Hospitalized for the Holidays? Let I Heart Guts Help

    I was in the hospital not too long ago and it sucks.  No matter if your gonna make it or not it is often the worst experience of your life.  The folks at I Heart Guts know that being bed ridden is a drag, especially for Christmas, so they've decided to make things a little better for one lucky person.  Just head over to their Facebook page here and tell them why someone you know deserves a $100 worth of plush guts to make their hospital stay a little better this holiday season.  Replace that bad heart with a cuddly one, or get a stomach that can digest all those milk products you've missed out on (curse you lactose).  The contest ends tonight (December 20th) so go and do it right now. 

Alice: Madness Returns Figures

    Diamond Select Toys have announced that they will be releasing figures from the Alice: Madness Returns video game in the Summer of 2012.  While I found the game to be rather underwhelming (thought the cut scenes were some of the best I've ever seen) I have always enjoyed this reinterpretation of the classic literary tale.  The book screams of something more sinister than what is being presented to you and I think these figures really capture that unease most of us have felt about it.  And check out the "variant" Hysteria Alice.  She looks like she could be in a Victorian themed black metal band, which is not at all a bad thing.  This one will be available through Previews Magazine, so if you want one check out your local comic shop and get them to order it.

Lord of The Rings Legos Coming in 2012

    This is pretty epic.  Lego will be releasing Lord of The Rings themed sets starting in the Summer of next year.  No word yet on whether or not there will be a video game tie in (please please please).  So far they are just teasing us with the picture you see above, but I can only imagine these will be some of the best Lego sets ever.  I was able to resist the Star Wars ones, which was really hard to do, but I may just have to cave and get a couple of these.  

Jesse Hernandez x Raje Toys Update

     It's been awhile since we've heard from our friends at Raje Toys, but just when you thought they had forgotten about us, they post this on their site!  These are a couple of pics of the toy they've been working on for some time with Jesse Hernandez.  These were taken in the factory, so that leads me to believe that these could see the light of day in the coming year.  Let's keep our fingers crossed because this is one mean looking chunk of plastic.

Disney and Spongebob Mini Figures From Play Imaginative

   Here are a couple of new mini figure series we can expect to see from Play Imaginative early next year. First up is a set from Disney featuring a ton of their most popular characters.  The first wave of them should be hitting stores in January.

    Next up is Spongebob and his little fishy buddies.  Each wave of these figures will be released at a different time next year, giving you the opportunity to save up and buy them all.  The great things about both series are they fact that each one will be packaged on a blister card rather than blind boxed.  This take the mystery, and frustration, out of which ones you will get.  Probably a smart idea being as how a lot of kids are gonna want these and from what I'm told kids don't like not getting their way.  

Best Place Ever to Store Your Toys?

    We all struggle with creative ways to display the things we collect, but no matter what we come up with, nothing will ever top this.  Vince likes Lord of The Rings a lot.  Vince likes to buy everything he can related to Lord of the Rings.  Vince had someone build him a Hobbit house so he had somehwere to store his collection.  Click here to watch the video tour of this amazing place.  First though, you might wanna put something over your keyboard to catch all of the drool.

Batman: Arkham City Figures Series 2

    As my wife is well aware, Batman: Arkham City has consumed many many hours of my life.  So much so that I was having dreams about finding Riddler statues and downloading add on content.  It's a sickness that DC Direct is now perpetuating with Series 2 of their figures from the game.  They have the Riddler, The Mad Hatter, Detective Mode Batman, Hush, and Catwoman (who I'm sure will not be popular at all with every toy collecting male).  As always, these figures look amazing (some more than others, **cough** Catwoman **cough**).  But you'll have to wait until April to get your hands on em.  Don't worry though, because Series 1 comes out in a few days and that will help you make it through.