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Junkion. [via]
Phenomenal Transformers sculptures made from junk by Robot-Models. Check out the rest of the site for more brilliant creations.

Phone Braver 7.
A very cool Lego MOC by ThomasCat. (More.)

Cobra-a-a-a! [via]
FlyingFigg’s entertaining guide on giving Cobra troopers a uniform appearance.

Indiana Jones and the Death Star of Doom.
I don’t know where you get your delusions, laser brain.

Medieval Iron. [via]
Chris Anderson used a Hasbro Marvel Legends Black Knight figure as a base for this Iron Man custom figure.

Komainu Type Rairin Botan.
An excellent custom Busou Shinki figure by Kiral Batros.

The Dark Knight returns.
A fantastic shot by FLG8R of the Mattel Movie Master figure. (More: 1, 2, 3.)

Truck.
A realistic-looking Photoshop’d shot of a Matchbox toy.

No peas for the wicked.
Tim Norris put a smile on our faces with this photo.

This big.
We suspect we wouldn’t want to know what Ultraman is measuring.

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Iron Man versus Batman. [via]
“Is there room enough this summer for two billionaire playboy superheroes with gadgets, women, a sidekick and a loyal butler?” (See also.)

Ghosts episode 10. [via]
Justin Bell’s G.I. Joe photocomic continues.

Custom Souchaku Henshin Den-O Climax Form.
Ebi used a Souchaku Henshin Den-O Sword Form figure and parts from Den-O Climax Form PVC figures for this.

Sweet Dreams.
Revoltech Pocco composited with the cover of Shunya Yamashita’s art book. (See also.)

It’s a dirty job.
And it’s going to take forever.

It’s a Lego world.
An MOC by maskatron.

Flower Walker Daisy.
“Listen you gardeners, either take care of your plants this year or they are going to do something about it!”

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Star Wars vs. G.I. Joe.
A photocomic by Tresob Yr and Doug Glasner.

7s Arrow and Bay 8.
Stikfas customs by Misodrill.

Lightning Eagle Eukrante.
Gullwing discovers the Ryukendo toy makes a good replacement flight pack for the Busou Shinki figure.

Mysterians.
“Mystery Robots with Secret Compartments.”

Battle of the Fun Factories.
“While marketing is the most obvious battleground, perhaps the most treasured commodity in the toy business is ideas. Creative staffs feel heavy pressure to dream up the next toy that will break Santa’s back.” A 2001 article.

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The Gallery of Monster Toys.
“The toys in this gallery are not, for the most part, ’slick’ or ‘hyper-detailed.’ They are humble and imperfect. They depict flawed, tortured creatures. These toys capture a time when horror was fun.”

Dark Knight.
Batman gets medieval thanks to customtoyz.

A powerful drink.
Another amusing Star Wars photocomic by Niktom.

Bionicle Rider.
Neat Lego MOCs. (See also.)

Black Hole Exhibition.
(Part 2.) Kaz’s report on the 12-inch custom figure exhibition is in Japanese but you can enjoy the photos.

Toyhaven.
“That’s no house, it’s a toy museum”

Showdown of the movie toys.
“More than 2,000 toys … are flooding stores to coincide with summer’s biggest movies … Toymakers are now being invited to movie sets so they can replicate props and costumes exactly.” (Related.)

Medieval play.
“Made mainly from pewter (a tin-lead alloy), these medieval toys are exceptionally rare and have helped transform perceptions of childhood during the Middle Ages.”

ToyVoyagers.
“ToyVoyagers are toys travelling around the globe using people to help them on their journey.”

Best and worst toy tie-in comics.

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