Friday, May 24, 2013

New Rat Fink Items from Blackbook Toy



    Ed "Big Daddy" Roth designed and built some of the craziest cars that have ever existed, but even if you've never seen one of his customs, you probably recognize Rat Fink.  He's been featured on every product type imaginable, tattooed on countless bodies, and reinterpreted by artists for decades.  Now you can class up your garage with these latest releases from Blackbook Toy.  

    First up is the new 10 inch resin big head statue.  This thing must weigh a ton and would be the first thing I grabbed if someone broke into my house.  One whack to the head and they won't remember their entire childhood.  You could also just look at it too I suppose.  





    They also have these new blind boxed mini figures.  While they won't do you much good in the realm of home defense, they are pretty cool.  And if you buy a box of 12 you're guaranteed to get the whole set.  Should all blind boxed toys be like this?  Yeah, yeah they should.  I'd consider buying them again if they were, but as of right now I get too stressed out when I get 30 of the same figure and want to punch babies.  

Super Series Sunday from Dead Hand Toys x Tenacious Toys




    These guys kinda remind me of those scrubbing bubbles that are supposed to raise hell on the grime in your bathroom.  When I was little I thought that those guys were legit and really did all the work for you, so I never understood why my mom griped about cleaning.  Imagine my disappointment when I found out this was not in fact the case and those bubbles are just as lazy as anything else that comes from a spray bottle.

    Dead Hand Toys made these Greeds by mixing three different shades of blue resin together, so each one is unique.  They will be blind bagged as part of Tenacious Toy's Super Series Sunday sale for $20 each.  These will be available this Sunday (May 26th) at www.tenacioustoys.com.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Maskless Deadpool Pop! Vinyl from Funko





    It's a good thing Deadpool has a sense of humor, cause he's not winning anyone over with that face.  This scarred Pop! Vinyl figure from Funko will come in grey and red suited versions and will be available next month.  Of course you could preorder them now, forget about it, then be traumatized when the box gets to your house and this carved up face is staring back at you.  It's like added value or something.




Sue Resin Figure from Buff Monster x Healeymade



    This is the cutest ice cream headed, cyclops girl I've ever seen.  And I've seen a few in my day.  I grew up in Virginia after all and there's some crazy stuff going on in the woods down South.  Stuff that would blow your mind and shake the very foundations of everything you knew to be true.  

    Sue is the creation of Buff Monster and Healeymade, and they are changing her sculpt after this release.  So you better get on this before she goes under the knife, cause you never know how surgery will turn out.  These go on sale tomorrow (May 24th) at http://www.buffmonster.com/.  

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Blue Wooper Looper from Gary Ham



    My wife is a fan of Tiffany's and unless I hit the lottery this may be about as close to their iconic shade of blue she's gonna get for a while.

    Gary Ham will be releasing his latest Wooper Looper this Friday (May 24th) at 11am Pacific time.  He is limited to 30 pieces and will be $60 each at http://www.superham.bigcartel.com/.  This is what a real life Wooper Looper looks like:


Eeeeek!  It's the cutest little salamander thingy you've ever seen!

Sulu Finally Gets His Own Mimobot



    Who is the most entertaining person on the internet?  The answer is George Takei (Grumpy Cat is a close second, though not necessarily a "person").  The man posts funny stuff all day long and manages to mix in doses of social awareness without it coming off as contrived.  How does he do it?  Cause he's the King of Cyberspace.  Four million people on Facebook can't be wrong.  

    Now you can finally store your favorite moments from George Takei in a device of his likeness!!!  Mimobot has created this flash drive based on George's character Sulu from Star Trek.  It even talks to you when you put it in your computer.  Oh my indeed!  They only made 1,000 of them, so act fast or be sad that all your friends got one and you didn't.

Curiosity "Pop Bomb Edition" from Nathan Hamill



    Every night when I come home from work there's this ice cream truck driving through my neighborhood playing that god awful carney music.  It wouldn't be so bad if it were a legit looking truck and not a conversion van with a air conditioner installed in one of the doors and the menu spray painted on the side.  I bet it's a mystery to him why he never has to stop even once while slowly creeping down the road.  It would be safer to answer a Craigslist ad giving away free meat than to buy ice cream from this dude. 

    And so it goes that I haven't had one of those rocket pops in years.  Those things are the best and i've suffered this injustice for too long.  So while I try and find a less serial-killy ice cream man in a nicer neighborhood, you can gaze upon these Curiosity resin figures from Nathan Hamill.  Sculpted by Julie B. and produced by Oni Creations, these 5 inch tall figures will be available this Friday at Comicpalooza in Houston, Texas for $80.  Just don't try and lick them.  I can't imagine resin tastes that great.