The girl was lovely in the manner of a plastic figurine, lit from within by vibrant life.

He waggles his black plastic figurine.

Loose objects crowd the shelves- adoll'shead, a lumpy piece of pottery, a plastic figurine from a Japanese animated show.

Daddy has an orange cat coffee mug he can't drink out of, and a plastic figurine that nonstop bares his teeth in a snide grin.

The tiny, almost totally valueless plastic figurines came from there.

The eight heroes come with little plastic figurines and character cards showing their abilities.

Women in the media are so stereotyped and one-dimensional they may as well be plastic figurines.

But -despite appearances -there's more going on here than a cynical attempt to flog plastic figurines.

One of the followers even pledged to shop at competitor Woolworths to get away from the plastic figurines.

And that's before you factor in the playing cards, the posters, the clothes, the strategy and the plastic figurines.

But now geeks are putting aside traditional mold-injected plastic figurines in favor of Kami-robo (paper robots), which players assemble themselves.

Only 100 of the "ultra rare" Ooshies were released, all with individual numbers on the base of the plastic figurines.

The tiny plastic figurines can cost up to $20 each and the brand has spent months on top of Aussie kids' wishlists.

But there was a solid cohort -the most wide-eyedand frenzied -who were there to collect these dinky plastic figurines for themselves.

We are seeing a remake of the toy cars and plastic figurines that children can play with in the playground and on the bedroom floor.