Toys

Daniel Smith (turboPISTOLA) will be releasing a new run of customs today (May 21st 2013) at 1PM ET. Those releases are: • Custom glow in the dark Deadbeet - $130.00 • Custom Turtum Micci - $40.00 • Custom Skekiltor - $30.00 There are also some Elephantos T-shirts ($18.00 - $20.00) up for pre order in a variety of colors, for both the ladies and the gents. You can pick up everything over at the turboPISTOLA shop.

Having featured the WIPs of The Yellow Dino's Mega Munny custom, I was eagerly looking forward to the piece at Star Wars Day Jakarta, and I was not disappointed! I might have featured Yudi's works on my blog, but having to see them up close and personal, is another treat altogether! Holding court as part of the exhibits in the "Art Project" arena for #SWDJKT - MEGA DINO FETT sees the galactic bounty hunter getting the Dino-treatment, complete with battle-worn dinks-n-dents in his helmet and armor .. and that rocket backpack is splendid, as astounding the details were, IMHO. And while this display piece had been spoken for at the show itself, a few pre-orders for further pieces were apparently happening as well, so do stay tuned to this blog for further news on that front! Ah heck, go bug Yudi on his Twitter @theyellowdino or his www @ www.theyellowdino.com! And see by Dino Fett's side, was JOUWE FETT! Featuring Marine Ramdhani's Rhino-horned Jouwe character design on a Jango Fett-helmet … and "why" just the helmet alone? Well, remember when Jango got decapitated by Mace Windu in the Battle on Genosa? MUAHAHAHAHAH LOVE THIS!

Part of my recent Iron Man 3 win from ActionFigurePics.com were these two 'Assemblers:' War Machine and the Mark 42 Iron Man armor. The first thing I noticed when I got these two next to each other was that War Machine is much bulkier than Mark 42. I'm surprised they did that, especially since interchangeability is the theme for this line. They're both neat basic action figures with limited articulation and basic paint but good detailing in the sculpts. The 'Assemblers' gimmick is that you pop off and re-attach or swap limbs for armor modification. Each figure comes with extra arms and an action shooter of some sort. While this feature does nothing for me as an adult I think it would have been pretty neat as a kid; it's well executed with the arms snapping in securely and not feeling loose or wobbly or like they'll just fall right off. War Machine looks great, although the shoulder cannon piece he comes with looks lame when attached, it's just too tiny and barely peeks over his shoulder. I didn't bother attaching it for the photos. War Machine's extra parts are even less exciting then Mark 42's. There's no added paint apps, and the plastic color doesn't even match up. Of course you can add one figure's parts to another, which might be fun for kids but in this case ends up looking a bit odd, especially since Mark 42 is more svelte than War Machine. The Assemblers gimmick is clever and well executed, but I don't think they are making enough armors in this line to make it truly worthwhile. If there were ten or more armors you could make zillions of cool creations, but to my knowledge there are only three: War Machine, Mark 42 and Iron Patriot. But I'm not complaining, free toys are free toys, and if you're an Iron Man fan you could have been treated a lot worse by the toy companies. In my experience the third film in a trilogy usually gets the worst of it when it comes to toys, be it through repaints or rushed, lazy product. At least these are new and nice representations of the on film armors!

From Dr. Krinkles (the mind of Gus Fink), the Gooli Monsters will be transforming from their collectible plastic figure line into a soft cuddly plush line. They'll initially be launched as vending plush and will possibly be released as retail plush soon.

Still waiting for items to arrive for my layout expansion, I figured that trying to stay ahead of items coming in would be a good idea. Although I really enjoy scratchbuilding, this kit is perfect for my time period. I can remember these stores very well. "Back in the day", markets were a lot simpler than out present day supermarkets that have grown in size to be able to stock mere and more prepared food items coming onto the market. Back then, markets carried the staples, and if you were lucky, they even had an in house butcher. In many instances, you would have to either raise your own meat, as we did here in Montana, or go to a butcher shop. This should be an interesting build. Attached Thumbnails

I'm working on a modular switching layout - the first module is nearly completed: Here is an impression of it:

Amazon has a nice exclusive deal. Buy the 25th Anniversary Edition of Madden 2013 for Xbox or PS3 AND also get 17-weeks (the entire regular 2013 season) of NFL Sunday Ticket for your iphone, ipad or Mac (or other smartphone, tablet or PC that runs/accesses DirectTV’s app/website)! Are you ready to watch nearly every football [...]

Folks familiar with Arno Maukar's UCU ("Ultimate Copy of You") recognize the 6-inch tall resin platform figurine being depicted in a variety of character designs (Check out these Kamen Rider-customs!)… now here's a look at the NEW UCU figurine in a smaller and cute sized at 2.5-inches tall! Expect this all-white DIY-Edition to be released soon-ish, and I'll update you folks with availability and product details when I have them! Here's a quick-vid a how it looks in-hand: (And thanks again for the figure, bro!)

The latest Disney PLANES trailer is great and does what a trailer is supposed to do – make you actually want to see the movie. It is also jammed packed with closeups of characters already revealed plus lots of characters that are CARS (some variants of CARS). Since we’ve pretty much seen all the PLANES [...]