Kamakiri (Mantis) Ningen from Blobpus x Dream Rocket

    I get that doing lotteries for popular toys is a decently fair way of selling a limited product while being able to weed out known flippers, but like any gamble it sucks when you don't win.  Which is why I limit my gambling to crane machines and skee-ball.  None of that casino nonsense for me, I'll stick to my carney games where the stakes are low but the prizes are much better than mere cash.  You can always make more money, but you can't always get another giant stuffed banana dressed as a Rastafarian.  Every time you see that beauty sitting in the corner you'll be filled with a renewed sense of pride, while everyone else who sees it will wonder why you brought that thing home instead of leaving it at a rest stop where it "obviously belongs."  Playa haters.

    Blobpus is forgoing his usual lottery sales for this release and instead ensuring that everyone who wants one of these crazy Mantis figures from Dream Rocket can get one.  You have until July 6th to order one, at which point he will paint them all up and ship them out in December.  Get complete details by visiting http://blobpus.blogspot.jp/.  

Unpainted Dream Rocket Toys from Lulubell Toy Bodega

    I'm detecting a theme developing here today.  It's all unpainted toys!  Paint 'em yourself, send 'em to someone else to paint, or leave them as they are because you're undecided.  Personally, I think all toys look better painted, especially with the amount of detail in these figures from Dream Rocket.  I mean, at least spatter some red on them so they look like they've been on a rampage of unspeakable horror.  Lulubell Toy Bodega is offering these suckers up as preorders but you should hurry, cause the cobra dude already sold out (which is why there's no picture of him, cause I don't want to tease you like that).  

http://www.lulubelltoys.com/