Since the reveal of their earlier unpainted sculpt, Costa Rica-based Chunkee Studios updates us on the finished painted sculpt for their “Mininas: LUCY” resin bust! This hand painted with a cel shading-like style, with this a limited edition piece up for pre-orders soon. Stay updates via their Facebook and Instagram, for event release via chunkeestudios.bigcartel.com!
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Mininas: Lucy from Chunkee Studios - Painted & Pretty!
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FUNKO @ New York Toy Fair 2017
(Event Images via Funko.com)
The 2017 Edition of the annual New York Toy Fair* finished just before the weekend, and we have a couple of video grabs of the event, thanks to Larz at Sidekick Lab!
And as well I’ve managed to feature select licensed lines thru my media-blogs at PopcornX and ILikeTeevee - for which URL-links are provided below, for your reading/viwing considerations! Only lines ![]()
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review: Winner City Series Modern Paradise 7038A
If the box office success of The Lego Batman Movie has proven anything, it’s that audiences re
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The State Of Toys In 2017
(Source: kotaku.com) The biggest game of 2016, Overwatch, meets the biggest toy trend of 2017. The N
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Barbie AI Hologram is Your Child's New Best Friend
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Sketch for Staple x James Jean x Mighty Jaxx - 24hour Release on March 4th
A peek at the original artwork hand drawn by James Jean for the upcoming Staple x James Jean x Mighty Jaxx collaboration collectible (WHAT) - featuring a closer look at this man/bird/pigeon hybrid, struggling from multiple arrow attacks piercing his wings!"To celebrate 20 years of @staplepigeon, I worked with @jeffstaple to develop my first-ever original figure. Limited Edition, dropping March ![]()
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Sideshow’s 1/6th Scale Jack Burton
Played by Kurt Russell in the cult classic movie Big Trouble in Little China, Jack Burton is a fast talking truck driver who spends his days and nights traveling the highways, ranting his cool-guy mantras into his CB Radio while hauling hogs in his big rig – The Porkchop Express. Sideshow Collectibles has announced a limited […] Read more
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set database: LEGO 70313 moltor's lava smasher
set database: LEGO 70313 moltor's lava smasher
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set number: 70313
set name: moltor's lava smasher
theme: nexo knights
year: 2016
pieces: 187
price: us$20
minifigs: 2
new nexo knights theme set.
image courtesy of brickmerge
image courtesy of rekato
image courtesy of amazon
image courtesy of amazon.co.uk
set name: moltor's lava smasher
theme: nexo knights
year: 2016
pieces: 187
price: us$20
minifigs: 2
come with a moltor's lava smasher.
the smasher has 2 movable fists, 2 catapults and a cockpit.
minifigs included a moltor minifig and an aaron fox minifig.
great playability.
overall design is good.
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NYTF17 - Playmates Toys Ben-10 Product Walkthrough
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Toy Fair 2017: Diamond Select Toys
Pull up a chair and put up your feet. The next addition to our continuing coverage of the 2017 International Toy Fair is a massive gallery showing off everything we were permitted to shoot in the Diamond Select Toys booth. Click any of the thumbnails above to view the entire gallery!
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The Dolls Product Lines Series - James and Anna Graduation Dolls
This is the story behind my "James" and "Anna" graduation doll patterns and involves my Dad, my niece, and my twin granddaughters.
When both my twin granddaughters and my niece were graduating from high school and college, respectively, I wanted to give them something special. For me, that usually involves something crafty that I'd made or, and this may come as a surprise to all of you, a doll. So, I decided on a doll. But, I didn't want just any graduation doll. I thought how about taking their graduation picture and transposing that onto a doll's head using iron on transfer paper. It was a nice idea, but a bad application from the start.
So, I set about to design a stand alone graduation doll that would have each of their respective graduation gown colors. I knew I wanted the doll to be stand alone and wanted the body bottoms to be made out of denim. I decided that I would use popcorn kernels to weight the bodies down. So, I began by scanning in their respective graduation pictures and then setting about to crop the images and adjust the image size until their faces would fit on my graduation doll patterns head. I should have known right from the start that this was going to be a disaster. I just couldn't seem to get the right size face with the right size head. In any event, I finally had something I could work with and transferred the face to my cloth headpiece.
