Category Archives: Art Asylum

Madballs at Five Below

Posted on October 15, 2025 by OAFE

Remember the Target Madball knockoffs? You can now get them - and several others - at Five Below: It's still a mix of stolen designs and more original work, but if you missed them before, you now have a second … Continue reading →

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Madballs at Target

Posted on September 28, 2025 by OAFE

Okay, they're not technically Madballs, they're "Mutant Monsters"... which are just knockoffs of Madballs. The green one is Slobulus (from Amtoy in the '80s) and the blue one is Repvile (from Art Asylum in the '00s), and the red one … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: The Mummy Minimates

Posted on June 26, 2022 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is The Mummy Minimates four-pack. This set would have been part of Series 3 of the Universal Monsters Minimates … Continue reading →

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Minimate Mini-Review #400 - The Governor & Bruce & Jaw Zombie

Posted on October 31, 2020 by yo go re

#400 - The Governor/Bruce <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Zombie Lab: Specimen 459 exclusive reviews Rustin's Spoils of the Week #135 Teenage Walking Ninja Dead Flippin' through Previews - April '16 Walking Dead Mystery Minis: Rick Grimes review

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Minimate Mini-Review #399 - Hooded Michonne & Gabe & Crawling Zombie

Posted on October 17, 2020 by yo go re

#399 - Hooded Michonne/Gabe/Crawling Zombie <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Minimate Mini-Review #209 - Survivor Rick & Shot Zombie Naughty or Nice Collection: Zombie Santa exclusive review Zombie Lab: Zombie 006 (020) review Vitruvian HACKS 2020 Deluxe Advent Calendar review - … Continue reading →

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Minimate Mini-Review #398 - Prison Lori & Shoulder Zombie & Alice

Posted on October 3, 2020 by yo go re

#398 - Alice/Shoulder Zombie/Prison Lori <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - November '14 Strange Tales Marvel Legends: Brother Voodoo review Soon Forget: Darkstalkers Lord Raptor Flippin' through Previews - August '15 The homagiest cover to ever homage

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Minimate Mini-Review #397 - The Undead Cartographer

Posted on September 19, 2020 by yo go re

#397 - Undead Cartographer Happy "Talk Like a Pirate" Day! <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Vitruvian HACKS 2020 Deluxe Advent Calendar review Rustin's Spoils of the Week #111 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #62 Zombie Lab - chapter 4 Walking Dead … Continue reading →

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Minimate Mini-Review #396 - Spider-Slayer

Posted on May 24, 2020 by yo go re

#396 - Spider-Slayer <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' Through Previews - December '06 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #162 Venom Legends Phage addendum Soon Forget: Marvel Legends Sauron ATFC '16 - Day 1: Hasbro - Marvel

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Minimate Mini-Review #395 - Mysterio & Hydro-Man

Posted on May 16, 2020 by yo go re

#395 - Mysterio/Hydro-Man <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Minimate Mini-Review #74 - House of M Spider-Man & Scorpion Minimate Mini-Review #266 - Half-Masked Spider-Man & Agent Coulson Truth in Journalism Live-action Marvel Zombies What the heck is going on at Target?

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Minimate Mini-Review #394 - Black Costume Spider-Man & Kraven the Hunter

Posted on May 10, 2020 by yo go re

#394 - Black Costume Spider-Man/Kraven the Hunter <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - November '13 Flippin' through Previews - January '13 Soon Forget: Secret Wars Dazzler Spider-Man Marvel Legends: Black Spider-Man review Rustin's Spoils of the Week #136

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