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Archive for the ‘ Toys ’ Category
Kotobukiya has the word ‘Craftsmanship’ above it’s name and it is a well deserved description of the work they put into their product. From their frighteningly detailed Yoshimitu statue all the way down to their line of genre related ice cube trays you will find some amazing pieces from Kotobukiya. Check out some of the new stuff Koto was showing at this years Toy Fair in the gallery below. My favorite piece? The ‘Alien’ Facehugger chopsticks…MUST. HAVE. NOW.
The people over at Tokidoki sent me some more images from the booth. Enjoy the extra pictures!
This is a pretty cool set coming out of the LEGO CUUSOO project, this is their third set.
Each box includes parts to build four cubic modular vignettes that you can connect to recreate the Minecraft experience in LEGO bricks. One Minecraft block is equal to one 1×1 LEGO plate with a tile on top–not a perfect cube, but the best approximation at the chosen scale.
The set includes two of Minecraft’s most iconic characters, Steve and a Creeper, represented as “Micro Mobs.” The surface of the modules comes off to reveal mines and hidden resources beneath. You can build your own landscapes, stack cubes on top of each other, and build the world of Minecraft as you wish. LEGO Minecraft Micro World presents a modular standard for building a Minecraft world that can be configured any way you like.
I have always liked Hape, I guess its because I’m a mom and I like good quality toys. Hape is no exception when it comes to quality toys. This past Christmas I think I have become an even bigger fan because we got one of their play kitchen sets for our daughter and she LOVES it! Hape always have great things to offer and they definitely showed it off at Toy Fair. They premiered their new cars, play kitchens, games, dollhouses and new their line of bamboo toys. I can’t wait to get some of the cool stuff I saw for this Holiday season.
Check out some of the stuff that we saw in the gallery below.
After writing about them recently we finally got to see BrickStix at the Toy Fair, and previewed their brand new ‘Mod’ line of stickers. They haven’t even been released yet and we got our hands on some of them!! There were a lot of cool sets that they had at their booth, especially the comic set that had dry erase word bubbles! We’re really excited to see what else BrickStix has to offer in the coming year!
We will be following up with a product review for the Mods sets early next week after all the Toy Fair excitement.
When does LEGO not disappoint? This year at Toy Fair is no different. There was a life size giant HULK, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman. There was by far the coolest Batman LEGO set I have ever seen, with Bruce Wayne turning into Batman right before my eyes! I got see the new Jabba the Hut sets, Lord of the Ring sets, The Hobbit sets, new Star Wars “planet” sets, Marvel sets, DC Comic sets, Batman sets (yeah I said it again) and the new Minifigure sets. All and all LEGO never disappoints and they always seem to leave me in awe!
Dark Horse Comics had some really cool stuff, like their new Domo set, the new Camilla piece, and the Treasure Troll prototypes! We didn’t get a chance to talk with anyone because we were running late to an appointment, but here is a sneak peek of things to come from Dark Horse Comics! Enjoy!
I have some fond memories of playing with Playmobil figures when I was young so I was excited to visit their booth at Toy Fair 2012. One thing that immediately struck me when I walked into the booth was that these were not the same toys I remembered. In fact these were BETTER than the Playmobil figures of my youth. This year’s line up has some very expansive and detailed playsets that should really get kids out there fully engaged with their imagination. Our favorite playset was the ‘Soccer’ stadium set that was actually a fold-up travel case so the whole set can be packed up at a moments notice. All the sets are so detailed it looks like they thought of everything, as evidenced by the inclusion of a little field mouse hiding amongst the bales of hay in the ‘Farm’ set. There is also a series of collectible blind packaged figures that will feature unique outfits that can be interchangeable. There are a lot of great stuff coming from Playmobil this year, and there’s something fun for everyone, not to mention their Olympic set! Check out some great stuff in our gallery below.
It was great to see Tokidoki at Toy Fair this year, it was exciting as well to see all their new pieces that are coming out this year. I asked if there are talks about another run of the Tokidoki x Barbie, which I think should totally happen, but I couldn’t get a definite confirmation on that. They did tell me that there will be more Marvel apparel later this year, so that is great for all you boys out there. I can’t wait to see what other things come out of Tokidoki later this year and especially for the Holiday season.
Checked out this booth, Planet Obo. It was an interesting approach to smaller collectible toys. I could see this more as a desk item, not sure if it could grow into say the Munny franchise, but its a cool idea. They are little creatures, Obos, that live on the Planet Obo, They all have different characteristics and pieces. Basically you get these little dudes and the box is the actual toy, so its super cheap packaging. There are a bunch of Obos to choose from, 6 total. I can’t wait for them to finally start producing and distributing them!
Check out more information here on their Kickstarter.
