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04.10.09 by Widge @ 3:01 am  I admit freely that for the most part, I simply don't get Minimates. I'm not sure what a cross between a licensed action figure, a Lego figure and one of the little Fisher Price people has in the way of appeal. That and I see far too many "versions" of figures, where it's take a new form and slap the familiar face/paint job on it and now you've got how many different Captain Americas on your shelf? That being said, I have a weakness for...well, the twisted. That's why I was drawn against my better judgement to the aforementioned Mola Ram Mighty Mugg. And why I dig Luke Porter's Psycho set, complete with mom in rocking chair. See his website here. And also fantastic is Sillof (who we've mentioned before) and his Terry Gilliam set of inspired custom figs. Awesome. Categorized as: Toys
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12.07.08 by ScottC @ 10:47 pm  It's not easy buying a Christmas gift for the budding Science Villain Joseph. For obvious reasons, uranium and other transuranics are right out. Particle accelerators, scanning electron microscopes and the like won't exactly fit in the toy chest. Or even the house itself. And anything too cute can be detrimental to the development of the young evil genius. So when I saw this on Boing Boing, my jaw literally dropped. This was perfect! A set of five wooden blocks, wonderfully illustrated with the basic concepts any young mad scientist needs. Of course Joseph, being a bright young lad, is already familiar with all the disciplines from A is for Appendages to Z is for Zombies. Except for C is for Caffeine, he is only two and a half. It is gratifying to see that the fine folks at Xylocopa are just as committed as I to shepherding the next generation of Science Villains, Evil Geniuses, and Mad Scientists into the future. So please support them and get some Alphabet Blocks. And order quickly. Do you want to take the chance that your child will grow up and become something boring and mundane as an accountant? Do you?! Categorized as: Toys
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11.26.08 by Cosette @ 12:14 am Here at the Technocave compound, we like The Muppets quite a bit. So much, in fact, that we have a designated Muppet Room (so named by our own Needcoffee Artist in Residence, Rox). So when FAO Schwarz opened up a Design Your Own Whatnot Muppet workshop on their website, we had to play along. Whatnots, in case you are unfamiliar with the term (because we didn't know what the hell it meant either), are the hardworking extras of the Muppet world. Basically, anytime you see a Muppet crowd scene, the Whatnots are there. Using the workshop, you can (or could--more on that shortly) make your own custom Whatnot Muppet from the selections of bits and pieces available. Our Muppet was days in the making. They had an online design studio of sorts, where you could pick a body type and color, eyes, noses, hair, and a costume for your very own Whatnot. Needless to say, the myriad of choices made it hard to come to a decision, but finally we narrowed the favorite bits down and clicked on the "order" button. Categorized as: Reviews and Toys
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10.20.08 by Widge @ 6:00 am The folks at Ectoplasmosis have unearthed something that shames pretty much everything else we've posted during our 32 Days of Halloween festival this year. Nothing can prepare you for terror at this level. How we missed this in our discussion of evil dolls, I have no idea. Categorized as: Toys
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10.15.08 by ScottC @ 6:30 pm The latest "How hard is it to rob a bank?" toy has come out. Playskool has released KOTA the Triceratops to win the hearts of dinosaur loving children everywhere and remind parents that the toys they grew up with were pieces of shit. Look what this thing can do. Always enjoying attention, KOTA will roar back to you when you speak to him. When you touch the triceratops, KOTA will move his head, tail, and horns in appreciation. Your triceratops will even let out a friendly dino roar! Included with KOTA The Triceratops are "leafy greens" that are used to feed KOTA. Simply move the green towards KOTA's mouth and he will begin making munching sounds.
Here's a video of KOTA in action. Categorized as: Toys
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