Elvira 14 Inch Sculpture

Tweeterhead offers this limited edition Elvira statue up for $299.99 + S&H to be delivered before the year is out!  The Dagger and ring on the statue are made with Swarovski Crystal.  This statue is limited to 350 pieces worldwide and comes with the artist, Trevor Grove's signature.  Pick yours up today!

Thundercats POP vinyl figures

Lookie, lookie who POP! decided to make into fun vinyl figures.  

That's right, Thundercats.

They are all about 3 3/4 inches tall and cost $9.99 each.

You can pick them up at Entertainment Earth or Amazon or Ebay or your local comic shop can order them for you or you can find them at specialty shops like Hasting, Hot Topic, etc.

Real Masterpiece Michael Jordon Figure

If you're a Basketball fan or you know someone who is and loves Michael Jordon, i promise you this will be a must have for them.  If you were to snatch one before the holidays for them, I'm betting you'd get some serious brownie points.  The figure is a fantastic sculpt of Mr. Jordan in his signature Red jersey.

Of course if they are a HUGE Jordan fan, you might want to pick the highly limited edition one instead.  It's a white jersey and just as amazing of a sculpt.

It's limited to just 3,000 pieces and can be found on Ebay, Amazon and The Big Bad Toy Store.

The figure comes with a Basketball with a magnet inside so it sticks to his hands in any position you decide to pose him.  There are 30 points of articulation to make certain you get just the right pose.

This is 1:6 scale to Mr. Jordan's actual height, so the figure is in reality a little bigger than 12".

Lots of interchangeable parts including 5 different sets of hands.

Here's a video of the Red jersey version:

http://youtu.be/y6XDH0AvAio

Small Joes Sale on Dragon Models 1:6

Hey everyone!  If you really love recreating WWII scenarios, smalljoes.com has a great sale on the Dragon brand 12 inch or 1:6 scale highly detailed figures they have in stock.  Anti-tank gunners, Calvary men with horses, Panzergrenadier, Soviet Sub-machine gunners, and a whole lot more.  Go check out smalljoes.com for more!

Black Night German Tank Commander

Crunchy Roll

I might be really late to this party, but I'm not sure.  Crunchyroll is AWESOME.

I've always loved Anime.  When I was just 3 years old I was watching Robotech, Voltron, Starblazers and my favorite, Gatchaman on a Dallas, Texas station called KXTX.  It was way before the internet or even cordless telephones, much less cell phones.  There was no pay cable.  HBO had yet to be a thing.  No one paid for television.  I was lucky to have such awesome anime on a local TV station.  There were only a few places in the entire country that showed anime at all. KXTX had it all.  Anime, Kung Fu movies, Godzilla flicks and Universal Monsters.

Gatchaman was a huge influence on me.  It made me want to draw.  It was so full of color and drawn better than anything on at the same time on any other station.  The bird costumes just made my imagination fire in all sorts of ways.  The storylines got more and more serious as it went on.  Things incredibly complex for a kid.  I remember not getting some things, but eventually getting things through context.  Characters died.  That was an extreme departure from American animation and caused me many let downs with American Animation in the future.  I can honestly say I have never seen an American animated film or series that has come anywhere near the depth of Japanese animation. It still has the ability to blow me away and just make me think about so many things while inspiring artistic visions.

There is an online service that streams Japanes anime right after it airs in Japan.  It also has quite a vault of shows from the near past and even some from the 70's, like Galaxy Express 999 or the 80's Fist of the Northstar.

They have a new Gatchaman series streaming now.  Gatchaman CROWDS.  It is awesome.  It pays homage to the old series, but is nothing like it.  Berg Kaste is in it.

70's Berg Kaste

New Berg Kaste

That character hasn't changed much other than you know right up front that he's not exactly a he or she, but something inbetween.

Galactor has been updated to be called GALAX and is a program run on all hand-held online devices.

