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8:00 PM on 04.16.2013

Under the Radar: Sony's new technology has you figured

A few weeks ago at Anime Contents Expo in Chiba, Japan Sony brought along a new toy. Not a figure, per se, but a new technology that can turn anyone into a real scale figure. The Jinrui Figure-ka Keikaku (Human Figu...

Jeremy Emerje Crocker

10:00 AM on 04.04.2013

Under the Radar: A special Zelda birthday cake

Over the last weekend at Tomopop, Tian and I celebrated our birthdays. Ironically, about the same time I was browsing our sister news site Destructoid and saw they sneakily covered something epic without letting us...

Jon Wills

3:00 PM on 03.25.2013

Under the Radar: More Yotsuba& Monochrome Animal figures

Oh how I love this cute little girl! From Yotsuba&!, Yotsuba is back playing with animals in this second series of capsule toys. This time Yotsuba makes friends with a giant panda, Malayan tapir, Adelie penguin, a ze...

Vanessa Cubillo



Under the Radar: Max Toy Co.'s new Monster Boogie Micros photo
Under the Radar: Max Toy Co.'s new Monster Boogie Micros
by Brian Szabelski


11:00 AM on 03.14.2013

Under the Radar: Griffon's Kasen Ibaraki

Griffon releases Touhou Project figures at roughly the same rate rabbit couples release offspring, so it's no big surprise that this 1/8-scale Kasen Ibaraki figure flew completely under my radar. I do regret missing out on th...

Tianxiao Ma

12:00 PM on 03.12.2013

Check out this custom Munny Faun by Mijbil

This customized Munny comes from the work and mind of Swedish artist, Mijbil. With this being her first time working with vinyl, she set out to design this mini Munny to look like a faun. First drawing up a sketch of how she...

Vanessa Cubillo

10:30 PM on 03.09.2013

Under the Radar: The Tomenosuke Blaster

If you're a fan of Blade Runner, then what you see above might be of interest to you. It is the Tomenosuke Blaster Pro, made by Japan's Tomenosuke-Syoten, and it's a model kit that basically is a replica of Deckard's gun from...

Brian Szabelski

8:00 AM on 03.07.2013

Under the Radar: Pre-order this cute Yukiho Beach Queen

Sometimes something cool or cute pops up and somehow it slips under the news radar. In this case I was browsing various stores' pre-orders and saw Wave's Yukiho from The IdolM@ster staring back at me. Even though re...

Jon Wills

8:00 AM on 11.10.2012

Under the Radar: NECA's TF2 figures get some (pre-)orders

You may remember seeing NECA's Team Fortress 2 figures all the way back at Toy Fair, which I've eagerly been awaiting. That doesn't quite explain how I missed the pre-orders going up for the first two in Series 1 — the ...

Brian Szabelski

6:00 AM on 11.09.2012

Under the Radar: Jeff Beck's Samhain resin figures

Halloween may have come and gone last week, but Jeff Beck (a.k.a. Menace Inc. Studios) put something together to celebrate the season. He made 7 one-off Samhain resin figures, each with an entirely different look, and put the...

Brian Szabelski

8:00 PM on 11.07.2012

Under the Radar: Happy Kuji reveals its Persona 4 chibis

Swept up in all the was Happy Kuji's quiet announcement of the chibi prize figures in its upcoming November lottery, which is Persona 4-themed. The five figures revealed were Yu, Kanji, Yosuke, Yukiko and the human form of Ku...

Brian Szabelski

12:00 PM on 10.08.2012

Under the Radar: RX's Mr. Death resin doll

You might remember that last week, RX sent us news about his latest custom Munny. However, that's not the only project he's been working on lately: he's also made five resin Mr. Death figures, dressing each in customized clot...

Brian Szabelski