J-Pop Summit Festival 2011 by New People @ Japantown, San Francisco

New People's J-Pop Summit Festival 2011 will be held in Japantown in San Francisco, CA - August 27th & 28th. This year they expanded the event for the whole weekend.


"The weekend-long festival is highlighted by live bands and DJs, fashion shows, a vocaloid music conference, several theatrical film premieres, dance workshops and performances, and assorted arts, crafts and food vendors. NEW PEOPLE, the dynamic entertainment destination showcasing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture, presents the annual event and also welcomes several Guests of Honor to this year’s J-Pop Summit."

For more details and event schedule, visit J-pop.com .

Gargamel Blue Hedoran 2 & Blonde Mitari-Chan Release

Gargamel's Blue Hedoran 2 & Blonde Mitari-Chan will be released tomorrow, Wednesday 8/17 at Super7 Noon Pacific. Blue Hedoran 2 $110 & Blonde Mitari-Chan $30.

via Skullbrain

Bwana Spoons Blast Out Dolly Pre-order

Bwana Spoons' Blast Out Dolly (the Dolphin) will be up on Bwana's store for pre-order this evening.

Extreme Autofest SF Bay Area Re-Cap

Extreme Autofest hit the SF Bay Area this past Saturday, August 13th 2011. The show was smaller than expected but was good since this was their 1st main show in the Bay Area in quite a few years. In the past years they were usually teamed up the Auto Show in SF. It's good to see them back in the Bay Area but next time hold it at a different venue. To read the FULL Re-cap, click HERE.

Here's a few pictures from the show below:

To view more pictures click HERE.

D23 Expo Mattel & Funko Exclusives

The D23 Expo takes place August 19-21st in Anaheim, CA. Mattel will have 2 exclusives from Toy Story and Cars 2. These 2 are priced at $19.99 each.

Finally we have from Funko's POP line a Flocked Lotso from Toy Story 3 for $15 each.

via Matty Collector & The Pixar Times

Andrew Bell's O-No Sashimi : Redfish in Coconut SGTCC Exclusive

Andrew Bell's O-No Sashimi: Redfish in Coconut which is a SGTCC Exclusive. SGTCC stands for Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention which will be held August 20-21. Limited to 150pcs and will be 50sgd. Time to find a someone going to SGTCC to pick this up as Andrew will not have any of these available on his website after the show.

via Dyzplastic

Reckless Toys x Mike Sutfin's Mad Battle Man "Nightfall" Edition Release

Reckless Toys x Mike Sutfin's Mad Battle Man "Nightfall" Edition will be released tomorrow, August 15th @ Noon EST HERE. Stands over 9" tall and priced at $99 + shipping.

World Of Dance Hits the SF Bay Area this coming Saturday!

World of Dance hits the SF Bay Area this coming Saturday, August 20th  from 3pm-12am. Celebrity performances by Mos Wanted Crew, Chachi Gonzales from I.AM.ME Crew (winners of ABDC Season 6), Ian Eastwood, Street Kingdom (ABDC Season 6), Ladia Yates ( BET 106 & Park) & BBOY Jalen (Live To Dance). Not only will there be dance crews, but there will also be a fashion district where you can pick up some of the latest street gear. Admission is $25. Purchase your tickets online at World of Dance.

Just Released King Cuppy from Refreshment

That's right King Cuppy has just been released at Refreshment. He stands about 13cm. He is a huge guy but oh so cute!!! 

via Refreshment

Incoming Toys From Refreshment

Brand Spanking new figures just dropped in from Refreshment in Japan. 1st we have a brand new figure called Sunny which is Cuppy's friend.

SDCC 2011 Toy Haul Spotlight - Gargamel Pockets and Micros

No surprise that Gargamel was one of the booths that brought the heat with not just exclusive releases but also lots of hand painted figures. Each day they would put out different hand painted figures. They also released Le Merde's Painted and Unpainted Megalith figures as well as new Mitari Chan which I failed to notice until after SDCC. Oh well maybe there will be another release. Here's the pockets and micro sets that were picked up.

SDCC11 Toy Haul Spotlight - Scented Mini Squishy Erasers by Arbito

Arbito brought 2 different scented Mini Squishy Eraser sets of 3 of his characters (Cosmic Hobo, Patty Power and Seeker). I purchased my sets on preview night and by the time I got home to unpack I was trying to figure out what was the smell coming from my bag of toys. I totally forgot I had purchased these.

Popcorn Scented

Watermelon Scented

These are awesome and smell good too! Even though these are erasers I will not be using these to erase anything. These will be displayed with my Cherry scented Patty Power from last year. I do regret not getting the other 2 Cherry scented mini squishy from last year's SDCC. I think these are still available at Arbito's shop.

SDCC11 Toy Haul Spotlight - Le Miniverse GID Burgerbuns by Le Merde

Burgerbuns is one of my favorite Le Merde character. There is no way I would've passed up on Le Merde's SDCC GID Le Miniverse Resin Burgerbuns. Had to add this to my other Mini Resin Burgerbuns from last year's SDCC release.

SDCC11 Toy Haul Spotlight - Surprise Miltons & Pocket Mummy Gator Release by Super7

Super7 always has surprises up their sleeves. First thing I noticed when I got to the Super7 booth was 2 NEW Miltons. My reaction was What?!? New Miltons!!! For sure I had to buy them. Check them out below!

SSSS Unpainted Clear Green Rose Vampire by Josh Herbolsheimer

If you were a member of SSSS there was a special release of the Unpainted Green Rose Vampire of the SDCC version. These were pretty limited. As a farewell to the Monster Family Rose Vampire, SSSS had the chance to purchase the unpainted version. Thanks to Super7 x Josh Herbolsheimer. A sad farewell to the most popular Monster Family figure. We will see him in a bigger size which is known as the Rose Vampire DX which debut at SDCC as well as in the Coffin Cruiser which is coming out later this year.