Sweet! MINDstyle Pours On The Coolness: Black Hole Figures!

Well, "Black Hole figure" for the time being, but hopefully things will continue on down the character line if V.I.N.C.E.N.T. sells well. Can't wait!

I'm a big robot nerd, so I have a soft spot in my heart for these guys... especially old B.O.B. I sure hope he's next on the production line!

Article and images courtesy of Disney Consumer Group and I LIKE TOYS. Check out the link for more pictures, including a paint test!

Micheal Lau, MINDstyle's Godfather Vinyl - In Color!

Toysrevil has posted color pictures of the Godfather figure on the way from Michael Lau and MINDstyle. I'm a bit surprised by this color scheme - while it looks great, the paint work make the figure look more like Orson Welles than Don Corleone.

There's two more colorways coming, so I'll be curious to see if one looks older (the way I was assuming it'd be).

Images courtesy of I LIKE TOYS and MINDstyle.

Photoshop Afterglow Beaver Mock-Up, Some Great Toy News!

Here's a (really) rough mock-up of the Afterglow Beaver variant using a defective production sample, a paper 'sticker' applied with packing tape, a little Sharpie and a lot of Photoshop. It's pretty close to the way I want it to look - but I'm trying to figure out a way to make the white areas look good in normal light and in the dark. If I paint the eyes and teeth, they'll look too dark when the toy's glowing. But - I'm also worried that those areas will be too weak if I simply leave them the GID vinyl color. So I'm still pondering...

In other news, Hot Toys has the license to make Up merchandise, which is very exciting! Hot Toys is one of the best collectible manufacturers around, so I'm sure they'll do an amazing job. I'm hoping for vinyl figures of Carl, Ellie, Russell, Dug, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Kevin, Muntz, young Ellie, young Carl, and young Muntz. Give 'em all the deluxe Hot Toys treatment, I say!

The first stills have emerged for the Michael Lau/Godfather mash-up vinyl being produced by MINDstyle. I think it looks amazing! I knew I was in for it when Mr. Lau announced that he was doing movie toys, and I was right - the three-figure Kubrick set was super-cool, and this one is just as good! I'm saving my pennies as we speak...

Maquette photo, posts courtesy of I LIKE TOYS.

Happy Beaver Write-Up @ I Like Toys

My friend toysrevil posted a great promo piece/interview on his i like toys blog! You can't ask for better virtual ink than this - thanks, Andy!

Crazy Delicious Bugs Bunny Vinyl Figure

I'm showing you this cropped picture of the sculpt because I've already bought it, and I'll be posting it as my Toy OTD at some point after it arrives. If you can't wait 'til then, check out this interview with the sculptor.

If you're as transfixed as I was, you can buy it online for $75.00 + shipping. There's just 200 worldwide, so get cracking!

A big thanks - once again - to the "i like toys" blog!