See more shots here
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Awesome Lego Toy Fair coverage at FBTB.net
If you head over here you can access an easy and extremely thorough rundown of the goodies Lego put on display for Toy Fair last weekend. A ton of stuff to get crazy over, but I'm especially gaga for the Alien Conquest line, pictured above.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
R.I.P.
I must confess that I don’t spend money on magazines these days. There was a time when I would drop $12+/month for Action Figure News and Toy Review and Tomart’s Action Figure Digest. I purchased these glossy magazines for years and stored them in boxes. It occurred to me at one point that I never went back to look at them again. Believe it or not I finally threw them all away (I kept a choice few). With the advent of the internet and bookstores like Barnes and Noble, I can now look at all this stuff for free. I never purchased too many issues of Wizard Magazine or Toyfare, but with the recent announcement that they have ceased production I find myself feeling nostalgic about it. I haven’t looked at these magazines in a long time but I was always comforted knowing that they existed. I imagine most physical magazines are going to fold over time. Goodbye old friends, you will be missed.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
10 Most Ridiculous Toy Biz Wolverine Action Figures
From toplessrobot, If you were a comic fan and a toy fan in the '90s, there was pretty much only one company to turn to: Toy Biz. The company not only made the first Batman movie figures, but they'll always be bets remembered for having the Marvel license during the years of the mega-popular Spider-Man and X-Men cartoons (as well as the many Marvel cartoons that weren't that popular).
In the years and years that they had the Marvel toy license, Toy Biz made a significant portion of the Marvel universe -- but they kept coming back to popular characters like Wolverine, since they actually made money (shockingly, the Sugar Man figure was not a hit). Since Wolverine was the hottest character for most of that period of time, Wolverine figures account for probably 20 percent of the toys the Biz made, which means he, had both good figures made of him... and bad figures. Putting aside the slightly goofy-looking ones, and the ones that represent legitimate(-ly bad) comic book appearances, these are the 10 that made us scratch our heads the most.
See them all here
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Colorforms!
When we were kids my siblings and I would spend hours playing in our grandparent’s attic. They had a very large attic and it was chock full of toys and stuff that once belonged to my father and his siblings. I wish I had the foresight to grab up some of that stuff that has now been lost to time. At one point my grandmother hired some guy to come in and “clean” out her attic. I’m sure he was just tickled to find all this stuff that my grandmother regarded as “junk”.
One thing we played with was Colorform sets. I remember that there were a few different ones although I’m at a loss to recall any of them (Peanuts?). Colorforms were a fun diversion on a rainy day. Of course it’s possible that I’m remembering them nostalgically rather than accurately when it comes to their play value. I recently picked up the Welcome Back, Kotter Colorform set from The Toy Vault. I purchased it partially because of my memories in my grandparent’s attic and partially because I find any product related to Welcome Back, Kotter to be hilarious for some reason. I mean, what kid wants to play with the Sweathogs?
It turns out that Colorforms aren’t much fun. In fact, they lose their “stickiness” over time. Fortunately there is a way to revive them, check it out. I also have the Pee-Wee set pictured at the top of this post. It runs out that many, many properties were turned into Colorform sets. I’m trying to track down the KISS and Space 1999 sets.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
My latest toy obsession
I’ve been hitting 3 of the Toy Vaults rather frequently of late. The newest store is the best (and largest) one yet and it has inspired me to focus my collecting efforts on the Kenner Indiana Jones collection.
I largely ignored the Indiana Jones figures/play sets when they were originally released, most likely because I was still collecting Star Wars figures and in comparison the Indiana Jones figures were less exciting. Over the years I have thought about the Indiana Jones figures from time to time but I’ve never made any serious effort to collect any of them. The closest I came to starting a collection was to pick up an Indy for $25 a year ago. For whatever reason, perhaps my disgust at the current state of toys or maybe just boredom, I’ve become obsessed with picking up everything from the Kenner collection.
On an impulse last week I dropped a ton of dough and grabbed the following items;
The Well of the Souls playset
The Streets of Cairo playset
Cairo Swordsman
Belloq (Ceremonial Robes – mail-away)
Sallah
Indiana Jones (from the Map Room playset, which I do not own)
I still need the following items;
The Map Room Adventure play set
Desert Convoy Truck
Arabian Horse
Toht
Indiana Jones (German Uniform)
Belloq
Marion Ravenwood
German Mechanic
I am very charmed by this collection and I want to acquire every piece. I just love the old Kenner stuff and this collection dovetails nicely with the Kenner Star Wars stuff. The problem is that the items generally range anywhere from $30-$100 each so I’ll have to take it slow and look for bargains. I’ll keep you updated on my progress!
All pictures come from Cool Toy Review and you can see even more here
Monday, January 03, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
New Star Wars figures?
