Book Review: ‘Toons in Toyland’
Barney Rubble with green toenails, Yogi Bear mass graveyards, fake Charlie Browns: welcome to the weird wide world of cartoon merchandising!
Toys
BusyBody: Customizable Animation Toy
Create all kinds of animation with these 10 bendy rubber figures.
Creepy Hyperreal Popeye Sculpture Can Be Yours For $300
If you’ve ever wanted a sculpture of Popeye as a real man, your wishes have been answered.
People Can’t Stop Buying ‘Frozen’ Crap, As Long As It’s Not Anna
We often hold up box office numbers as proof of a movie’s success or failure, but even for “Frozen,” which is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, its box office gross is a fraction of the merchandising revenue it has generated for the Walt Disney Company.
Want: Gertie the Dinosaur and Winsor McCay Figurine
This Gertie the Dinosaur and tuxedoed Winsor McCay garage kit is especially appropriate in 2014, the 100th anniversary of McCay’s seminal animated film.
San Diego Comic-Con Animation Open Thread
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 begins tonight. If you have an animation-related project or merchandise that you want attendees to know about, post it in the comments.
Miyazaki Toy Is The Closest You’ll Ever Get to The Legendary Director
How beloved is animation director Hayao Miyazaki? They make toys not of his his characters, but of the director himself.
This is How You Review A Doll From Disney’s “Frozen”
I’m not sure that this review convinced me that I need to buy an Elsa doll from Disney’s Frozen, but I give credit to reviewer Chad Alan …
Chris Sanders Answers Your Mermaid Prayers
Having trouble finding that very special mermaid statuette? Well, Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, The Croods) can commiserate. …
DreamWorks Buys Trolls from Dam Things
Ogres are so yesterday. DreamWorks Animation just announced that they have acquired the IP for the Trolls franchise from the Dam Family …
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