Custom YHWH Show at Toy Art Gallery

    I like Mark Ryden, I really do, but his YHWH toy doesn't do it for me.  It's a weird squiggly totem pole with eyes and bunny ears and I wouldn't know what to do with it if someone gave me one.  Actually, I would probably hit them with it.  So it is intriguing to me that someone would have gathered a bunch of them up, shipped them around the world, and let different artists rework the figure. The results of some of those endeavors have been making the rounds online and you can see them in person tomorrow night at Toy Art Gallery in Los Angeles.  It is probably one of the strangest objects anyone has ever used as the basis for a custom show, so the results should be nothing if not interesting.  

Pirate Chaos Bunny from Joe Ledbetter x The Loyal Subjects

    This may be the best chance you have to score one of the Chaos Bunnies from Joe Ledbetter and The Loyal Subjects.  They realize that rabbits with jobs = massive popularity, so they made 700 of these pirate versions.  And being a pirate is a pretty decent career choice.  Sure you will most likely die from scurvy, but you'll have a great time beforehand commandeering ships and pillaging fishing villages along the coast.  It beats working at Starbucks.

    Get one of these suckers today at noon Pacific time from https://www.theloyalsubjects.com/. 

New Pop! Vinyl Figures from Funko

    I have a doctors appointment later today (standard gerbil removal, nothing to worry about)  and if I see anything that resembles this guy when I get there I'm running the other way.  Clown doctors are probably the scariest thing in the world.  Have you ever seen a movie with a guy that has access to face paint and sharp objects that ends well?  And he looks like he is trying to hug me.  I am not okay with that.  

    Dr. Blake Downs from Children's Hospital is the latest dude to be immortalized as a Pop! Vinyl figure from Funko.  He will be released May 23rd along with this Red Hulk dude:

    Why is Hulk red?  I dunno, I think he hates the regular green one or something.  Or he' got a thing bursting through walls with a pitcher of Kool-Aid.  

Smoke + Yellow Resin Raaar! Exclusive from DeKorner x Dynamite Rex

    No matter how many times I feature these guys I am always impressed by how cool they look.  I can't imagine it is easy to make a resin Raaar! figure, and it probably would have driven me mad trying to do so.  I have a general idea of how they get that nice shiny coating of resin on that skeleton, but I probably would have just given up and watched tv before I perfected the process.  Luckily for you, I don't make these guys.  Dynamite Rex does and they made this one exclusively for Dekorner.  50 of them will be available tomorrow (May 10th) at 10am Pacific time for $65 each.  You can get one for yourself and be marveled by the craftsmanship by going to http://www.dekornerstore.com/.

Custom Toys of the Week: Drone Series Munnys from The Given

    My brother in law is gonna be pretty mad that he didn't think of this first.  This Drone Series of Munnys from The Given combines vinyl toys with military models to create something pretty crazy.  Let's just hope our government doesn't get any weird ideas about building these for real and dropping them on some unsuspecting nation.  Or would they be the coolest weapons of modern warfare you've we've ever seen.  Hmmmmmmmm.  I know I wouldn't mind having a few to wreak havoc on some irritating people I know.

    While you can't buy these with military grade weaponry (yet) you can buy these custom toys right this instant.  Just go to http://thegiven.co.za/shop/ and one or all of these could be in route to your house.  Hide your secret weapons cache first though, just in case.

Help Save the Coney Island Mermaid Parade

    Normally, I wouldn't involve myself in what you do with your money.  But after seeing a certain business solicit for donations to put on an awards show as a way of further advertising their brand and the products they sell, I got kinda peeved.  So in light of that I thought I would tell you about an organization that really needs your help in preserving an American tradition and is even willing to give you cool stuff for your money.

    Coney Island is one of the coolest places I've ever visited in this country.  Sure there are tons of amusement parks and boardwalks that you can visit, but none of them have the unique vibe that Coney Island possesses.  The moment you arrive you feel like you've stepped into a world that is separate from anything else you've ever experienced.  It's hard to describe unless you've been there, and I'm finding it hard to put into words just how inspiring of a place it is.

    Like most of the coastal towns where I live, Coney Island was hit really hard by Hurricane Sandy.  With the help of generous volunteers they have slowly been able to rebuild but their budget has been depleted by the cost of repairs and the fact that the Sideshow and Museum haven't been open to patrons.  This has put the annual Mermaid Parade in jeopardy.

    For 30 years the parade has been a staple of this Brooklyn community and you can help keep it going.  A Kickstarter campaign has begun to help raise money and every donation is rewarded with things ranging from your name on a Thank You banner in the parade, to buttons, an event print from Frank Kozik, to actually riding in the parade in your own personalized port-a-potty.  Check out their page here and be part of preserving one of the things that makes this country great.  Plus, I've never been to it before and I really want to go this year.  

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/377116752/save-the-coney-island-mermaid-from-extinction

SDCC Exclusive Boba Fett from Hasbro

    Do you think anyone would jump bail if a guy looking like this might show up to your door and freeze you in a block of carbonite?  I don't think so.  But I would totally watch a show about it.  It would be an improvement from that guy with the poofy mullet and his inbred looking kids.  Who could take him seriously?  I can imagine Boba Fett ringing your doorbell and as soon as you open it just shooting you in the face.  TV could be so much better.

    Hasbro has started a new line of Star Wars figures called The Black Series and basically that means they're big, full of detail, and come in fancy packaging.  Boba Fett and his Han Solo accessory will be an exclusive to this year's San Diego Comic Con.  The figure is 6 inches tall, comes with a few weapons and jet pack, and is a bargain at $45.  I expect to see a bazillion of these on eBay the moment they go on sale.