Toy links
Lego Voltron.
Another impressive MOC by Johnny Tang.
Shuma-Gorath custom.
The tentacles are bendy and the eye lights up.
Beastbox.
Inspired by the Decepticon cassette, Chris Morada used a High Score 100 figure for this custom.
Spawn the Bloodaxe and Thunderhoof.
Thunderhoof: the early years.
“I Herd U Liek Kewt Ponies”
“If you aren’t mildly disturbed by this and think it’s adorable at the same time, there’s something wrong with you.”
The 10 coolest toys.
As determined by that renowned arbiter of cool, The Times’ Business section.
Roger Sweet interviewed.
“I’ve always been slender. And when I saw or got into tough situations happening, there were many times I wished I was a He-Man. That had a very strong bearing on my originating this concept.” A 2005 interview.
Those valuable throw-aways.
“… a rare prototype of an action figure for the ‘Star Wars’ character Boba Fett sold for $10,000 on eBay. The toy had been sitting in a Kenner Products employee’s Cincinnati home for years before the sale.” A 2004 article.
The fittest will survive.
“The planets are aligning to create a disaster scenario for the toy industry with rising costs, currency fluctuations and other factors piling on the pressure.”
Toy markets in the world.
(PDF file, 453KB.) The worldwide toy market was estimated to be USD67 billion in 2006.