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08.28.05 by Widge @ 4:42 am  Mother of God, now I think I've seen it all. Thanks to an entry on MAKE Blog, we found a site dedicated to adult-sizing and generally modding the living hell out of Big Wheels. There's also rallys, upgrade kits and all kinds of mayhem. And of course, they have the Big Wheel variant I thought was the coolest when I was but a mere Widgelet: the Green Machine. No amount of modding could make it so my can would fit on it now, though. Ah, for my misspent youth. Categorized as: Stimuli and Toys
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08.25.05 by Widge @ 3:04 am    McFarlane Toys' summer release of the third series of Spawn Reborn is in stores and, like the majority of their releases, the results are sufficiently badass. Basically, Spawn Reborn is where they take figures from previous lines, throw them back at their artists and get the equivalent of an action figure remix. The results are then re-released to you, the great unwashed masses. Now that sounds good on paper, and I know what you're thinking: it's just a repackaged, rehashed figure. Yawn on toast. And perhaps I'd agree with you for most ideas like this, but I just dig these things. And not just because there's a lot of black involved. For example, Bloodaxe Spawn is just about as black a figure as you can have. And evil looking to boot. He and my Marv figures are going to go get drinks in a bit. Comes with a bigass shield and spiked mace. This was a variant figure from the Spawn Series 22: The Viking Age line, and from what I can tell they have blackened the hell out of it, along with adding more bits to the armor. So that works. In addition, this new version of Redeemer, which was originally released last year as part of the Spawn Series 25: Classic Comic Covers 2 line, was originally blue and gold. Now the gold is silver and the rest of the body along with the wings are black. Goes with everything I own. Comes with a nasty sword/axe combo. The Warrior Lilith we have here is a reworking of the one released in 2003 from Spawn Series 23: Mutations. Less bare skin (sorry, guys) but now she's covered in a wicked red and black tattoo. Her hair is recolored and what clothing she has is either red or black, with the armor now gold. She also comes with a base and two of the craziest damn swords I've ever seen. Plus a bullwhip. So she's got that going for her. Buy Bloodaxe Spawn from Amazon. Categorized as: Headsup and Toys
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07.22.05 by Widge @ 2:02 am  We dig McFarlane Toys. We just do. It's a combo of the badass sculpts and the fact that Todd had the testicular fortitude to tell the toy companies "Screw you, I'll do it myself." And we always respect that attitude. Branching off into...well, branches, of the military comes Series 1 of the McFarlane's Military line. While they're concentrating on modern American fighting men right now, we can't wait to see when they start branching out and tackling other countries, other time periods. This series has for its basic figures the Army Ranger, Navy SEAL, Marine Corps Recon Sniper, Marine Corps Recon, Army Desert Infantry, and the Air Force Special Forces Command CCT. Each of them comes with authentic everything: uniforms, gear, and weapons. Each comes with its own custom base as well. Pretty sweet for something that is apparently (as McFarlane makes it clear on their website) done without the involvement of the DoD. For more pics, check out the site here. Categorized as: Headsup and Toys
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07.14.05 by Widge @ 8:26 pm  We're pleased to review this Con exclusive, one of the most creative we've seen in our travels so far. This stick figure was being handed out by the folks at Bare Bones Studios, to help promote their books, like the sick and twisted robot story of love and death, Why Am I Programmed to Kill? I was also assured by the writer of Heroes Inc. that his mom loves the book...so I can't think of a more ringing endorsement than that. Anyway, notice the amazing amount of detail and the care of craftmanship on this figure. The sculpt is impressive as well. It also comes with an industry-thumping zero points of articulation. We can't wait to get it home and have it kick the asses of our Aliens and Conan figures. In the meantime, check out the Bare Bones guys on their website here and send them love. They're sick and wrong. And we respect that. Categorized as: Reviews and Toys
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06.29.05 by Widge @ 10:52 pm   Remember when Star Wars didn't suck? Yeah, we do too. We are filled with nostalgia for the good old days as we present these two things which just came in off the truck: the Millennium Falcon and an X-Wing Fighter, both models from RC Ertl. I was never good with models as a kid. I couldn't color in between the lines and...well, Christ, have you seen my handwriting? I sign a credit card slip and somebody asks, "You a doctor?" Anyway, suffice to say I screwed up enough models to know that that sort of pastime simply wasn't my bag. But these look simple enough where even a shmoe like me could handle them. The X-Wing comes with a nice thing on the box that says "Easy! Beginner!" Now you're speaking my language. They're both "moderate" level and the X-Wing is "Snapfast" style, which means the Falcon is probably out of my league. But hey, if you like some hands-on work, go for them. Crying over them while you watch your bootleg copy of ROTSith probably is bad for your concentration, though. Categorized as: Headsup and Toys
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