The Toy Box: Chima Group's Sunset Wool

This is Chima Group's Sunset Wool. This is an exclusive release at Grass Hut. Cost for this guy is a bit on the more expensive side of exclusives/regular releases but if Wool is one of your favorite sculpts then this is a must have in your collection regardless of price. This is still available at Grass Hut as well as a few customs from Chima Group's Mini show that they had at Grass Hut late last year.

The Toy Box: More Mini Uamous & Mini Boos

Just got in some more Mini Uamous & Mini Boos from Uamou (Ayako). Love these! The best part of being so small is that you can collect a lot of them and they don't take up too much space!

The Toy Box: Gargamel's 2013 Lucky Bag Micro Figures

Haven't done this in a while but here's some of the newest toys from The Toy Box! These are Micro figures from Gargamel's 2013 Lucky Bags. Each Lucky Bag contained 3 Micro figures. From looking at various people's Lucky Bags, you would either get Set A - Silver/Grey Oozebat, Silver/Grey Zagoran & Clear Blue Ojo Rojo or Set B - Clear Pink Angel Bird, Clear Blue Boris The Bee & Silver/Grey Thrashman. The Rootbeer Glitter Oozebat seems to be randomly inserted into one of the sets and just replaces one of the other micros.

The Toy Box: Hanna-Barbera PVC Figures

One of the best finds or releases regarding Hanna-Barbera figures were these little PVC figures by Big Head Company. Got these quite a few years ago. They are sorta blind box if you buy them separately but if you buy them by the case you are guaranteed a whole set. For such small figures the quality is superior to those of lets say Jazwares PVC figures which are in stores now. These were made in China but produced by Big Head Company located in Japan. There are 16 PVC figures to complete the set.

First up is the Jetsons. Totally remember watching The Jetsons every morning before school. Here's George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, Astro & Rosey.

Wacky Races - Penelope Pitstop, Dick Dastardly & Muttley.  Secret Squirrel & Morocco Mole.

Baba Looey & Quick Draw McGraw, Atom Ant, Wally Gator & Mr. Twiddle

Never really found out if there were more series made after this one. If you're a huge Hanna-Barbera fan or if these bring you back to you when you were a kid, definitely track these guys down. These are small enough to fit on your desk at work.

The Toy Box: Max Toy Micro Kaiju Eyezon

Max Toy's Micro Eyezon in unpainted light blue. Picked this little guy up at Double Punch and these are pretty damn awesome!!! There were a bunch of colors to choose from. Thinking about going back to get more!=)

 Love reading the back story to these figures. These are really cool micro figures and costs $12 each. These are made in Japan.

The Toy Box: Jazwares Nicktoons Ren & Stimpy Figures & Plush

This week has been a pretty good week in awesome toy finds. Was checking out the toy aisle at Target and came across new Ren & Stimpy Toys by Jazwares. Ren & Stimpy is part of Jazwares Nicktoons line. Other cartoons in this line is Rugrats, Fairly Odd Parents, Jimmy Neutron, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Hey Arnold & Catdog.

This is the Boxset of the Collectible Mini Figures. In this set you get Sven, Stimpy, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toastman, Ren & Log. I can't believe they made Sven!!! The good news is they made Sven. The slightly bad news is that the paint apps are not very good. These are 2" tall. They are not scaled properly so that's why Ren is the same size as Powdered Toastman, LOG etc.... Retails for $19.99.

3" Stimpy with Muddy Mudskipper

3" Ren with Happy Helmet

These 2 are 3" tall. The paint apps are better than the mini figures. They retail for $6.99 each.

Then there are the talking plush. They are approx. 7" tall. Stimpy has a squeaky nose and elastic tongue. Arms & legs are pose-able. Push his stomach to hear him talk, burp, fart etc... Ren has googly eyes, pose-able arms & legs and you can also push his stomach to hear him talk etc... These retail for $7.99 each.

The Ren & Stimpy figures & plush are exclusive to Target stores.

Super stoked to find new Ren & Stimpy Toys. Any huge fan has to have them. The downside is when you buy them and check them out sometimes the quality isn't up to par.

These figures are ok but if you compared them to what Palisades Toys came out with years ago, the quality of their figures were excellent. The paint apps were as good as you can get too. Too bad the now defunct Palisades Toys is no longer around.

Still stoked to get new Ren & Stimpy toys regardless of the issues.

The Toy Box: Chima Group's "Cranberry Soda" Amedas

Chima Group's "Cranberry Soda" Amedas. So stoked to finally get this guy in hand. Love the pink fade. I think there has been at least 40 Amedas version released so far, not counting the customs or the latest exclusive for LOFT which I'm sad to not have yet. :(

Amedas is 3" tall and has articulation in the neck as well as the boots.

The Toy Box: Chima Group's Black Wool

Chima Group's Black Wool. What's not to love? It's on unpainted black soft vinyl. 3.75" tall. Has articulation in the neck. Nice, sleek and simple.

The Toy Box: Chima Group's Formal "Banana Coat"

Chima Group recently introduced us to their newest figure Formal - A Strange Bird. Formal wears a bowler hat and for their first release he has on a banana coat. (Don't you see the resemblance of a banana?) Formal is the tallest so far of all the Chima Group figures. He stands 5.25" tall and has 1 point of articulation on the neck. You can rotate his head. You can purchase Formal directly from Chima Group or if you were quick enough last week, you could've picked him up at Rotofugi. As of this post, Rotofugi is sold out of Formal.

