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TOYSREVIL Reviews Lyle Bean Nosellots Plush from Scott Tolleson

2011-10-27T19:58:00.001+08:00

TOYSREVIL reviews the Lyle Bean plush from designer Scott Tolleson and Screaming Sky Gallery! This 12-inch tall plush character from Scott's "Nosellots"-line has a very affordable SRP of US$25 each and you can have both for US$50 (inclusive the ScreamSky-exclusive "blondie") online here!

TOYSREVIL Reviews The All-Clear Vinyl Chipster from Scott Tolleson

2011-10-27T19:57:00.000+08:00

TOYSREVIL Reviews the all-clear vinyl Chipster from Scott Tolleson! Fresh from it's surprise debut at the recent SDCC, we have a look at the box and dive into the figure itself! The colored Chipster was listed as one of my Top Ten Art-Toys You Have To Have at SDCC - so this is just swell!

Review of Seamour Sheep & Marty Mole from Metin Seven x Crazy Label

2011-02-22T12:46:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
- Visual Review of Seamour Sheep and Marty Mole! [‪http://www.seamoursheep.com‬] - Designed by Metin Seven and produced by Crazy Label.

Review of House Of Liu DiDi & Mei Mei Vinyl Figures from Veggiesomething x Crazy Label

2011-02-22T12:44:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
- House Of Liu Di Di & Mei Mei visual-review by TOYSREVIL. - House of Liu designed by Veggiesomething and produced by Crazy Label

Preview of Bank Robber Joker in 1/6 from Hot Toys

2011-02-22T12:42:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
1/6th-scaled Bank Robber Joker by Hot Toys - covered on TOYSREVIL (Slideshow)

Batman Cosbaby Series Preview by Hot Toys

2011-02-22T12:37:00.001+08:00

Programme Description:
Hot Toy's Batman Cosbabys previewed and covered on TOYSREVIL (Slideshow)

Crazy Label's Droplets Series One Preview from Gavin Strange

2011-02-22T12:36:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
- Droplet designed by Gavin Strange aka Jam Factory and made by Crazy Label (Slideshow)
- Droplet covered on TOYSREVIL

Ultra Dizign OSK by Erick Scarecrow x ESC Toy

2011-02-22T12:35:00.000+08:00

Ultra Dizign OSK by Erick Scarecrow x ESC Toy

Programme Description:
Old Skool Kaiju / OSK Ultra Dizign vinyl figure (Super Villian Colorway Edition) designed by Erick Scarecrow and produced by ESC Toy.

1/6 Machiko She-Predator Preview by Hot Toys

2011-02-22T12:34:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
Machiko the 1/6th-scaled She Predator from Hot Toys (Hot Angel x Movie Masterpiece Series) sporting an awesome Angelina Jolie facesculpt. (Slideshow)

Dirty Deeds Edition Bertie The Pipebomb Preview

2011-02-22T12:33:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
Slideshow Preview. Created by Ashley Wood and produced by Bigshot Toyworks, World War Robot BERTIE THE PIPEBOMB in 1/6-scale was manufactured by threezero.

1/6 Batman Batpod Preview from Hot Toys

2011-02-22T12:32:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
- Hot Toys' 1/6th-scaled Batpod previewed on TOYSREVIL (Slideshow)
- Hot Toys' "The Dark Knight" toys covered on TOYSREVIL

1/6 Batman Tumbler Preview from Hot Toys

2011-02-22T12:31:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
- 1/6th-scaled Tumbler from Hot Toys previewed on TOYSREVL (slideshow)
- Hot Toys' "The Dark Knight" toys covered on TOYSREVIL

Reveal & Review of 8 Inch-Tall Treeson from Crazy Label

2011-02-22T12:30:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
The First Public Unveiling @ Wizard World Chicago (June 26-29) of Crazy Label's 8-Inch TREESON, with a presale @ Taipei Toy Festival 2008 (Crazy Label Booth).