Lately when I see pictures of new Star Wars figures I feel old. How are these "Star Wars"? I know they come from the universe of prequels and cartoons but my brain refuses to accept this idea. I don't recognize anything outside of the original trilogy as cannon and when I see figures like these it just feels weird to me. I'm pleased that Hasbro sort of "gets" that "new" Star Wars is off-putting to the older audience, which is why we're getting the new "vintage" line with old card-backs like this;
I admit that I feel a certain comfort level when I see racks of these vintage card-backs adjacent to the new "foreign" Star Wars figures. I picked up a couple for the great sculpting and because I'm a sucker for the old packaging. Sigh. I guess I have to accept that the Star Wars universe will forever include all the post-trilogy stuff. I don't have to like it though.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Kackel Dackel, The 'Pick Up Dog Sh*t' Game
From geekology, Kackel Dackel is a f***ed up German game that encourages children to feed a plastic dog Play-Doh and then pick up the rainbow turds it craps out (you know how Germans feel about playing with doodie!) Plus the patties are non-toxic, so you can eat them. Alternatively, I'll let you walk my dogs and you can play the real game. Bonus points awarded for catching turds straight out of the butt before they hit the ground! Points deducted if you let my dogs eat stray cat shit and get worms.
Watch the commercial,
Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
NinjaGo!!!!!
Lego has gone crazy with this new theme. I hope to post more on it later but for now just look at the leader of the bad guys in the Ninjagoverse.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Looks like Pirates of the Caribbean Lego sets on the horizon...
This happy fellow caused a stir amongst the Lego freaks at Comic-Con. He was stuck in the corner of a Prince of Persia display but that's clearly Captain Jack Sparrow. Ahoy and all that.Picture credit goes to Ace at From Bricks to Bothans.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Plastic PEWs!: Stop-Motion LEGO Shootout
From geekology, This is a video of a stop-motion LEGO shootout. If I didn't know better, I'd swear it was pulled straight from a scene in a Hollywood blockbuster. And that I was on acid and my girlfriend's cat was telling me to kill the couple downstairs. DON'T YOU POUND ON THE CEILING WITH A BROOM HANDLE WHILE I'M FANCY FEASTING! Anyway, it's similar to THIS Matrix LEGO stop-motion, but with less recognizable characters. Like walking into a dark bar and thinking you recognize somebody, only to realize too late it's a guy dressed as a woman but you don't care because you're lonely and haven't had a kiss in nine months. Yes, just like that.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
I like the droid
From rebelscum, hree new figures from the final episodes of The Clone Wars season 2 have surfaced on eBay. Check out R8-B7, Bossk, and the young Boba Fett images.
The Outer Space Men
I was right! When I read the post below, I wondered if those toys had anything to do with these guys here (mostly because of the distintive tentacly Nautilus guy).You know when you have a (toy) memory in the recesses of your mind, and you wonder if you'll ever figure out what it's about, and then the second you start investigating the answer shows up? That just happened. (Actually, I've looked these guys up before, and had to search JJP to make sure we didn't already post about them).
The Outer Space Men (or Space Warriors, if you will) were a series of bendy toys released in 1968. I have never, ever seen one. But I did once play with the Colorforms set depicted above, and wondered at the time how I was supposed to be satisfied with vinyl cut-outs of bad drawings of the cool toys pictured on the box.
Googling "action figures colorforms box space" actually got me right to the appropriate Wikipedia page, which in turn led me to the extremely satisfying Outer Space Men annotated archive, which is run by the guy who photographed these weird dudes for their packaging.
So color me intrigued for this new stuff.
Luke, I Am Not Your Spaceship: 2,500 Piece LEGO Imperial Shuttle Coming Soon
From geekology, LEGO is releasing a 2,504 piece Star Wars Imperial Shuttle this September for $260. For reference, that's four days' pay for me (plus two after-hour HJ's).
This beast is bigger than my old model, at 28 inches tall (71 centimeters) and 22 inches wide (57 centimeters) when the foldable wings are fully deployed. The cockpit allows you to sit figures inside, and it includes five minifigs:Darth Vader, Shuttle Pilot, Imperial Officer, Stormtrooper and Luke Skywalker from Return of the Jedi.
The Imperial Shuttle also has rotating double laser wing cannons, landing gear, and a display stand.
DO WANT. And not kinda want either. I'm talking really really want, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ha. Now I know what you're thinking, "Jesus, did the GW really just quote Spice Girls lyrics?" And the answer, my friend, is f*** no. They stole that shit from me.
See more here
Toy coolness!
From onlinedesign, The first test shots for the OSM materialized from parts unknown (or China) this week! The fit and feel on these spacey little beings are really great! Our boys in the Far East spent solid time capturing that inimitable Four Horsemen look and the initial results look awesome. We've been playing around with them for the past few days and putting each figure through the regular torture test. The most fun though, has been swapping the parts. Blending all the little bits up and putting a whole new spin on what we're used to. As crazy as it seems, the look of the two lines matches right up! Pheyden can finally try out for cosmic basketball without making deals with a Buildman for the season. And Exellis can stroll around with an all new look. And those OSM heads...they are so fun to stick on the scrunchy Glyos bodies! Total Battle Beast city with Astro Nautilus!
We are all so excited to share these new guys with all of you. The custom mania just got major reinforcements, all thanks to the unparalleled craftsmanship of the Four Horsemen and the truly visionary mind of Mel Birnkrant. Bring on SDCC!!!
Seem more coolness here
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
New Starspeeder 1000
From miceage, "In the merch shop was a preview of an item from Celebration-V:
the StarSpeeder 1000, which awaits us with the updated Star Tours."
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