We loved last year’s Switch & Go Dinos by VTech so much, we included them on our ToyXplosion 20 list for 2012. You can check out our write up and video demo here. It’s now a new year, which means a new crop of dinos and VTech has added some fun technology we think yourRead More
VTech’s New Switch & Go Dino Line Includes Jagger the T-Rex, A Voice Activated Dino!
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Jerrod Maruyama “So Happy Together”
I love Jerrod Maruyama‘s latest print! Cutest pairs ever!! “So Happy Together” is his contribution to the “GET A ROOM” show at Bottleneck Gallery and is available here. Filed under: art Tagged: Bottleneck Gallery, Get a Room, Jerrod Maruyama, So … Continue reading →![]()
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Netflix, DreamWorks Animation Launch First Ever Netflix Original Series for Kids
Netflix Inc. and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. have announced that they will create the first ever Netflix Original Series for kids. Based on the DreamWorks Animation movie Turbo, premiering in theaters this summer, the Netflix series Turbo: F.A.S.T. (Fast Action Stunt Team) debuts exclusively this December in the U.S. and across the globe in the [...]
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Review - Beast Hunters Voyager Optimus Prime
I never bought either of the previous Prime Voyager Primes. Honestly, the design did little for me and the show even less to motivate me towards a purchase. But when I saw this toy for the first time, I knew I had to get it. Every once in a while, it's possible to look at stock photos of a toy, and have a moment of complete clarity where you understand everything about it. For me this was one of those occasions. Read the full review
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Behind the scenes at The Today Show
Last night I had odd dreams that were both a combination of Downton Abbey (I still feel so upset about the season’s ending) and worrying that some of the prototypes (especially the last flying toy) wouldn’t work. By three in … Continue reading →
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Vans and Marvel Launch Super Hero Collection Exclusively at Journeys
Vans and Marvel Entertainment LLC have announced a footwear collection featuring the most iconic Super Heroes of all time coming exclusively to Journeys retail locations throughout the U.S. this month. The collection will launch with Iron Man and Spider-Man, each individually depicted on Vans Classic silhouettes for adults, kids, and toddlers, with a second delivery in [...]
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Patient No.6 – Big Gagarin in Rocket
Patient No.6 just finished work on his newest sculpture that he's called the "Big Gagarin in Rocket". Measuring in at 9 inches in height, this is a larger version included in the White and Red Project. The resin toy available at the Patient No.6 Shop for pre-order at a price of $86.00 with free shipping. [...]
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3rd Week of Injustice Battle Arena Challengers Unveiled – Fan Polls Now Open for Voting
Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment reveal the third round of challengers set to clash in this week’s Injustice Battle Arena. This week’s pair of matches pit clever, gadget-laden specialists against brute force challengers, as the cunning Aquaman summons the powers of the deep to take on tech-heavy Cyborg, while intergalactic-traveling Green Lantern [...]
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Toys “R” Us Dives Into the Underwater World of Octonauts
Toys “R” Us will introduce an assortment of toys from Fisher-Price based on the underwater world of Octonauts, which will splash into its stores nationwide and online at Toysrus.com beginning in March. The store will be the first retailer in the U.S. to offer aquatic explorers the opportunity to take an undersea voyage with the [...]
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TOYSREVIL Turns Eight
The TOYSREVIL-Blog turns 8 years old this exact moment, with the first post published in 2005. It was over a year of personal angst, whining "and meandering random thoughts" on this personal weblog, before I decided to go head-first into all-toy-bloggery, until this incarnation you are reading today!
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This year's "blog-birthday" is seeing a decidedly "subtle" celebration (even if I am the only one celebrating it LOL), with everyone busy with promoting themselves and their own work, blogs like mine are regulated to "bulletin board" status (it is something I abhor becoming actually). But nevertheless, I also need to keep myself "interested" in continuing forth, so I create my own content, simply so that I can enjoy myself while I'm at it! LOL
A confession: I had wanted to close this blog, over two years ago.
Waking up in hospital bed, the night after I had been admitted for Stroke, one of the first things that popped into my mind, was how to take care of the blog, which thinking back, was pretty "ludicrous", compared to my inability to walk, move half of my limbs, hell, even to swallow food.
I was unable to speak properly nor clearly in the beginning days in the Acute Stroke Ward, and when I did recover sufficiently enough, I gave my sister the password for the blog, and my Facebook, for her to explain to readers the reason for the lapse in bloggery then.
Over two years on, I am recovering still, regaining my independence, and well enough to whine on more here (heh), and yes, my rapidly expanding body-girth is proof that I can now "eat" MUAHAHAHAAHAHA
But I am not implying that the blog has been a hinderance, NO! In fact, it helped me greatly, as it provided me a decent distraction for me rather than constantly thinking about being a victim to Stroke, actually. And the support and funds from well-meaning folks truly gave me the strength to carry on bloggery.
I am a stubborn man, I admit, but most times I think I am not (enough) a strong-willed man, so going at it by my lonesome (of course with the support of my immediate family), it would not have been "enough" … It was the blog which helped me divert my dire focus, and concentrated instead on what mattered. And without a doubt, people I had met and known because of my blog, which spurred me on, and I am sincerely thankful for that, for YOU.
And ESPECIALLY for folks who had actually stuck with me thru the years - I humbly thank you.
And over two years on from surviving Stroke, the blog matters more to me personally now, than it did in 2005. In a warped way, the blog has now become an extension of me, which I no longer deny, and intend to embrace it with abandonment! MUAHAHAHAHAHA
So rather than seeing it languish into obscurity and irrelevance, I would prefer to bid a "respectful" early "goodbye" to it, methinks. (Or maybe that's the reason why I am still "single" at my age hhmmm ;p) … Or maybe one day soon, it would revert back into a personal-blog for me?
