NewsToys/Models
Lost in Space: the Jupiter 2 model-makers guide (how-to video).
Here’s your handy Lost in Space: Jupiter 2 model-makers guide. You’re welcome. When it comes to iconic spaceships in the realm of…
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Toys/Models
Toys and models.
November 2023
October 2023
NewsToys/Models
Giant spider attack (model-making tutorial: video).
Boylei has finished their fourth wicked wild-wild western mining diorama this week. This mine is populated by a huge spider that, like a…
August 2023
NewsToys/Models
Skibidi toilet diorama: don’t poo-poo this model scratch-build (model kits).
The realm of model making is vast and ever-evolving, with unique and unexpected masterpieces emerging regularly. Among these is the Skibidi Toilet Diorama,…
May 2023
NewsToys/Models
The Art of the Extraordinary: Sculpting Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy (model-making tutorial).
Watching the creation of a sculpture from start to finish can be a captivating and awe-inspiring experience, but seeing Rocket Raccoon from the…
NewsToys/Models
Beware underground lakes with odd occupants? (model-making tutorial: video).
Here’s another episode of Boylei Hobby Time. This week, he’s embarking on an underground adventure in the Wild Wild West. In this newest…
January 2023
NewsKit
Hasbro’s Nerf Aliens movie Pulse Rifle is unboxed and modified (video tutorial).
Dan received his NERF LMTD ALIENS M41-A Blaster from Hasbro a few weeks ago. Unboxing that bad boy didn’t disappoint him, but of…
November 2022
NewsToys/Models
Painting your gaming miniatures with Speedpaints: does it work? (video tutorial)
According to these reviews of Speedpaints, you can forget about ever buying contrast paint again. Speed Painting is most excellent! Rich shading, brilliant…
NewsToys/Models
SpaceX rocket launch in a jar? How to make your own (video tutorial).
Would you like a SpaceX miniature Falcon Heavy launch inside a glass dome? Who wouldn’t… so, here’s a natty little video tutorial on…
NewsSteampunk
The essential steampunk guide to thriving in the Wild Wild West (model kit tutorial).
This week the Big B. constructed another 1:35 scale diorama in a Wild Imaginary Steampunk West. He wanted to go a little more…
October 2022
NewsToys/Models
Mario movie diorama: a model-making tutorial (video format).
The trailer for the Mario movie was released last week, and I, like many of you, saw it. I was pleasantly surprised by…
July 2021
NewsScifi
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: the toys that failed to fly (video).
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was a fairly popular scifi TV series back in the day, but boy, did the merchandising suck…
June 2021
NewsSteampunk
Steampunk stage coach versus the bison monster (model-making tutorial).
Our best model maker, Boylei, is back with another model-making tutorial – this time, it’s more Wild Wild West-style hijinks with a steampunk…