Tilt Warning Custom's Kickstarter

    These guys may have the coolest job ever.  They make custom pinball machines!  If I had a ton of money I would totally have them make one with all the famous cats of the internet.  Keyboard Cat, Grumpy Cat, Lil Bub, all the big celebrity felines.  It would quite possibly be the dumbest thing in the world, but it would be hilarious.  And no, you can't play it.

    In all seriousness I love pinball.  One of the few things I like about living near the Jersey Shore is going to Wildwood and playing in the arcades.  That, and my collection of Senior Week booty shorts that I get every year.  I've said too much.

    But no really, in all seriousness, Tilt Warning Customs need your help to fund an awesome Kickstarter campaign they have going.  They have lined up artists Jeremy Fish, Frank Kozik, Coop, Sam Flores, and Alex Pardee to each create a custom pinball machine to be part of an art show.  It's crazy, functional art that will be mind blowing.  Your sponsorship of the project will reward you with everything from t-shirts from the artist of your choice all the way up to actual backglass featured in the machines that come framed and lit up.  You can support this very unique project by clicking here.  

Super Fun Time Review: Sea-Borgs from Monster Pants

    This is Ophelia.  Ophelia is laying in the bed that I paid a lot of money for and she claimed the moment we brought it home.  She won't let any of the other cats sleep on it and she wakes us up constantly throughout the night in an attempt to make us leave too.  It's a king size bed that according to her only has room for one 13 pound feline.  She has now taken this approach to our toys as well.  As soon as I opened a box I received from Monster Pants containing these Sea-Borg resin figures she claimed each one for herself and they have now become part of her hoarded objects.  I was able to catch a rare glimpse of them as she was creating a pretty involved story line that involved murder, love, and betrayal.  Basically, she was just reenacting what she sees on Sons of Anarchy.

    James Felix McKenney created the Sea-Borgs from scratch.  Usually he can be found making pretty insane movies, but the lure of having complete control over something you create was too much to pass up.  His buddy the Sucklord taught him some secrets and the rest is action figure history.

    What I like about these guys is that they are something I would have gone crazy for as a kid.  I would have harassed my mom for an eternity to buy me these things and then I would have gone outside and played with them in the first puddle I could find.  And it's not that I would be ashamed to be in my thirties and outside playing with toys.  It's that I don't want to share!  Get your own Sea-Borgs by going to http://www.monsterpants.net/.

Cyborg Labbit from Frank Kozik x Chuckboy x Kidrobot

      I was in a state of mild depression when the original version of this was released at last year's San Diego Comic Con and then every jerk bag in the world posted them on eBay for a gazillion dollars.  I figured this was just something I would never own and I had to come to terms with it.  But then I went to Toy Fair and saw this guy and the dark cloud of despair was lifted from my life.  That was also around the same time they upped my meds, so it's hard to tell which event had a more profound effect.

    Behold the Nemesis Edition of the popular Cyborg Labbit from Frank Kozik and Chuckboy.  This 7 inch bunny with a cyber smoking problem is coming out on March 14th from the folks at Kidrobot.  They made 1000 of them and they will cost $60.  

Custom Toy of the Week: Scott Kinnebrew x Tenacious Toys

    Are you sad cause football season is over and now your Sundays are filled with yard work and emptiness?  Fear not, cause now you have a new purpose on Sundays!  Tenacious Toys is continuing their Super Series Sunday toy releases with "Our Lady of Immaculate Rebellion by Scott Kinnebrew.  he made 15 of these Princess Leia/Virgin Mary mash-ups and each 5 inch figure come blind bagged for $30 each.  What color will you get?  I dunno, I'm not psychic and if I was I would charge you $5 a minute to tell you.  Supernatural powers don't come cheap ya know.  Get one this Sunday at 3pm Eastern time by going here.  

Rose Vampire Off Road Casket Cruiser from Super7

    One year for Valentine's Day my wife and I wanted to do something different.  So instead of the usual go out to diner, buy flowers, and eat chocolates until we were diabetic, we went to see monster trucks.  It was the best Valentine's Day ever!!!  And I almost got into a fight with this volunteer fire fighter who had these obnoxious kids that kept jumping around and landing in my lap which made me quite uncomfortable but then when I said something he got mouthy so it was about to go down but then he realized that he hadn't actually had enough beers to give him enough courage to want any part of this so he sat back down and I was able to watch giant trucks crush little cars in peace without having to stomp the life out of a hillbilly in front of his young kids and wife.  Not that I would have felt bad about doing so.  

    This Off Road Casket Cruiser from Super7 just brings back all of those romantic memories like someone has opened the floodgate of my heart.  Get one today for $65 from www.super7store.com and relive your own romantic redneck moments.  

Hellboy Mini Qees from Toy2R x Dark Horse

    It's not easy to get news about what Toy2r is up to these days since their US office has closed and my ability to read Chinese is about as good as my ability so shoot lasers from my eyes.  Every now and then something will make itself known to me and I can share it with you.  This is a good one too.

    Utilizing their Mini Qee platform (which I love) they have announced plans to release these three Hellboy figures this summer.  They worked closely with Dark Horse and Mike Mignola on the character designs and word is some of them will be rarer than others (my guess would be the glow in the dark to be the rarest).  The best part is they'll only be $19.99 each when released, so you don't have to feel too guilty about not saving for your retirement.  

Giant Monster Embryos from Taylored Curiosities and Creo Design

    This thing is literally a beast.  Taylored Curiosities decided it was time to make her Monster Embryos a bit bigger, so she enlisted the help of Creo Design and they created this gigantic future critter.  And a monster it is, as the finished product is 6 inches tall and 8 inches wide of pure, solid resin.  You could use this thing as a weapon if anyone ever breaks into your house.  They made 10 of these for ToyCon UK and they will have customs from artists such as Lisa Rae Hansen, Nervis Wrek, and the one you see below by Ume Toys.  And Jon-Paul Kaiser will be customizing one in person at the event.