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Medicom Toy will soon be releasing the much anticipated Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” 1000% Kubricks that were first seen earlier this year. The set is based upon the fab four’s animated television series from the 60s, with the title theme coming from their No.1 hit of the same name. These will no doubt be of interest to those that snapped up the much smaller 4″ versions quite some time ago. Needless to say, but quantities of these big-little guys are limited.

Action City Malaysia and Singapore will be getting them in, so hit them up for pre-order details.

Source: ToyBeast

Singaporean streetwear brand Royalefam will finally be releasing their much anticipated collaboration Be@rbrick with Medicom Toy this Friday. If you didn’t know, Royalefam is SBTG aka Mark Ong’s label, hence the resemblance to the SBTG Dunk SB from 2006. The set comes with a 400% and 100% Be@rbrick, and ships in a specially designed box that is based on the packaging reserved for friends and family SBTG releases. Online buyers will also have the option of purchasing the set with an exclusive tee specially made for the launch.

The Royalefam Be@rbrick will be released on November 7th, 2008, at the Royalefam online store; those that prefer the “bricks and mortar” shopping experience can get theirs the day after at Gallery, 02-16, Pacific Plaza, Singapore.

(Click on image to enlarge; from left: N.chalnt; Pettifogr; Fake and Demisemiquaver)

+9 is a fashion show that brings together nine individual Singaporean and Indonesian designers to ride against the grain and have their collective voices heard. Laughing in the face of the age old saying “too many cooks spoil the broth”, the Spring/Summer ‘09 show draws upon the diverse pool of labels to showcase a variety of looks and styles. Here’s a list of those involved:

• +1. Antebellum by Chia Wei Chong
• +2. Demisemiquaver by Teo Ying Hui
• +3. Fake by Windy Aulia
• +4. iamwhoiam by Tan Qiu Wen
• +5. Mad Dog’s Gang Man by Ong Wei Sheng
• +6. n.nchal.nt by Timothy Lee
• +7. PETTIFOGR by Anastasia Hoeng
• +8. Utter by Josephine Xie
• +9. YOVIAJOGIA by Yoviajogia

The +9 Spring/Summer ‘09 show will start at 7.30pm on November 6th, 2008, at Old School, Sophia Road, Singapore, T +65 6338 7685; all the labels are available at at Front Row, 5 Ann Siang Rd, Singapore, T +65 6224 5501.

Since 2003, San Francisco-based STRANGEco has been a distributor of AMOS Toys in the North American market, and this new series of mini-figures marks the company’s first foray into producing James Jarvis’ designs. The King Ken character was originally released back in 2003 as a 12 inch vinyl figure, and became an instant hit with fans and has since seen numerous colour variants.

The new series takes King Ken down to four inches and throws him into the ubiquitous “mystery box” packaging. Fans can expect the five colourways pictured above, as well as a special surprise variant that will have collectors tearing through multiple packs. The King Ken Series 1 will be available at selected stockists worldwide this November.

Medicom Toy will soon be releasing 400% versions of the Daft Punk Bearbricks that were released last year to coincide with the bands stomping Alive album. These will probably be as desirable as the set of Daft Punk action figures that were released by the company quite some time ago, so you better start hitting up all your local Medicom stockists to get your pre-orders in.

The Daft Punk 400% Bearbricks are scheduled to release in March 2009; fans in Malaysia can contact Action City to ask/plead/annoy/beg them to bring some in.

Source: Hypebeast

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The much anticipated KAWS Stormtrooper by Medicom Toys was released at Original Fake, Japan last week. The launch attracted a long queue of buyers, collectors and resellers who patiently waited to get their hands on this valuable collector toy.

This vinyl figure is articulated at the neck, arm, wrist and knee with fine details. And they look great in a set with the KAWS Vader. Interested in scoring them? Best try your luck at ebay or Yahoo Auctions Japan.

Source: Instinctoy & Toysrevil

Young Kim aka Suitman who is known for his black suited appearance as well as his classic 2D classic character. adFunture Workshop has translated Suitman 2D into a 28.5cm / 11.2 inches tall Suitman vinyl.

“Suitman is the manifestation, in a physical, plastic form, of this lifelong alienation. ” - Young Kim

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Suitman Vinyl is now available exclusively at adFunture online store now for USD60

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Attention all toy freaks and comic lovers, the first-ever Singapore Toy & Comic Convention will see an annual onslaught of toys (general and designer), comics, animation, gaming, design, licensing and Cosplay on creative minds from all over the world, serving up an eye-popping visual feast and unprecedented variety and innovation in all the closely-related industries on the 27th to 29th June! With the undeniable universal appeal of pop-culture, the Singapore Toy & Comic Convention will be a hotspot fora wide variety of exhibitors, such as Nintendo, Medicom Toys, Hasbro, Lego, Chuang Yi Comics, Blythe, Bandai and many more. They will be exhibiting their latest products and collections during the convention.

It doesn’t stop right there, they will also be having the WALK OF FAME which features some of the biggest names from the industry such as PETE FOWLER (UK), Simone Legno of TOKIDOKI (IT), DEVILROBOTS (JPN), JOSEPH WONG CHAK of Old Master Q (HK) and GARY ERSKINE (UK). Mark your calendar and make it your mission to be part of South East Asia’s first Toy and Comic Convention at SUNTECH CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, HALL 603

• Friday, June 27 ( FOR MEDIA ONLY)

• Saturday, June 28 (11:00am – 9:00pm)

• Sunday, June 29 (11:00am – 8:00pm

Click on their OFFICIAL WEBSITE for more information