Congrats to the SF Giants! 2014 World Series Champions!

via SF Giants

What a World Series! The Royals were tough but somehow the Giants pulled it off when it counted the most. Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants on their 2014 World Series Win! Bumgarner was amazing and is in a league of his own. Who's going to SF for the parade tomorrow? It's going to be a party tomorrow with over 1 million people attending.

Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo Starts Tomorrow!

Who's going to Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo this weekend?!?

Hello Kitty Con!!!

Hello Kitty Con started today! See you soon Hello Kitty!

Jinja The Soapstone Lion for Charity

Jake Manion who works at Aardman and his girlfriend will be doing a charity bike ride in November from Uganda to Kenya where they will be raising money for The Kenyan Orphan Project. To help them raise money, they have had a ton of help from Aardman and decided to design a vinyl toy. Instead of the toy being made out of vinyl, they are being hand-carved out of soapstone by Geoffrey in Kenya.

People who donate money will get one of these back. Only 30 of these will be made available as of right now as this is how many they can put in their luggage and take back. If the demand exceeds 30 they will figure something out.

This Thursday, October 30th, they will be auctioning 8 customs Jinja The Lion in resin by the following artists on ebay:

• Peter Lord (Aardman founder) • Rich Webber (Purple & Brown / DC Funnest) • Merlin Crossingham (Wallace & Gromit) • Gav Strange (Aardman / JamFactory) • Sarah Matthews (Aardman / BernysPlace) • Sam Hadley (Slumberbean) • Danny Capozzi (Aardman / Hero73*) • Peskimo Sam

You will also find below is a video of Sam Hadley Painting his custom Jinja.

All proceeds go direct to the Kenyan Orphan Project, who are a great charity based in Bristol, like Aardman. 

For more info on the Jinja Hand-Carved Soapstone Toys, please visit http://jinjalion.com to see how you can donate or to find more information regarding Jinja. 

We've never seen Soapstone Toys before. Looks interesting and something definitely unique.

Tetris to Set World Record at Comikaze

TETRIS® BRAND TO SET WORLD RECORD AT COMIKAZE WEEKEND

Hundreds of Fans Dressed as Life-Sized Tetris Pieces to Converge at LA Convention Center on Saturday, Nov. 1, to Create Longest Link of Human Tetriminos

Collecting Toyz Store Sale!

We've been plugging our sale on instagram and twitter but haven't done so here! As you can see we have a slew of Japanese Vinyl Toys (Sofubi) for sale as well as a few original paintings by us. Our prices are pretty much lower than retail. All of our items are from our collection. Some items are brand new that have not been displayed while other have. They are all from a smoke-free home.

We have soft vinyl toys from Super7 and a few SSSS Exclusive only releases too! The first 2 Medicom Earth Wolf releases and stuff from Chima Group, Uamou, Refreshment, Secret Base Collaboration figures Robot Fighter etc... 

On top of already low prices we are giving you an additional 10% off all items. Use the code GIMME10 to get an extra discount at checkout.

If you have any questions on shipping etc... send us an email.

Check out our store HERE. Not sure how long the extra discount will last so hurry up and buy them now before they're gone.

Warner Archive Collection's Young Justice: Invasion Blu-ray Pre-order

WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION OPENS PRE-ORDERS FOR

YOUNG JUSTICE: INVASION VIA WBSHOP.COM

Thrilling Second Season of Popular Animated Series Comes to Blu-Ray^TM on 11-18-14 with Exclusive All-New Commentary on Final Two Episodes

Universal Monsters Action Figures Stop Motion Animated Short Film

 
Diamond Select Toys sent us over their First ever Universal Monsters Action Figures Stop Motion Animated Short Film title "Trick or Treat".

"Trick or Treat" was animated by Alex Kropinak, the animator behind Marvel.com's "What The...?!" Using a combination of stop-motion photography and computer graphics, Kropinak brought to life the actual action figures, sculpted by Gabriel Marquez, Rudy Garcia and Jean St. Jean. The film's cast includes the Mummy, the Wolfman, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein's Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Metaluna Mutant.