Be that as it may, the day that that happens, would be the day of the blog's birthday/birthdate (I am a sucker for time lines like this lol). Nothing overly dramatic here, I insist, and neither is this a "possible future" I am planning in advance for ... and I have nevertheless since decided to give it another year of bloggery, so until the TOYSREVIL-blog turns 9, stay tuned and stay reading, folks!
As well, "8" is a prosperous number to the Chinese, and perhaps that will ring true for 2013? YAY!
Cheers, and thank you for reading :)
Andy Heng
TOYSREVIL
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This year's "blog-birthday" is seeing a decidedly "subtle" celebration (even if I am the only one celebrating it LOL), with everyone busy with promoting themselves and their own work, blogs like mine are regulated to "bulletin board" status (it is something I abhor becoming actually). But nevertheless, I also need to keep myself "interested" in continuing forth, so I create my own content, simply so that I can enjoy myself while I'm at it! LOL
A confession: I had wanted to close this blog, over two years ago.
Waking up in hospital bed, the night after I had been admitted for Stroke, one of the first things that popped into my mind, was how to take care of the blog, which thinking back, was pretty "ludicrous", compared to my inability to walk, move half of my limbs, hell, even to swallow food.
I was unable to speak properly nor clearly in the beginning days in the Acute Stroke Ward, and when I did recover sufficiently enough, I gave my sister the password for the blog, and my Facebook, for her to explain to readers the reason for the lapse in bloggery then.
Over two years on, I am recovering still, regaining my independence, and well enough to whine on more here (heh), and yes, my rapidly expanding body-girth is proof that I can now "eat" MUAHAHAHAAHAHA
But I am not implying that the blog has been a hinderance, NO! In fact, it helped me greatly, as it provided me a decent distraction for me rather than constantly thinking about being a victim to Stroke, actually. And the support and funds from well-meaning folks truly gave me the strength to carry on bloggery.
I am a stubborn man, I admit, but most times I think I am not (enough) a strong-willed man, so going at it by my lonesome (of course with the support of my immediate family), it would not have been "enough" … It was the blog which helped me divert my dire focus, and concentrated instead on what mattered. And without a doubt, people I had met and known because of my blog, which spurred me on, and I am sincerely thankful for that, for YOU.
And ESPECIALLY for folks who had actually stuck with me thru the years - I humbly thank you.
And over two years on from surviving Stroke, the blog matters more to me personally now, than it did in 2005. In a warped way, the blog has now become an extension of me, which I no longer deny, and intend to embrace it with abandonment! MUAHAHAHAHAHA
So rather than seeing it languish into obscurity and irrelevance, I would prefer to bid a "respectful" early "goodbye" to it, methinks. (Or maybe that's the reason why I am still "single" at my age hhmmm ;p) … Or maybe one day soon, it would revert back into a personal-blog for me?
Be that as it may, the day that that happens, would be the day of the blog's birthday/birthdate (I am a sucker for time lines like this lol). Nothing overly dramatic here, I insist, and neither is this a "possible future" I am planning in advance for ... and I have nevertheless since decided to give it another year of bloggery, so until the TOYSREVIL-blog turns 9, stay tuned and stay reading, folks!
As well, "8" is a prosperous number to the Chinese, and perhaps that will ring true for 2013? YAY!
Cheers, and thank you for reading :)
Andy Heng
TOYSREVIL
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Mimoco Announces US Presidents X MIMOBOT® Flash Drive Collection
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Become Legends of MIMOBOT (Boston—February 18, 2013) — In honor of President’s Day, Mimoco (www.mimoco.com), makers of the collectible line of MIMOBOT® designer USB flash drives proclaims the latest in their Legends of MIMOBOT Series featuring icons, geniuses, and stars of the human race. Celebrating the American spirit, democracy, freedom, [...]
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Trailer And International TV Spot
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Check Out The Moderately Geeky Toy Fair Re-Cap Podcast
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Walking Dead Minimates Series 3 Will Rise this Spring
The dead cannot be stopped, and neither can the Walking Dead Minimates! With Series 2 in Toys “R” Us, comic shops and specialty stores now, Series 3 is gearing up for production from Diamond Select Toys! And like the first two series, it includes popular lead characters, short-lived favorites and zombies straight from the comic [...]
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2013 G.I. Joe Club Iceberg Figure Revealed
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A Look At Accessories For NECA's 18" Michael Keaton Batman Figure
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AUTOPSY Night Gamer edition
Plaseebo is pleased to offer the AUTOPSY Night Gamer Edition by Jeremi Rimel of Miscreation. Jeremi re-sculpted the Night Gamers in his signature mortuary slice and stitch technique and hand painting them in two different "on the slab" color schemes. The Ultra Limited Edition of five pieces, 2 green and 3 faded rose, will be [...]
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Toy Fair 2013: The Playmobil Showroom
We bring you further information of what was on display within the Playmobil showroom and thus, concludes our 2013 International Toy Fair updates. We hope you enjoyed everything as much as we did!
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Save the Date for the Next Supahcute Art Show!
Save the Date for the next Supahcute art show – Supah Mashup Art Party! Opening at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland on May 11, 2013, this group exhibition features collaborative artwork by some fantastic art duos. Most of the participants have teamed up just for … Continue reading →![]()
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The Disney Store Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Peter Pan with Exclusive Minimates
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