Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Luftkaiser Painted Yellow Edition from Paul Kaiju x Toy Art Gallery



    I love this guy.  In a strictly platonic way mind you, but it's still love none the less.  This is the first time one of Paul Kaiju's Luftkaiser figures has been painted and you can get one of them today!  For a mere $60 you can have this 4 inch tall evil German bat looking dude delivered to your door.  He goes on sale at noon Pacific time today at shop.toyartgallery.com.

Bad Apple White Exclusive from Mighty Jaxx and Cardboard Spaceship



    This is by far my favorite version of this figure.  There's just something about it being all white with that bright red hand grenade that really makes this piece pop for me.  Mighty Jaxx created the "Bad Apple" figure in collaboration with Goin and this version will be exclusively available through Cardboard Spaceship. Only 50 of them were made and they're gonna run you about $100.  They will be for sale on March 11th, so if your stuck at work grab your smart phone and take a break on the john long enough to get one.  Not that I've done that before.  A lot.  

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Injustice Figures from DC Collectibles



    I'm not big on the whole fighting game genre myself, as I have too many bad memories of broken controllers and holes in the wall when Mortal Kombat didn't go my way.  Now that I have nicer things I don't really need to revisit anything that can infuriate me enough to throw my possessions about.  So the idea of playing the new Injustice: Gods Among Us game makes me a tad nervous, but that doesn't mean I can't buy all of the toys and have my own battle royale in my living room.  One in which the stupid computer controlled characters never win and I remain undefeated.  

    DC Collectibles are releasing these guys in packs of two cause duh, who would they fight otherwise.  Next month they will release Wonder Woman and Solomon Grundy along with Deathstroke and Green Arrow. 




    Then in June you can get Harley Quinn and Cyborg.  You all know I love Harley Quinn, but I am not feeling this design.  She looks like she's gonna do a rain dance.  Every year when I go to comic conventions she is the character people dress up as and screw up the most, so maybe this is fitting.  She looks cool in the game, but it didn't translate well to plastic.  




Toasted Mini Marshall from 64 Colors x Rotofugi x Squibbles Ink



    You know what's a bad idea?  Standing too close to a pile of burning trash while wearing ripped jeans because you were a cool kid in the 90's.  And if you're going to make that mistake ensure that your underwear would not feature anything that could embarrass you in front of  your friends should you need to remove said jeans and stomp out the inferno that burned your leg hair off.  I will never forgive you Bart Simpson!

    You know what's a good idea?  Toasted marshmallows.  And diversifying your investment portfolio.  But mostly toasted marshmallows.  64 Colors have enlisted the help of Rotofugi and Squibbles Ink to bring this little guy to life and/or near death.  These little guys will be available starting today at 11am Central time from http://www.rotofugi.com/ and http://www.64colors.com/ for $9.95.  

Monday, March 4, 2013

Death Cap (Amanita Must Scare You) from We Become Monsters





    These guys would make a great PSA for the dangers of taking psychedelic drugs.   I can picture a group of kids sitting in a garage, listening to Black Sabbath (not the Grateful Dead, they are insufferable)  and downing some magic shrooms.  All of sudden they kick in and these guys come swarming down the walls, crawl into their ears and noses, and devour their brains.  Not that those anti-drug campaigns ever work, I just think it would be a cool commercial.  

    These Death Caps are the crazy spawn of We Become Monsters and are available in 18 different random colors for only $22 each.  That's a great price considering each one is handmade and painted.  There are also 4 glow version for $25 each and 4 cold cast bronze dudes for $45 each.  These guys will be available on March 7th at noon Eastern time and each order comes with a free micro slab figure! Get em at http://webecomemonsters.storenvy.com/ 


Tomb Raider Mini Mates from Diamond Select Toys




   Tomb Raider is back!!!!  The world's first pixelated pin up girl Lara Croft has a brand new game coming out so you know they had to make a on of other stuff to get all the drooling nerd boys to fork over their cash.  Diamond Select Toys will b releasing a new line of their popular Mini Mates figures featuring the fetching treasure hunter along with other characters from the game.  Looks like two of them are still super top secret, so you'll either have to get the game or be patient until the figures release this Summer.  

Friday, March 1, 2013

My Little Pony Flash Drives from Mimobot




    If you're an avid reader of this blog (and why wouldn't you be, I'm delightful) then you would know I've already shown you these in my Toy Fair pictures.  But since my skills as a photographer are not the best I thought I would refresh your memory with some better images to make you swoon.  Commence swooning.

    Mimobot has made My Little Pony flash drives!  I didn't realize that there was a whole legion of dude fans that are completely obsessed with this show.  When I was a wee little lad we played with fake guns and whatever we could find in the woods, so this is a bit foreign to me.  But there's no judgement here (actually, there's a lot of judgement, but carry on).  Now you can store all your pony fan fiction somewhere you'll never lose it!  These guys are available right now from http://www.mimoco.com/.