Kropinak even included a cameo appearance by Diamond Select's first-ever  original concept action figure, Van Helsing. Designed by DST President Chuck Terceira and sculptor Jean St. Jean, the famous monster hunter received his own 7-inch scale figure this year, which was released at the same time as the newest Universal Monsters assortment. The film was co-written by Kropinak and DST Marketing Supervisor Zach Oat, who previously collaborated on ToyFare magazine's Twisted ToyFare Theatre.

NFL Teenymates Series 2 Mini Figures

From Party Animal Toys is NFL Teenymates Series 2 Mini Figure. These are blind packed figures so you have to keep buying to collect all 32 teams plus 6 new rare figures. Each pack comes with 2 running backs, 2 puzzle pieces and a checklist. When you collect at 35 pieces of the puzzles there are 2 different sides. Side A is the Collector Mini Poster and on Side B is the Football Field Playset. The puzzle size when all the pieces are put together is 5"x7".

As you can see we got the Giants and Browns for the mini figures and for the puzzle pieces we got the Jets and Broncos.

Despicable Me 2 Minion Dog Tags

From Bullsitoy is the Despicable Me 2 Dog Tags. Yes, these are blind packaged as well. There are 24 different stickers and dog tags to collect. Above is what we got in our pack.

Different pictures on each side.

Minecraft Grass Series 1 Mini Figure

From Mattel is the Minecraft Grass Series 1 Mini Figure Blind Boxes. Fans of Minecraft will love these! These are blind boxed and retails for $2.99 each. These will be flying off shelves for Christmas.

We got the Dyed Sheep in our blind box.

Despicable Me Minion Surprise Mini Figures

Thinkway Toys x Despicable Me Minion Surprise figures. These are blind bagged as well. Just like the Despicable Me 2 Minion Surprise figures that we talked about here back in 2013. Seems like stores received these not too long ago. At first they look to be the same but if you look closely it was missing the 2 and the back of the packaging showed different figures. It can be a bit confusing seeing as how these were released fairly recently after the Despicable Me 2 Minion Surprise figures. Retail on these are $2.99 each.

Infected Halloween Dokuwashi Pre-order

Super7 teams up with DKE & Scott Wilkowski for this Made to Order Infected Halloween Dokuwashi Pre-order. The Infected Halloween Dokuwashi stands 4" tall and will cost $85. The pre-order starts Monday, October 27th at 12 Noon Pacific time and will run until Friday, October 31st at Midnight Pacific Time HERE.

Toy Art Gallery x Paul Kaiju's Lavender Pollen Kaiser Release

Toy Art Gallery announced that they will be releasing Paul Kaiju's Lavender Pollen Kaiser tomorrow, Friday, October 24th at 12 Noon Pacific in their store HERE for $145.

This figure is cast is lavender soft vinyl with gold, black, red, yellow and silver sprays and features his signature removable staff weapon and a red doll eye.

Stranger Factory's Nightmare Fuel & Earthsquisite Corpse Exhibits This November

Stranger Factory will be hosting 2 new exhibits November 14th - 30th. Nightmare Fuel is a group show curated by Mutant Vinyl Hardcore and you can see the heavy lineup of artists. Then there is new works by Josh Herbolsheimer for his solo show Earthsquisite Corpse. Both of these shows are going to be great!

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3 Official Teaser Trailer

FOCUS FEATURES WILL RELEASE INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3 IN THEATERS MAY 29, 2015

Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell

Starring Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell

The newest chapter in the terrifying horror series is written and directed by franchise co-creator Leigh Whannell. This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl (Stefanie Scott) who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

Leecifer's The Great Pickle Baby Release Tomorrow

Leecifer's The Great Pickle Baby vinyl figure will be released tomorrow, Friday, October 24th in his store HERE.

Mondo Announces Lil Mikey Vinyl Figure Pre-Order

Mondo announced yesterday that Mike Mitchell's Lil Mikey Vinyl Figure is now up for pre-order for $105 (includes free worldwide shipping) HERE. It's unknown how long the pre-order will stay open for. Lil Mikey stands about 9" tall. These are scheduled to ship around the first quarter of 2015.

