Joining the Emerald City Comic Con exclusives line-up for FigPin, who you can find on booth 1602 when you’re at the con, are Shenron from Dragon Ball Super, which is limited to 1,500 pieces and then also a 1,000 piece Disney’s Pluto which is cute as hell!
Shoreditch in general and then particularly the area around Brick Lane as synonymous with art, especially urban and street art, so it’s the perfect place for galleries to spring up and showcase these modern artists. The Brick Lane gallery is going to be doing just that from 17th until 28th August as they open their… Read More Event News: The Cameron Twins to Join Contemporary Painting & Abstract Exhibition at the Brick Lane Gallery, London
The latest line of Tubbz is their music line, and I am so glad that they went for 3 icons from the world of rock and heavy metal. We’re going to see Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, the Iron Maiden character Eddie in his trooper outfit and the late great Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead… A… Read More Toy News: Numskull Release Heavy Metal Icons Tubbz Including Ozzy, Lemmy and Eddie
Sanrio have teamed up with KidRobot for an exclusive jacket for the Sanrio website, but get over there quickly because this $200 piece of clothing is a collectable with less than 300 having been made. This faux leather lined jacket is available in 5 sizes and has full embroidered patches and to go with the… Read More Fashion News: Sanrio x KidRobot Hello Kitty Tokyo Speed Moto Jacket
My son is a HUGE Disney fan, especially anything with princesses in it, so I’ve lately been watching way more Disney movies than I ever have done before and it has left me asking a few questions… Do you have the answers to these, or have you ever watched a Disney film and thought… “Hang… Read More Explain this Disney… Some Disney Films Raise So Many Questions
If you visit Dorp in Brugge (at Binnenweg 4), Belgium, you’ll be able to find the latest project by Stick-Up Expo, who usually run a really nice sticker show here in Europe. This new project sees them instal a capsule vending machine at Dorp where you can buy mystery capsules containing stickers. Each capsule will… Read More Collectables News: Stick-Up Expo Install Interactive Sticker Machine at Dorp, Belgium
On Friday 12th August, FigPin and dropping a huge release on their website (10:00 PST) to celebrate their first wave of Major League Baseball pins and they look absolutely brilliant. The lineup is going to be (the first number is the code for the common pin and the second is the number for the chase… Read More Fashion & Lifestyle News: Wave 1 of Major League Baseball FigPins Coming Friday
Coming to booth 1602 of the 2022 Emerald City Comic Con are 2 exclusive FigPins, although I’ll let you know if any more get announced. So far we have a trendy 90s style fashion Deadpool (number 905) as well as an absolutely amazing looking Phoenix (number 882) from X-Men. Phoenix is limited to just 1,500… Read More Fashion & Lifestyle News: Phoenix & Deadpool FigPins Coming to ECCC 2022
Funkon II to celebrate 5 years of the Funko HQ store is coming to Everett on 20th August at the Funko HQ store at 2802 Wetmore Ave from 10:00 – 18:00 for what is being billed the block party of the year! There will be giveaways, games, music, face painting and much more including food… Read More Toy News: Funko Funkon II 2022 – All the Reveals
I’m surprised it took them this long to realise that hobbyists were making money from 3d printing toppers to go on the Funko soda cans. They have now released their own version and of course it looks very nice, sitting snuggly on top of your soda cans with a little slot at the back which… Read More Toy News: Funko Release Soda Can Disc Display Caps
Coming soon, only to Amazon is the latest Funko pop figure for the Star Wars line and its the Princess Leia addition to the Power of the Galaxy set. This is a really nice set which adds just a little extra detail to the designs, especially with the textures in her hair and outfit.
Available to pre-order now with a release date of 28th November is the latest icons range Funko pop, and it’s in the form of Whitney Houston with her iconic “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” look.
