928 through 1931 and on a pincushion in 17 cm from 1929 through 1932.And what makes this Charly a champion? Steiffgal loves his mile-long ears and huge personality. His size makes him easy to display, and a perfect companion for a larger vintage doll or bear. Plus, a dear friend of hers has a real-life Charly, so this breed and pattern really pulls on her heartstrings.
Rolling right along, this early postwar elephant on wheels also made a huge impression on Steiffgal! This big boy is Steiff's Zieh Elefant or Pull Toy Elephant. He is standing on all fours, unjointed, and made from lovely grey mohair. His face is detailed with black eyes that are backed in pink felt, a smiling mouth, and white felt tusks. The bell on his trunk helps announce his arrival. Elephant's feet pads are grey felt. He is dressed to the nines in a red and yellow trimmed blanket; this is original to him. His red leather headwear has been lost to time. He glides along on four blue wooden wheels. This elephant on wheels was made in 28 and 35 cm from 1950 through 1961 overall.Why is this piece so ele-fantasic? This timeless pattern includes design elements from as early as the 19-teens. His condition is the perfect balance between showing some love and play wear, yet still fine enough to have tremendous collector's interest and appeal. And who can resist his open, smiling mouth and delightful felt tusks? Certainly not Steiffgal!
And finally, size defies with this beautiful baby bunny. This happy hopper is begging, unjoined, and made from white velvet. He is unjointed and decorated with a few brown spots here and there. His face just shines with black shoe button eyes, a simple brown hand embroidered nose and mouth, red airbrushed highlights, and clear monofilament whiskers. His red ribbon is original to him; one way to "test" for this is to see if the ribbon is stitched in place, or if there is evidence if that was once the case. This version of Steiff's velvet begging rabbit was produced in 4 sizes ranging from 10 to 28 cm from 1899 through 1927 overall.Begging to know what's so cool about this sweet treat? First, his condition is really amazing, showing only minimal darkening over time. He was originally very white, but white velvet tends to become tan or even brown over time, even with careful handling. Kudos to his current owners for keeping him so well protected! Second, his pattern is among the most desirable, early designs produced by Steiff. Collectors can't seem to get enough of the company's small, early, velvet patterns. A similar sized velvet begging rabbit in far less pristine condition recently sold for about $1,000 on eBay. And finally, you can't help but notice his wonderful IDs - his full white ear tag and long trailing "F" style button. The numbers on his ear tag correspond to: 4=begging or standing on back legs; 4=velvet; and 14=14 cm tall. These "small" tag details make all the difference in determining if an item is good or great. And this begging rabbit is blue ribbon calibre indeed!
Steiffgal hopes this quick peek at event "show and tell" highlights has put you in a festive mood indeed.
Have a question about one of your Steiff treasures? Let's talk! Click here to learn more!
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New Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Stock Photos of Activator and Crash Combiners
We've got a selection of new stock photos showing off part of the 2017 range of Robots in Disguise toys. Combiner Force debuted the weekend of New York Comic Con in two styles: Mini-Con-triggered Activator Combiners, seen here as Bumblebee and Strongarm, and Crash Combiner two packs featuring paired character combinations, starting with Bumblebee and Sideswipe, and Optimus and Strongarm. We have images for all of them, including packaging shots. It's all mirrored below, so click through to see!
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Journey - healing
How are you? By Kate At Damyang, South Korea
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New TakaraTomy Legends Series Super Ginrai Photo Makes Sure You Remember Why Godbomber Matters
TakaraTomy's TF_pr Twitter account has shared a new photo of LG-35 Super Ginrai. Though the tweet along with it is just one of a general reminder and makes no reference to Godbomber whose existence we had confirmed in the past few days, that event is likely to be driving some extra last minute preorders for the Powermaster Optimus retool. Super Ginrai is due out at the end of this month. Keep reading to see the new photo!
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Robots In Disguise Warrior Class Soundwave Meets His Generations Counterpart
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The Transformers Instagram page has posted a new photo showing two iterations of Soundwave meeting. The star is the upcoming Warrior Class RID Soundwave, which is a fusion of elements from the Transformers Prime appearance, with broad strokes from the High Moon Studios War For/Fall Of Cybertron games. The photo was even large enough to be able to take a crop of RID Soundwave and get a nice look at the figure - a view we've made more distinct by removing the color from the surroundings. Keep reading to see!
