I found this website the other day while… well I can’t remember exactly how, but they sell RC helicopters that include Airwolf. I don’t really care that much for anything RC, but I can get on board a Airwolf helicopter. Therefore, this RC Airwolf is is totally Airwolf for obvious reasons.
I like shitty comics. Not all shitty comics, mind you, but I’m the proud owner of many an issues of comics that are rarely seen outside of a quarter bin in a comics shop. The funny thing is that some of them are only considered bad comics if you haven’t read them like Micronauts. There’s plenty to love in the Micronauts series (both from Marvel and independent comic) what with a Star Wars-like space opera mix in with a lot of popular Marvel guest stars. The really horrible part of being a Micronauts fan is that there most likely will never be a series of figures based on the characters found in the Marvel comics. What’s that? There is a toy line of the Micronauts? Well the actual Micronauts toys that the comic is based on barely resemble the heroes found in the comics. That’s why I went ape shiat when I ran across this link the other day:
Wow, another Christmas down. Hope it was a good one for you!
Item: Oh boy, I forgot how big of a dip in traffic one gets during Christmas and Christmas Eve. It’s funny to see almost the entirety of the internet disappear to do non-internety things. Now I know why TV stations don’t even bother trying on those days.
Hot Toys has been consistently making some super sweet toys for awhile now and even though I really admire a lot of their products, it took Dutch from Predator to make me want to buy one of their toys. Perhaps it is because I’m gay for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s action characters…
…or maybe because I love Predator so much and a Dutch figure is something I never thought I’d ever see. This thing is like flapjacks on ice. What’s even better is that if you got one, you could pretty much customize him to be any of Arnold’s roles from his vast action film library. John Matrix from Commando? Check. Ben Richards from The Running Man? Check. Howard Langston from Jingle All The Way? Double check!
One of the greatest joys that the internet brings me are elaborate Lego sets done in Star Wars themes. This set I ran across is no different and is perhaps one of the best Lego dios I’ve ever seen. It’s a depiction of the Hoth battle from The Empire Strikes Back and it is simply stunning:
According to Brothers Brick, this set is 5 feet by 10 feet and contains 55,000 to 60,000 Lego pieces and over 50 working lights. One of the coolest features is a remote mechanism that deploys troops from the custom AT-ATs. I know this word doesn’t get used much, but I feel I should say, “zounds” to that.
Be prepared friends, the following is a very personal post. I do tie it into toys though.
Have you gotten in your contest entry for the Toys For Tots contest? Why the hell not? You better get on that, Mister or you’re going to miss the chance to win sweet toys and help a child in need. And speaking of sweet toys, not only did 80sTees.com, Brian’s Toys, and Big Bad Toy Store donate to the contest, but Sideshow Toys did as well. Let’s check out their stuff!
Sideshow is known for having high end merchandise. They truly make “collectibles” and not “toys”. Okay, they totally make toys, but you can’t find them at the local Toys R Us or Wal-Mart. Their G.I. Joe line is particularly interesting to me and here’s the full reveal of their Cobra Soldier:
Hot Pants! Good God Y’all!
Big Bad Toy Store stocks a lot of cool ass stuff and they were both generous and super nice to donate two fifty dollar gift credits to the big Toys for Tot contest. Let’s take a look at some of the cool stuff I’ve found on their site:
MP Optimus Prime Roller. Seriously, this is so bad ass that it hurts me to look at it. If you’re lucky enough to have the MP Optimus Prime and trailer combo, you’d be a fool not to buy the Roller parts to go with it. A bloody fool!