Launching at 11:00 PT on 9th August is the latest set of digital pops from Funko as they pair up with Avatar Legends. As always there are 2 pack types. A $9.99 standard pack of 5 and a $29.99 premium pack with 15 digital pops. However there there is one thing which has seen a… Read More NFT News: Avatar Legends Digital Funko Pops Coming to Droppp
For a first from the soda range, this is a very cool concept and I hope we’ll see more of this type in the future. This newest Lord of the Rings soda figure features Frodo having gone invisible as a totally clear figure. It’s available now as an exclusive from the Funko website.
Funko have a number of advent calendars which feature a variety of franchises and this year is the first time we’re going to get a Star Wars themed one, which is very exciting. These calendars always feature pocket pops, which unlike the pocket pop keychains are just perfectly miniaturised funko pops without the horrible flimsy… Read More Toy News: Funko to Release Star Wars, Harry Potter & Marvel Advent Calendars for 2022
At the moment I have only about 10 pages left to complete so we are certainly on target at the moment for a launch date of 3rd September 2022 at DesignerCon in London. This is going to be a full colour gloss magazine with 80 pages (including covers) filled with 8 interviews, a couple of… Read More Collectables News: Sticky Geeks Zine Volume 1 Update
BE@RBRICK by Medicom is a very well known designer toy which is simple in its design and famous for the ability to be customised or for the makers to collaborate with other artists and companies. It generally comes in 3 different sizes which are the 7cm 100% version, 28cm 400% version and 70cm 1000% version.… Read More Toy News: The Medicom Toys BE@RBRICK Gets a Krink x Lafayette Make Over
Available to pre-order now through Just Geek for a November 2022 release is the 40th anniversary power idolz wireless charging unit for E.T and it is just perfect for charging your phone! Even better than just the fact that it’s an E.T shaped phone charger is that when your phone is on it, the finger… Read More Collectables News: Numskull Power Idolz E.T Wireless Charging Dock
I should really do more news pieces about art releases. I really like the art of the Cameron Twins and am really happy that they’re going to be a part of the Sticky Geeks zine. They’ve just release 7 new items on their online shop from the looks of it, and if you love screen… Read More Collectables News: New Original Artwork by the Cameron Twins
Sir Mix-A-Lot is an accomplished rapper, however he is mainly just known for the 1992 song Baby Got Back… Something which is clear from this Funko Pop because rather than standing on the ground or a nice clear base, he is stood on a couple of butt cheeks! Available to pre-order now for release at… Read More Toy News: Sir Mix-A-Lot Funko Pop
The latest addition coming soon to the Funko Pop album line is the debut release by Tupac Shakur, 2pocalypse Now, available now to pre-order for a release around the 28th November 2022.
Available to order now and limited to just 150 world wide is the Moldy Mint edition of the 14 inch Vultura Macabra art figure by Camille Rose Garcia through the KidRobot website. This figure (which looks like it’s made from vinyl although I can’t see it confirmed on their website) is absolutely gorgeous and for… Read More Toy News: Vultura Macabra 14″ Art Figure by Camille Rose Garcia x KidRobot (Moldy Mint Edition)
A couple of the pops from this wider collection have already been released along with their pins and I think as far as Disney princess pops go, these are some of the nicest. They’ve really taken their time to make these figures refined and beautiful, making them real collectors pieces, even if you’re not a… Read More Toy News: Funko Pop Disney Ultimate Princesses – Cinderella, Merida, Mulan & Anna
Just announced are 2 new Marvel figures to celebrate the Thor Love and Thunder movie. The first is an Entertainment Earth exclusive and its for Ravager Thor complete with his stormbreaker axe. This is due for a September 2022 release. The second is something a little bit different as we see a speciality series pop… Read More Toy News: Thor Love & Thunder Funko Pops for Ravager Thor and Gorr the God Butcher Coming Soon
Launching for pre-order only on TrishStratus.com on 28th July is the latest Funko pop figure for Trish, and whilst it is not her first pop, it is the first official site exclusive as well as being a diamond collection pop which means that her outfit is all glittery.
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