Super Mondo Epic Review Time: Tenacious Toys Exclusives

    Look at me gettin all outdoorsy for this review.  You would think I was working for Bass Pro Shops or something.  Benny from Tenacious Toys asked me for my address the other day and since I've met the guy in person before I wasn't too concerned about what he was gonna do with that informations.  So I've waited patiently, not knowing whether to expect a box in the mail or a hit man (I get paranoid sometimes).  Luckily for me, it was the former and it was filled with exclusive toys that you can only get from Benny himself.  Now I shall share with you my thoughts on them.  Prepare yourself.

    The first picture you see up there is the Zombie Goo New York Comic Con Biohazard Edition.  You will also notice my heating and air conditioning unit on the left.  I never claimed that I was Annie Liebovitz.  VISEone is the man behind this toy that looks like it stepped (or crawled) straight out of a Stephen King novel.  In fact, I'm surprised he hasn't written a story about tubes of products that come to life and kill you.  Just think, you're going to brush your teeth one day and a hand reaches out from the tube and starts attacking you.  And there you are, just trying to prevent gingivitis.  

    It's a really weird toy to say the least, but I mean that in a good way.  It's weird because most designer toys are some sort of full fledged character, where this one is more like a snap shot of terror captured in plastic.   Does the rest of the zombie eventually come out of the tube to eat you, or is this his fully realized form and he's just as deadly the way he is?  There's a few different ways to look at it and maybe it will inspire someone to write a good story about it.  It pushes the boundaries of what a toy can be and that makes it an interesting piece.  As a bonus, the box also comes signed by the artist, which is cool because he lives in Germany and mailing big toys back and forth (it stands 8 inches tall) isn't cheap.  But you can get the whole thing right now for only $40!!! Try and get a designer toy this big anywhere else for that price, I dare you.  

    Alex Pardee's Bunnywith character has had a lot of ups and downs.  He's been transformed into everything you can imagine, and this time he has taken the form of one Jabba the Hut.  I've seen this dude online before but never in person, so I was kind of shocked at how big he was.  I thought that he was the size of a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure, but this is him sitting next to a 3 inch Dunny:

    That's a lot of intergalactic slug for only $12.  This is the perfect toy if you're a Star Wars nerd, a bunny nerd, a plastic Star Wars bunny nerd, or if you just fancy the color blue like Winona Ryder in Heathers:

    I wonder if she'll see this.  If so, Winona, you have now made my life complete knowing that you have read these words.  If not, I just sounded like a weirdo for nothing.  But hey, at least I have a cool toy to look at right?  And you can too if you would accept Bunnywith into your life in exclusive Tenacious blue.  

    I changed it up a bit in this picture and lined all these little dudes up on my porch.  I try to keep it unpredictable, so you'll come back everyday just to see what kind of shenanigans are going on.  Plus they wouldn't all stand up in the dirt without me burying their feet and getting them filthy.  I'm trying to keep these guys as pure white as possible.  This is the Tenacious exclusive white OMFG series 2 figure set.  Though you don't have to leave em plain if you don't want to.  Paint em up and make em look fancy.  I just know that I don't have the required steady hand to paint something this small without making them look like Marilyn Manson caught in a rain storm.  There's 5 figures total but I decided that the knight's puke could stand alone as his own dude, so if you agree with me then there are 6.  What's great about these guys is that even though they're small they pack a lot of detail, which is something that toys this size aren't always able to do.   

    Well there you have it.  I think I kept on topic through most of it, which as you know is hard for me to do.  All of these are available as we speak at www.tenacioustoys.com.  So go on, treat yourself to something nice.  You work hard and deserve it.  

"Toxic Green" A Clockwork Carrot by Frank Kozik x Blackbook Toy for Designer Con

    Our humble narrator looks a little green around the gills.  Perhaps this is a homage to Alex's treatment kicking in anytime he tries to partake in a bit of the ultra violence.  Perhaps he just lives near one of those super fund sites that we have scattered all over New Jersey.  Whatever the case may be, you can bring one of these "Toxic Green" editions of Frank Kozik's x Blackbook Toys A Clockwork Carrot home with you when they are released at Designer Con this weekend.  Limited to only 50 pieces, you can get one at booth #318.  They assure me that he is neither radioactive nor will he puke on the car ride home.  I've been lied to about both of those things before, but I still married Sharon anyway.  

Breaking Bad Custom Androids by Evilos at Designer Con

    Even though Breaking Bad ended about as perfectly as you can hope for, I still miss it.  Thankfully, the show had inspired legions of artists to add their creative spin to just about every aspect of it.  Like those now infamous barrels that contained the key ingredient to the entire meth empire.  Evilos has recreated them faithfully on the Android toy platform and will be selling them this weekend at his Designer Con booth.   You get the toy and a limited edition t-shirt all for $75, but only 5 sets exist so you'll have to be quick to snag one.  Check them out at booth #421.  

Brian Ewing's "Horror Business" Solo Show at Rivet Gallery

    I don't know much about Ohio.  I've only been there once when I was a wee little lad and all that I remember about it was going to the Cincinnati Zoo.  Other than that all I know is whatever I learned on The Drew Carey Show.  But I do know that Columbus has a pretty killer toy store/art gallery called Rivet and tomorrow they will be hosting a solo show by Brian Ewing.  You see that Bride of Frankenstein picture?  I have that hanging above my bed.  In fact, I have all of his monster prints, cause once I like something I just go completely overboard.  Luckily for me my wife is the same way and has mastered the art of playing Tetris with our walls and our art.  We're well on our way to covering ever bit of space, which we may or may not regret if we ever try to sell this house.  

    I know what you're thinking, you're thinking "Chris, this is a toy website and you have neglected to mention one word about anything made of plastic."  Don't worry your pretty little heads, cause I was just about to show you this:

    And there's your payoff.  It's an exclusive color way of his disturbingly amazing Shub Zeroth figure that he made with Meta-Crypt. I finally got to see one of these in person at New York Comic Con and they are so good you'll momentarily forget how to speak english.  You're gonna want this.  

    The opening reception is tomorrow, November 2nd, from 7-10pm.

Axeface Warchiefs from Monstrehero Release Today!!!!!

    I am all about telling you about stuff the day they release for some reason.  It's not intentional I assure you.  I kind of got messed up the other day when my internet was out, so my posts are all screwy and a day or so behind where I intended them to be.  But on the bright side it doesn't give you much time to contemplate whether or not you're gonna buy something, because if you don't act immediately you may miss out, so I'm helping you live more in the moment.  You probably should thank me or something.  

    You know what's great about these?  I would have gone ape for them as a kid.  They would have been caked in mud and there would have been sand grinding away in their joints from epic backyard adventures.  Now I'm feeling all nostalgic.  These guys are the creations of Monstrehero and they can belong to you when they go on sale today, November 1st, at noon Eastern time through http://monstrehero.bigcartel.com/.   

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.