- Treeson Theme Song by Choi Sai Ho
- "Treesonisms" on TOYSREVIL
- Coverage of Treeson 8-inch on TOYSREVIL

Mezco Toyz @ New York Comic Con 2008

2011-02-22T12:28:00.003+08:00

Programme Description:
- Seen @ New York Comic Convention 2008: Mezco Toyz's display for HELLBOY2: The Golden Army movie-figures, including the 18-incher tall rotocast Hellboy figure.
 - Filmed by Beth White & Eric Daye of ZroHour
- Posted on TOYSREVIL
- NYCC 2008 covered on TOYSREVIL

Kotobukiya @ New York Comic Con 2008

2011-02-22T12:28:00.002+08:00

Programme Description:
- Seen @ New York Comic Convention 2008: Kotobukiya products on display featuring Star Wars, Indiana Jones, HALO and more. - Filmed by Beth White & Eric Daye of ZroHour
- Posted on TOYSREVIL
- NYCC 2008 covered on TOYSREVIL

Toy-Review: Bumrush by DynomightNYC

2011-02-22T12:26:00.000+08:00

Programme Description:
- BUMRUSH vinyl figure by New York-based Dynomight NYC reviewed on TOYSREVIL
- Bumrush tagged on TOYSREVIL

PROGRAMMING WILL RESUME SHORTLY

2009-03-10T12:30:00.001+08:00

Toy Saves Children Archive 2007

2007-12-31T00:37:00.002+08:00

Program Description:
Toy Saves Children is an initiative by Furi Furi which features custom toys from all over the world, all of which are auctioned off to benefit Save The Children Japan. this video-coverage is of their exhibition @ Utterubbish, Singapore Design Festival 2007 - read more about the exhibition on I LIKE TOYS :)

Custom Trexi by Furi Furi

2007-12-31T00:35:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
"Live" customed Trexi completed by Furi Furi for Toy Saves Children @ Utterubbish, Singapore Design Festival 2007 - to be auctioned in January 2008 with proceeds to benefit Save The Children Japan.

- featured on I LIKE TOYS
- Toy Saves Children Archive on I LIKE TOYS

The Making Of Combat-R-Zero

2007-12-31T00:21:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
a video-slideshow of the Making of Robert DeCastro's COMBAT-R-ZERO mecha-vinyl figure. serial-featured on I LIKE TOYS

The Making of MikuStars

2007-12-31T00:18:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
a video-slideshow of the Making of Boredomsqueezer's 1/6th-scaled MikuStars. featured on I LIKE TOYS

Play Imaginative @ Galleria Foyer

2007-12-31T00:03:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Play Imaginative had an exhibition/show @ Galleria Foyer of Suntec City (circa 30th June 2007) where guest artists include Japan's Touma and Furi Furi

- Event Coverage (including toy-images) on I LIKE TOYS

Vinyl & Co Japan Teaser

2007-12-30T23:57:00.000+08:00

Program Description:
(in Japanese with no subs) Vinyl&Co is a toy-documentary by French documentary directors; Jac & Johan, who are travelling around the world (Paris, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, NYC, Los Angeles), to meet and document major artistes in the vinyl toy world. This is the Japan/Tokyo-leg of their trip.

- blogged on I LIKE TOYS

Vinyl & Co Paris Teaser

2007-12-30T23:54:00.000+08:00

Program Description:
(in French with no subs) Vinyl&Co is a toy-documentary by French documentary directors; Jac & Johan, who are travelling around the world (Paris, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, NYC, Los Angeles), to meet and document major artistes in the vinyl toy world. This is the Paris-leg of their trip.

- blogged on I LIKE TOYS

Dunny Factory

2007-12-30T23:41:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
A "secret look" inside the Dunny Factory reveals the hard work put into making Series 4. A stop motion film/animation featuring Kidrobot's Dunny Series 4 done by ReBoLabs.

- Interview with Michael Boczon of ReBoLabs on I LIKE TOYS
- Dunnys on I LIKE TOYS

Toy Punks Vol 1 Teaser

2007-12-30T23:40:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Toypunks is a episodic documentary film project covering the converging worlds of Japanese toys, fashion and punk rock. Volume One features the godfather of Japanese vinyl toys, Bounty Hunter.

- Toypunks featured on I LIKE TOYS
- Toypunks DVD Order Details

Rip'd (Exhibit A): Bootleg of Transformers Megatron

2007-12-30T23:39:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Mimobot/Vimbot versus design-rip-off product: more still images on I LIKE TOYS

Toys Are Us: A Revolution In Plastic

2007-12-30T23:34:00.002+08:00

Program Description:
This is a trailer for the X-Ray Films documentary, Toys Are Us: A Revolution in Plastic, which explores the designer vinyl toy scene through interviews with artists, collectors, and fans. This is the first documentary in the world on the subject of designer toys, and is available on DVD through the X-Ray Films web site (www.xrayfilms.net).

