BY NOW MANY OF YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THE RELAUNCH OF AMERICAN GREETINGS’ ICONIC GROSS OUT TOYLINE, MADBALLS. WHILE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH FOR SERIES ONE OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK, THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF MADNESS LEFT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2017. TO FIND OUT exactly what’s on the horizon, we cornered caught up with Carlos Villagra, […]
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Gross Out! Toys: Fungus Amungus
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Every year seems to yield another addition, particularly of the minifig variety, to a legacy of gross toys that spans series like Boglins, Madballs, Monsters in My Pocket, and generally anything that came packaged with “ooze” and/or “slime.” The trend has become more noticeable over the past few years with the introduction of S.L.U.G. Zombies […]
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MADBALLS Are Making a Comeback—This Fall!
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Announced yesterday, American Greetings Entertainment is teaming with Just Play to relaunch the entire Madballs franchise. That’s right, they’re not just bringing back the toy line but the entire Madballs brand—we’re talking toys, animated shorts AND video games! The brand will officially make its return this Fall through a series of animated shorts. However, the […]
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Top 3: Toy Lines We Need Back
In case you guys haven’t heard, Madballs and Boglins are due to drop back on our collections and wallets sometime here very soon. That’s an amazing thing to those of us who had the absolute privilege of being born in a time of such wonderful toys. The 80’s and early 90’s were the best time […]
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Announced earlier this month at the Apple press conference, Fantastic Plastic Squad is a brand new game being developed by California-based developers, Pound Sand, that offers gamers a chance to battle as their favorite (off-brand) action figures…I guess it’s like Toy Soldiers: War Chest but without the expensive licensing. A “free-to-‐play” third person shooter, Fantastic […]
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Greetings my time traveling companions! We’re dusting off the ole Toychest Time Machine for a special trip back to 1994, a time when gross-out toys (you know, the ones that that squirted, oozed, “blurp’d,” and spewed) were on top. Combine that with the popularity of “pocket toys” like Polly Pocket and Mighty Max and what […]
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First off—thanks to club member Benjamin Hayden, who gave us the tip off on these awesome new Funko x GPK figures! When Funko first announced that they’d be collaborating with Topps earlier this year for some new Garbage Pail Kids merchandise, the first thing that came to mind was “What did I bring for lunch […]
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While Warpo may be a relatively new name on the toy scene, they’ve nonetheless proven to be strong contenders with their initial line of figures, Legends of Cthulhu™. Their story is all the more impressive when you consider just how far the collectible toy company has come in just two short years. Founded in 2013 […]
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With the recent announcements from Funko HQ that Big Trouble in Little China, Classic X-Men and now The X-Files will be joining their POP! vinyls line-up, one has to wonder what characters and/or franchises the Funko army will recruit next. Well, Funko, let me tell you what we’d like to see coming down the vinyl […]