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Toys are the best thing in the world, ever. Except for soft-serve Green Tea Ice Cream.
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Trexi - Blank DIY Figures
First to recommend
Description
Trexis are one of the most under-rated platform toys on the market, and easily one of the coolest!
Standing 3 inches tall and made of hard ABS plastic, they don't have the almost fetish-worthy texture of traditional vinyl toys. But they make up for it with a truly cool and unique feature....two-part heads that allow for multiple faces!
The top and bottom of the head are separate pieces, allowing you to turn the top of the head and expose a different paint job on the back or sides!
How awesome is that? Pretty damn awesome.
8 different head shapes are available...Round, Square, Headphones, Horns, Cat, Bear, Monkey, and Oval.
Updated May 1, 2008
VIL the Devil - Patch Version
Recommended for gordon who wants a cool vinyl monster that is not too scary but bad-ass enough to impress a 4 year old, using I Want on Facebook.
First to recommend
Description
Flocked vinyl is a particular fetish of ours. You get the smooth lines of a well-made vinyl toy, but it's also fuzzy.
Like a velvet Elvis, minus the kitsch!
Plus, lets face it...this particular figure has a lot going for it. It's cute, with an evil smile, and an eyepatch.
An EYEPATCH.
That spells "pirate" to us, and it's hard to go wrong with pirates.
Updated Apr 30, 2008
Evil Ape - Evil Kong Green
Recommended for gordon who wants a cool vinyl monster that is not too scary but bad-ass enough to impress a 4 year old, using I Want on Facebook.
First to recommend
Description
MCA is one of the best (and most underrated) toy designers in the US. His "Evil Ape" character is both adorable and slightly sinister, and the metric ton of different colorways available give you enough options that you can buy 'em up and match them to your outfits everyday.
Treading the line between cool and cute is a hard thing, but Evil Ape pulls it off.
Updated Apr 30, 2008
Accoutrements - Box O' Fun
First to recommend
Description
Remember how awesome it was when you got to the bottom of that box of Cracker Jacks and found that prize! Rub-off tattoos, tiny puzzle games, flip-books...it was all pure gold!
Now you can have a WHOLE BOX of that awesomosity!!
The Box O' Fun contains 25 individually wrapped toys from kazoos to airplanes to whistles and waterguns!
Use them as party favors! Leave them around the house for your guests to find! Bribe your children to behave themselves!
Updated Apr 18, 2008
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shELF - 3" Vinyl Toy Display
First to recommend
2 people recommended this item
Description
Finally, someone making a display rack for toys that's as much fun as the toys themselves!
Obviously geared towards the 3" Dunny series from Kidrobot, there are tons of blind box toys that will fit in these just fine. Hand molded, one at a time, from ABS.
Thank you, ReBo Labs!
Updated Apr 9, 2008
Tofu Robot - Blue (Medium Firm)
First to recommend
4 people recommended this item
Description
Vegetarians rejoice! Someone is making cute toys just for you!
Tofu Robot is the ultimate companion for every lonely veggie who has ever needed a buddy! Available in Medium Blue or Soft Pink, Tofu Robot is here to let the world know that even robots made of soybean curd have feelings.
A product of the amazing people at Spicy Brown, who have been peddling cute for some time now and have gotten really damn good at it. :)
Updated Mar 30, 2008
Vintage Columbia Rambler Ladies Bike
First to recommend
Description
When it comes to a bike for cruising around, go vintage! Nothing beats the style of pre-1960's bicycles...except pre-1960's cars. ;)
John's Vintage is an excellent vintage bike dealer with tons of knowledge, and a great selection. Plus you get to rescue an old bike, and the satisfaction of knowing that your bike really was built to last!
Updated Mar 20, 2008
Bendable Party Mustache
First to recommend
Description
Steve has been known to rock the Friendly Barber to do his grocery shopping.
Mustache for the mustacheless!! (via Marlee)
Updated Feb 6, 2008
Son of Moustachio
9 people recommended this item
Description
It's an Italian plushtache. Rumor has it, he's a friend of the Wee Ninja. But they are each so mysterious that we may never know. (via Jeremy)
Updated Aug 7, 2008
Kidrobot - Mini Munny DIY Toy - Pink
First to recommend
Description
The Kidrobot Munny is arguably the best platform toy on the market. For those unfamiliar, a platform toy is a molded blank that is intended for decoration by YOU! And the Munny has proven itself to be the most flexible of the bunch, spawning thousands of amazing custom figures! (For a taste, go to Flickr and search "custom munny"....amazing stuff!)
Kidrobot has recently released the Mini Munny...a 4" version of the regular 7" Munny figure. Coming in at only ten bucks, this is the perfect, logical evolution of the only designer toy that actually has a teacher kit and school program attached to it! Now everyone can easily afford designer vinyl toys...and design one themselves!
Available in White, Pink, or Blue. Comes packaged with a "My Name Is..." card, a sticker you can color, one mini-marker, and a mystery accessory...snap-on mohawk, pinwheel, glasses, picket sign, or....something else. ;)
Updated Feb 5, 2008
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