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More Than Meets The Eye: Revolution One Shot Full Comic Preview
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Coming out Wednesday this week is the final IDW Transformers comic to carry the More Than Meets The Eye title. The Revolution tie-in one shot features the arrival of the Scavengers on Earth for a mission of critical importance! What could possibly go right? We will, of course, have our review up first early this week for you to read, and in the meantime you can continue on to the full article below for the solicit text and preview pages, via Newsarama!
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STEMs toy ideas
Amazon’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math gift toy ‘category’ might be of
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NECA Kenner Predator Spiked Tail and Stalker Predator Are Brining Back Some Childhood Memories!
These figures do bring back a lot of memories. Seen that Toys R Us had finally got in the newest wav
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BOO BEAR by Andrea Kang x Mighty Jaxx for Dec 10th Drop
UPDATED: BOO BEAR is a “wandering ghost, of magic and a keeper of lost wishes”, and will be available on December 10th at www.mightyjaxx.com.
#MightyJaxx X #AndreaKang? Featured #onTOYSREVIL and stay updated via @mightyjaxx & @harlow_bear ! #toynewsA photo posted by TOYSREVIL (@toysrevil) on Dec 4, 2016 at 6:55pm PST
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Strangecat Needs a little help / Feathered Fox customs on auction
"If you follow us on Instagram you may have seen how our Art Basel trip unfolded.....On our second day of art basel while driving on the interstate the strap holding the fuel tank broke as we all the fuel tank. Gas was spewing all over the road. We had to contact highway patrol and the Miami-Dade fire department came out to assess the situation.
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#sunnyandcloudyweathershop Christmas Version SKOLL from LoFi Collective - Drops Dec 8th?
After their instant sell-out from the first release in November, South Korea designer Eun Byeol Choi (AKA LoFi Collective) prepares to unleash her next Skolls, with the Christmas Versions - possibly dropping “December 8th”?
The Wolf-girl has taken on two brand new colorways - in both her wolf-heads and snow-caked dresses! No further info on availability, so you’d do well to stay connected to ![]()
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Full Trailer for THE MUMMY - The 1st of Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe films
With the teaser trailer only just released over the weekend (Dec 3rd SG to be exact), the FULL TRAILER has since been unleashed now (Dec 4th in U.S. time, while it’s the morning of December 5th Monday here in Singapore), and essentially shows what happens when you uproot an ancient Mummy-coffin/tomb and put it on a military plane, and into civilisation LOL
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12” Tall BOBETT by Wetworks x FLABSLAB
FLABSLAB teases folks an image of their upcoming BOBETT by Wetworks, in 12-inches of resin! This upsized collectible stands alongside it’s 4.5” counterpart, I’ve previously featured WIP on #starwarsallday, including the enlarged blister-backing board too! Unknown if the final packaging would include this tho…
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PLANES Playset Contest!
Moving so cleaning up – some PLANES playsets. The Wings Around the Globe playset is open (missing box) but it actually comes with a metal Dusty and metal Dottie. (Amazon LINKS) Control Tower Playset Wings Around the Globe Contest starts now and ends December 11, 2016 11:59:59 PM. Enter below in the comments by answering […]
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Lelouch Lamperouge Smart Doll
There is no better day than today to announce the second installment of the Sunrise X Smart Doll partn...
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the return of the a-frame
Anyone else remember their Fisher Price Little People A Frame house like I do? It was the best! Now, Land of Nod has created an upgrade, and I’m even more in love. This A-Frame Dollhouse has the same charm, but with so many sweet improvements I don’t know where to start. Using wood and acrylic […]
The post the return of the a-frame appeared first on Small for Big.
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Sapphire Memories Jizo-Anarcho
Devils Head Productions is releasing the Sapphire Memories Jizo-Anarcho. What started as a resin statue has made its way to soft vinyl. Cast in stunning clear sapphire blue, this painted version of Jizo-Anarcho is the first official sofubi release. The piece is adorned in gold, metallic blue, metallic green and light blue paints. It will […] Read more
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