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 […]
You know those little green army men that we all had growing up? We kind of liked them, because they were cool military guys with weapons, but we also hated them cuz they weren’t as cool and poesable like modern 3.75″ figures like G.I. Joe. Well, they are iconic and will probably always be around […]
“OMFG” is right! Outlandish Mini Figure Guys! The community at October Toys are always up to something, and this time, it’s an awesome little set of mini figures – a throwback to the old M.U.S.C.L.E. figures from the 80s. This first series includes Multiskull, Crawdad Kid, Phantom Outhouse, King Castor and Stroll. These new figures […]
(Click to enlarge) In mid-April, I made a little trip out to Chicago to meet up with some friends/colleagues of mine for the Wax Trax! Restrospectacle. For those out of the loop Wax Trax! Records is a long-gone, legendary industrial rock record label which originated in Chicago. A bunch of the original artists on the […]
If Liberace ever got his hands on the Power Sword, he’d look like this.