The Lake Monsters Dredge Bone Edition from Brian Morris

    This is the kind of thing I bet my neighbors expect me to have in my house.  For years, my goal has been to be the weirdo on the block.  I want to own the house that people cross the street not to be close to.  I cemented that position once when I was sitting on my porch, wearing a respirator, and sawing through a pair of fake antlers for an art project right when the school bus was dropping kids off.  I can't tell if my wife was as amused by it as I was, but I found it hilarious.  I also find it to be the cheapest home security system apart from buying a large, scary dog.  Who's gonna break into the house of a guy with a bone saw?  Genius right?

    This is the Lake Monsters Dredge Bone Edition from Brian Morris and Rotofugi.  It's a freaky little thing right?  And little is not entirely accurate as it stands 8 inches tall and is on sale now for only $60.  Buy one, toss it in your window, and have as much fun with your neighbors as I do mine.

Mixed Parts Ultrus Bog from Skinner

    This is what happens when you don't drug test your factory workers.  Shear plastic anarchy.  These are Mixed Parts Ultrus Bogs from Skinner and I feel that I am too OCD to own one.  I would have to buy them all then rearrange them until they all matched, which would completely defeat the purpose.  No one said I was any fun.

    If you have the will power not to try and solve these guys like Rubik's Cubes, then you should buy one tomorrow, December 19th, for $170 from his store http://the-art-of-skinner.myshopify.com/.  He also has lots of other stuff that your mom would love for Christmas.  She told me so herself.

Sam Fout x Argonaut Resins Bone Ghost Agents

    I haven't seen the new James Bond yet because it's still in theaters and not part of any television station's Thanksgiving marathon yet, but I hear its pretty good.  Those movies are always awesome though as they give you new ideas for how you can make your own life more interesting.  First, you need to get a guy who can make you really cool gadgets and give you super spy cars for free.  Next, you're gonna need some Russian bad guys because they always make the best adversaries.  Thirdly, and arguably the most important, you'll need to be found attractive by every woman on Earth.  Mix all these together and let the shenanigans ensue.  Seems easy enough.

    If that all seems like more work that you're up for you can just buy one of the Bone Ghost Agents from Sam Fout and Argonaut Resins and live vicariously through it.  There are only 11 of these dude available and each one is a completely different color.  They each come with a martini glass and a few guns to complete whatever daring missions may arise.  They also come with a signed print from Sam Fout.  The solid color guys are $85 with the clear ones are $100.  You can get your own secret agent man tomorrow, December 18th, at 10 pm Eastern time by going here.

DC Comics Cover Girl Statues

     Yeah superheroes are cool and whatnot, but we know the real reason anyone reads comics is for the girls.  And why wouldn't you?  It's the only place you can see women in spandex that actually should be wearing it.  I worked in a mall for a number of years and the horror stories I could share with you about stretchy fabric and delusional lady folk would haunt your dreams for an eternity.  

    DC Collectibles knows it's all about the ladies and that's why they make stuff like this, which is cool with me.  Look at Poison Ivy looking all fancy in her New 52 redesign.  You can get your mitts on this 11 inch tall botanical beauty this month.

     Or you could wait until the new year to pick up this Silk Spectre statue from the Before Watchmen series.  $149.95 will buy you and all your house guests tickets to her gun show.  

    If you like your women like you like your coffee...wait that doesn't work here.  If you like dead chicks then how about paying tribute to Death herself with this.  Can we really be so lucky that this is actually what the grim reaper looks like?  I have a feeling that he's gonna be closer to the guy from all of the Children of Bodom album covers than this, but we'll all find out someday I suppose.  You can bring this crazy goth girl into your life in February for $99.95.  

Bootlegs of the Universe Kickstarter Campaign

    Everybody knows the best part of going to Chinatown is seeing all the crazy bootleg stuff you can get.  My wife and I were on Canal Street and my mom wanted on of the fake Louis Vuitton purses.  Normally I'm against that sort of thing, because you shouldn't rip off others people's work and God only knows what the money is supporting.  But it sounded like an adventure so I went with it.  Within minutes we were bombarded with everything from knock off luggage to shoes to the previously mentioned hand bags.  People rush at you with catalogues, pointing at the pictures of the various items they have for sale and when we found the one we liked we were beckoned to follow a young man down an alley and behind a store.  Again, this would normally not be my thing because I'm against being robbed and murdered, but for adventure's sake, I went with it.  There were garbage bags full of these things, and after picking the one she described to me we paid the dude and made off like we were outlaws.  The adrenaline was pumping hard and we thought about robbing a convenience store with our new found badassness, but instead we got bubble tea and left.

    But you don't have to go to Chinatown to find fake stuff.  Just go to your local dollar store and marvel at the amount of crappy toys you'll find that look pretty similar to the things you love.  And how can you not be fascinated by this stuff?  If you're like me and can't get enough of it then this is the book for you.  It's called Bootlegs of the Universe and it will be filled with all the crappy made knock of products from the He-Man world that you can stomach.  Plus, it will feature tons of new figure makers who have transformed bootlegging into an art form.  They're in the process of putting together a Kickstarter campaign to bring this book to life, but until then you can keep up with everything that develops by checking out https://www.facebook.com/bootlegsoftheuniverse.

Pocket Rose Vampire from Super7

    I told myself I was gonna be good until Christmas.  I told myself no more toys for awhile.  But then I started to get the shakes.  The cravings came back worse every day, making normal life almost unbearable.  I need my toy fix and I think I just found where to get it.

    Super7 is releasing this new Pocket Rose Vampire today and I'm gonna get me one.  They're $25 each and go on sale at noon Pacific time.  

Scott Tolleson x Outsmart Originals T-Shirts

    There are still plenty of shopping days left to buy the toy lover in your life (or me) something cool for Christmas.  Don't go to some crappy store in the mall and buy some lame shirt from a kid with his hair covering his eyes and an attitude that stinks worse than flea market tacos (don't eat food from a flea market) Get them a cool shirt designed by toy geniuses.  

    Scott Tolleson is the latest toy dude to make a shirt in collaboration with Outsmart Originals.  You can order one of these from now - December 24th, after which they'll be gone forever and you'll be left standing out in the cold wearing your high school gym shirt from 15 years ago thinking you look hip  (you do not look hip).  Plus they have a contest going on right now and you can win toys!!!!  Check out the details below.