Happy Halloween from The Toy Viking

    Magnus the Conquer hopes you have a happy Halloween.  Stay away from Ouija boards and that creepy guy's house at the end of the street that has all the junk cars in the yard.  And let your parents check your candy before you eat any of it because they've let you live in their house rent free since you were born and it's the least you could do you little bum.  Just kidding, it's to keep you safe.  

    **Editors Note:  This cat's name is not actually Magnus.  It could be Snowball or Jigglypuff for all I know, cause we just Googled "cat in a viking costume" and this is what came up.  That doesn't make us bad people.  And we have no idea whose toes those are in the upper right corner, but kudos to them for being neatly manicured in preparation for this photo.  

Sam Heinous Lottery from Mutant Vinyl Hardcore Happening Now!!!!!

    Ok, so I realise that I'm not giving you the most heads up on either of the releases I posted about today, but in my defense I didn't have any internet access yesterday morning and wasn't able to update the site.  I know, I'm kind of a jerk, but I still love you all in ways that would get me arrested in most states.  

    It's Halloween and that means one thing:  ok, it actually means a lot of things, but to stay on topic it means the return of Sam Heinous from Mutant Vinyl Hardcore.  This figure makes an appearance one a year and today is your only chance to get him.  You have until 7am Eastern time on November 1st to enter your info into the lottery on http://www.mutantvinylhardcore.com/ for your chance to purchase one of these dudes.  Oh, and it looks like there's a chase version just chillin in the background there.  They'll let you know on Saturday if you're one of the lucky winners.  

All Hallow's Shub Zeroths from Metacrypt Release Today!!!!!!!

    All ye wicked souls, Shub Zeroth has returned to Earth to devour your flesh and make crafts with your bones.  He has a little stall down at the flea market, and does surprisingly well selling knick knacks made from the bits and pieces of evil humans.  But that is not the point, the point is that on this high holiday you can now own the very first Shub Zeroth ever to be offered on the internet.  You'll get either an unpainted black or an unpainted orange version.  You can't pick, the universe has already decided for you.  Each 9 inch figure will be $100 and will go on sale today, October 31st, at noon Pacific time at www.meta-crypt.com.

Terror Boys: Gohst Bat from Brandt Peters x Ferg

    Check out this bad little dude.  If you see someone that is the size of a grown man and dressed like this on Halloween you need to understand that he wants to kill you.  I've seen enough movies to know that anybody with a machete and a mask is bad news and he will take your bones to decorate his den of iniquity.  Don't become a home decor project by some psychotic Martha Stewart.  Mainly because I don't want to lose readers.  Do you know how tough it is to get people to check this site out when there are weirdo videos that ponder what noises a fox makes?  And it's a musical.  I can't compete with that.  This is a low budget affair my friend.  If I can't pull it out of my overly medicated head for free it's not happening.  So don't get murdered and lower my website hits or I'll be pissed.  

    Brandt Peters and Ferg have been killing it (pun intended) with their Terror Boy figures and this Gohst Bat dude continues that winning tradition.  He comes with two sets of arms, a machete, an ax, and a removable helmet.  You can get one this Halloween (yes, he actually goes on sale October 31st) at noon Pacific time by visiting http://store.projectsquadt.com./.    

Ame-Comi Holiday Harley Quinn and Posion Ivy Two Pack from DC Collectibles

    Sharon and I have a cat named Icarus that is fond of eating just about anything he can get his little black paws on.  He's eaten shoe laces, a shirt sleeve (which earned him a trip to the emergency vet), cat toys, people toys, blankets, paper, plastic bags, and countless other objects that were rendered unidentifiable by the time they passed through his digestive system and I dug them out of the litter box.  On the bright side, I am finally able to use my very expensive degree in forensics as I try and solve the mystery of "What Icarus Ate."  Luckily for us, we have  finished basement, which allows us to decorate for Christmas while keep it locked safely out of his reach.  Unlucky for us is the fact that I don't have to see that stuff everyday so March can easily come before I decide it's time to take down the tree.  

     That's why these toys from DC Collectibles are genius.  You can leave them up year round and people won't think you're lazy, they'll just think you're showing off your collection.  And Harley Quinn is my favorite chica from the Batman universe, and Poison Ivy's pretty cool too.  You can preorder this two pack right now and they will ship just in time for Christmas.  Just click on that Entertainment Earth link to the right with the South Park dudes and order away.  

Slumberbean x Creo Design Flavour Friends Series

    I worked a Gregg Allman show the other day and I thought the audience was filled with some chill bros.  Well, except for this one really old dude with a gray pony tail, who was dancing like he had a wicked case of poison ivy in his tighty whities.  Forget rhythm, as wild-flailing was his preferred method of expression.  I imagine he got home later that night, sobered up, and realised that hit of acid he took when he was twenty had just worn off.  Kind of like a dirty hippie version of Rip Van Winkle.

    These chill bros who can't wait to sit on your bookshelf are made by Slumberbean and Creo Design.  dubbed the Flavour Friends, each color is limited to only 20 pieces and come packed in their own bean can.  The first one goes up for sale this Friday, November 1st, for £30 plus shipping at http://www.slumberbean.com/.

Star Trek Pop! Vinyl from Funko

    It was brought to my attention recently that Scotty from Star Trek was such a bad dude that he could wear the dreaded red shirt and survive.  That is tantamount to being immortal in that franchise.  I guess it's a good thing he was in charge of fixing stuff, cause if it had been any other dude wearing a red shirt they would be calling AAA to come and tow the Enterprise all the time.  Those guys were as expendable as out of date lunch meat.

   This is further proof that everything you have ever been entertained by will one day become a Funko Pop! Vinyl.  Seriously, they have to be getting a little nervous that they're gonna run out of cool things to make figures of.  They're gonna have to start making a politician's series, or inventors.  Now that I think about it, I would totally buy a Tesla action figure.  They could do a two pack with Thomas Edison and make them look like they're gonna fight over who's ideas in electricity were supreme.  Make it happen Funko!  Oh, and hire me cause there are way more ideas where that came from.  

These will be available November 28th.