New Year Misfortune Cat from Ferg Releasing Today!

    One of our new kittens has a strange obsession with receipts.  He likes to carry them around the house before putting them in his food and water bowls.  He never chews them, though he will smack them around on the floor a bit.  Now whenever I've been to the store I'll just hand it to him when I come back and he runs away with it to put it in his collection.  I have a feeling that one day I'll come home from work and the house will be cleaned out because he's returned everything I own and bought himself a go kart.  No, I don't think that's an irrational fear at all thank you very much.

    This is the first toy I've seen all year that I REALLY REALLY want.  It's a big ol Misfortune Cat from Ferg.  This kitty is limited to only 150 pieces and goes on sale today, January 27th, at noon Central time for $85 (which includes shipping worldwide).  Try your luck at getting one by visiting http://playge.net/ cause these will sell out quick.  

Unpainted Cadaver Twins Lotto from Splurrt

    You know what my wife bought me for my birthday?  A mummified fetal pig.  You're jealous, I can sense it.  We're weirdos I guess and have lots of strange stuff laying about the house.  The year before she bought me an antique electric shock machine, which she soon regretted when I made plans to get it into working order to help her on days she feels sad.  I have since signed a document that legally binds me to never zap her with it or she would leave my lunch meat outside while I was at work.  Love is crazy right?

    Splurrt is tapping into all my nightmares about having kids with his Cadaver Twins toys.  Well, not the nightmare about them touching and breaking all my stuff, but the ones about them being born as little demons.  I don't know what I did in my past lives, but I would speculate that it was probably bad and this is the kind of retribution I can expect.  Where would you even buy clothes for a kid like this?  

     If you're ready to welcome this plastic bundle of joy into your life, then you will have to enter his lottery when it goes live this Saturday (January 25th) at 3pm Eastern time.  You have your choice of unpainted black or glow in the dark blue.  Get all the details and enter for a chance to buy one at http://www.splurrt.com/. 

    

Milk Plus Edition Ludwig Van Resin Bust from Frank Kozik

    This figure just begs to be spattered with blood and sealed in an evidence bag after having been used as a murder weapon.

"It was Colonial Mustard in the study with the Clockwork Orange bust."

    This is the latest edition of Frank Kozik's Ludwig Van bust, this time in opaque white resin.  Don't go smacking the maid in the head with it though, unless she really leaves you no alternative.  You did tell her to stop tucking the blankets under the mattress more than once.  How hard is it really to do less work.  It's like when you go to get a hamburger and you tell them you don't want pickles and they load that sucker up with so many pickles there can't possibly be any left for the next guy.  They went out of their way to be irritating by doing extra work and they deserve swift punishment!  

   These are available now at www.frankkozik.net.

Mood Palmer from Superdeux

    Finally, a designer toy that I can reasonably hit someone in the face with.  Maybe that's not in fact what he was intended for, but there's something satisfying to me about taking a toy shaped like a fist and pummeling someone with it.  And since it's so shiny and smooth I'm sure the blood would wipe right off.  That's a bonus.  

   Ok Ok, Superdeux never intended anyone to be beaten with Mood Palmer, but how often to you follow a product's intended use to the letter?  My creativity can not be controlled by such parameters.  This is probably why I never went to law school.  These are available in blue or magenta (100 of each produced) for $49 each or you can get one of 100 hand painted versions for $79.  Get em now at http://www.deux.me/.

The Wandering Misfits Pre Release Happening Today from Kathie Olivas x Brandt Peters x Cardboard Spaceship

    Blind boxed toys drive me absolutely insane.  I had pretty much sworn off of them as part of my twelve step program to curb my impulsiveness when buying toys.  I had been doing so well, going through all the meetings, making amends with my creditors who I had blown off in favor of secret-filled boxes of figures.  And then I see this, and not only have I fallen off the wagon, but I hit my head really hard on the curb and have lost all ability to be reasonable.  

    Husband and wife team Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas hooked up with Cardboard Spaceship to bring some of their most popular characters to life in this series.  What's nice about it is that to own one of their resin pieces would set you back a step financially, but you can own their plastic counterparts for a mere fraction of that and retain the ability to have cable television.  Today (January 22nd) at noon Pacific time, both Cardboard Spaceship and Circus Posterus will be holding pre release sales on full cases of these figures.  As a bonus, each site has a different exclusive toy that will come signed by the artists.   So it really comes down to which exclusive you want the most.  Or if you're bad at decision making you can get them both and increase your chances of completing the set.  

New Toys Dropping Today from Skinner

    I just came inside after shoveling snow and I am seriously aware of my mortality.  I'm out of breath, there is snot frozen to my face, and my arms feel as though they have been ripped from the sockets and put back into place with scotch tape.  Ladies, try to control yourselves. 

    You know who doesn't have to shovel snow?  Skinner doesn't, cause he is smart enough to live in California where crap like that doesn't happen.  That frees him up from the trappings of weather-initiated manual labor and gives him more time to make cool stuff like this.  Like those sweet Baby Huey figures you see up there.  Limited to only 5 pieces, they will be $200 each.  But you want to know what the sweetest deal you'll ever be able to get is?  Look down below at these Minion sets.  You get two hand painted figures for only $75.  And these things aren't small and weak like my muscles either.  And they're shiny, which will keep your cats mesmerized for hours.  All of these otherworldly toys go on sale today (January 22nd) at noon Pacific time from http://theartofskinner.com/.

Darth Vader Son and Daughter Maquettes from Gentle Giant

    Hey, I have a soft side just like everyone else.  It's not all skulls and black metal for me.  I have a few heartstrings that get tugged on every now and again and this is one of those times.  Just look how precious these are!!  These maquettes from Gentle Giant are based on the popular children's books written by Jeffrey Brown.  Both are available for preorder now with a special edition of their respective books.  Hopefully your dad was around more than Darth Vader was, cause that dude probably caused those kids to go through some serious counseling.