SD08: Shocker Toys – Metalocalypse and the Maxx – #3849
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet A LIMITED EDITION METALOCALYPSE FGURES SET! Only $80– we want want wannnnnnnt Metalocalypse Limited to 500 sets, selling for $80 and available only at San Diego Comic Con Booth #3849. This all-new line features fully painted vinyl action figures of Dethklok, the undisputed greatest animated metal band in the galaxy featured on Adult [...]
Continue ReadingIs anything cool any more? Pt 2.
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Continue ReadingLINKS: Round 'em up (snap!) RAWHIDE
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Over at i09, Charle Jane Anders (aided and abetted by Douglas Wolk) has a very lengthy and girthy round up of Superheroes Who Can’t Have Sex including two from this summer’s movies: Okay, now that you’ve consented to be spoiled, our two abstinent heroes are the Hulk and Hancock. Actually, [...]
Continue ReadingRevamping characters fraught with peril
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § The NYT looks at new spins on old characters in the 21st Century including some we may not necessarily find palatable: “You want a dark, Goth version of Tweety Bird? Have at it,” said Lisa Gregorian, executive vice president for worldwide marketing at Warner Brothers Television. New media applications have created opportunities [...]
Continue ReadingWatchmen Toys? I've heard this before
Share this link on Facebook!TweetApparently, toys from the upcoming Watchmen movie will make their public debut at NYCC this weekend. But, Entertainment Weekly has some shots of the toys up now. Take a gander here I’ve heard this song before. I’ll believe them when I see them on the shelves at TRU. Posted by Mark Coale
Continue ReadingIt's a good thing THE BEAT has been cleaning
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt looks like room will need to be made at Stately Beat Manor … ADULT SWIM toys! From the Kidrobot Discussion Board: Adult Swim – Mini Figures We’ve teamed up with Adult Swim to bring your late night to life. From Robot Chicken and Mad Scientist to Assy McGee, Carl and the Mooninites, ridiculous-ness in [...]
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Continue ReadingEconomic report #1: Toys okay
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe San Jose Mercury News asks if the shaky economy could lead to slashes in sales for all those movie spinoff toys that are coming out based on Indy, Iron Man, Prince Caspian etc etc? Not necessarily. Longtime Bay Area comic book store owner Joe Field said comics and graphic novels – [...]
Continue ReadingGiuliani the collectible
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet In what has to be one of the most devastating cardboard slapdowns of all times, someone at Topps thought it would be funny to put Rudy Giuliani on a Red Sox baseball card. And not just any baseball card, but one where The Beantowners are celebrating last season’s World Series victory, a [...]
Continue ReadingCaptain Action returns
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSpeaking of toys, Captain Action, a beloved (to some) action figure of the sixties that could change into other toys, like Batman and Spider-Man. The Captain has come and gone in collector-oriented efforts over the years, but you just can’t keep a good action figure down. Self-professed fanboys Ed Catto [...]
Continue ReadingSteampunk JLA
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet How did we miss these cunning JLA figures based on the GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT mini series by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola? The figures are seen much larger and in detail at Sillof’s Workshop.
Continue ReadingLonely, bored octopus turns to Mr. Potato Head for companionship
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet An octopus in a Cornish aquarium has become very attached to his toy Mr. Potato Head. Louis, a 6-foot long Giant Pacific Octopus, loves playing with the plastic spud, and can even find treats such as crab meat that his keepers hide within Mr. Potato Head’s secret compartments.
Continue ReadingIs the LEGO BATMAN video game the greatest thing in human history?
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Share this link on Facebook!TweetHOW TO CONNECT A RAZR V3xx TO ISYNC: It was high time for a cell phone, and because we refuse to buy a 1st Gen iPhone, we got something to hold us for a while, namely a Razr V3xx, which is 3g and unlike the original Razr you can hear people [...]
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