- DVD Reviewed and filmmaker Brian Stillman interviewed on I LIKE TOYS
- Toys Are Us featured on I LIKE TOYS

Sunday Flea Market @ China Square Central

2007-12-30T23:29:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
shot on 10th Dec 2006, of a typical sunday flea market @ China Square Central, Singapore. (music: As Red As My Eyes Get by Peace Bureau)

Bent World Vandals

2007-12-30T23:27:00.002+08:00

Program Description:
A short film/animation done by ReBoLabs featuring the Bent World Vandals Series 1 figures by artist MAD.

- Interview with Michael Boczon of ReBoLabs on I LIKE TOYS

Vinyl Frontier

2007-12-30T23:26:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
A trailer for the upcoming documentary film on designer vinyl toys entitled The Vinyl Frontier. This film features many of todays top toy artists as well as collectors and toy producers alike. A Film by Daniel Zana

- Vinyl Frontier on I LIKE TOYS

PHU!'s Galactica

2007-12-30T23:24:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Singapore-based customizer PHU!'s custom-toys on display @ Displacementary (circa 30th Sep 2006) - with music by The Observatory (track: "Acid Pills")

The Wizard's Workshop

2007-12-30T23:16:00.002+08:00

Program Description:
a 1/6th-scaled diorama inspired by Hermione Granger and the Harry Potter-movies, kitbashed by Toysrevil [images here / blogged]

Jim Koch Paints A 36" Qee

2007-12-30T23:08:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Jim Koch paints a 36" Qee toy from Toy2R. Video by: Cave Dark Music by: REHAB "Bump"

- blogged on I LIKE TOYS

Making Of Sancho

2007-12-30T23:07:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Sculptor Daniel Monahan shows you how to make a mold for resin casting off his latest piece, Sancho Panza (from Angels and Gringos)

- First look at Sancho youtubed
- Sancho Turquoise youtubed

DIY Munny Toy Video Review

2007-12-09T23:58:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
a video toy-review of a DIY Blank Munny (from Kidrobot) - one of my prizes for coming in first in an online custom-competition :)

Sprout Munny

2007-12-09T23:56:00.002+08:00

Program Description:
CG-Animated Munny figure from Kidrobot

The Painting of Hero 36

2007-12-09T23:50:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Artist Darren Booth shows how he customized a 7" Moody designer vinyl art toy for The Moody Project.

- Moody vinyl toy coverage on TOYSREVIL-weblog
- Interview with Moody-creator, Ted Stilson

Jailbreak Toys' Genius Collection Video Toy Review

2007-12-09T23:46:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
a video toy-review done by myself (*cough*) for Jailbreak Toys' Genius Collection [blogged] :)

Custom BUD Vinyl Toy Timelapse

2007-12-09T23:44:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Timelapse-video of customizing a BUD (created by Jamungo) by Jam Factory (aka Gavin Strange)

The Making of Toys Documentary

2007-12-09T23:42:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Brin Berliner describes his experinces transforming an Artist 2 dementional art figures into 3D Toys.

Coop Interview & Toy Collection

2007-12-09T23:39:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Artist Coop sits down for a talk and a tour of his Japanese monster/robot/toy collection. From scatterbrain.org (or should it now be skullbrain.org?)

Stikovka Exhibition and Moscow Young Art Fair

2007-12-09T20:33:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Held in Moscow between 07.07.07 — 08.07.07.
Stikovka is a series of designer toys exhibitions in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

- peep Stikovka custom-pieces (shown in video) here (flickr-album)
- Stikovka is an annual art/custom show organized by Sergey Safonov of Lunohod
- Past Stikovka-shows coverage on TOYSREVIL-weblog

An Exhibition Of Designer Toys In Russia

2007-12-09T20:30:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
An exhibition featuring toys, comics, clothes, accessories and other works by young Moscow designers and artists. in High Definition (HD) on http://www.madeinrussia.tv/video/98/

Note: Video in Russian with no subs.

20/20 Art Toys en Cuatrosfera

2007-12-09T20:24:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Reportaje sobre la exposición "20/20" de Munnys customizados en el programa Cuatrosfera del canal español Cuatro.
Para saber más podeis visitar http://www.generacionx.es/20de20

Translated Description:
News article on exhibition "20/20" of Munnys customizados in the Cuatrosfera program of Spanish channel Four.