8 episodes in, I'm still waiting to see if the sweet voice of GALAX will turn more sinister.

The character running the GALAX program wants to update the world.  Get rid of the idea of relying on everyone else and to rely on ourselves together as a collective.  GALAX updates people when there are accidents, etc. and asks if anyone in the area can help or has the expertise necessary to save someone from certain issues or problems.  The users get points and the World is updated to the status of the situation.  It's a pretty fantastic premise.

The characters are very different from original Gatchaman except for Jou Hibiki who is obviously a nod to Joe.  

So, yeah, needless to say I love crunchyroll.  $6.95 a month and more Anime than anyone could possibly get through with new updates daily.  If you love anime, seriously, go sign up.

Muppets in the Smithsonian

The Muppets, some of them anyway, are invading the Smithsonian.  There will be some of Jim Henson's earliest Muppets and some of those that are recognized around the world in the Smithsonian's new Puppetry exhibit.

The Smithsonian was so excited about the aquisition, that they allowed everyone's favorite Diva, Miss Piggy, wear the Hope Diamond.

There isn't a set date yet for when the exhibit will open.

The Smithsonian has had Kermit the Frog for several years, so it's nice to know the Frog and Pig will now be together in a place where the whole world can see them and smile.

JEM ALERT!!!

Jem and the Holograms fan, head HERE now! http://fab.com/sale/27337/?page=1

ONE WEEK ONLY: Jem and The Holograms dolls and tees available at Fab.com!

Simon Stalenhag Art

Hey kids!  Happy Monday.  New art.  Newly discovered Artist.  Simon Stalenhag. He's based in Stockholm, Sweden and creates art with a 70's feel mixed with a futuristic vibe.  It's cool stuff.  I'm not a big realism fan, but add robots and dinosaurs and you've got my attention and most likely my love.

New Who

I can't even begin to tell you how heartbroken I am that Matt Smith is leaving.  I haven't loved a Doctor this much since Tom Baker and i can honestly say I love Matt more.  Luckily, I have a way to create episodes and journeys never taken on screen with the awesome Underground Toys collection of Doctor Who toys!

The new Timezones created for use with the 3 3/4 inch figures will really add realism to your playtime.  Not to mention be awesome backdrops for your action figure shots for Flickr.  The one above feature 2075 AD and 1983.  There are promises of more to come depending on sales.  

They all click together making it possible to extend the sets to unimaginable lengths and sizes.

You should start seeing these in August at you local comic shops and wherever else you find your Who merchandise.  If you want to make sure you get your hands on them both, pre-order now from Entertainment Earth or Amazon for somewhere between $40 to $50 bucks before shipping/tax, etc.

Another set of new Who merch you are gonna wanna snag is the companion box set.  Rose Tyler (2.0), Martha Jones (She saved the world), Donna Noble (has been saved), Sarah Jane (with K-9!) and Astrid (She had a hit in the 80's with a re-make of The Locomotion).  

I really wish they would have gone for a hair down version of Martha.  Oh well.  Her sculpt is aweful as well.  Why is it that Martha never gets any of the Who love?  I love Martha Jones.  

Anywho,  Entertainment Earth has 'em for pre-order at $62.99.

NECA 7-inch Aliens Figures

These sculpts are the best I've seen so far if you want some great sculpts of Bill Paxton as a Marine in Alien. Hicks isn't quite right, but close.  30 points of articulation means they aren't stuck in the poses you see in the picture, but can be posed for great shots for you Action Figure shots on Flickr!  The Brown Warrior Alien is actually 9 inches tall, so it's in scale somewhat with the figures. 

You can buy a case over at Entertainment Earth that has Hicks, Hudson and the Brown Alien all

for $54.99.

Get Them BEFORE the Recall.