The Toy Box: Kidrobot's San Francisco 'Bots

Kidrobot recently released an exclusive 'Bot for every store that they had except Vegas. Artist MAD designed each of the City's exclusive 'Bot. There were even T-shirts as well. The T-shirts & Figures are exclusive to their City Store so for example, the KRSF 'Bot can only be purchased at the San Francisco store etc... This 3" figure come with a Chinese Take Out Box and KRSF Hat. He's decked out in a tie dye shirt. Each of these City 'Bots are designed to represent their city/location. These run for about $11.95 or so.

The Toy Box: Super7's Pearlescent Grey Garuru

Super7 x Itokin Park's newest Garuru colorway was recently released in Pearlescent Grey. The colors go really well together. All so nice & shiny! :) Garuru is 4" tall and part of the Monster Family.

Didn't pick one up yet? You should and they're still available at Super7 for $35.

The Toy Box: Medicom's Ren & Stimpy "Space Madness" Bearbrick Set

Medicom's Ren & Stimpy "Space Madness" Bearbrick Set. Oh come on! Who doesn't love Ren & Stimpy? Favorite Cartoon ever!!! So stoked to see these released. It's a shame they couldn't make some of the other characters from the Ren & Stimpy show. Medicom also released regular versions that was in their Horror series a couple of years back. They also made 400% bearbricks as well.

Since these were on a blister pack, I didn't want to ruin the card so did not open it. If you love Ren & Stimpy you have to have these!!!

The Toy Box: Super7's Hollis Price "Forever"

Super7 x Le Merde's Hollis Price "Forever" was recently released. Guess he couldn't stay in retirement for too long! Gives me a reason to shuffle some things on the shelf and do some dusting. Great colors. Like the blue sprays on the GID Pink body. Nice to see him back. He is from the Monster Family line. Stands 4" tall and can still be purchased at Super7 for $35.

The Toy Box: Super7's Pocket Invisiboy Blue

This is Super7's Pocket Invisiboy Blue. It's on white vinyl with light blue spray on head. Blue spray faded to light blue on the coat and a Maroon Ascot. The eyes and mouth are painted black. 3" tall and is articulated at the neck. Still available at Super7!

The Toy Box: RxH Mini Tanuki

Today's toy from the Toy Box is RxH's (Real x Head) Mini Tanuki x3. These are Japanese Raccoon Dogs. 3.5 inches tall. Couldn't pass these up when they popped up at a U.S. retailer. It's definitely hard to get these unless you are living in Japan. The ones shown above are Brown with white eyes, Pink & Brown with yellow eyes.

From Wikipedia, The legendary Tanuki has eight special traits that bring good fortune. They are:

• a hat to be ready to protect against trouble or bad weather;
• big eyes to perceive the environment and help make good decisions;
• a sake bottle that represents virtue;
• a big tail that provides steadiness and strength until success is achieved;
• over-sized testicles that symbolize financial luck;
• a promissory note that represents trust or confidence;
• a big belly that symbolizes bold and calm decisiveness; and
• a friendly smile

The Toy Box: Shawnimals' Pocket Pork Dumplings

Today's toy in the Toy Box is Shawnimals' Pocket Pork Dumplings Series 1. These are blind box figures so you don't know which one you'll get. I got the regular/original Pocket Pork Dumpling and the Ninja version. There are 12 different designs in this series. 9 main ones and 3 chase figures. One of the chase figures is hand-signed/doodled. They are 1.5" tall. These were produced by My Plastic Heart & Squibbles Ink. You can purchase them as a single blind box for $6.50 each or as a case of 16 for $103.99 at My Plastic Heart.

The Toy Box: Bwana Spoons Blue GID Pocket Sleeping Killer

Bwana Spoons Blue GID Pocket Sleeping Killer. Looks great the way it is! Even though it's unpainted you can still see all the details. Of course, it's always an extra plus when it glows!!! If you missed out on this version there will most likely be more colorways in the future as well as customs/releases for  Bwana's "Have a Killer Day" Show next month.

The Toy Box: Real x Head's Bakenofuji

Today's Toy Box features, Real x Head's Bakenofuji.

These are on Glow in the dark vinyl. 3" tall. 

These are pretty hard to get here in the states and was lucky enough to grab these at the right time they went up for sale. These go for about $15 a piece. They are imported from Japan. 

These little sumo guys glow bright! They come in various other colors as well but if you want to catch them all you'll have to be in Japan specifically near the Real x Head store when they get released.

The Toy Box: Funko POP! Sanrio Keroppi & Chi Chai Monchan

Funko's POP! Sanrio Keroppi & Chi Chai Monchan. I bet you're wondering where's the others like Hello Kitty, but don't you worry those will be here soon! =) Got these 2 from the San Jose Toy Show last weekend. Wanted to get the Bad Badtz but the paint job was not too good and they only had 1 left. The booth that I got these from had a killer show special on their POP! figures. Hello Kitty and a few others were sold out by the time I got in since the early bird shoppers had a head start. Ah well, the next show I'll be more prepared!

When I heard that Funko POP! was going to be making Sanrio characters, I was pretty surprised. Well, I guess I really shouldn't be so surprised since there are Hello Kitty collaborations or product releases from other companies besides Sanrio themselves. These look awesome!

The great thing about Funko POP! is that they're really affordable at $10 except the ones that you buy at the Disney Store and Hot Topic which is $12.50 unless you get them on sale or on clearance. There's a ton of them to collect so if you're a Super POP! collector you'll be collecting any and all including chase/prototype figures.

The only downside is the paint apps. Some are horrible while others are very minor and you can live with it. It's best to buy them in person since you can choose the one with the best paint.