- 20/20 Expo Toys coverage on TOYSREVIL-weblog

Urban Toys - Metro @ PULS TV

2007-12-09T20:19:00.001+08:00

Description:
PULS TV is a 24-hours-a-day broadcast, which focuses on entertainment, information and local reports, can currently be seen only in the capital Vienna and the surrounding region. [via] Video is presumably in Austrian. (i wouldn't know because i don't speak the language, sorry :p)

Japanorama On Urban Vinyl

2007-12-09T20:17:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Jonathan Ross on Japanese urban vinyl for Japanorama (a BBC television documentary). Discussing toys as art and featuring Medicom & Bearbricks.

Vinyl Elements

2007-12-09T20:12:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
Event coverage including shots of customed urban vinyl figures by a variety of customizers for "Vinyl Elements" - a group custom show organized by Vinyl Pulse (circa May 2007)

- Customs featured/profiled on TOYSREVIL Weblog

Making of Frank Kozik ArtArmy Action Figure

2007-12-09T20:09:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
This is a short, lo-fi documentation of the latest Art Army action figure, Frank Kozik, being made from scratch. it's a good example of how the articulation works, and how the figure is assembled.

- Creator Mike Leavitt @ www.intuitionkitchenproductions.com
- ArtArmy figures here
- YouTube-channel

Making Of An ArtArmy Action Figure

2007-12-09T20:04:00.001+08:00

Program Description:
This was shot over 3 days to show the making of the Dale Chihuly Art Army action figure by Mike Leavitt. Day 1 was at Seattle's BLVD Gallery, part of the closing event for The Guerilla Art Army show. Days 2 and 3 were in Leavitt's Seattle studio. (circa 2007)

- Creator Mike Leavitt @ www.intuitionkitchenproductions.com
- ArtArmy figures here
- YouTube-channel

Thank You For Tuning Into ChannelTOYSREVIL

2007-12-09T19:33:00.000+08:00

WHAT is ChannelTOYSREVIL?
An online blog-channel dedicated to all things DESIGNER TOY-related, utilizing embedded videos posted unto a easy to access and update weblog platform.

WHAT is Showing On ChannelTOYSREVIL?
From behind the scenes making-of customed figures, to toy event coverages at launches and exhibitions. From toy documentary trailers and teasers to interviews with creators and producers of toys. From stop-motion animation to home-made slideshows and presentations about toys.

How To Get Videos Listed On ChannelTOYSREVIL?
01. Email blog-embeddable video links to toysrevil [at] yahoo [dot] com

02. If you have a short write-up or description I could use for the post, that would be great. Links to yourselves is recommended too.

03. Please DO NOT post links in the comments-section.

04. If you DO post links in the comments-section, know that they are being moderated and I may delete them. But if the link is good, I may use them, with credit given to the poster. (but I may still delete them)

05. Any additional information or factual-corrections pertaining to the videos shown is welcomed. Do feel free to post them in their respective comments-section or email me direct. Thanks and appreciate the trouble :)

WHAT Videos Are Suitable For ChannelTOYSREVIL?
Videos suitable for programming/listing should be related to Urban Vinyl, Designer Toys, (select) Paper Toys. 12-inch / 1:6-scaled action figures. Any other genres will be taken into consideration with myself having the final decision. It may not be that you're video is not good enough, as it may be irrelevant to the current programming. (I personnally like Transformers Animated toys and Lego, but that again, it's all up to me :p). Thank you for understanding :)

Current programming is generally PG. Any videos containing adult-situations or non-PG related will require a pre-warning. So be warned.

WHY ChannelTOYSREVIL?
I blog primarily on toysrevil.blogspot.com and would most likely have posted these videos there already, but because I do multiple posts per day, some videos may get lost in the shuffle. Hence, ChannelTOYSREVIL!

Jus watch and have fun :)

DISCLAIMER
All rights / copyrights for all videos shown remain with their respective owners/makers.

Neither this blog or I will be responsible for the videos nor copyright issues in regards to the videos being posted (ie: music rights etc). All such queries are to be directed to the video-owners themselves (link clickable on video-screen itself).

This is a FREE-Access weblog. Until such time where it can be proven that the videos are wholey "illegal", then it would be my final decision to remove them or not to. Thank you for understanding :)

RECOMMENDATION
I would recommend all video-makers to credit and list the relevant persons on your original video-page.