Action Figures Unlimited

• Gama-Go’s new Big Vinyl Yeti - Boing Boing - Giant Yeti has finally been birthed and it is a big un’. The 9.5″ high beast features posable arms and a light-up torch to guide him through the icy darkness of Nepal or your bedroom.
• The BJD scene (not what you think) - Boing Boing - Elfdoll is a South Korean firm that sells resin-based ball-jointed dolls (BJD) with hyperreal features. These “blank” dolls are popular among collectors who mod them in fantastic ways with hair, outfits, and swapped body parts.
• Horrified B Movie Victims Actor Action Figure Set from Baron Bob and Wonderfully Wacky - Don’t you love those old time monster films, that bloated blob oozing after that scream queen? Well now you can reenact your favorite scenes anywhere whether it’s at your desk during work or in your bedroom.
• Political Dolls For Charity - Obama and Sarah Palin Cabbage Patch Dolls (GALLERY) - The Sarah Palin Cabbage Patch Doll, Barack Obama Cabbage Patch Doll, Joe Biden Cabbage Patch Doll, and the John McCain Cabbage Patch Doll will be auctioned off on Ebay.
• Headphonies: 3-Inch Vinyl Figures Make Unique Portable Speakers - Portable speakers for the iPod are a dime a dozen, but these limited edition “Headphonies” are a little more eye-catching than other generic models. The set includes 5 figures created by several artists (including Frank Kozik), and 2 blank versions that you can decorate yourself.

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• Start an Action Figure Collection: Tips on What to Collect and How to Find Collectibles - When starting an action figure collection there are no specific rules to begin with. You can pick the action figures you like the most and try to expand on them.
• The Many Faces of Barack Obama | News | Animal - remixed versions of their Obama Action Figure, customized by a variety of contemporary artists. Each was given an unpainted blank and asked to “project their vision of America,” leading to an eclectic cast of one of a kid characters.
• Body Mods For Toys - Dolls With Tattoos (GALLERY) - Dolls with tattoos - while they freak me out a little, they are also REALLY cool.

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• Star Trek Nutcrackers | GeekAlerts - A pair of 12 inch tall nutcrackers shaped like Spock and Kirk.
• Edward Scissorhands 12-inch collectible figure by Hot Toys - Hot Toys is proud to bring you the highly detailed 1/6th scale Edward Scissorhands collectible figure.
• Action Figure Customizing - Customizing action figures has gotten rather sophisticated from the days of getting a bottle of Testers model paints and a paint brush. Many customizers have mastered sculpting using such items as Super Sculpey (a form of modeling clay). The most devoted customizers are even making molds for certain parts just like the toy companies do.

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• R/c: R/C Mechagodzilla is Possessed By Satan - There is no doubt about it—a 20-inch tall R/C Mechagodzilla is something a lot of kids (and quite a few adults) would like to get their hands on this holiday season. The size is definitely impressive, but Bandai has also thrown in some spinning hands and decked it out with LEDs to sweeten the deal.
• The Obama Art Report: Custom Obama Action Figure by Damion Silver - One of five gold leafed and plexiglass encased custom Obama action figures by artist Damion Silver entitled: “Break Glass When All Hope is Lost” is now on view at the Showroom Gallery in NYC.
• Awesome Star Wars Gaming Miniatures | Geekdad from Wired.com - The Star Wars miniatures are plastic and the same scale as your D&D figurines, so they’re about an inch and a half tall. The painting is certainly decent for a mass-produced figure of this size and the kids love them. They’re on stable bases that make it very easy to line them up for battles.
• Li’l Tubby In-Action Figure : Nerd Approved - Gadgets and Gizmos - While your Gi-Joes are out fighting for freedom, Li’l Tubby attacks the local fair like a flabby hurricane. The corn dog / ice cream stand never knew what hit it.

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• Build-O-Bama - Build-O-Bama is a fun simple to build papertoy version of the next president of the United States. You can build your own! Just download the template here and print, cut, fold and glue all the way to the White House!
• It’s an Action Figure not a Doll - As I grew and developed a more serious pursuit of the arts I found a new use for my action figures as pose-able models. I used to own an artist’s dummy but the lack of details and articulation didn’t particularly help my studies of dynamic human anatomy.
• Papertoy Bonanza: Action Figure Doctor’s Office and Trey Update! - “Action Figure Doctor’s Office.” … with artwork and a few other additions that are more suitable for figures the size of a GI Joe, Star Wars character, or Mutant Ninja.
• Pinocchio 2.0: Beautifully Detailed Wooden Wall-e Sculpture Fills Pinocchio With Jealous Rage - Sadly, this amazing Wall-e sculpture is a limited edition of one, and it’s already spoken for—by Wall-e’s own Gepetto, Pixar creative chief John Lasseter, no less. It was created especially for him by English sculptors and CNC/rapid-prototyping masters Morpheus.

