Target Exclusive Ric Flair Pop! Vinyl from Funko

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  I don't talk too much about Pop! Vinyls, cause honestly the dang things are everywhere.  I renewed my car insurance it came with an exclusive figure.  I find the things stuffed behind my books, a handful fell out of a new bag of cat litter, and I think I may have my own likeness available any day now.  At one time I as trying to collect all the different versions of Batman, but some of those suckers are priced so outrageously on the secondary market that I abandoned that quest for the sake of my own mental health.  But then this.  Let's go to the video, Tony Shiavone:

 

    I don't think that really had anything to do with toys, but I can't stop listening to The Nature Boy tell you what's what.  And if you buy this Target exclusive figure he can inspire you to cut the most over the top, energetic promos on everyone in your life.   Whether it's your boss, the pope, or anyone else giving you a heap of sass, you put your aviators on, sling your title belt over you shoulder, and let them know that if they wanna be the man, they gotta beat the man.  You should probably do a few push ups too just in case they try and call you on that last part.

    I have no idea when these are coming out and no one else in the world seems to either, so just keep harassing you local Target until victory is yours.

Shipwrecked Plunder Boys: Harr Hanchor Limited Edition from Goodleg Toys Available Now!!!!

    I can't tell if these dudes are ready to star in a crazy horror film or one of those late night movies that you can find on Cinemax (not that I can even stay up that late anymore, but I've heard stories).  Either way, it seems like massive amounts of booty is about to be plundered whenever Harr Hanchor is around.  Imagine how much more interesting Deadliest Catch would be if someone that looked like this was running one of those crab boats.  That show was cool at first but now its either "we found some crabs" or "we ain't got no crabs" or someone falls overboard succumbing to the cruel mistress that is the sea.  Throw this guy in the mix and now you've got yourself something worth watching.  This Bubble Gum edition of figures is available right now from the only guys who could come up with something this nuts, Goodleg Toys. Start building up your pirate crew at http://goodlegtoys.storenvy.com

"Clementine" from Kathie Olivas x Tomenosuke Available Now

    Let me tell you something: you wish you had a rabbit hand puppet.  You wish you could take your puppet around, give people sweet little rabbit kisses on their face, and then see how long it takes you to get arrested for being a weirdo.  You're making your mother cry with all these shenanigans, you know.  But I ain't your momma, so keep living the dream, my friends.

    Clementine from Kathie Olivas x Tomenosuke could totes get away with giving random people kisses with her bunny pal, because she looks the complete part.  A little bit whimsical, a little bit spooky, and made completely out of sweet Japanese sofubi.   Being plastic and inanimate makes your behavior way more acceptable.

   This little lady is available right now for residents of North America by visiting www.strangerfactory.com.  People in other parts of the world have to get theirs from www.tomenosuke.com.  

Capcom x Kidrobot Mega Man Medium Figures Releasing Today

    I don't even want to think about all the hours I've spent in my life playing video games.  I'm sure there's some way to guesstimate just how much of my existence has been donated to the fine folks at Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, but that's probably best left a mystery.  Just playing for an hour or two makes me wallow in my own depression of all the other productive stuff I could have been doing, so having it presented to me measured in days or weeks might just do me in.  Although as a result I do have some wicked hand eye coordination and could straight kill a man with my thumbs, so there's that.

    Let's focus on the more positive things in life though, like these sick Mega Man figures from Kidrobot.  They'll be available starting today in stores and on www.kidrobot.com, just in case you're in the middle of a game and aren't able to leave the house for a while.  I've been there, bro.

    

I Present To You the Best Comment Ever Left By a Reader

   

    So yesterday in my post about 3A's new releases I jokingly made a reference to selling one of my kidneys to fund my toy addiction.  Little did I know that through that reference I would be plunged into the world of black market organ trade.  Behold, a comment left on that post:

Attention,
Welcome to irrua specialist special hospital,
Do you want to buy or sell your kidney?, Are you seeking for an opportunity to sell your kidney for money due to financial break down and you don’t know what to do, then contact us today and we shall offer you good amount of money for your Kidney we specialize for top class medical treatment like Heart Surgery, Cancer Care, Spinal fusion surgery , sleeve mastectomy surgery , and other major surgeries. contact us now via: (irruaspecialistspecialhospital@gmail.com) with the follow details below,

name:
country:
phone number:

Good luck to you.