Then I put the three dolls together using my rough draft pattern pieces. The doll's bodies and graduation gowns came out wonderful. Their faces were an entirely different story almost bordering on scary. See for yourself. What do you think? Scary, frightening, yuck?
The first person to receive her doll was my niece. Well, the graduation doll was the talk of the graduation barbecue until my niece arrived and I gave it to her. Everyone thought the doll was creative and unique. My niece loved it but thought it was "CREEPY!"She wasn't sure whether she should thank me and keep it or thank me and hide it at the back of her closet. I have to admit it was pretty "creepy" and pretty scary looking. I suppose having ones face on a doll is "creepy" and just the looks of the doll was pretty scary. Not that her face is scary or anything. It's just the flat dimensions on what's supposed to be a three dimensional face just didn't work. Flat faces look great on pillows. On dolls, that's another story.
My twin granddaughters were the next group to receive their graduation dolls. Once, again, everyone thought they were unique, exceptional, and downright scary. My grandsons wouldn't even look at them. They were too scared. My granddaughters just laughed and got a kick out of showing all their friends their "frightening" graduation dolls.So, I decided I had to make something positive out of this disaster and decided to design the graduation doll with an embroidered face. After all I already had the rough draft pattern. All I needed was a face. Instead of doing just one doll pattern I decided to do two: a male graduation doll pattern and a female graduation doll pattern. I could easily alter the clothes underneath the gown to suit either a male or female.
Well, this story had several phases. It was a nice idea whose application was downright frightening and was rescued by creative embroidering. Hopefully, you'll agree.
If you'd like to try your hand at transferring the face of a graduate you know please do so. Maybe you'll have better luck then I did.
If not, the embroidered faces in my "Anna" and "James" graduation doll patterns are just adorable and make great centerpiece decorations for any graduation party. At least, they won't cause nightmares.
Anna
Anna is so happy to be finally graduating. It seems like it's been a long time coming and she's looking forward to her summer vacation. Of course, it won't be a vacation for her as she has to prepare for moving into college all the way across the country from where she lives. She wanted the best school in her field and it was far away. While Anna and her parents weren't really happy that she'd be this far from home they want her to have the best education possible - so they agreed. So, Anna has a lot to do before she goes on to college.
Anna has been waiting a long time for her Graduation Day and is a free-standing cloth doll with a square bottom denim base. She has a long tunic shirt with fringed 3/4 gathered sleeves and square-bottomed denim pants. Her face is embroidered and she has round black button eyes. She is wearing a white satin graduation gown with 3/4 sleeves and is holding a bouquet of silk ribbon flowers with streamers and diploma in her right hand and her commencement exercise booklet in her left hand. She has long flowing red hair framing her face and has a white graduation cap on her head. A string of pearls and ribbon bow decorate her outfit.
Designer - Linda Walsh Originals
“Anna”, 20” Girl Doll - Graduation Doll E-Pattern - Graduation Series - Pattern Category - Skill Level - Beginner
James
James has been preparing for his Graduation Day for quite some time. He decided that he wanted to take the summer off after his graduation and travel around the country. He wants to have some fun before he has to settle down into a real job in the real world. He's not sure his parents will approve the summer off. He certainly is going to give them all the reasons why this is a good thing, maybe, even throw in an "impish" smile of two. That will sway them to his way of thinking. He can be a charmer when he wants to.
James has been impishly awaiting his Graduation Day and is a free-standing cloth doll with a square bottom denim base. He sports a long cotton shirt with rolled sleeves and square-bottomed denim pants. His face is embroidered and he has round black button eyes. He is wearing a black satin graduation gown with 3/4 sleeves and is holding his diploma in his right hand and his commencement exercise booklet in his left hand. He has wild curly brown hair framing his face and has a black graduation cap on his head.
