Hey folks. I just wanted to share this awesome Batman and Robin illustration I discovered a while ago. It’s a piece by renowned illustrator, Thomas Perkins, who’s depicted Bootleg Batman and Space Flyman in their own animated series. Thomas even credits “Laundry Day with Batman and Robin” as his inspiration. I love it! [...]
Yes, I’ve been away from the blog for a while. Life is cruel like that. I miss you all. On the brighter side, I’ve been in cahoots with Battle Babies‘ creator, Brad Rader. We’re proud to unveil this G.I. Joe-inspired artwork which will be a print very, very soon. It is going to be unveiled [...]
Awesome! The folks at October Toys are gonna start working on Series 2 of the Outlandish Mini Figure Guys (OMFG). If you don’t know about OMFG, you’re missing out. Read all about it on their Kickstarter page. In the meantime, they are taking votes for which characters/designs will make it into the next series. As [...]
And now for something a little bit different. Well, maybe not that different. I recently had the honor of being a juror in an awesome list, The 100 Best Action Figures of All Time, over at UnderScoopFIRE – a blog dedicated to the children of the 80s. It was a melding of toy minds. I [...]
I have something to admit. I’m white. I’ve been white all my life. And growing up as a white kid in the 80s, I never realized how every popular toyline and cartoon was pretty much directed at me. It seems that most headlining heroes from cartoons and toylines were either white, or some kind of [...]
A few years back, I discovered the Greater York Toy Extravaganza – a huge toy show which takes place Thanksgiving weekend in York, PA. Each year the show is packed with everything – 800 tables of modern stuff, vintage stuff and even historical stuff. Plastic crap or diecast metal crap. All types of toys for [...]
I don’t even know where to begin with what I’m going to show you today. You know what? I take that back. Described in a single word – “fun.” Wait. I have more words… As soon as I saw these toys, all I felt was joy, giddy-ness, surprise, anticipation. I literally laughed. You know if [...]
Wow. Over the weekend, I discovered this awesome music video (thanks Brad) for Zombie Zombie’s “Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free” song. I don’t know a thing about the band, but I’m in love with this video. Stop motion vintage G.I. Joe… in the antarctic… fighting zombies. What’s not to love? This is [...]