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« Previous Entries Next Entries »Geek Steal: Toys on Sale for 50% off at Entertainment Earth
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Toy collectors and parental units, it’s time to get your geek on at EntertainmentEarth.com, where you can find “perfect toys” with “imperfect packaging” up to 50% off at their Not Mint Sale. That’s hundreds of action figures, collectibles, and more, oh my.
Hurry up, though. For one, the sale ends “soon,” and second, I heard there [...]
Custom LEGO Porkins Figure - Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Friday, October 3rd, 2008From Boba Fett to a Bantha, there isn’t a character, beast, or being from the Star Wars universe that Mike Crowley of CountBlockula hasn’t built into its uncanny LEGO likeness.
But for whatever reason, it’s the LEGO Porkins figure that really speaks to me. I mean, it speaks to me in the overly-officious voice of a [...]
Artist Introduces My Little Pony to Star Wars - Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Friday, September 26th, 2008To me, the true measure of an artist is 1) the blueness of her hair and 2) her ability to transform something completely lame like a G1 My Little Pony into a piece of awesome sci-fi pop culture kitsch using only acrylic paints and a handful of sculpting clay.
Which practically makes Mari Kasurinen (a.k.a. Spippo [...]
Vandalized AT-AT Toy Sells for $1,250 - Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Friday, September 5th, 2008That’s strange. The old Star Wars toys I’ve customized with Sharpies and finger paint and put on Ebay haven’t been selling that well.
Yet ChooseChris found this graffiti-covered version of a classic AT-AT toy from Hasbro that sold for a whopping $1,250 in auction at Christie’s.
From the auction listing:
Customized Hasbro Star Wars vehicle customized by [...]
The Top Five Most Poorly-Disguised Transformers
Monday, June 2nd, 2008When I’m looking over the new releases on the Hasbro Toys Web site, I feel the same gleeful enthusiasm that Dick Cheney has when he’s flipping through the latest copy of AARP magazine, looking for old men to shoot in the face.
So imagine my dismay when I came upon these truly pathetic excuses for Transformers.
5) [...]
The Top Five Geek Icons Who Deserve Action Figures In Their Likenesses
Friday, May 9th, 2008In just two weeks, Herobuilders.com can create a personalized 12-inch action figure in your likeness… for only $425. Or, if you think of it in another way… for the cost of an original, G1 Optimus Prime, still in its package. In other words, perfectly reasonable. Especially when you consider the finished product, [...]
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