Christmas Seedling from Taylored Curiosities

     We were in a diner last night and were bombarded by Christmas music as we ate.  Now don't get me wrong, I like Christmas as much as the next guy, but Christmas music is the worst.  I think my problem with it is that the people that sing it seem like they take themselves way to seriously.  If you really listen they all sound like a bunch of snobs that probably wouldn't give you a ride to work if your car battery died and would only be interested about what you have to say if it directly involved them.  The only Christmas music I can tolerate is the Chipmunks, because those guys seemed like they would be down to bail you out of jail after a dizzying night in Chinatown.  

    But Christmas time is here and one thing I'll never be sick of are Christmas-themed toys, like these Seedlings from Taylored Curiosities.  For £12.00 you can pick either a red or green one and you get a bag of actual Christmas tree seeds, so you can grow your own and start a small business next year.  Go and get one before they sell out at http://tayloredcuriosities.bigcartel.com/.

New Stuff from Creo Design

    The thing I like about Creo Design is that there really aren't any limitations as to what they create.  There's no mathematical formula for what they release and what they don't, they just consistently produce items that are not only great toys, but great art objects.  Take these Little Ox figures they produced in collaboration with Alto.  These were made to coincide with an exhibition of Alto's work in Scotland.  I love how they look like they are made of folded paper but are a composed of resin, which is thankfully much more permanent.  These will be released in small editions of 10 and will sell for $40 each.  

    If you're a bit more on the artistic side, you could always grab one of these DIY Chebaka toys and paint it till your blue in the face.  They are 4 inches tall and retail for $15 and will probably keep you busy and out of trouble for a little while.  Unleash your inner toy designer by going to http://creodesign.storenvy.com/.

Red Star Drones by DrilOne

    How cool is this little sucker?  This is the Red Star Drone by DrilOne.  These Soviet dudes stand 4 and 1/2 inches tall and will be going on sale December 7th at Stranger Factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of their Circus Annual group exhibit.  If they don't sell out the remainder will be put online for the rest of us that are not lucky enough to be in attendance.  This is my favorite thing he's ever made, so I may have to make an effort to try and snag one.  Anyone love me in New Mexico?

Star Trek Flash Drives from Mimobot

    I could make the obvious joke about how you can now store your data in Data and wait while the Earth collapses under the weight of hearty nerd laughter, but I won't.  Instead I will skip said hilarious observation to tell you about theses Star Trek flash drives made by Mimobot.  There's Captain's Kirk and Picard, Spock, and the aforementioned Data.  If you put text files on the Spock Mimobot and there are misspellings do you think he corrects them for you?  He seems like the type to do that.

     Of course Mimobots always come preloaded with awesome content, like avatars and wallpapers and plans to build your own full-size Enterprise (that may or may not be true).  Go and get 'em. 

Yes Sir You May Have More Black Friday Sales!

Kuso Vinyl

myplasticheart

Kidrobot

More Black Friday Deals

Ok, there's a lot of other Black Friday deals that I missed in my last post so here's another rundown of ways you can save money.  First up, get some porcelain awesomeness from K.Olin Tribu.

Tenacious Toys

Munky King

Mindzai

Click For Art

Mishka

Taylored Curiosities

One Black Friday Post to Rule Them All

    There's a lot of releases for black Friday that don't involve standing in line at Best Buy for hours just to have some housewife punch you in the face for the last plasma tv.  You can stay at home, where it's warm and hopefully less violent, and shop from the comfort of your computer.  Here's the rundown.  Take notes.

    Frank Kozik will be unleashing his Smoke version of Kim Jong Il in resin.  These little jerks will run you $35 each and only 30 of them exist.  Be quick with your computer, cause these will go fast as he routinely breaks the Guinness World Record for fastest internet toy sales.  At least he would if they kept track of that sort of thing and stopped messing around with the length of people's fingernails.

    MAD is well versed in the resin game himself and will be releasing 13 of his handmade Modern Hero figures in all black.  They even come lovingly packaged in a wooden display case that has been etched with lasers!  I don't have any lasers at home because my wife doesn't trust me with such things and figures I will try to build a Death Star.  These will cost $300.

    I'm gonna go ahead and warm you.  If you buy this necklace you will grow a beard, learn black magic, and probably just get yourself into some general all-around shenanigans.  That being said, YOU REALLY NEED TO BUY THIS.  This Lurker necklace from Skinner is the perfect accessory to any mugshot/photo with the mall Santa.  They'll be on super sale for only $35 each.

    I'll admit it, I'm a video game nerd.  I have spent countless hours of my life living vicariously through pixelated characters doing things I never could in real life.  Well, some of it I could I suppose, but I don't think I'd have a great time dealing with the consequences.  That's where people like Nathan Drake come in.  He has been captured here in all his plastic glory by Erick Scarecrow.  Only 4 of these exist in this great big world and if you buy one you're entered to win a special all white version that was never made for sale.   

      He'll also have 15 pieces of the Marina figure you see below.  

    Offering yet more proof that vegetables are bad for you, I present you this Black Root Beat from Scott Tolleson.  Does this thing not look like it would wreck your digestive system for years to come?  Only 10 of these angry looking suckers were created and they will be $120.  Get one in his webstore.