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Bleau and Ryder Aquino’s Collecticon 2008 photos.
The winning entry.
MacGyver’s Sigma 6 Indiana Jones.
“Want evidence of my obsessiveness? Look closely and you’ll see the scar on his chin…”
Blox fanmodes.
Some creative work by mercyrabbit featuring the interchangeable Zoids kits. (Click on the images for a better look.)
Model 600.
A striking doll custom by lilykoi.
Tron Guy: the younger years.
Okay, not really.
Dark Knight.
A fantastic portrait by Edward Lee of the Bandai Movie Realization figure.
Alien.
In space no one can hear you go, “Co-o-o-ol.”
The Man in the Steel Mask.
“Saturday night veteran actor and Academy Award winner Sir Sean Connery was arrested without struggle outside his home in the Bahamas.”
Designer and sculptor Chris Howes interviewed.
“… I owe my very existence to Kenner and the toy industry!” (Part 2.)
Tips for preserving Medicom figures.
“… not too dry , not too wet … Not too hot, not too cold.” Who made these figures … Goldilocks?
Toy links
Thunderwing.
A phenomenal repaint of the Movie Megatron figure. (Click on the image for a closer look.)
Neo Henshin Cyborg.
The clear plastic makes it difficult to convey how cool the figure is through photos but tatsuru does a fine job.
Captain America Android.
“The custom figure was based on the Joe Madureira’s stunning variant cover to Ultimates 3 #5.”
Wings’ Odin custom.
“I noticed he didn’t have a set look so I designed the look by lifting ideas from different appearences over the years.”
V3 (Kamen Rider the Next version).
Another cool SIC-style custom by Killing Monkey.
Zoids Blox gattai.
This neat Misodrill fanmode was originally intended to be a homage to Beast Wars Magnaboss.
Battle-damaged S.C.M. Gundam Exia.
Damien Sancho used the cloak from Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form soft vinyl figure for this custom.
Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider IXA Burst Mode.
G.S.R. used the head from a HDM IXA figure, parts from a Twin Hero IXA soft vinyl figure and a Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Plat Form figure for this custom.
The orange and grey.
A striking Lego mecha by scouzy. (More.)
Cobra-a-a-a!
A custom Lego minifig by Legokilla01. (More G.I. Joe Lego minifigs.)
March of the BATs.
An awesome diorama display at Collecticon 2008.
The anatomy of a Lego minifig.
An imaginative illustration by Jason Freeny.
Mad in China.
“Smart Union, a supplier to Mattel, had not paid its 6,500 employees in the export-oriented southern city of Dongguan for two months … The number of Chinese firms exporting toys overseas halved in the first seven months of 2008, compared to the year before …”