Jesse Hernandez x Pobber Toys Jaguar Knight First Colorway

    This guy looks siiiiiiick. Jesse Hernandez and Pobber Toys have teamed up to unleash this beast on the world. This is the Jaguar Knight and if you were in some epic battle you would not want to be the side he's pissed at. This guy stands 9 inches tall and will probably scare all of your other toys into leaving town. The aptly titled Shadow edition will be available for $115 November 8th at Noon Pacific time. Only 85 were made and they will be sold exclusively through http://pobber.com/. Oh, and they're offering free world wide shipping. This design may look familiar to you if you own Jesse's first 8 inch Dunny, but this is a far greater realization of that vision. Such a cool piece.

Dunny Apocalypse Series by Kidrobot

    I'm sure anyone who is interested has seen these by now, but who couldn't do with a little redundancy in their lives?   This is the horribly kept secret know as the Apocalypse Dunny Series from Kidrobot.  Every single time there's a new set of these guys the same Spanish website manages to release the mock ups of them before anyone else.  This time the individual artists "jumped the gun" by posting pictures.  I put that in quotation marks because I'm not a big believer in stuff being leaked without a marketing plan behind it to build hype.  Call me cynical, but unless the factories are releasing the info it would be pretty easy to trace the culprit.  

    But who really cares about that crap anyway?  These figures look amazing and I want them all.  This series features designs by familiar names such as Huck Gee, Mishka, Jon-Paul Kaiser, Joe Ledbetter, Kronk, and Jesse Hernandez, while sporting some killer designs from new Dunny artists Chris Ryniak, Hydro74, and Jermaine Rogers (seriously overdue if you ask me).  No official release date, but it's time to start bugging your local shops to make sure you get in on it cause word is they will be very limited.

Halo 4 Pop! Vinyl from Funko

    They are advertising the crap out of the new Halo 4 game.  No matter what show I watch at night there will inevitably be a commercial that makes me want to get it that much more.  You can't even watch Antiques Roadshow without seeing Master Chief slaughter his way through an alien race hell bent on doing the same to him.  Of course there would be other products to coincide with a huge game release and thankfully Funko was able to immortalize the characters in Pop! Vinyl form. 

    The detail on the Spartans looks pretty sick and I'm glad to see they included Cortana in the series.  A few weeks ago when we went to Comic Con I noted how they make tribute art for every other girl in every other video game, comic book, movie, etc. but you never see anything with her in it.  And I've never once seen anyone dress up as her either.  Maybe they're scared of being poisoned by all the blue paint, but come one people, she's the hottest hologram since Princess Leia (that made me sound really dorky).  You can snag these on November 8th.  

Frank Kozik at DesignerCon

    Frank Kozik is gearing up for next week's DesignerCon with a few releases that maybe would surprise a lot of you.  For one, I don't see any snarky rabbits dangling cigarettes from their mouths.  And for two, everything is hand made.  For starters, check out what he did to these Mike Egan Bones figures.  All of them are hand painted and looking like they're ready to jump start the apocalypse.  Or at least scare the crap out of your kids.  

    He's even bought a butt ton of equipment to start making his own resin figures.  Here we have Heathrow the Hedgehog looking as if he were edible.  Seriously, he looks orange flavored.  You may remember Heathrow from his previous incarnations created by Maqet, though it's been awhile since we've seen any of those and I'm sure there's a good story behind it.  A company just doesn't stop making it's best figure from a well known artist.  Makes you wonder.  Anyway, these are better because they were made by the man himself and if you're lucky may contain some of Edward Goralsky's shed fur.

    And if that wasn't enough, he also made this Sucklord figure as part of this whole Suck-Up thingy where different artists put their spin on his work.  Only 50 of these were made and they'll be $100 each.    I don't know the price of the other stuff because it's a secret or he just hasn't decided yet.  Either way, it's a mystery.

And the Winner Is...

     Ok, so last week I wanted you guys to caption this picture and the funniest one was gonna win a set of The Walking Dead Pop! Vinyl figures from Funko.  After careful deliberation, a talk with my lawyers, a session with the spirits on the old Ouija board, and a visit to the chiropractor, the winner of the contest is....











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    Batmanda!!!!!!! With her comment "Girls Gone Wild: Zombie Edition".  Not only did this make me laugh, but it also kinda grossed me out because I could actually see that as being a real product people would buy.  Send me your info to thetoyviking@gmail.com and I'll send you your figures.  

Seen at NYCC: Mimobot

    Mimobot always has the best presence at Comic Con.  They bring their mini store with them and staff it with the nicest people who always look like they're having the best time.  Like my buddy Jess here, who is the smiling face of collectible data storage devices.  She can now add that to her business card and/or Facebook profile.  

    It's hard to get pictures of what they have because they have sooooo much cool stuff.  Like their newest Ugly Doll flash drives (one of which I'll be reviewing on here very very soon) and other brands like Adventure Time, GI Joe and Star Wars.  They're the best way to store your favorite things, your important things, and those things you just can't talk about and would hope that someone has the decency to not mention after you're dead.  Like how many Taylor Swift songs you downloaded.  Weirdo.  

    How many times do you think guys tried hitting on her by asking her "so, what's your function?"  Ok, probably none because they just stuttered, grabbed a free sticker, and ran back to the amine section of the con.  

Buddy The Elf Pop! Vinyl from Funko

    I'm not big on holiday decorating because honestly, it's a lot of work with little payoff.  Maybe if I had kids I could get behind it a little more, but I'd rather fill my house with stuff I can put there once and not have to move around because a certain date has passed.  My Christmas tree last year?  Yeah, it saw the beginning of Spring.  I was tempted just to leave it up and let it be a permanent fixture, maybe start a new trend or something.  We could have different ornaments for different times of year, but the tree itself would always be there.  I would still slack off and not change them on time, but it could be a step in the right direction for someone like me, to at least have the biggest part of the ordeal up all the time.  

    Funko is coming to my rescue with this Buddy the Elf Pop! Vinyl figure.  Sure he's a Christmas dude, but you don't have to pack him away in January (or in my case March), you can leave him out all year! This little elf dude will be available November 15th and will be the first of your many permanent holiday decorations.  Help me start the revolution!