Octopup from Nathan Hamill x 3D Retro Debuts Today!!!!

    How many people have toy releases on their birthday?  Well, Nathan Hamill does.  Today is not only the day that he is finally old enough for his driver's license, it's also the debut of his new Octopup sofubi toy.  This little dude is exactly as advertised:  he has the head of a dog with the kung-fu grip of tentacles.  Darwin never saw this coming.  3D Retro is gonna release a new color every month and at only $10 each you can easily afford to get em all.  Trust me, I looked at your bank account.  Get the red edition today starting at 1pm Pacific time from http://www.3dretro.com/.  

New Figures from Argonaut Resins x Small Angry Monster

    My wife recently changed jobs so we had to change our health insurance as well.  Waiting for our new cards to come in the mail has been nerve wracking, as I've managed to injure myself no less than ten different times.  Each time I jab something sharp through my thumb (that was yesterday) or have Icarus slice me with his razor-sharp claws when we try to take him to the vet (that was last week) I wonder if this is the stupid way in which I will die.  How embarrassing would that be?  To die from a dirty piece of metal that went into my thumb because I don't have my health insurance cards yet.  As I lay on my death bed, rotting away from a wicked case of tetanus, I would take my last breath just as Sharon checks the mail and finds that envelope from Blue Cross Blue Shield.  Maybe they'll make a Lifetime movie about me.

    I could probably use some armor plating just like these new figures from Argonaut Resins have.  Small Angry Monster did the customizing on these guys and they look pretty safe and secure, which is something I need to work on.  He also made these Cursed 8 inch Tuttz that look as if they were pulled straight from a pharaoh's tomb. The curse of the mummy is not included.  You will have a shot at owning one of the amazing toys you see here this Wednesday, June 26th, at 8pm Eastern time by going to http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/.

Tooth Decay from Creo Design

    If anyone wants to know what happened to Dr. Mengle, he is alive and practicing evil dentistry in Southern New Jersey.

    I haven't been to the dentist in a few years, but I feel I have a really good reason.  The last time I went my dental insurance people sent me to some guy whose office was in a converted garage in his house.  No big deal, maybe he just wants the sweet tax write off.  And when I met him and he turned out to be in his late 80's I thought he must be really good at what he does to be in practice so long.  It wasn't until after he drilled into my tooth without the benefit of pain killers that I thought he was probably a Nazi war criminal in hiding.

    My tooth had chipped and I wanted to make sure it didn't develop a cavity.  He takes a look, says its no problem and that he can smooth it out real quick and it would be good as new.  At first he was right, he was shaping the problem area with the drill and I felt nothing.  Then he jabbed that sucker in there like he was trying to kill it.  The pain was excruciating and I nearly tore the armrests from his chair.  When he finished I wanted to punch him in his wrinkly old face, but I felt this utter terror of having been violated so completely.  That and I couldn't see out of my right eye.

     Tooth Decal from Creo Design is 7 inches tall, made from solid resin, and brings up painful memories.  They're gonna be 9 of these in the first release that will take place around July or August.  I have to go and lie down for a bit now.

Spray Paint Porcelain by NooN x K. Olin Tribu

    I tried to spray paint something once.  Well, I guess it was more an attempt at graffiti than anything.  We had gone to Richmond earlier in the day and I had seen the way people wrote their names on the buildings in these crazy styles, so I asked about it and learned that they used spray cans to do it.  Well, we had spray paint in the garage and big pieces of plywood that no one ever used, so I figured I'd make some art.  Like most of my artistic endeavors, I quickly found out it was harder than it looks.  At the conclusion of my experiment I just ended up with a completely red piece of wood, because everything I tried to write looked more like a yard sale sign than a work of street art.  

    Maybe I just needed a fancier spray can like this porcelain one from NooN x K. Olin Tribu.  Only 50 were made and they were all hand decorated.  You can preorder one now by going to http://www.artandtoys.com/.

Pollen Kaiser "Devilman GID" from Paul Kaiju x Toy Art Gallery

    Guess what?  This dude releases today!!!!  I know I've been doing that a lot.  And by "that" I mean posting stuff on the day its released, but hear me out on this one.  I'd like to think of myself and the last minute reminder you have to get something you want.  Sure, I could tell you about it 2 weeks ago, you could forget because you found out you have a tapeworm, and then where does that leave you?  By this time you would have already taken the proper medication to kill the tapeworm, begun evacuating it's dead worm segments from your intestines, and have prepared yourself to welcome happiness back into your life.  And then here it is, handed to you on a silver platter.  No need to thank me, it is after all why I was put on this Earth.

    

    I loooooooooooooooooove Paul Kaiju's Pollen Kaiser.  It's a big hunk 'o weird plastic and this version is painted in homage to Devilman!  And it glows in the dark!  Finally, I can save money on my electric bill!

    Toy Art Gallery is offering this dude up for sale TODAY (June 21st) at 12pm Pacific time.  He's $195 and totally worth it.  You want one.  I want one.  I would get a Kickstarter going to buy one if I had enough time.  

Uglydoll x Universal Monsters Plushies for Halloween

    I know, I was kind of a jerk yesterday and didn't post anything.  I was spending the day with my wife, roaming around the city of Philadelphia like two lost tourists.  It was fun, we saw some weird stuff:

    Weird thing #1:  There was a new sneaker released yesterday and a huge line outside of a store we walked past of people trying to buy them.  One person in line was in a wheelchair and did not actually have legs.  And he was waiting in line to buy sneakers.  With no legs.

    Weird thing #2:  We went to a book signing that night and there were two blind people there.  It was at this point that I asked God why he was torturing me.

    So yes, the moral of the story is that I neglected my duties yesterday to entertain you, while I was thoroughly amused by the many things I saw all day.  It doesn't seem fair, but it also gave you a chance to peruse the archives and remember the fun we've had together in days gone long past.

    This Halloween you can buy yourself some new cuddle buddies in the form of Uglydolls dressed as Universal Monsters.  Just look how cute they are?  They're gonna be $20 when they're released so you can totally get them all, throw them on your bed, and roll around like you're Scrooge McDuck in his pile of money.  Except this will be softer and less coated in germs.  

Bitta Critta from Scott Tolleson x 3D Retro for SDCC

    My wife used to go to Las Vegas every year for a manager's conference for her job and the pictures that she would send me were amazing.  The best however, was of a man dressed up as Winnie the Pooh, passed out on the sidewalk with a bottle of booze in his hand/paw.  But wait, thats not the end of it.  There was also a little girl standing next to him in tears because she thought Pooh was dead.  OH MY GOD it was the funniest thing I've ever seen!  I was a bit horrified that anyone would let their small child near a filthy costumed character that needed to be in detox, but once I got past that the hilarity resumed.  It could have only been more funny if he ended up biting her with his Pooh Bear mouth.

    On a side note, it turns out this guy is kinda well known, as this picture will prove:

Back to the task at hand.  Bitta Critta is a costumed character that also likes to get his drink on.  Or as I like to say, his draaaaaaaaaaaaank.  That makes it sound like more of a good time.  Go on, try it, I'll wait.

     Scott Tolleson thunk him up, 3D Retro manufactured him in their vinyl toy uterus (or China), and VOILA! another San Diego Comic Con release.  $50 will get you one at booth #5051.