a play imaginative visit (part one)

i wished i'd brought my camera when i popped by Play Imaginative's office yesterday (for a wee "chat" *heh*) - the toys on display were simply exceptional! (the show @ Galleria Foyer is gonna an eye-popper) and while i tried my very best to contain my fan-boy-excitement, i'd haveta say, you would literally have to see and hold the products up close (the images does not fully do them justice) to

play imaginative @ galleria foyer, singapore

bonus news for local (Singapore) Play Imaginative-fans:between 30th June to 1st July, PI will be having an exhibition @ the Galleria Foyer of Suntec City Mall, where you'd be able to see the company's entire range of toys, including new prototypes of upcoming figures [blogged] - on display, without having to go to TTF or SDCC! = *schweet*also on hand will be signing sessions by first-time

play imaginative @ ttf 2007 and sdcc 2007

Play Imaginative is pulling out all the stops this year with a bountiful selection ofreleases slated for July/August, most notably for Taipei Toy Festival and SDCC:and here is a summary of what is to come, including signing schedulesfor TTF'07 = *details after the JUMP*headlining the selection this year is their Touma-designed vinyl GRABBIT series [labelled] slated to debut during SDCC, with two

play imaginative's wood, whipped and white grabbits

remember the Wood-grained Grabbit i featured just? well, i've just discovered these teasers on Play Imaginative's site, with a Comic-Con 2007 / July-release date: and just when you think that's enough of Touma's Grabbits? them darnvinyl-critters up and multiply into some more variants, including a"Whipping" (Bronzed) Version and a Blank White DIY-Grabbit! [via]dun really know about the bronzed...

adam ape diamond exclusive and toysrevil polar editions

Play Imaginative announces the Adam Ape Diamond Exclusive figure - limited to 500 pcs, it includes a certificate, a limited edition autographed art print and a serial number [via] i reckon this would be the 3rd colorway, in addition to the Regular and SDCC Dark [labelled] ... i wonder if there are anymore on the drawing-board?meanwhile (besides my TRIBAL-variant ;p) here's my TOYSREVIL-proposals

play imaginative x devilrobot's 16-inch tofu

Play Imaginative enters the Devilrobot TOFU-arena with an impressive16"-er tall trio of TOFUs, namely; BUBBLEGUM TOFU:STRAWBERRY GUM TOFUand a DIY Blank White TOFU*coolness**click HERE to view proto-sculpt and more details*personally, i lurve the irony that chewing gum (sales) is banned in Singapore...(guess what im chewing in me mouth right now?) *snicker*the figure-set includes cerificate,

play imaginative X touma's baby grabbit & hellhound furry plush

it started with this sneak-image on Play Imaginative's website...*find out what it is, after the JUMP*looking decidedly "wild" with shaggy-furred plushness PI X Touma's Baby Grabbit & Hellhound FURRY Plush (Furry version) puts another fine feather into the over-abundant-cap of Play Imaginative = *coolness*[source]

winson creation's adam ape design update 2

really, are there any other reasons why you should not be getting a Adam Ape vinyl figure?[original image via] heck, even in final-proto-sculpt form, it looks great, IMHO ... but could someone tell me the size, please? ;pdesigned by Winson Ma and produced by Play Imaginative - watch for this vinyl space-exploring-simian in July / SDCC (in two colorways: "Normal" and "SDCC Dark") = *cool*

play imaginative x furi furi's backy and bocky in color

*toysrevil-exclusive* = photoshopped-colored images of the upcoming Backy & Bocky figures [proto-sculpts here] - courtesy of the uber-swell folks @ Play Imaginative :) designed by Furi Furi (based on one of their dancing charaters in their website) and slated for a July-release / during the Taipei Toy Festival = *coolness**shake it guys!* (cheers for da lurve, Zaki!)*added new style-sheets after

a better tomorrow trexi pre-production images

peep pre-production samples of Play Imaginative X Coca Cola'sA Better Tomorrow Trexis [labelled] posted on KR-forum [images via] to be sold in blind-assortments and available in July 2007 - shownhere are 22 out of the (final) 25-production Trexis ... mayhap theremaining 3 (image bottom-left) are to be the chase-figures? :) *neato*