Last week, Bratz Doll maker MGA has suffered another stunning defeat by Mattel, the maker of Barbie. A judge in L.A. ruled that MGA can no longer make and sell Bratz dolls. The real tradedy of the situation is that if the appeals don’t work, then there are 1,500 people at MGA that could potentially lose their jobs over this mess, but there’s another side to the story. A reader by the name of “taylor” left a comment on an old post dealing with the lawsuits:
I LUV BRATZ THERE NOT SLUTTY THEIR FASHIOBLE WAY BETTER THAN DUM OLD BARBIES MY DAUGHTER LOVES THEM TO! I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAVE BRATZ CAMPAIGN TO ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS OUT THEIR WHO DONT DONT WONT BRATZ TO DIE OUT! I LOVE AND SUPPORT MGA
If there’s one move that’s super awesome that doesn’t ever get the respect it deserves, it’s Starship Troopers. The friggen movie is balls out awesome. It’s got war, gore, acting and a story that’s so horrible that it transcends awful and enters the realm of genius. As an added bonus there’s boobies for no reason. Yeah, it’s pretty much the perfect movie. If I have to tell you that the film is based on the book of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein, then you need your nerd credentials ripped from you and then drummed out of the nerdcore. Starship Troopers the film has so far spawned two direct to DVD (or Blu-Ray) sequels and a short lived CGI cartoon series called Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles.
There were also toys based off the first Starship Troopers film back in 1997, but they didn’t last long, which makes perfect sense considering the toys were based on a film that was amazingly inappropriate for kids. The idea in itself lead to a popular parody video seen here:
It’s Friday already? How did that happen?
Item: Sweet Chickens in heat, hrdwrkngxsoldier is a friggen machine. The WUMB regular has organized his workplace and several other local businesses to donate to Toys For Tots. So far they have 100 Joes to donate. I guess I inspired him or something. Thankfully, I’ve used my powers for good… this time.
Item: Also in contest news, it was featured as a news item on both Raving Toy Maniac and Toy News International. It’s really, really odd to see a link to ToyBender in any form on those sites. Odd, yet really cool.
Item: This is just plain weird. There’s a toy forum out there that deleted a thread I made letting them know about the Toys For Tots contest. I realize that they might have wanted to stop something that was spam-like, but they never deleted the SDCC Cobra Commander contest thread I made a few months ago. Out of the two, you’d have thought they’d have kept the one that ultimately helped a charity. I guess I learned my lesson!
Item: Finally on the contest front, please visit the sponsors if you haven’t already: Big Bad Toy Store, Brian’s Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, and 80sTees.com. I’d love to do this again next year!
Item: Poe Ghostal wrote an incredibly awesome article about how He-Man fans of the 2002 series are losing their shit over the new figures and how a few people actually like them. It’s the best article ever and I’m not saying that because he quoted me extensively.
Item: Great White Snark had a truly awesome wedding cake pic up the other day. Watch out for ninjas!
Item: I’ve been made aware that there’s a new toy blog in town called Articulated Discussion. I must watch it closely, for if it tries to challenge me I’ll crush it like a bug before they know what for. Muwahahaha! Oh yeah, he’s got a contest where he’s giving away a Batman Beyond DCUC figure.
If you think you’ve seen cool T-shirts and you haven’t been to 80sTees.com, you’re a damned fool. Let’s take a look at some of the awesome found on 80sTees.com, a generous sponsor to the Joes for Tots contest.
Superman: Kiss Me I Have Superpowers:
If I won the contest, I’d buy this shirt and put a Post-it note with an arrow pointing down on the bottom, which is the universal sign for, “In my pants.” I’m all class.
Sometimes I believe the Japanese have completely cornered the market on nude toys and then some good old American entrepreneur pulls through and shows them what for with some really great naked toys. While scanning around for vinyl figures that would make Great White Snark angry*, I ran across “Booty Babe” “toys.” I say “toys” complete with quotation marks, because the Booty Babes are really works of art that come in a more affordable vinyl variety.
In the United States it is Thanksgiving today, the day where we eat lots of food and hear myths about how the pilgrims and the native Americans were the best of friends. I figured that today would be the perfect day to think about the things I’m thankful for, which has become an annual ToyBender tradition. Now in no particular order, what I’m thankful for in 2008:
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