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• Lego: The Anatomy of a Lego Minifig Is as Fascinating as It Is Spooky - After killing and dissecting an endless amount of Lego minifigs, artist/designer/mad doctor Jason Freeny has created the definitive anatomy map of the iconic figure
• Reduce Rhetoric Obama Action Figure by Dionysus Cho | ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected - Dionysus built up his figure’s samurai-esque armor with reused old card ads and stickers, reflecting a progressively greener thinking society.
• Vinyl Pulse: Daft Punk 400% Be@rbrick 2-Pack - Daft Punk is once again (or perhaps finally) getting its due. Medicom is honoring the talented duo with a first — a set of two 400% Be@rbricks.
• Process Junkie: COLLECTIBLES FINALLY AVAILABLE - The limited edition vinyl figurines are finally available for purchase on the Brandstudiopress.com store.

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• ART + ACTION = OBAMA 08 « The Jailbreak - These artists will use unpainted Obama Action Figures to project their vision of America.
• Barack Obama Meets Bigfoot | ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected - If you’re in the New York City area, you can see Bigfoot’s custom Barack Obama action figure. Who knows when the next Bigfoot vinyl is gonna come around, so dig into your pockets and catch this one.
• Lost My Head Action Figure - Boom | Random Good Stuff - This exclusive version of the Locust Drone action figure re-creates the merciless enemy soldier taking an unfortunate Longshot Sniper Rifle blast to the head.
• Chipmunk Trooper - Remarkably, Chris placed the action figure on a live chipmunk who hangs out in his backyard. He convinced the chipmunk he named Billy, not by use of a simple Jedi mind trick, but with almonds!
• Vinyl Pulse: Preview of Art + Action Custom Obama Action Figure Show - Taking an unusual approach, paper artist Matt Hawkins turns in a humorous and clever piece featuring Obama as the commander in-chief of a paper White House ‘bot.
• Realistic Joker Headsculpt | NERDSOCIETY.com - His skills are remarkable as he makes the Joker come to life. Of course, the final product does not look anything like Hong’s version, but Hot Toys did try to reproduce Hong’s painting as much as possible.

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• American Flag Qee: A Bipartisan Toy - A bipartisan 2.5-inch USA Flag Bear Qee just in time for the upcoming elections. Wear it as a keychain to show support or just add this patriotic mini-figure to your Qee collection.
• Realistic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle - Here’s a completely different take on the TMNTs by Alex - - a more realistic version, based on Michael Zulli’s artwork
• Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Barbie Doll - Hitchcock - This Barbie from The Birds is for you! Celebrating Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, this incredible collector’s doll features our heroine being attacked by a trio of fine feathered foes, just like in the movie. Will these plastic birds damage her delightful handbag or her carefully styled hair?
• jopettitt.com » Blog Archive » Toy Modder Extraordinaire Steampunks Return of the Jedi [Action Figures] - an update to his original Steam Wars action figure line. This time you’ve got even more detailed Steamtroopers, a mob boss-like Jabba the Hutt, vicious Ewoks and (for the boys) Steampunk Slave Leia.

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Action Figures Unlimited Links for October 8th:

• eBoy’s Blockbob Eater doll - Made out of Swiss maple wood, 8.5″ tall and limited to 70 pieces. Each unit comes numbered and signed.
• Hermenautic Circle blog » “Design thinking” and corny gimcracks - C2 sent the analysts a “High-Tech C.F.O. Action Figure” — a roughly 12-inch-tall male doll dressed in a business suit that delivered a brief, recorded message when its “Talk” button was pushed. …
• MTV Multiplayer » First Pic Of Slash’s ‘Guitar Hero’ Action Figure - At six inches in height, the nimble figure has more than 15 moving parts, a removable guitar and a sculpted base — for flexible shredding, of course.
• KodyKoala.com - KodyKoala’s Custom Luigi Action Figure - This is what I think Luigi would look like if her were real and on steroids.
• New Action Figure is Based on ‘Slash’ - The Slash figure will have more than 15 moving parts and will come with a unique, removable guitar that is interchangeable with the other Guitar Hero figures.
• Slash Action Figure Pictures Released - Guns ‘n Roses sang ‘nothing lasts forever’ but maybe if you look after him guitarist Slash will!

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Action Figures Unlimited Links for October 6th:

• Custom Obama Action Figure Sneak Peeks | ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected - Here are a couple sneak peeks of custom Barack Obama action figures from Jailbreak Toys’ upcoming Art + Action show.
• Ohrstrom Blog » Blog Archive » Shhhh! I’m Reading Ohrstrom Blog! - Librarian Action Figure has a twin sister - Deluxe Librarian Action Figure! You can tell them apart from the color of their outfits - LAF is dressed in a demure and utilitarian navy blue outfit, and Deluxe LAF in a more eye-catching red version of the same outfit.
• Toy Collector News: Tomb Raider: Underworld action figure coming in November - A new Lara Croft action figure, made by NECA, is due for release next month. Her release is coinciding with the arrival of the anticipated video game, Tomb Raider: Underworld
• Aparofan’s World: Indiana Jones Action Figure Ads - Great ads for the Kenner Indiana Jones figures from the early 1980’s.

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