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Bunny Bounced

Artw — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:22:16 -0800

The true secret of Easter - but are toys replacing candy (or, more awfully, live animals) as the traditional Easter gift? And is that a bad thing?

Sometimes even the wisest of men and machines can be in error.

chmmr — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:01:13 -0800

Seibertron is billed as the Ultimate Transformers Resource. Aside from the 'Energon Pub' forums dedicated to discussion of the toys, cartoons / comics, fan-fiction and more, it features 180,000+ images over 2,000+ toy galleries, showcases some great fan-modded toys (such as the incredible Dinobot combiner 'Extinction'), and links to thousands of Transformers-related videos. The Twincast podcast discusses the latest Transformers news, chit-chats about favourite toys, and looks back over the history of the franchise. And you can join the battle in the MUD-style game Heavy Metal War.

Oh, Rom...

kittens for breakfast — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:39:28 -0800

Rom: Spaceknight was an improbable comics success: Based on a toy series that consisted of one figure (Rom), the comics series debuted in 1979 and lasted an unlikely 75 issues, featuring art from such luminaries as P. Craig Russell and Steve Ditko (previously, previously and previously). The series was written by Marvel Comics mainstay Bill Mantlo, who retired from comics and became a public defender (the legal kind), only to suffer a tragic accident in the mid-1990s that left him in need of constant medical attention. A 2007 benefit for the writer -- Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo -- will be followed by Spacenight 2, an auction of original Rom-related artwork that can be viewed here.

This is the way the world ends

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:59 -0800

Superstar Scottish comics writer Grant Morrison is about to tear the DC Universe apart again with Final Crisis, the latest in a series of apocalypses and world ending events he's inflicted on various comics worlds over the years. But there was a time before fame when he wrote the tie-in comic for ZOIDS, the robot dinosaur children's toy. So what did he do? Ushered in the apocalypse, in the form of THE BLACK ZOID.

The Most Gruesome Toy Ever

GaelFC — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:09:54 -0800

The Most Gruesome Toy Ever Well, maybe not, but Retrocrush does make a good argument for this Aurora Monster Model kit of the Girl Victim. Check out the comic book ad, featuring Vampirella and Frankenstein's monster. Do kids still play with monster dolls and monster models, or have they been shelved as un-PC? Never had the models, but as a girl in the '70s, I loved my cousin's monster dolls (uh, action figures?). (Link via Cruel Site of the Day.)

skwm — Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:01:58 -0800

Semi-famous Seattle artist Jim Woodring, author of Frank (zipped pdf comic), has created some nifty toys for Japanese vending machines (flash, click red sphere -> products -> jim woodring).