Now, a toy that you took everywhere in your youth transforms into a toy you can take everywhere into your arrested development. The good nerds over at ThinkGeek have created the Nerdtendo Gamebooze flask which, if you lack powers of deduction, is a flask decorated to look like the Nintendo Gameboy of your childhood. As […]


As we like to always say, Keep it Stupid, Simple. And there’s no better way to keep things stupid than with some Star Wars bar stools in your life. You have a bar at home, you have an ass, you have a need to place that ass somewhere whilst you imbibe your freshly opened bottle […]


Get in the Halloween spirit Simpsons-style with Kidrobot’s latest collaboration with the long running animation series. See Homer celebrate Dia de los Muertos in typical garb, all swagged out in white mariachi suit, giant sombrero and traditional calavera mask. The 6″ vinyl figure won’t hit shelves til October 3rd, but you can pre-order it now […]


17 Sep
SSUR x 3DRetro bring their Cornelius mascot to life

You can plan on SSUR to have a sense of humor. Such as with their collaboration with CLOT — e.g. the COCO Made Me Do It collection — the Los Angeles label always takes a subversive bite out of iconic brands and characters, even if it is for commercial gain. Now SSUR have teamed up […]


Another beautiful toy from the crew over at COARSE. In fact to call it a toy is probably doing a disservice to the highly exclusive piece; perhaps “sculpture” is a better term. The Hong Kong-based toymaker just keeps getting better and better, elevating their game from simple vinyl play things to pieces worthy of proper […]


The latest piece of vinyl bad assery from The Loyal Subjects just hit digital shelves today (noon PST), so get your buying fingers warmed up. Their Chaos Bunny collection — designed by the great Joe Ledbetter — continues to grow, this time with a swarthy character dubbed Pirate Bunny. The eye patch donning, sword swinging, […]


To be honest, I was never a big fan of Masters Of the Universe. The characters were pretty stiff, and about as creative as you would imagine from a boardroom of executives inventing a new line of toys with matching TV show. (I would also put Thundercats in this groupthink advertorial category, although the animation […]


Balkan Vinyl’s limited edition Rave Wars 7″, repressed on translucent red vinyl, are only for pilgrims of the heavyweight nerd variety. Rave Wars alludes directly to one of almost everyone’s favorite films (except mine), blending the action figures from the original Star Wars movie with hardcore/breakbeat techno, often overlaying sound effects from the film. Only […]