Nerd (Un)Culture
Background The Boogily Heads are art toys produced by Illinois-based Rocket USA. Each figure is a replica of artist Gus Fink’s original sculptures, which he would sell in galleries and on everyone’s favorite auction site – eBay. Michael Perry, the…
Background Erick Scarecrow and his ESC Toy label recently released the Mousey Micci line of plushies. The 12″ plush has been released in 3 different Super Hi-Tech Mousey Suit colors: the original Green Master, Pink Rage, and Midnight Marauder. Each…
Background The guys behind Carnival Cartoons, Jared Deal and Garnet Syberg-Olsen, introduced us to The Carneys back in early 2006. The line revolves around a group of carnival workers and contains all of the usual attractions. While Buzz Carney was…
Background Back in the early 90’s, Mike Mignola introduced comic book readers to his demonic anti-hero – Hellboy. The comic, produced by Dark Horse Comics, made it’s way to the big screen back in 2004 and the sequel is set…
Background When it comes to Marvel, their most popular comic book character would have to be Spider-Man. Being bitten by a radioactive spider, the alter ego of Peter Parker received a number of superhuman powers. If shooting webs and crawling…
The holiday shopping season is quickly approaching. Before you know it, it’ll be Thanksgiving and you still won’t know what to pick up for the man-child in your life. Well, we’ve found something that will entertain just about anyone –…
Background FreeBento.com sent us two of the baddest dairy products around. The Milk and Cheese rotocast vinyl figures are based on the comic book series of the same name. Artist Evan Dorkin teamed up with Monkey Fun Toys to bring…
Background “Lisa Petrucci collects old toys, dolls, kitsch, pinup art, and vintage men’s magazines at an obsessive pace. Eventually these things made their way into her artwork and she found the perfect format to capture them-the souvenir wood plaque. Each…
Background If you’ve ever been to comic, toy or Star Wars convention, you might have seen a guy dressed up in a tracksuit and painted Boba Fett helmet. Normally, you’ll see him carrying around his 80’s style boombox and unlit…
Background The character of Mary Jane Watson has appeared in all three of the Spider-Man feature films. Kirsten Dunst has played the role of Peter Parker’s love interest in the movie adaptation of the popular comic book. Tonner Doll Company…
Background Some fans of the Spider-Man comic series had issues with the way Sam Raimi’s films have differed from the original comics. Gwen Stacy was Peter Parker’s first love in the comic, however, she’s not introduced until Spider-Man 3. Mary…
Background You might remember Batgirl (aka Barbara Gordan) from her introduction in Detective Comics back in the 1960’s. However, I remember watching repeats of the old Batman TV series, starring Adam West. The show featured Yvonne Craig as Commissioner Gordon’s…
Background Metin Seven is a Dutch designer whose weekly three dimensional webcomic – Seamour Sheep – has garnered interest due to it’s funny story line and hilarious main characters. The comic follows the adventures of a Scottish sheep named Seamour…
Background I warn you, do not stare into the Shiitakes’ cyclops eye for too long. These monster mushrooms have a variety of bizarre powers that eventually led to their escape from their creator. Presently they camouflage themselves as regular toys…
Technological advancements have given us video games, 1,000 cable channels, hi-definition, iPods and countless other products to distract us. So, how does something as seemingly archaic as a board game elicit excitement? Well, this is no ordinary board game…it’s Cranium…