Interview with Philip Reed about ‘Universe Expanded’ Kickstarter Campaign

Philip Reed’s  ‘Universe Expanded’ kickstarter campaign is approaching it’s final week and I had a chance to ask him a few questions about this project, Star Wars’ Expanded Universe and…

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Toy Fair 2015 – Four Horsemen Ravens and Mythic Legions

This year was a little different for the Four Horsemen, as they brought their goods to the Javits center instead of Toy Tokyo’s Underground Gallery. Just before Toy Fair, these…

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OMFG Series 4 Kickstarter Now Live from October Toys

October Toys’ Kickstarter campaign for the 4th series of OMFG figures started today. OMFG series 4 consists of five figure; Fossil Freak, Wooly Wisp, Bullseye, Tree Witched and The Siren….

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Skeleton Warriors and Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S Kickstarters Kick Off

It’s been a busy day on Kickstarter for action figure fans as a pair of funding campaigns started that are sure to grab your attention. The first is from October…

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Fresh Monkey Fiction Introducing Amazing Heroes 4.5″ Retro Style Action Figures

Fresh Monkey Fiction today announced Amazing Heroes, their first series of 4.5″ action figures. Featuring ‘retro’ stylings, this first series includes Black Terror – “Golden Age Crime Fighter” Golden Age…

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New “The Walking Dead” The Prison – Board Game Kickstarter Launches

A new kickstarter campaign has launched by MegaGigaOmniCorp and Top8Magic for their “The Walking Dead” The Prison – Board Game. The board game features characters and artwork from Robert Kirkman’s The…

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BMOG (Bio-Mechanical Ordnance Gestalts) Kickstarter Underway

Every week I get a couple of emails from folks wanting me to write about their Kickstarter project and since most aren’t relevant to the site, I ignore most of…

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NECA Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Wallet Kickstarter Giveaway

NECA’s Kickstarter campaign for their Yu-Gi-Oh! game/card wallet has been trucking along and is set to close October 2nd. To add a little excitement to the mix, they’re giving away…

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S.U.C.K.L.E. Kickstarter Introduces New Stretch Goals with New Figures

DKE Toys’ S.U.C.K.L.E. Kickstarter quickly hit it’s funding goal, so now they’ve gone ahead and announced some really great stretch goals. With the first stretch goal of $18,000 passed, anyone…

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Suckadelic and DKE Toys launch KickStarter For S.U.C.K.L.E. Series 1 Mini Figures

See the below news announcement from DKE Toys and Suckadelic regarding the start of the kickstarter campaign to bring the Super Sucklord’s minifigure line S.U.C.K.L.E. to market. This is one…

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Hours Left to Support OMFG! Series 3 Kickstarter

There are just hours (9 as of this writing) left to back the Kickstarter campaign for the 3rd series of OMFG! mini-figures. The campaign has met it’s funding target, so…

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Kickstarter project for ‘Souls of Toys’; an action figure photography book

Here at the AwesomeToyBlog HQ, I often get emails informing me of topics for the site; most are generic press releases and aren’t terribly interesting but occasionally I’ll get one…

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Help fund Cardigo – a playing card construction system

Recently two engineering students who wanted to break into the toy biz contacted me looking for some exposure for their Kickstarter project.  Having a soft spot for engineering students (spent…

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October Toys kicking off OMFG micro-figures series, but need your help

Wanted to let the AwesomeToyBlog readership know of a great project being promoted over on Kickstarter.com by OctoberToys.  They’re trying to raise the money to release a series of collectible…

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