I don't usually suggest grabbing action figures that are offensive, simply because they ARE offensive, but *IF* you are one of those types of collectors, I suggest you head on over and grab the Lone Ranger figures right now.  This film looks like such a colossal middle finger to Native Americans, that I suspect it will flop (due to more attention to Tonto than the main character) or end up in the middle of a justified outrage and the "toys" will be yanked.  Just a guess though.

Disney decided to cast a Non-Native American as Tonto, despite there being a huge surplus of amazing Native actors.  Sure, sure, you've heard he was adopted by the tribe...well, guess what, 5 people a tribe does not make.  The actual tribe peoples are NOT happy.

He looks like a frakkin' clown.  And have you heard him in the trailer?

Sweet jebus.

Anyway, if you want these, head on over to Entertainment Earth and pick them up for $31.99.

20 points of articulation and 7 inches high.

Sailor Moon returns!!!

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Sailor Moon, SH Figurarts is releasing a super articulated version of Sailor Moon!  See the awesome Japanese promo for it below!



OMG!  Must have!  Entertainment Earth has them up for pre-order now!  Click here: Sailor Moon

SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!

Star Wars Model Kits ON SALE!!!

W00t!  Has Star Wars model kits on sale right now in celebration of May the 4th!!!  Head over and check them out!  $7.00 gets you the model of your choice, or pick them all up and it's still only $5 to ship.  Awesome!

http://www.woot.com/plus/star-wars-model-kits-1

Soft and Plushy Star Wars

Looks like the Spring and Summer will bring a plethora of  fuzzy, cuddly, and plush Star Wars characters your way.  From the company Comic Images comes plush Wampas, Banthas, Rancors, TaunTauns, Wookies, Ewoks and more!  From $10.99 to $14.99 and on up.

Pre-orders available now over at Entertainment Earth!

Wonder Woman Lamp

This Wonder Woman lamp is by Westland Giftware and available in May for around $55.00.

It's 16 inches tall and takes a 60 watt bulb.

Fall-Out Inspired Shelf

I made the amazing Turayis a shelf today for her video games.  Well, I didn't make the shelf, she bought it at Michaels for 5 bucks.  I took it, painted it, found some pre-existing art on Google, printed it out and stuck it on.  Then I roughed it up, drilled screw holes and hung it up for her.  She is using it to shelve her old school game cartridges for the Sega, NES, and Super NES.

Thanks to Sally Van for the original Nuka-Cola art.

JH Williams III

If you appreciate art and comics and have yet to check out JH Williams III art in Batwoman, you are seriously missing something.  The best way I could describe it would be to say it's like if Gothic Art ran into Psychedelic Art and they created JH Williams III amazing style.  Fluid and beautiful yet haunting.

He has a great blog if you find interest in his work: http://www.jhwilliams3.com/

He writes the book as well.  So far, I'm still hooked.  Elegy, Book 1 and Book 2 are all available on Amazon right now.  You can usually find copies in great shape for a great price.  I always seem to miss the individual copies at my local comics shop, so I opt to go the Graphic Novel route.

Pony Patches!

Have a hoodie or a shirt or a blanket that you think would be perfect with your favorite My Little Pony's cutie mark stuck on it?  

You are in luck!

Entertainment Earth has all the popular pony cutie marks!

Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinky Pie, and more!

$3.99 each.

Star Wars Pinball

Playstation has announced the forthcoming Star Wars Pinball on the PS3 and Vita.



The title will come with several different boards from all your favorite Star Wars moments!

Check out the site here: Star Wars Pinball

Have You Met Chicken?

I wrote a Children's Picture Book.  

I wrote it like 10 years ago.

It's been sitting in my file cabinet with 5 other Children's stories.

THIS is part of my CREATE goal this year.

Chicken is going to make it out into the world.

Amazon will most likely get my story, so get your $2.99 ready.

Right now I am working page by page digitally cleaning up the illustrations

that I sketched out for it.  Testing fonts.  Colors.

I'm having fun and really happy with the way it looks.

Stay tuned for ways to purchase your copy of "Chicken".