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Posted on 01.08.08 by Widge @ 10:04 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Sillof makes craploads of custom action figures. If you go check out his website, you can see he's tackled everything from a reworking of Star Wars to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But the series he's done that I think is totally solid is the Justice League inspired by the kickass Elseworlds title, Gotham by Gaslight. That's the group picture there, but you can get better, bigger pics here. Of course, one has to go back to the Victorian era almost to find DC Comics worth reading. And now my brain is trying to create what a Victorian SuperFriends theme would be. Hmm. Would that be totally on a harpsichord or something? Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 12.30.07 by Widge @ 7:31 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  You've got to love it when the power of technology can make a man's youthful dreams into a reason that normal people fear him and geeks like us admire him as an adult. Case in point: Kirk Demarais. Why? Because he had a dream...about Weebles. Throughout childhood I dictated a number of letters to Romper Room regarding my thoughts on new and better Weeble products. My mom recorded these ideas and actually mailed them in. My list included: the cast of Peter Pan, Casper, Sesame Street (which were eventually made), Popeye, Mickey Mouse (which were also produced later on) Scooby-Doo, Land of the Lost, Mighty Mouse, Groovie Goolies, and Star Wars. So using Photoshop, he's created his own fantasy line of Would-Be Weebles. In addition to Tron (shown here), there's also The Stretch Monster, Steve Martin and Mazinga. I'd take a resurgence of Weebles over this plague of satanic Bobbleheads we're in the middle of any day of the week. Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 12.14.07 by Widge @ 6:01 pm
Comments on this: just one. Add your own.  Dindrane would be the expert on this, but if I understand it correctly, we're dealing with a definitely chibi Cthulhu here. He draws you in and then devours your soul. Indeed: look at the vapid expression and huge hollow eyes of the girl who has brought his Great Evil into your presence. Witness how she has tiny little Cthulhus on either side of her head, like something inspired by Starro. Which madness-bringing bundle of cute reigns supreme? Is it this? Or is it John Kovalic's entry into the running? Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 12.09.07 by Widge @ 9:39 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Don over at Isn't Life Terrible brings up an interesting question: why can't anyone put Donald Duck in a decent car? Look at the one pictured there: isn't it sad that Donald Duck, one of the unarguably biggest stars at Disney, has to drive a car where he's sponsored by Jiminy Cricket? I mean come on. Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 11.08.07 by Widge @ 8:32 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. 
Barbie learns to cook doll? That's absolutely disgusting. I can't believe they-- Wait a second. Where's Ken? Has anyone seen Ken?! Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 10.28.07 by Widge @ 9:32 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Okay, you might think that chimeras, in the genetic splicing sense, are terrifying and an affront to God and man. But here we truly have a situation where science has Gone Too Far: somebody has mashed up Elmo with a RoboSapien, spawning the beast from hell: ElmoSapien. Seriously, all he needs is a rocket launcher and he's a Doom big boss waiting to happen. WTF were these people thinking? Truly, this could be the birth of Skynet. Make peace with your gods.  Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 10.26.07 by Widge @ 9:50 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Don Rosa and Dan Shane sketched out blueprints for Uncle Scrooge McDuck's ginormous money vault. Mats Gullikstad in Norway used those blueprints and built a full-on model of the vault. A slew of photos are available now on Flickr. Pretty cool. Found at Disney Blog by ScottC. Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 09.12.07 by Widge @ 3:05 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 08.12.07 by Widge @ 6:48 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  A little known fact is that long after child labor laws were passed to keep kids from toiling down at mill week in, week out, for tuppence every six months, children were still used in the construction industry. And yes, it's common knowledge that using them en masse as foundations or structural support beams was outlawed in 1940, but they were still being used to operate heavy machinery up until 1949. Here, in this bit from Popular Mechanics in 1950, we see how construction companies did an end-run on those laws by creating a "Child-size bulldozer" which "looks and works like the real thing." Oh, it sure did. For twelve hours a day until the loophole was finally closed in 1955. Of course, even today the iron hand of government keeps a close eye on Tonka trucks just to make sure that they don't get too functional. Still, it took a while for these new federal laws to become enforced properly, so even as late as 1957 you'd see ten-year-old kids wolf whistling at girls as they walked past. This has been another edition of TRUE FACTS...THAT ARE TRUE! Categorized as: Toys
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Posted on 08.05.07 by Widge @ 6:29 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Have you ever encountered something that's just an apparent perfect hybrid of the two reactions "Jesus H. Christ, that's sick!" and "Sweet Christmas, that's freaking hysterical!" Well, Haminal is that thing. He's the canned ham animal: smaller, tastier, boneless and conveniently can-shaped. And yes, that's the can he comes in. The website has t-shirts and a book along with the plushie you see up top. Dan Goodsell gave us the headsup. Categorized as: Toys
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