plastic pimps 2 custom trexis

crisp-clear customed-Trexi images for the recent Plastic Pimps 2 show [blogged] - viewable now on Niceproduce's flickr-album here [all images via] = *uber-coolness*[credits: photography by Nicole from Ashotaway, Pixxel and Karl from Niceproduce.com] - an exceptional collection of custom-work from down-under, i insist ... and i happen to be pretty partial to Synk's "custom" ~ *LOL*(cheers for the

play imaginative x furifuri's backy and bocky proto-image preview

peep these *toysrevil-exclusive* preview-images of proto-sculpts of the upcoming vinyl-figures produced by Play Imaginative and designed by FuriFuri:both BACKY (8"-er) and BOCKY (4"-er) are slated to be released during the Taipei Toy Festival (July 5th-8th, 2007) = would be cool if the shaker could produce sounds tho LOL~ stay tuned to this blog for more details ~ (cheers for the lurve, Zaki!)

winson creation's adam ape vinyl design update

proto-sculpts of Winson Ma's Adam Ape vinyl - Regular Color Edition [blogged] revealed on KR by Play Imaginative, with a more "caricature-ish"-feel to it, as compared to the previous "sculpt", IMHO and ya know what? does it look good!*coolness*also watch out for Winson's submission for the upcoming Vinyl Elements show with his entry "Fire Bike" (based on the FIRE element) [via]

playimaginative x touma's 18-incher knuckle bear protosculpt

for those without the benefit of a ruler (*heh*) or a figure of the same size,here's Touma's 18"-er Knuckle Bear [blogged] by Play Imaginative, ininitial sculpt-form and darnnit, it's a size of a baby monster, it is!look for it in July/August [details here] *cool*[source]

playimaginative x touma's 18-incher knuckle bear vinyl

how do you feel about a 18"-er knuckle-sandwich? (no tis not a threat and yes, i need better intro lines than that, i know LOL) - then how about an 18"-er Knuckle Bear vinyl figure? ;pproduced by Play Imaginative and designed by Touma, the 18"-er KNUCKLE BEAR will come in 2-editions: the Original (Brown) Version (above rendered-image) and the Red Crest Version (Taipei Toy Fair/SDCC-edition):

furifuri X devilrobots' dekoboko boys variant colorways

in addition to their regular/"Original" version all-black Dekoboko Boys [labelled] - Play Imaginative has lined-up two variant colorways, with a Devilrobot's CAMO version and a FuriFuri DekoSuke Version [via]darnnit, PI just does not let up on their vinyl offerings, do they? LOLscheduled for a July/August-drop, each design is limited to 450-sets per = *cool*

play imaginative's ultraking and spooky cat digit trexis

proto-type toy images for Play Imaginative's Trexi Digits [blogged] - specifically for Ultraman's Ultraking Digit Trexi and Danny Chan's Spooky Cat Digit Trexi [via]*HK-cartoon-goodness**why the name "DIGITS"? peep explanation after the JUMP*Play Imaginative's rationale for "Trexi Digits" (as listed on KR-forums):" These 2 designs are 003 and 004 in the trexi Digit series from the Hong Kong duo -

play imaginative x touma's wood grabbit

Play Imaginative teases Touma-fans with an image of a "WOOD" Grabbit? [via]*schrweeeet!* < more details to come ...meanwhile new images and details/release dates for the Pearl White and Black Flocked Grabbit = *after the JUMP*Name: Grabbit - Original version (Pearl White)Release Date: Late May / early June 2007 Limited: 300 pcs Name: Grabbit - Taipei Toy Festival Exclusive (Black Flock)Release

play imaginative's trexi digits

a new series of Trexi titled: DIGITS has just been teased on the KR-forum: with four designs in total, including 2 designs (above) from Frank Kozik (DKE Toys exclusive) and 1 design respectively from Hong Kong's Danny Chan (the cat-ears are a perfect "fit", no?) and Ultraman: limited to 500 pieces each (with numbering on base of foot 1/500 - 500/500) look for these Trexi Digits during SDCC in

play imaginative's black flocked grabbit vinyl

and so Touma X Play Imaginative has a Black Flocked Grabbit Vinylplanned for release, right after the Pearl White Grabbit Vinyl [via] similar to the Pearl White, the Black Grabbit comes with a limited edition print by Touma and a serial-numbered certificate production run might be at 300-pieces but speculation at this point :p with a limited production run of 300 pieces (no price-points