The Home for Odd, Ugly and Neglected Toys

Now that I’m a dad, I know I need to be on the lookout for cool toys for my son. Thing is, at such a young age, he can’t play with bootleg He-man figures and stuff like that. I don’t see that much baby “weirdo” stuff out there. That is until I found these. Let [...]

He’s real! And he has hellacious dingleberries!

I don’t want to go too much into the history of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) action figures by Playmates, but just know they were released regularly for about 10 years and with each new series, the character variations got more and more varied (and absurd). The thing is, the toys and characters [...]

So, a while back, I discovered a great website – HorribleLogos.com. (It is actually a great example of what I’ve expected the new trend in design to be – intentionally BAD design.) The premise of the site is you pay $5, and you get a really bad logo. Out of curiosity, I ordered a Weirdo [...]

A month or so back, I was poking around a toy show, and as usual, I didn’t find much that interested me. (That kind of thing happens when your tastes become more and more obscure I guess… dang it) In sad situations like that, I eventually get to the point where I’m thinking, “I paid [...]

I’d like to dedicate this “children’s toy themed” blog entry to my newborn son, Andrew. I’m new to this thing called fatherhood, but I’m loving every minute of it… well, that is until he’ll starts playing with my toys Over a decade ago while I was in college, my brother, Jason, and I stumbled upon [...]

Typically when I hear the word “Smurf” as it relates to the word “Halloween,” I imagine something disturbing like this: Smurf costume photo courtesy of Unreality Magazine. But now, thanks to Schleich, I can now picture this: (Click to enlarge) Ya know, I never thought I’d see the day when I’d put Smurf PVC figures [...]