Designer - Linda Walsh Originals
“James”, 20” Boy Doll - Graduation Doll E-Pattern - Graduation Series - Pattern Category - Skill Level - Beginner
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BUNNY & EASTER FABRIC DESIGNS COLLECTION
Our Linda Walsh Originals Fabric Designs are available at Spoonflower.com. All transactions for purchasing fabric are between you (the customer) and Spoonflower.com.
PLEASE NOTE: Actual fabric will not contain © Linda Walsh watermarks.
© 2011-2016 Copyright Linda Walsh Originals - Fabric Designs By Linda Walsh.
We are so pleased to offer our Linda Walsh Originals Fabric Designs at Spoonflower.com. Please note that all transactions for purchasing fabric are between you (the customer) and Spoonflower.com.
We have lots of fabrics to choose from and have created several collections for our different kinds of fabric collections to make it easier to shop. Each of our collections has been created to include complementing fabric designs within the individual collection and within our entire fabric collection.
Our fabric designs are perfect for making decorations, favors, ornaments, pillows, quilts, etc. We hope you enjoy our designs.
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GRADUATION FABRIC DESIGNS COLLECTION
PLEASE NOTE: Actual fabric will not contain © Linda Walsh watermarks.
© 2015-2016 Copyright Linda Walsh Originals - Fabric Designs By Linda Walsh.
We are so pleased to offer our Linda Walsh Originals Fabric Designs at Spoonflower.com. Please note that all transactions for purchasing fabric are between you (the customer) and Spoonflower.com.
We have lots of fabrics to choose from and have created several collections for our different kinds of fabric collections to make it easier to shop. Each of our collections has been created to include complementing fabric designs within the individual collection and within our entire fabric collection.
Our fabric designs are perfect for making decorations, favors, ornaments, pillows, quilts, etc. We hope you enjoy our designs.
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Transformers: The Last Knight: Wave 1 Case Breakdowns, Plus Codenames Demystified (A Little)
TFW2005 has posted a couple of stories today with some interesting insights into the impending Transformers: The Last Knight toyline! Most notably, they've now posted (fully-codenamed) case breakdowns for Wave 1 of the toyline! Using this info, they're suggesting that Barricade is the character code-named "Mars," and that Bumblebee is codename "Saturn." Keep reading for more info and our analysis of the situation!
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April the Giraffe
Have you been following the internet sensation of April the Giraffe? If you have missed it, a
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Build-A-Bear Sees Mall Traffic Declines
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Artist Interview: Angela Song
Angela Song is a storyteller and professional illustrator based in Los Angeles. She works on several projects – children’s books, webcomics, and her Daily Drawings & Illustrations – all with the purpose of sharing her stories with the world and making people laugh and smile every day. I’m impressed with how prolific you are with … Continue reading "Artist Interview: Angela Song"![]()
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Transformers The Last Knight Movie Masterpiece 'Mars' Possibly Identified
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Movie toyline codenames present an interesting puzzle. Sometimes they can be easily deduced, like Juptier being Optimus Prime. But sometimes you need some more help. An image of a TakaraTomy order sheet posted by catz shows the The Last Knight line offerings coming out for the launch date in late April, which includes the first four Premier Deluxes. Three of them are named directly, but the fourth is still in code - which lets us match that name to an already known identity, and solve another question at the same time. Keep reading!
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Alex DeLarge Living Dead Doll
Mezco has announced the newest addition to The Living Dead Dolls comes straight cult classic - A Clockwork Orange. Alex, the iconic leader of the Droogs, joins the Living Dead Dolls with all the attention to detail fans clamor for. Standing 10-inches tall with 5 points of articulation, Alex features the following: Trademark eyelash deco Film accurate cloth outfit with […] Read more
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WIT to Host Next Learn the Ropes Webinar
Women in Toys, Licensing, and Entertainment (WIT) will host its next “Learn the Ropes” webinar, Responsible Sourcing 101: The Essentials of Ethical Toys, tomorrow from 12 to 1 p.m. Presented by Carmel Giblin, president and CEO of the ICTI Care Foundation, the webinar will give a better understanding of why responsible sourcing plays a vital [...]
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