Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Animation,
Comic Books,
Hobbies and Collections

Mezco showed off an ultra cute line of toys called Mez-itzs which are mini eformed action figures. Shown above is a full line of Family Guy figures — below are Hellboy, Beetle Juice and Rorschach: Read more…
Tags: Beetle Juice, Family Guy, Hellboy, Toy Fair 2010, Watchmen
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections,
Star Wars

Funko had amusing line of Star Wars goodies — shown above is a stromtrooper and Darth Vader that plug into your iPod and act as speakers. Shown below are just a few of the many Star Wars bobbleheads they had on display: Read more…
Tags: Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Toy Fair 2010, Transformers, Where the Wild Things Are
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Animation,
Hobbies and Collections

Square Enix Products had on display three beautifully crafted Bleach figurine prototypes. The figures weren’t painted, but I was impressed with how true they stayed to the character designs. Read more…
Tags: Anime, Bleach, Japan, Toy Fair 2010
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections,
Star Wars

Lego embraced The Force with a full line of Star Wars kits. The variety of the kits is quite wonderful — above is the Hoth Wampa set and below is Boba Fett: Read more…
Tags: Lego, Pixar, Toy Fair 2010, Toy Story
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections,
Star Trek

So much of the toy fair is really aimed at kids, and while there are fanboy friendly booths here and there Diamond is always a pleasure to visit with the variety of cool goodies that they have. Shown above is a Qee Bear Spock — and below you can see a wide range of toys from Alice in Wonderland to Mickey Mouse: Read more…
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Disney, Mickey Mouse, Peanuts, Qee, Ren and Stimpy, Spock, Toy Fair 2010, Urban Toys, Where the Wild Things Are
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections,
Star Wars

The devil is in the details, and this imported line of Star Wars miniatures were simply amazing to look at. This line of minitaures is imported into the United States by bcmini.com , here’s the catalog page: Read more…
Tags: Japan, Star Wars, Toy Fair 2010
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections

The Japanese are crazy about the Gerry Anderson show Thunderbirds. This line of minitaures is imported into the United States by bcmini.com and I’ve got to say that the quality and beauty of these were amazing.
Tags: Japan, Science Fiction, Thunderbirds, Toy Fair 2010
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 15, 2010 in
Animation,
Hobbies and Collections

There’s always been something very haunting about the eyes of Blythe dolls so it’s highly appropriate that we’d see a vampire Blythe sooner or later. Although what I didn’t expect to see were these two Disney Blythes which celebrate the classic films Dumbo and Pinocchio: Read more…
Tags: Blythe, Disney, Toy Fair 2010, vampires
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 14, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections

If you like Blythe and goth lolita you’re going to want to meet Toffee. This line of collector dolls features a haunted looking girl and each different model features a very well thought out fashion ensemble. The variety of these dolls by Huckleberry Toys was amazing to look at: Read more…
Tags: Toy Fair 2010
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 14, 2010 in
Hobbies and Collections,
Tech

I’d thought that I’ve seen every sort of of iPhone protector that you can imagine, but this this covering which turns your iPhone into a cute robot monster was a nice twist on an old concept. Antonio de Jesus who is the monster robot designer also showed me these other space alien covers which were also adorable: Read more…
Tags: iPhone, Toy Fair 2010