It's time to make your costume and get set for UGLYCON 2008 as Giant Robot in NYC prepares for a CON of the Ugly kind.

Two of our favourites, Sun Min Kim and David Horvath will take over the NYC GR Store, and undoubtably be set upon by hundreds of adoring fans.

Shawnimals Ninja Town has launched in the US, with Australia to follow later this month, to fantastic reviews.

Developed by South Peak games, Ninja Town is a tactical strategy game, which manages to cleverly mix cutesy graphics with challenging gameplay, meaning the shelf life of this one will last a lot longer than your average title.

It's memory mayhem on Twitter, as USB memory gods Mimoco introduce a very fun competition where you can win a Mimobot simply by following them and posting a response!

Mimoco have always been very clever with their marketing, and this new competition really is interactive and fun.

Clutter Magazine issue 13 is out now, and they've outdone themselves with this one.

There's the usual reviews and news, with toys from cover to cover. The interviews in this edition are amazing, with legends of the industry like Devil Robots, TADO, Noferin and more.

Hunters and Gatherers is the title for Joe Ledbetters' solo art exhibition, which is happening tomorrow, October 25th in Palm Springs, California.

If you are in palm Springs, get on down to the M Modern gallery on palm Canyon drive and check out his latest works.

Cleveland Ohio is about to be inundated with custom plush's in the form of Shawnimals Plushform, as the Midwest Plushform Show gets set to kick off for November 2008 with it's first Annual show.

If you are not familiar with Plushform's then you are in for a treat. A Plushform is a blank DIY Plush doll from the highly creative Shawn Smith (Aka Shawnimals). These cute canvas like blanks are suitable for brush painting, spray painting, markers, pencils, pens, additions via sewing, appliqué and other additive methods, and much more.

As part of the ArtRage 2008 festival, the  Candy Cult exhibition will be in full swing at the Breadbox Gallery, showcasing over twenty local and international character artists curated by Karen de San Miguel, from 16 October to 9 November 2008 in Northbridge, Western Australia.

This exhibition draws on a diverse media range including toy-making, animation, graphic design, street art, illustration, paper craft, comics and more.

APW Gallery are to celebrate this coming Halloween with a Custom Toy Show featuring over 40 Artist, and some truly fresh, fun and freaky custom creations.

Located in New York City (NYC), APW Gallery have organized and curated a number of exhibitions featuring local and international artists.

Blockbob Eater has come out of the woodwork (literally) and arrived at eBoy!

Priced at $128 EUR, Designed and manufactured by eBoy this Swiss maple wood figure stands at 8.5" tall. Limited to 70 pieces, each unit comes numbered and signed.

If you're in the San Francisco area and have a couple hours to spare next Monday, why not head over to City Beer to join the guys from Gama Go to celebrate Octoberfest and the release of the Wooden Deathbot Lederhosen.