Toys
Just when I thought I was out…THEY PULLED ME BACK IN!
Yesterday at the annual San Diego Comic Con, Mattel revealed the new line up for their highly popular, internet-exclusive “Masters of the Universe” toys (you can see pics of the new figures here). I’ve talked about this line before on the podcast several times and how much I both love it and hate it: I love it because it’s so awesome and the figures are amazing, I hate it because of its very high price and difficulty to obtain on sale day. Well, long story short, I had resolved to quit this line after the month of August when (Orko and Trapjaw are released).
Well, forget that.
Almost There…
McFarlane’s Halo 3 figures are pretty excellent. It’s a shame they don’t provide an method to acquire just the pieces you need instead of buying random packs and trying to patchwork your characters together, but I’ve been able to do it. Here is Silence, Etta1791 and JediJason78, perfectly accurate. Next step is accurate paint jobs, [...]
Lego Linksys Router Upgrade
Taking an extremely common (seriously, how about a redesign?) Linksys router and giving it a shiny new coat of Lego paint seems like a great idea. Some guy named Luke did it, and the results are pretty excellent. If someone were to build these and sell them for profit I’d probably buy one. Why? Because [...]
If Knowing is Half the Battle, What’s the Other Half?
The answer to all life’s important mysteries are answered by an awesome T-Shirt. I think I need one of these.
Lego Heroes
BrickShelf Gallery has done a ton of work in making Lego versions of comic book superheroes and villains. As seen in the sample above (Rorschach and Beta Ray Bill), they obviously know what they’re doing. They have literally tons of custom Lego heroes made up from Marvel, DC, and some independent characters as well. Click [...]
