Drop your star cruiser couch onto the Death Star rug which has kindly been made possible for your bedroom/mom’s basement/womanless nerd shed by Totem rug makers out of Canada. This 6’x6′ circle of awesome may just be the finest accoutrement any part of your house has seen since this Lebowski business. But why be the Dude […]
Nerds
30
Jul
Destroy Alderaan from the comfort of your living room
22
Jul
Only 10 katana & mask-wielding skullheads to be made
San Francisco artist and toymaker Huck Gee is well known among toy collectors for his Kidrobot Art of War series, not to mention the awesome Turtle Riding Ronin and other Samurai-Inspired Dunnies covered here before. Now Gee has created a limited edition set of only 10 of his Beardie McBeardsalot skullhead figures. Each is signed, numbered, comes with mask […]
22
Jul
Because everything is better with machine-gun sound effects
If you’ve ever wondered whether receiving a paintball blast might be a little too intense for you, you probably didn’t attempt a bout with a Rambo-fied Jackson-Pollock machine like this one. Because the Breda M37 8MM Paintball Machine Gun probably is… for your opponent, anyway. This 30-lb gun measures a good 50″ long and comes with […]
21
Jul
The long awaited set premieres at San Diego Comic-Con
It’s here. Well, it’s almost here. Coming this September the long awaited Batman Tumbler from the Dark Knight Trilogy arrives in LEGO form. If you want a sneak peak at it in the plastic, you’ll have to truck to the San Diego Comic Con this week for first appearances. It measures 15″ x 9″, has […]
21
Jul
When your living room flatscreen needs more power, Captain.
The next time you need Scotty to beam up the volume, grab your Star Trek Original Series Phaser universal remote control. This pistol grippd infrared beam shooter will store up to 36 programmed gestures, thus transforming you into the true captain of your sofa/ship. And let’s not forget the most important feature, which, no, is […]
15
Jul
"That which doesn't kill you, makes you... stranger."
Hot Toys has been hooking it up with intensely accurate Dark Knight collectibles for some time now, if you remember the Batmobile and the Bat having made some bat-stops here before. (And let’s not forget other LIAS favorites like Robocop and Spiderman.) Here we bring you the the Hong Kong toymaker’s second highly detailed Joker figure, this one […]
10
Jul
Takara Tomy x Neon Genesis Evangelion x Transformers
Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy have collided worlds by transforming a Transformer into a masterpiece toy. If you’re wondering what the narrative behind such a thing could be, well it starts a little something like this: “The Angels are invading. Breaking a long silence, the mysterious life-forms known as the Angels suddenly appear”. More on the story […]
9
Jul
The 2nd release in a series devoted to classic drum machines
Illustrator and toymaker Patrick Wong has released a limited-edition 3″ resin toy representative of his Beats Series — a collection designed in homage to old-school 12-bit drum machines. This time, Wong anthropomorphizes the legendary E-mu SP-1200 sampler, first released in 1987. With a limited-edition run of only 50 toys, each is hand-crafted of polyurethane resin and thus to […]
