From Adult Films to DIY Toy Maker? Tanya Tate is Making the Jump

    Tanya Tate is famous for making the types of movies you better not get caught watching at work.  She also likes to dress up as various superheroes, attend comic conventions, and collect toys.  Now she is adding figure producer to her resume with these DIY My Hero Toys.  I thought to myself "now Chris, it's important to be thorough while researching this story, so you put in the hours it's gonna take to inform your readers."  I did it all for you, just remember that.

    The figure itself is pretty different from anything that's out there, in that decidedly female, and could make for some pretty interesting customs. 

    

     She has launched a funding campaign through Indie Go Go with all kinds of rewards for backing the project (and all are PG-13, I checked it out for ya.  You're welcome.)   Check it out by clicking this link and doing your own, uh, "research".  

Joe Ledbetter's Fire Cat Returns!

    My wife and I spent this weekend in Washington D.C. checking out the zoo and the various museums and whatnot.  It was the first time we've ever left our youngest cats by themselves since we got them (don't worry, their grandparents came by to check on them) so we were a little nervous that they would have some sort of meltdown and destroy everything we own.  Luckily for us they seemed to keep it together for the most part, and proved my theory that they save their worst behavior for when they have a human audience.  I suppose it is more effective that way, but it didn't stop us from thoroughly inspecting the house just to be sure that they didn't hide poop in our shoes.

    This picture is pretty much how I expected them all to look when they realized we weren't coming back that first night.  Joe Ledbetter has decided to self produce his own toy and this gigantic Fire Cat is the result.  It stands an impressive 11 inches tall, is limited to 400 pieces, and goes on sale this Thursday at 8am Pacific time for only $99.  Now how on earth did he manage to make a figure that big and keep the price reasonable?  Is he a secret wizard?  

http://www.joeledbetter.com

SDCC Exclusive Ghostbuster Pop! Vinyls from Funko

    It's that time of year again, when all of us that are unable to go to San Diego Comic Con start making pacts with whatever deity will help us secure those exclusive toys.  I've only seen a few things so far, but I think these Ghostbuster Pop! Vinyl variants from Funko are gonna be pretty tough to beat.  You might want to run and grab a drool towel to protect your internet device as you gaze upon their majesty.  

Dr. Rockso Inspired Bullet Belt from Skinner x Unbox Industries

    Dr. Rockso is the perfect role model for kids because he's honest.  The Rock and Roll Clown is very forthcoming about his love for all illegal substances, so they don't have to be disappointed when he gets caught in some tangled web of lies.  He's not some guy you think is an awesome athlete only to find out later that he drinks the blood of infants to up his goal scoring ability.  He's not some movie star, worshipping aliens and smacking hookers around while pretending to be a good family man.  Nope, ol' Dr. Rockso is a drug fueled circus clown with a penchant for sweet hair metal riffs and if you don't like that then you can go stand back on your pedestal of judgement and boredom.  Plus the guy is decked out in sweet neon spandex, and I don't know anyone who isn't a fan of that.

   Bullet Belt is looking snazzy as hell in this day glo color scheme.  Skinner painted 5 of these and he's putting em up for sale tomorrow, January 20th, for $150 each.  And let me tell you something right now, that's a better deal than you even know.  Unbox Industries did an amazing job on these figures and they're freakin huge and anything Skinner paints is gonna melt your little eye balls from your little skull when you gaze upon it in person.  Buying one of these will be the best decision you've made all year.  

http://shopcriticalhit.com/

Hand Painted Luftkaiser from Paul Kaiju x Toy Art Gallery

    The United States is all about flying these stupid unmanned drones over all of its cities to spy on everyone, but how long do you think it's gonna be before a bunch of hillbillies start shooting them out of the sky?  Maybe drone taxidermy will become a thing and people will mount their heads over their fireplaces with little brass plaques telling the date and location of their kill.  Yeah, we'll probably never find out if people are doing that because I would imagine the jail time would be pretty intense for shooting down the government's toys, but I'd love for it to catch on.  

    If the government were smart, it would have designed all of its drones to look like a Luftkaiser.  Could you imagine seeing this thing flying around and trying to peek in your windows?  You'd be so terrified the last thing on your mind would be trying to shoot it and get close to it.  Now I would like it to become a thing where the government redesigns all drones to look like monsters.  

    Paul Kaiju hand painted a run of these scary looking dudes that will go on sale exclusively through Toy Art Gallery tomorrow, Friday the 20th, at noon Pacific time.  You can get one for $75, which is a lot less than the fine will be for blowing a drone out of the sky.  I think I said "drone" enough in this post to now be on an official NSA watch list.  Oh joy!

    

Orange Drop 20 Inch Dunny from Andrew Bell x Kidrobot

    These 20 inch Dunnys are like buying a piece of furniture.  Not only do you have to have a decent amount of space for them, but they instantly become one of the first things people see when they enter your house.  We have a pretty awesome vintage couch that takes up most of our living room and people always love.  The other day our cat Jorah is sitting under it, batting around a small tack.  I go to take it from him and quickly realize where it came from.  He had torn the lining under the couch from front to back and created a little hammock for himself.  It was filled with random stuff that we had been missing for a while and he had this look of excitement on his face like he was so proud of his ingenuity and was glad he could finally share it with us.  It was like watching a feline episode of Mtv Cribs:  

"And over here you'll see my treasure hoard.  We have the stopper to the bathtub, about $15 in change,  the checkbook, an old cell phone, and a weird bone that the medical examiner may or may not have interest in."

"To your left is where the hot tub is getting installed, and over here is where the magic happens.  With your shoe.  Don't try and stop our love."

    The good thing about this giant Orange Drop Dunny from Andrew Bell and Kidrobot is that it is made of plastic, so at most Jorah would only be able to leave a few teeth marks in it.  Though it would be massive enough to carve the head out and make a nice cat bed, although a pricey one.  They will be available July 3rd for $399.99.  

Jorah, thinking about his next DIY project.  

The Eldritch Embryos from We Become Monsters

    Seems like everyone around me is having kids.  Sometimes I think I'd be good at raising a child, but other times I'm worried that I may try to sell them to a shoe factory as cheap labor.  And you never really know what you're going to get when you have a child do you?  It's biological gambling.  You may end up with a genius, you may end up with Charles Manson.  Kinda scary when you think about it.  

    What if one of these things pops out and starts calling you "dad"?  You know you're gonna have to ship it off to boarding school and hope it forgets how to get home, otherwise you can expect the rest of your town to eventually show up with torches and pitchforks at your front door.  We Become Monsters may have completely sworn me off of fatherhood with these Eldritch Embryos.  These frightening future monsters are available right now at http://webecomemonsters.storenvy.com/ for $28 each and are sold in random colors.