February 2010 – CollectionDX – Toy Reviews, Japanese Toys, Action Figures and more

NYTF 2010: Idol Toyz

Posted on February 23, 2010 by CollectionDX

One of the great pleasures of Toy Fair is meeting up and coming toy creators.

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One of the great pleasures of Toy Fair is meeting up and coming toy creators. By chance I ran into Idolz Toys in the action figure aisle, and I got the chance to learn about this new company and their product.

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Idolz are stackable wearable action figures. They resemeble Easter Island statures, with various arms and accessories that can be added to them. They are post-designer toys – toys simple in execution and fun, but without the pretense that the designer scene can bring. First and foremost, these are neat little toys.

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Each Idolz toy comes packaged with a lanyard, accessories, and an Idol. the Idolz are stackable, customizable and interchangeable.

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Future releases will have different color schemes and different accessories. Some in display had some cool wings that really add a nice touch to the look of the figures.

the men behind Idolz – Damien Noble and Brandon Reddick, were really enthusiastic and really into what they do, which is such a great thing to see. It shows that they have a real personal connection to their product and that they pour their hear tand soul into what they do.

If you get the chance, head on over to the Idolz Toys homepage to learn more about them. We’ll have a review up on CDX soon so you can check them out for yourself.

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Each Idolz toy comes packaged with a lanyard, accessories, and an Idol. the Idolz are stackable, customizable and interchangeable.

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Future releases will have different color schemes and different accessories. Some in display had some cool wings that really add a nice touch to the look of the figures.

If you get the chance, head on over to the Idolz Toys homepage to learn more about them. We’ll have a review up on CDX soon so you can check them out for yourself.

NYTF 2010: Robonica

Posted on February 23, 2010 by CollectionDX

The worlds first programmable, interactive, gaming robot.

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I first saw these and thought they looked a lot like Hailfire droids from Star Wars, but what they are in fact are gaming robots. These cool things can be controlled with a remote, or programmed to do certain tasks within the game.

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Each set includes one robot and an assortment of targets and accessories. You can plug the robot into your PC where you can program it with certain battle patterns. you can also drive the robot around in a virtual world, where you can unlock special attacks and movements which you can then download into the robot for use in real world combat. It’s a pretty cool idea, check out the video below.