Best Regard,
Dr Tommy. 

    Now I'm not one to judge (ok, I can't even keep a straight face while typing that) but I have two concerns right off the bat.  First off, I appreciate the fact that he's using such a nice, seemingly innocuous name like "Dr. Tommy".  It makes me feel less like my kidney will be removed in a stall next to the milking goats and more like this surgical transaction will take place somewhere that doesn't buy their anaesthesia from DJ the weed man.  But where he starts to lose me is in his sketchy grammar.  You want me to let you remove one of my major organs and you're not sure when you should and shouldn't capitalize your words?  Me thinks not, good sirs.

    A quick Google search led m to discover that they are located in Nigeria, which at first I was thinking would be a plus, cause there's always Nigerian royalty emailing to give me money so I could just show up in person and cut out the whole Western Union nonsense.  Then I did an image search:

     Look at that sign!  That thing screams "come on in and die, stupid American".  My immune system is delicate and could in no way handle the infectious diseases that place is gonna lob at me.  Let's imagine for a second the conversation that went down about cleaning this sign:

Worker 1:  "Hey, you want me to take some of this Windex here and clean the funk off of the sign."

Worker 2:  "That's our last bottle and I've still gotta wash the steak knives for the 3:30 lung transplant."

    This is pretty much the premise for American Horror Story season 12.    

Post SDCC Sale from 3A Happening Tomorrow

     I've never braved the halls of San Diego Comic Con.  I've never waited in lines days in advance to see my favorite celebrities in a panel, or fought through the masses to score a toy release.  But every year as it's going on I am glued to my computer waiting for trailers and photos to be uploaded and hoping against all hope that exclusives will make their way online for much more reasonable prices than you can find on eBay.  For fans of 3A, your ability to purchase the figures you wish you could have gotten will happen tomorrow.

    Mind you the packaging and the toys themselves will offer slight variances from their SDCC counterparts, but this is much better than trying to sell your kidney on the black market to pay those ridiculous toy flipper prices.  Trust me, I've considered the organ trade many times before.

    The sale is going down tomorrow, July 17th, starting at 9am Hong Kong time and lasting for 24 hours only at http://www.bambalandstore.com.

"The Art of Toys" Exhibition at the Museum of Art and History Opens This Weekend

    I love museums.  There is very little I'd rather do then spend the day exploring a museum I've never been to.  The great thing about living in New Jersey is that I'm close to Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. so my wife and I have been able to check out places regularly that many people center entire vacations around.  The bad thing about living where we do is that we're gonna completely miss what promises to be an awesome exhibition in California opening at the end of this week.

   The Art of Toys focuses on those folks on the West coast who have been instrumental in shaping what we know as the world of designer toys.  Curated by Julie B. of Pretty in Plastic and Heidi Johnson of Hijinx PR, this is going to be like visiting the toy store of your dreams.  It's taking place at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, California and proceeds from the show will fund art programs throughout the city.  Plus there are pinball machines you can play and limited edition stuff you can buy.  More details can be had by clicking here.  

    Check out the list of artists that will be participating:  

Attaboy, Anthony Ausgang, Gary Baseman, Beast Brothers, BIGFOOT, Dave Bondi, Ryan (RYCA) Callanan, Brian Castleforte, Buff Monster, Luke Chueh, Bob Dob, FERG, Paul Frank, David Flores, Dan Goodsell, Gary Ham, Nathan Hamill, Dave Horvath (Uglydoll), Jay222, Eric Joyner, Kano, Frank Kozik, Kozyndan, Mike Leavitt, Joe Ledbetter, Simone Legno (TokiDoki), Aaron "Woes" Martin (Angry Woebots), Elizabeth McGrath, Tony Millionaire, Junko Mizuno, Kathie Olivas, Nathan Ota, Brandt Peters, Dave Pressler, Mark Ryden, Greg (CRAOLA) Simkins, Sket One, Skinner, Jeff Soto, Bwana Spoons, Scott Tolleson, Mark Dean Veca, Yoskay Yamamoto, and many more.