New Toys From Diamond Select Toys This Week!

Diamond Select Toys lets us know what new products will be hitting your local shops this week! Check it out below:

Clerks Minimates 20th Anniversary B&W Box Set
A Diamond Select Toys Release! These Minimates aren't even supposed to be here today! It's the 20th anniversary of Clerks, the legendary first movie by the godfather of geeks, Kevin Smith, and DST is celebrating with a box set of four Minimates! Dante, Randal, Jay and Silent Bob are each lovingly rendered in black-and-white, standing approximately 2 inches tall with a variety of interchangeable parts and accessories. Packaged on a blister card. Designed by Art Asylum! (Item #MAY142230, SRP: $19.99)
http://diamondselecttoys.com/clerks-minimates-20th-anniversary-box-set

Shawnimals' Monster Dumplings Plush & Vinyl Release

Shawnimals' released their new Monster Dumplings in both plush and vinyl yesterday. The plush are handmade and limited to 15pcs of each style. They retail for $15 each HERE.

You can also purchase the Monster Dumplings vinyl figures which are blind boxed for $12 each HERE. Shawnimal has a limit of 1 per order. You can also purchase these at MyPlasticHeart as these were originally released at NYCC this year.

November Previews and New Lower Price Starting Next Year

The November PREVIEWS catalog is now live, meaning products from the November issue can now be seen on the PREVIEWS website, in addition to physical copies of the catalog being available from comic book specialty shops next Wednesday Oct,. 29^th.  Also starting in January 2015, the price of PREVIEWS will be reduced from $4.99 to $3.99, making the 500+ page catalog the cost of a comic book!

Bad Teeth Comics x BlobPus Cheestroyer

Bad Teeth Comics x BlobPus Cheestroyer (painted by BlobPus) is up for pre-order through BlobPus. The deadline is October 23rd (Japan Time), so if you're on the fence, time is running out.

The BlobPus Cheestroyer costs 5000yen + EMS

Deadline to order is October 23rd (Japan Time)
Payment is due October 27th
Shipping of these figures are scheduled for December 25th.
(These are all Japan Time)

Super7 x P.P. Pudding Halloween Nut Chan Release

Super7 x P.P. Pudding will be releasing the Halloween Nut Chan vinyl figure which is a collaboration between the 2 companies. This 3" robotic figure in halloween / Super7 colors orange and black will be released next Thursday, October 30th at Noon Pacific HERE for $25 each.

Wrong Turn 6 Infographic

WRONG TURN 6: LAST RESORT IS AVAILABLE
ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DIGITAL HD!

Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation @ Stan Lee's Comikaze

Factory Entertainment's Ghostbusters Peter Venkman & Ray Stantz Shakems Premium Motion Statues

Factory Entertainment announced new additions to their Ghostbusters merchandize. Peter Venkman & Ray Stantz Shakems Premium Motion Statues can now be pre-ordered in their store HERE for $39.99 each.

VOLTRON 30th Anniversary Commemorative Release

Viz Media's Perfect Square will be releasing VOLTRON: From Days of Long Ago 30th Anniversary Celebration Hardcover book on October 28th. This edition can also be purchased digitally through the Perfect Square App.

If you were not able to attend NYCC, check out the coverage from Viz Media below:

You can also watch the full Voltron Panel from NYCC HERE.

Toy Art Gallery's Luftkaiser, Nekotaro & Smalmack Release

Toy Art Gallery will be releasing 3 new toys today, Wednesday, October 15th at 12 Noon Pacific Time HERE. TAG will be releasing Paul Kaiju's Painted Lavender Luftkaiser for $45, T9G's Nekotaro Mike Edition for $30 and Secret Demon Service's Smalmack Uncle Woman Edition for $70.

Funko Pop! Vinyl & ReAction Figure Sale! Buy 3 Get the 4th Free at Entertainment Earth!

Entertainment Earth is having a sale on Funko's POP! Vinyl Figures and ReAction Figures. Buy 3, Get the 4th Free. It applies to all in-stock, pre-orders and backordered items. Sale starts today, October 15th until October 21st. Click the picture above to take you to the sale!