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July 2009
This is a list of posts published in July 2009.
Show and Tell > Meet the Raisins
By PrfktTear Created by the California Raisin Advisory Board, The California Raisins began as a marketing plan to sell raisins. They came up with the idea of the anthropomorphic singing and dancing raisins which would attract the attention of kids. What started as an idea to get people to eat raisins grew into a whole [...]
Hasbro schools Mattel on how to do a toy book
Remember how Mattel is teasing us all with the SDCC-only, limited-to-1,000 MOTU art book? Hasbro’s doing something similar, only they’re letting anyone who wants one get one. Oh, and the profits go to charity.
Pic of the Day – Leonardo & Hellboy by Poe Ghostal
Leonardo & Hellboy by Poe Ghostal Poe’s note: Despite these figures being based on the styles of two very different artists, I think they look really good next to each other. The paint applications match particularly well, and I think the scales are fairly accurate (Leo’s 4′ tall and Hellboy’s 7′ tall in the comics).
Show and Tell > Lego Minifig Astronaut
By googum His helmet is cracked, and his head slips off now and then. He hasn’t been mint condition in over thirty years, when some errant bug spray on a camping trip faded his logo and one eye. (His teammates didn’t fare as well.) He wasn’t even on display for almost fifteen years, which he [...]
The Special Edition of Monkey Island
In more Xbox Live Arcade news, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition hits today. It’s 800 Microsoft Points (about $10). It’s basically a re-release of the original game, but with updated HD graphics (although you have the option to switch to the original VGA graphics at any time). If you’ve never played The Secret [...]
Wait…there’s a Madballs videogame?
Well…not exactly. There are Madballs in the game, but it’s not really a game about Madballs…two of them, Horn Head and Oculus Orbus, are just participating. Still, how was I completely unaware of this until today, when it gets released? Apparently there’s a new videogame starring the Madballs, those classics 1980s gross-out toys. It’s evidently [...]
Happy Man-At-Arms Day!
I think I’ll be a little sad in September, when these MOTUC days will lose a lot of their significance due to the subscriptions kicking in. But just a little. Anyway, enjoy your Mattycollector.com refreshes today. I stand by my assertion that Duncan will not be as popular as Hordak was (though I suspect he’ll [...]
It Figures #40 > Daddy Issues
Show and Tell > Trenchcoat Hellboy (2004 movie line)
When I first got interested in Hellboy after seeing the movie in 2004, my first order of business was to obtain a trenchcoat Hellboy figure from the movie. I gazed longingly at the great photos from Michael Crawford’s review (this was definitely one of those cases where a review got me to buy a toy–or [...]