What happens when presidents turn into monsters, literally? Well, one might argue that, depending on the president, you won’t need to tap into your imaginative side, but it’s always better to have some visual aids. For toy collectors who don’t mind taking a dig at the president of the United States – past and present [...]
Scare Yourself Silly With These Presidential Monsters
Posted on January 31, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment
Occupy Cybertron
Posted on December 8, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
The Occupy Movement has been going on for a while and has even expanded beyond the borders of the United States. Whether or not you agree with the movement, it is worth taking a look at the work of artist and prankster Sucklord. Now with a name like that, you know you are in for [...]
New McFarlane Walking Dead Action Figures
Posted on June 10, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
With the TV series “The Walking Dead” being picked up for a second season, and “first looks” being shown left and right, toy maker McFarlane’s announcement of two new action figures couldn’t have come at a better time. Earlier this year, in February, McFarlane already announced its line of action figures – from both the [...]
Old Toys Revived
Posted on January 14, 2011 Written by 1 Comment
Do you imagine where your old childhood toys ended up if they haven’t been thrown away? What about your GI Joe or Star Wars figurines, heck even a Pink Panther or Bugs Bunny figurine. The answer is: flea markets, garage sales and eventually maybe as an art piece. Lucas Mongiello an Argentinian artist based in [...]
Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v 11
Posted on December 31, 2010 Written by 4 Comments
Here we are: on the cusp of 2011, waving tearfully at 2010 and wishing it bon voyage, or telling it not to let the door hit it in the arse…depending on the kind of year you’ve had. And here we are wrapping up another week in geek, just in time to gather with friends and [...]
DC Universe Classics Gives Robin Two Different Haircuts
Posted on July 31, 2010 Written by 2 Comments
The new Mattel DC Universe Classics line actually makes the series look like it’s worth buying again, with Robin, Robin, Knightfall Azrael, the Riddler, Jonah Hex, Mercury, the Creeper, and a Bane build-a-figure. Yes I said Robin twice and for good reason, there are two of him. The strange part? The only difference appears to [...]
More Tron toys: the Light Cycle rides up walls!
Posted on June 23, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Yesterday James told you all about the new Tron Legacy action figures that light up. Today we have a full gallery of all of the planned Tron toys in gorgeous high-resolution images, including the action figs and a remote control Light Cycle toy (seen above) which can actually ride up walls and even on the [...]
Star Wars Legacy Collection: Willrow Hood, Cloud City's Ice Cream Guy
Posted on May 11, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
As Willrow Hood embroidered the finishing touches to his banana split, he wondered whether the decision to go all vanilla, foregoing the traditional precept of the neopolitan way, made as much sense. Living in Cloud City may have already dulled his sense of color, but sneaking away from duty to conjure a batch of ice [...]
Transformers sequel toys incoming
Posted on March 13, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
I haven’t been buying toys lately because I haven’t seen any new toys that has caught my fancy. The last action figure I bought was a DC Direct Batman as an addition to my growing Batman action figure collection. The only other addition to my collection was a Long Halloween Batman that was given to [...]