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>Walking Dead Mystery Minis: Gareth (In Memorium) review Flippin' through Previews - December '14 ATFC '12 - Day 4: Mezco Rustin's Spoils of the Week #115 Zombie Lab - chapter 4

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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>Flippin' through Previews - January '14 Zombie Lab Rustin's Spoils of the Week #146 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #86 Walking Dead Mystery Minis: Nicholas (In Memorium) review

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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>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #149 Vitruvian HACKS 2020 Deluxe Advent Calendar review - Day 15 Flippin' through Previews - July '13 Soon Forget: Hero Mashers Monsters Flippin' through Previews - … Continue reading →

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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>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #188 Walking Dead Mystery Minis: Denise Cloyd (In Memorium) review Zombie Lab: Zombie 005 (016) review Vitruvian HACKS: Ghost Light (Glow … 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>MODOK World Domination Tour addendum Spider-Man Retro Collection: Carnage exclusive review Rustin's Spoils of the Week #20 Majestrix Lilandra Neramani of the Shi'ar Empire Flippin' through Previews - February '12

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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 #383 - Venom & Doppelganger The one Spider-Verse character we were waiting to see Marvel Legends addendum: dat (medium-er) body. Spider-Man is headed to the Supreme Court Spider-Man: Hallows' Eve addendum

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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>Marvel Legends addendum: dat body! "Secret Wars" #3 and "Renew Your Vows" #1 variants On the origin of Duck Face Venom Rustin's Spoils of the Week #225 New reviews

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