Yeah, it’s a holiday weekend, and for you, that prolly means pool parties on the reg, frozen drinks on the reg, and way too much meat in your mouth (what else is new?). For us, though, Labor Day means a dark specter on the horizon: our seven-year-old nephew Carl, a snot-nosed, shit-smelling little rat-faced rat fink who makes Latarian Milton look like Annie and insists on bringing his little snot-nosed, shit-smelling schnauzer Puddles to every family get-together.
As you may have gathered, we’re not real fond of our brother’s demon spawn. Maybe you have a younger relative just like Carl. So, what can you do? You can’t smack him around in front of the family, and whenever you get him loaded on Jello shots and throw him in the pool, everyone gets mad at you. Well, it’s not perfect, but last year we stumbled on a good recourse—Nerf guns. That’s right, keep pegging the little fucker with foam darts, and eventually he’ll fall the fuck back. To that end, we’ve reviewed 5 Nerf Guns to Wield This Holiday Weekend…
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Want to get an ill toy for your five-year-old cousin this Christmas and are sick of the regular Power Rangers/Jonas Brothers/Tera Patrick fleshlight fare? Check out this Yao Ming-Transformers doll, fresh from the shores of China (no lead).
We’re a little iffy on the details (our Mandarin being what it is, namely, nil), but apparently it’s a plastic basketball that transforms into a Yao Ming-with-giant-wings type thing. Yeah, the face looks a little like Sylvester Stallone, but eff it, it’s an effin’ Yao Ming Transformer. Check out the full metamorphosis below…
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The original Rubik’s cube is f-ing hard to solve. Before we had YouTube clips that gave away the secrets to solving ErnÅ‘ Rubik’s color-coated block, the challenge stumped many an '80s baby. Now, true brainiacs are gonna have to step their game up if they want to solve the V-Cube, a 7 x 7 x 7 upgrade from the traditional 2 x 2 x 2 cube.
In May 2003, Greek engineer Panagiotis Verdes started sketching designs for a 5 x 5 x 5 flip of Rubik’s design. This year, his so-called “21st Century Cube” hit the market in three different sizes'the V-Cube 5, 6, and 7. On October 26th, he’ll be putting puzzle solvers to the test with the V-Cube’s first brain-busting competition in Germany. Start practicing now by copping one HERE, and watching a speedcuber in the video below…
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Fishing isn’t as easy as the saying, “hook, line, and sinker.” You’ve got to spend hours dangling your rod, waiting for that bite (not unlike bagging a chick in NYC). To keep your skills sharp, Japanese toy company Nakajima has released “Dynamic Fishing,” a robot engineered to mimic real bass fishing.
The tool for dedicated bass hunters made a splash at this year’s Tokyo Toy Show and is now available on Amazon (Japan) for a mere $27. And no, this isn’t just some toy'only seasoned fisherman will be able to catch the evasive fake fish. See a video demo below.
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To help get buzz going on Tropic Thunder, which comes out next Friday, Dreamworks has been dropping clips from the new film as well as seeding out a slew of promotional materials.
The newest hype-tool for the film comes in the form of these 6-inch bobble heads that ended up in our mailbox. See toy versions of the movie’s stars'including Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black and Nick Nolte'close-up below.
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The cartoon-style work of street artist Kaws has been seen all around the world. Yet for one whole year, Americans couldn’t get their hands on one of his most coveted designs, the Grey 4 ft Companion, which was originally released only through Japan’s OriginalFake retail store. Today, collectors finally got a chance to get their mitts on the life-sized figure (produced by Medicom) via Kaws’ website for a cool $3000. It’s already sold out (duh), but a few will no doubt pop up on eBay in the coming months. See more full-size shots of the companion below.
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Cubeecraft.com is a site dedicated to pumping out free paper figures of iconic animated caricatures for artsy folks who still like to fiddle around with toys. Fans of the paper art need only to download, print, cut and fold the toys into their interlocking tabs to have the models stand straight up on their desk.
Besides fresh drops that include Mario, the O.G Batman from the '60s, and Peyton Manning (yes he actually made the cut), there are also other models that are only available for a limited time. We're thinking these things may just put bobble heads out of business as soon as the creator decides he wants to make some real paper. See more crafted cubes after the jump.
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Tonight, graf artist/designer Sket One is revealing a new set of Dunnys and Munnys inspired by 8 classic board games, an expansion on his original Operation Munny. The new installation, called “Snake Eyes,” will be at the Kid Robot Room in Toronto’s CiRCA club. After the jump, get a preview of Sket’s tribute to Clue and Trouble.
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The cartoon creations of artist/illustrator Gary Taxali already look like they were made to jump out of the canvas and into your hands. In fact, they’ve been doing just that since 2005 when the Canadian made his first vinyl figure, The Original Toy Monkey. On May 8th, he will release two more characters “Oh No” and “Oh Oh” from his classic “Oh No!” piece at the Magic Pony Gallery in Toronto. See more of Gary Taxali’s art (including the original Oh No) after the jump.
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Next month, Japanese designer toymakers Medicom will be releasing these brand spankin’ new Batman and Joker Be@rbricks. Although The Dark Knight is about to hit theaters on July 18th, these new figures are actually a throwback to the 1960s blue-suitted Bat from the light-hearted Adam West TV show. After the jump, see the backs of the new toys, and watch the trailer for the upcoming Lego Batman video game, which is also based off the old school ’60s TV show.
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