Monster Worship's Post NYCC Exclusives Sale Happens Today!!!!

    I missed Monster Worship at New York Comic Con this year because they were there on a day I couldn't make it.  Sometimes that's the way things work out, and even if I happened to be in the building there is no way to see everybody.  That place is like a mad house and I always end up forgetting something.  But fear not, because all of their remaining exclusives will be going online today at 4pm Eastern time.  Behold all that will be available, like the micro Greasebat from Jeff Lamm, and the Greasebat Gummi Playset from Jeff x Unbox Industries.  Or you could pick up the black and orange swirly Altar Beast of the brand spanking new Slime Bat from Michael Skattum.  Or just get em all and recreate this picture on your own hardwood floor.  Mine would include tumbleweeds of cat hair that mysteriously appear from beneath my couch and float across the ground like some sort of filthy poltergeists.  

"Witches Brew" from Lunartik On Sale Now

    I'm not very adventurous when it comes to food.  Mostly it has to do with the fact that my digestive system is about as stable as an abandoned warehouse.  But I'm getting better and trying new places that my wife and I happen upon in our travels.  So we stopped at this place that shall remain nameless and decided that since the weather was nice we would eat on their patio.  The waitress brings us our drinks and as I go to take a sip I notice an ant floating in it.  No big deal, right?  So I scoop out his little insect carcass and flick it to the ground so his family can prepare his burial.  Or eat him, I dunno, I'm not really up to date on their funeral customs.  Then I return to my delicious beverage to find another dead ant.  And another.  And I notice that they are all through my soda.  The waitress notices my carcass retrieval efforts and quickly offers to get me another drink.  At this point I'm not sure how the little buggers all got in there so fast, but I ask that we move inside to hopefully stop their invasion.  Then I overhear the bartender complaining about how nobody had flushed the soda line that morning and they were filled with ants.  I was the unlucky first customer who got a bit of protein with my Coke.  Now here's where it gets weird:  we stayed and ate. I think I may be going completely mental, because a drink full of dead bugs is reason enough to lose ones appetite, but they gave me another one and we ate and the food was really good.  But the thing that really got me pissed was that they didn't comp us the drinks. It would have been the nice thing to do, a way to say "sorry for almost making you drink a cup of bugs." That, my friends, was the act that will prevent me from eating there again.  

    So I've had some experience drinking shady beverages, even ones filled with little dead bodies.  Lunartik made 213 of these "Witches Brew" Cups of Tea for Halloween and you can own one right now for £20.00 by visiting http://www.lunartik.com/.

Kidrobot is All About The Ladies With These October Releases

    Say what you want about Kidrobot (and I know you all have plenty to say) but they nailed it with these two releases.  Sadly, they are both well out of my price range, but as you know I am always a gracious accepter of gifts. 

    The first beauty you see up there is part of the Kidrobot Black line and was designs by Craww.  Standing a full foot tall and priced at $399, you can be one of the 200 lucky people that will ever be able to own this when it is released on October 24th.  This is by far my favorite figure that has ever been a part of the Black collection and I was able to see it up close at New York Comic Con, which made me think pretty hard about how I could have made off with it without anyone noticing.  I'm just kidding folks, I would never commit a crime.  I mean, unless you're willing to pay me $399 to do some dirty work for you, then I would consider it so I could buy this toy.  Email me and we'll talk.  

    So they don't even give me time to clean my drool off of the computer before they go and release pictures of this.  This is how I like my women; axe-wielding and covered in tattoos.  McBess is the man behind this masterpiece that will set you back $199.99 when it's released on Halloween.  Again, if anyone has anything dirty deeds they need done (somewhat) dirt cheap, I'm your guy.  

Strange Days Opens at Toy Art Gallery Tonight

    Wanna see some crazy customized toys that will alter your very perception of reality?  Do you live in the Los Angeles area?  If you said "yes" to those two things then I just planned your date tonight, cause you're gonna go check out the Strange Days opening at Toy Art Gallery.  This show will feature the works of Itokin Park, Brent Nolasco, Martin Ontiveros, Josh Herbolsheimer, Michael Pro, and Shirahama/Yatsuashi and will expand your mind when it comes to custom toy art.  Plus, why wouldn't you want to go to Toy Art Gallery just to see the disturbingly huge collection of figures they have?  I would hang out there every day if I lived 3,000 miles closer.  

Seen at NYCC 2013: Argonaut Resins and The Jelly Empire

    The use of resin to make toys has allowed for artists to create things on their own without the need of a a large company or tons of money to finance their endeavors.  Argonaut Resins and The Jelly Empire have been making their artistic visions come to life for years with this DIY attitude and had a great display of that work at New York Comic Con.  There are some remaining pieces available for sale on their respective websites, so after you are mesmerized by all the pictures I took you should check out http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/ and http://www.thejellyempire.com/ and support these great artists.  

Seen at NYCC 2013: Peter Kato

    Peter Kato is back!!!!!!  He was quiet for a bit as he built his new studio space, but he made it back to the world of toy making just in time to debut some new stuff at New York Comic Con.  I would have more pictures but he was selling everything so quickly that most of it was gone before I could make my way over to see him.  I love these new Mogu Tanks, and they really show how far he has come in his art.  Check out his online shop at http://peterkatoshop.com/ to see what he has available.  Also, if you're in the New York area this weekend he will be participating in the Arts Gowanus Open Studios, so you can pay him a visit and see how he makes his resin creations.  

Seen at NYCC 2013: Suburban Vinyl

    Suburban Vinyl had a great first showing at this year's New York Comic Con.  They had their booth over flowing with exclusives and crazy customs.  And it was great to finally get to meet shop manager Rob Losito, who is another person I've known online forever but never actually met in person.  He's a hard working dude who loves what he does and it's always cool to support people who are passionate about their work.  They do have some remaining stuff from the convention available now, so check out http://www.suburbanvinyl.com/ and buy yourself a little something.  Go on, you deserve it.