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Star Wars gashapon by Touma (link roundup)

Star Wars capsule toys/pendants by Touma. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Cake Wrecks fan costumes.

2. Superdeformed Cloaking Predator figure.

3. This I'd like to see: American McGee's Frogger.

*Previously: Macross gashapon.

*Buy gashapon at eBay.

Ratchet and Clank vinyl toys

CreatureBox teamed up with Gentle Giant to make these Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark toys as gifts for the employees who made Ratchet & Clank Future.

*Previously: Sander Cohen figure made for 2K employees.

*Buy custom action figures at eBay.

Halloween by Chris Ware (link roundup)

Ah, it's been too long since Chris Ware wiped the smile off my face. You can see the comic strip he created for the New Yorker here. Via the whole internet.

And a few more links:

1. Choose Your Own Adventure parody cover features a lot of great monsters.

2. Photos of the Spider-Man 3 3/4" figures.

3. This year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature is someone you've never heard of.

*Previously: No one can bring me down quite like Chris Ware.

*Buy Acme Novelty Library collections at Amazon.

Cucos now on sale (link roundup)

Tenacious Toys now has open box Cucos on sale.

And a few more links:

1. Various entries in Project Rooftop's Wolverine redesign contest have been posted.

2. Good roundup of information about the Los Angeles area teens that burglarized the homes of rich celebrities. (Their story will presumably be made into a movie on Lifetime by the end of the month.)

3. Go here to see the toys in Wave 13 of the DC Universe Classic line.

*Previously: Toronto Crime Stoppers places fake bullet holes on car windows.

*Buy DC Universe Classics toys at eBay.

Mickey Mouse/Jack Skellington figure

Mickey Mouse as Jack Skellington vinyl toy by Medicom. It'll apparently go on sale in April 2010.

*Previously: A Nightmare Before Christmas cake.

*Buy Medicom toys at eBay.

Kuma Combat King (and more)

Recent posts at Toycutter, my custom toy blog include:

1. A Clockwork Orange Playmobil figure.

2. Zero Suit Samus action figure.

3. Optimus Prime as a locomotive Transformer.

4. Roland Deschain at The Black Tower action figure.

5. Kuma from Afro Samurai Combat King.

*Buy custom action figures at eBay.

New Nightmare Before Christmas toys

Scary Jack Bobble Head and Christmas Oogie Boogie Head Pillow both available for preoreder for about $15 at Entertainment Earth.

*Previously: Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas cosplay.

*Buy A Nightmare Before Christmas posters at eBay.

Hello Kitty anatomy toys (link roundup)

Hello Kitty Anatomy Toys by Dr. Romanelli and Hello Kitty. See more photos here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sam Mendes will direct a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical.

2. I'm really enjoying SuperFreakonomics, and this paragraph does a great job of demonstrating how good the writing is, and how interesting the topic choices are:

Such birth defects aren't as rare as you think. Douglas Almond, examining U.S. Census data from 1960 to 1980, found one group of people whose terrible luck persisted over their whole lives. They had more physical ailments and lower lifetime income than people who'd been born just a few months earlier or a few months later. They stood out in the census record like a layer of volcanic ash stands out in the archaeological record, a thin stripe of ominous sediment nestled between two thick bands of normalcy.

Yes, they provide the answer. There's a similar heightened occurrence of birth defects for people born in certain months.

3. Former Army Ranger Gustavo Zamora Jr. rescues/recaptures people's children when they've been taken to another country as part of a custody battle. Via.

*Previously: Papercraft Willy Wonka.

*Buy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory toys at eBay

Astro Boy Happy Meal toys

Starting this week (I think), McDonald's has Astro Boy Happy Meal toys.

*Previously: Ad for an Astro Boy food tie-in and toy.

*Buy Astro Boy toys at eBay.

New SpongeBob toys from Burger King

Coming next week (I think), new SpongeBob toys at Burger King. I'm actually not a fan of SpongeBob or his show (every episode I've seen seems to feature him as a moron torturing people), but these figures are about as good as the last several sets of vinyl toys released by Kidrobot.

*Previously: Lego Plankton.

*Buy SpongeBob toys at eBay.

