Nerd (Un)Culture
Background You might have seen the IWG Astro Krieg Series. Rocket World has taken three of their most popular Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo characters (Titus the Grizzly Bear, Hannibal the Mountain Guerilla, and Affonso the White Rhino) and decked them out…
Background The 80’s inspired Z.O.M.B.I.E. mini figures is the newest line created by the folks at October Toys. Obviously modeled after the popular M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestling figure line, the flesh eating undead are slightly creepier. Standing for Zillions of Mutated Bodies…
Background Erick Scarecrow made his first trip to San Diego Comic Con to release his exclusive figure at the Toy Tokyo booth. The SDCC Exclusive Sandstorm Kissaki gives ESC-Toy’s original vinyl figure a trendy new color scheme. Packaging The packaging…
Background San Diego Comic Con 2008 saw the Uglydoll booth with one limited edition exclusive plush for folks to fight over – Sleepy Chilly Ice-Bat. Ice-Bat lives in an ice box. Everything he touches turns to ice…Yet he warms your…
Background Helboy II, which is currently in theaters, is based on the comic book by Mike Mignola. Mezco Toyz, having the Hellboy film license, has produced (so far) two series of Hellboy II inspired action figures. The second film introduces…
Background VA-ROOOM! Better look both ways before crossing the street, because this Tricycle Terror is burnin’ rubber! Scott Tolleson (under his independent Stolle Art Studio) is the artist responsible for designing the craziest girl on three wheels – Tricycle Terror….
Background I’m not going to pretend that I can speak Japanese. And when I attempt to use something like Bablefish, it just ends up reading like Nietzsche. So, I’m not going to attempt to discern the background story of the…
Background Dreamlets are designed to make us smile, to encourage us to take life a little less seriously, and to remind us that we already have the life we’ve always wanted…hopefully, their simplicity is contagious. Each handmade Dreamlet is unique,…
Background Dookie-Poo is a magical ground burrowing creature known technically as an “ELFCHIDNA.” Dookie lives in POOVILLE but in his never ending quest to become friends with the entire world he can be found anywhere, at any time! Dookie-Poo may…
Background Sideshow Collectibles has long been producing figures, busts, statues and prints from the epic trilogy – The Lord of the Rings. They recently released a pair of Hobbits as 1/6 scale figures. After already reviewing Frodo, we’ll be taking…
Background Uglydolls have released the newest design from David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim – Babo’s Bird. You know how everyone looks like their pet? Well, Babo looks just like his pet peeve! BIRDS! Babo can’t stand birds! They always eat…
Background The Tomb Raider video game, featuring the female archaeologist Lara Croft, was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. The game is probably the lone bright spot in the Saturn’s three-year run. The third person game follows Croft…
Background The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring won 4 Oscars back in 2001. Elijah Wood, best known as the kid from Radio Flyer, played the main character, Frodo. The tale of hobbits, dwarves, wizards and elves was…
Background Domo (or Domo-Kun) is the mascot for Japan’s NHK television network. The mysterious creature was hatched from an egg, and for years has been seen in stop motion animated shorts on Japanese television. The furry brown character has beady…
Background You probably know the story behind David and Sun-Min’s Uglydoll line. If not, where have you been? Well, the duo has released a few new designs for 2008. And we are going to take a look at one of…