New Releases This Week from Super7

    I've been off from work now for the past three days, which sounds awesome, but my days have been wasted by being sick.  My sinuses are out to kill me by filling every conceivable space in my head with snot until my skull explodes and they have finally won.  Sounds like a bad way to go to me.

   Crystal Mecha never has to worry about that happening, because he has a giant diamond for a head.  How he sees, or eats, or annoys people with jokes they've already heard is hard to say, but at least he will never know the slow moving hell that is a sinus infection.  

   Foster looks liek he's past the point of caring about whatever illness may infect his little cookie body, as he steadily devours himself and grins like a cheshire cat.  What a twisted little dude.  I bet he's killed before.  

    Both toys are new releases from Super7 that will be available this Thursday, January 16th, at noon Pacific time from www.super7store.com.

Super Series Sunday from Tenacious Toys Featuring Forces of Dorkness

    How come we don't get to vote or run for Pope?  I think I would make an excellent candidate because I have never taken any naked pictures or done anything else scandalous that would taint my campaign.  I've never caused a traffic jam at the George Washington bridge out of spite, and I don't even know where to buy crack.  Now as far as my other qualifications go I'm not entirely sure what's relevant because I'm not sure what the Pope does other than ride around in his bubble car and make people kiss his ring.  Really, I just want to be able to go shopping at Target while I wear the hat.  

   Tomorrow is not only Sunday, but it's Super Series Sunday at Tenacious Toys.  This time they are featuring Pope Solo from Forces of Dorkness that will finish of his religion-themed Star Wars figures.  Fifteen white figures and fifteen black figures were made and will be sold blind bagged for $40 each when they go on sale tomorrow (January 12) at 6pm Eastern time on www.tenacioustoys.com.

The Simpsons x Lego

    When I see new licensed sets from Lego I always get excited.  Not necessarily for the set itself, but for the other possible things that they should make.  This Simpsons house is cool and all, but I have a list of things I would love to build.  These are in no particular order:

    Sons of Anarchy, Clash of the Titans (the original of course, not that dumb remake), Breaking Bad, He-Man, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, the Winchester Mystery House, Graceland, Coney Island, 1980's Time Square, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog rollin in a 6-4, The Dukes of Hazard, etc. etc.  

    So if anyone from Lego is reading this, that is my wish list.  For everyone else, The Simpsons house will release in February.  

Kumon Lucky Bags from Shirahama Toy

    I have no earthly idea what this dude is supposed to be, all I know is that I want one.  It's part of my "buy first, ask questions later" philosophy.  All it's gotta do is look cool, which this certainly does.  Shirahama Toy is gonna be releasing this special Pumpkin Pie edition Kumon figure as part of their 2014 lucky bag.  You get the dude you see up there, plus another random version that could be a color test, a marbled version, or even a one-off painted figure.  Behold the many possibilities you could receive:

    These will go on sale soon, so to find out exactly when you gotta sign up for their mailing list.  Head over to http://www.shirahamatoy.com/ and get yourself registered so you know first when these go on sale. 

Game of Thrones Mystery Minis from Funko

    I wish HBO would stop making other shows and just make Game of Thrones.  They could focus all their energy into one show and we could constantly have new episodes.  Something tells me this will never happen, but that's because the decision makers are obviously dumb.  So while we wait for them to be enlightened we will have to create our own new episodes with these little dudes from Funko.  You've got a decent amount of characters here, so making a stop motion version of the show is almost possible.  Just substitute some of your other toys for anyone thats missing and cut out some of the scenes that maybe are a bit sketchy anyway, and voila, you have an internet masterpiece.  Maybe Ellen will even play it on her show and give you some money.  

Samsung x Kidrobot Introduce MiWe Platform Toy

    There's this big electronics show in Las Vegas right now called CES that showcases all the new technology that will be releasing in the coming years to help ease us closer to the robot apocalypse.  Don't say I didn't warn you.  The most interesting reveal to me wasn't some Dick Tracy wrist watch or Star Trek teleportation system, but a little plastic fox named MiWe.  Samsung and Kidrobot have teamed up to create this little dude, whose name comes from Samsung's marketing slogan "Meaningful Innovation, Wow Experience."  He looks as if he will be joining their Munnyworld line of blank figures; awaiting your creative touch to bring him to life.  If you need a bit of inspiration to get those artistic juices flowing, here are a few customs from Angry Woebots, Scribe, and Buff Monster.  No word yet on when these will be released, but since everyone in the world now knows about him, it will probably be soon.

Transformers Rainmakers Box Set from The Loyal Subjects

    In our world, "making it rain" involves a stack of one dollar bills being thrown at scantily clad women in businesses of ill repute.  In the world of the Transformers, it is a viable defense tactic used by the Decepticons when fighting the Autobots.  Not the most environmentally friendly thing they could have come up with, but they are the bad guys after all.

    The Loyal Subjects continues their successful line of Transformers toys with this Rainmaker 3 pack. These are on sale now for $45 and are an edition of 500.  Get yours from https://www.theloyalsubjects.com/.