Harley Quinn Bombshell Statue from DC Comics

    While my birthday isn't until December, I am not above accepting early gifts.  Of if you have any housework you need doing, I'd be happy to come and help supervise in exchange for this.  I'm very good at delegating, less so at actual cleaning.

    I am completely smitten with this pin-up inspired Harley Quinn statue from DC Collectibles.  This is by far my favorite incarnation of the Joker's psychotic companion and I might have to actually cave and buy this one (if the whole begging for gifts thing doesn't work out that is).  Would it be wrong to put a donation button up on my blog so you could sponsor me and my toy buying addiction:

For the price of a cup of coffee a day, you could help an obsessive collector realize his dream of owning every toy he could ever want.  For your donation you will receive a monthly newsletter and a picture of your sponsored collector, hugging his most prized possessions.  And unlike Sally Struthers and those other crooks who only actually give those kids 10% of your donation while spending the rest on buckets of chicken, you can sleep soundly knowing that every penny has gone into buying objects to make Chris happy.  

    I wonder if I can get Sarah Mclaclan to do a commercial for me and depress the crap out of you.

    While I'm working on my sad face and trying to find a filthy cage I can fit into, you can go and preorder this statue right now so it can be delivered to you when it releases in November.  I eagerly await your sponsorships. 

Six Inch Double Cast Raar!s from Dynamite Rex

    I never get tired of looking at these.  The fact that anyone can make them blows my mind, let alone how cool they are to begin with.  These six inch Raar! figures from Dynamite Rex are now available in blue and green and limited to only 20 pieces.  They're on sale right now through http://www.dynamiterex.com/ and http://www.artattacktoys.com/.  

A Little Stranger Shows You How A Plush Toy Is Made

    I've always been fascinated to learn how things are made.  I don't really care what it is either, I just want to see it start from raw materials and then make its way to a finish product.  I love huge machinery that was built for one simple little job.  While this guy doesn't involve any mechanical monstrosities to bring him to life, it is still fascinating to see how he went from a mere drawing to a cuddly, 3 dimensional toy.

    A Little Stranger prototyped Bartholomew Punchyface based on the work of Scott Tolleson and Luke Chueh.  I wouldn't have had the faintest idea how to do this, and probably would have just glued a bunch of random stuff together, gotten frustrated, and taken a nap.  Thankfully for you, no one asks me to make plushies.  See the entire process with tons of images at http://www.alittlestranger.com/wordpress/.

Custom Vinylmation Figures from Evilos x Dopevinyl x Monster Kolor

    This totally looks like something that's edible.  How could it not have a delicious flavors?  Evilos painted up 15 of these Vinylmation toys with Monster Kolor paint and the entire process was filmed by Jordan Ahern (Dopevinyl) who is making a documentary about designer toys.  The color on these is pretty awesome and looks more like a paint job you would see on a car rather than a toy.  You can add one to your collection tomorrow (May 17th) at 9am Pacific time by visiting http://evilosart.blogspot.com/.

    And you can check out the video of how they were made by going to https://vimeo.com/66292219.

Want Every Funko SDCC Exclusive Toy? Here's How

    This might be the most insane thing I've ever written about.  The sheer madness/brilliance of this idea has literally reached out from my computer screen and smacked me in the face.  Funko will have a whopping 57 exclusive items at this year's San Diego Comic Con, and if you are attending the event or happen to have a wholesale account with them, then you can secure each and every one of them at a discounted price.  So not only will you not have to spend the entire convention hovering around their booth waiting for toys to release, they'll also ship them to your house for you for free (if you live in the US, other countries have to pay they're own shipping).  They would sell all of these toys normally for $950, but if you buy before July 1st you can secure them all for $799!  They haven't announced specifics yet, but there will be Pop! Vinyl, bobble heads, and other vinyl figures included in the mix.

    There are a ton of clues about what toys you will get and all the other important info you need to buy them at this link:

http://www.icontact-archive.com/bgihXsTqzfGjmXXYo3MiOvEMQJrmUsk4?w=1

Harley Quinn Preorder from Sideshow Collectibles

    Psychosis is an attractive quality in any woman.  Sure, you could be into girls who "have there stuff together" or that "lack felony convictions" but what fun is that?  You'll have much better stories to tell your grand kids if your special someone has a murderous gleam in her eye.

    Everyone's favorite former Arkham Asylum employee is getting the Premium Format Figure treatment from Sideshow Collectibles.  And she ain't a cheap date.   There are 2 different versions of this figure, but both of them cost $359.99.  The exclusive version comes with a switchable head that features her without her makeup.  I don't know why there is a difference when the prices are the same, maybe one is more limited.  What I do know is that they start taking preorders for these tomorrow (May 16th) and they offer payment plans.  You can totally justify this to your significant other by saying you're trying to build your credit.  Unless you took my earlier advice and are with a sociopath.  Then you should just be quiet.

BEVIL Aqua Edition and Sushi Kaiju Sakura Flavored from Paul Shih

    Vegetable are the devil's work.  Sure, they make up a huge portion of that huge pyramid, but you know who created that?  The government.  You know what else the government created?  Taxes and speeding tickets.  So naturally I distrust the pro-vegetable agenda.  And now that I've seen this broccoli with his fangs a horns, I know that I've been right all along.  

    Paul Shih is the creator of both BEVIL and Sushi Kaiju.  He obviously has a thing for anthropomorphizing the things he eats,which is cool.  Most of what I eat tends to come alive after I've made futile attempts to digest it and it then wages a holy war on my guts.  That's another story for another day, hopefully involving Oprah Winfrey and some inspirational music.  Then I cash in.  

    Both of these resin food dudes will be available this Friday (May 17th) at 1pm Pacific time from http://paulshih.storenvy.com/.  They're limited to 10 pieces each.