Patapon specimen (link roundup)

Bottled Patapon by Zelas on sale for $10 at Etsy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Patricio Oliver talks about his new Cucos toys and shows off concept art.

2. I'm reading between the lines here, but maybe the next Bertie vinyl toy will be reasonably affordable.

3. Animated gif of an MMA fighter accidentally punching himself in the head.

*Previously: Downloadable Patapon maks.

*Buy ThreeA toys at eBay.

First Blood t-shirt (link roundup)

The newest t-shirt from Last Exit to Nowhere features the town of Hope, British Columbia, from First Blood (Rambo 1).

And a few more links:

1. Filippa Hamilton, the model in that absurdly photoshopped ad mocked by Boing Boing says Ralph Lauren fired her for being too fat.

2. Relatedly, Christian Louboutin is redesigning the Barbie doll and believes the classic toy's ankles are too fat.

3. Am I missing something, or has Technorati become completely useless? Now it no longer shows who has linked to your blog, and doesn't provide your blog's rank either (unless you're in the top 100)? Why would anyone look at Technorati again?

*Previously: Papercraft Rambo.

*Buy vintage Barbies at eBay.

Darth Sidious action figure (link roundup)

Darth Sidious will be one of the figures in wave 8 of the Clone Wars action figures, available in early 2010. You can see the other figures in the set here. Anyone know who sculpted the figure?

And a few more links:

1. Chris Lee, writing for the LA Times, describes the unusual process Wes Anderson used to direct Fantastic Mr. Fox:

Moreover, Anderson had no idea that his ignorance of stop-motion (the animation technique in which a stationary object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames) and exacting ideas concerning the film's look would so exasperate his crew.

Read on. The extended trailer made the movie look absolutely horrendous. Via.

2. Photo of a bulldog on a skateboard. Via.

3. Sith Lion.

*Previously: George Bush as Darth Sidious by Aaron McGruder.

*Buy Darth Sidious toys at eBay.

Gloomy Bear vinyl toy (and more)

I just never get tired of Mori Chack's Gloomy Bear. This new vinyl toy will go on sale November 5th for $30.

Also coming next month from Kidrobot, new Scary Girl blind boxed toys.

They look great, but $10 a piece?

*Previously: Gloomy Bear dress.

*Buy Gloomy Bear toys at eBay.

Win toys and custom art from Patricio Oliver

New contest from Kidrobot:

Patricio Oliver’s Cucos are the unique and bizarre children that live on the edge of the Dark Forest and spread madness and horror to everyone they encounter. These diminutive deviants are looking for new playmates to join in their demented games. Are you evil enough to be a Child of the Dark Forest?

Enter the Cucos: Costume Contest. Dress up as your own original character that fits in the Cucos world. All entries will be judged solely by Cucos creator Patricio Oliver based on creativity, uniqueness, overall effort and, ahem, execution.

Only one entry per person. You may submit up to two (2) photos of your costume. All photos must be of YOU and must be recent—so no costumes from All Hallows Eves past. Be creative and crafty. Add makeup and accessories to totally immerse yourself in the Cucos world!

The Grand Prize is original art of YOU as a Cucos created by Patricio Oliver, plus a complete set of Cucos Mini Figures! Two runners-up will receive a decked-out Halloween goodie bag plus a $25 Kidrobot Gift Card!

All entries must be received by 5pm on 11/2/09. Winners will be announced on the KRonikle on 11/4/09. Kidrobot reserves the right to use all submitted images on kidrobot.com and the KRonikle.

You can see more photos of the vinyl toys here, and here's Patricio's Flickr gallery.

*Previously: Professor Layton cosplay.

*Buy Kidrobot toys at eBay.

A monster named Dave

Cheerful candy-colored vinyl toys by David Horvath coming soon. Via.

*Previously: Horvath's Turtle desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Uglydolls at eBay.

Aegis figure (link roundup)

Super-poseable Aegis figure by Dimension Diver.

And a few more links:

1. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs concept art.

2. Badly painted lines on a tennis court.

3. For the next week or so, I'll be blogging from a remote tropical location. If I'm slow responding to email or comments, that's why.

*Previously: Tennis player blasts ballboy in face.

*Buy Revoltech toys at eBay.