Action Figures
Videogame Loot! Straight from Comic-con ‘08
Our friends over at the MTV Multiplayer Blog have been out in San Diego, scouring the show floor of the 2008 Comic-con to find all sorts of sweet new toys, er, miniature statues from all your favorite videogames. In case you weren’t aware, the unfortunately inoperable Lancer (better known as the “chainsaw gun”) from Gears [...]
Daddy, Where do Stormtroopers Come From?
Well son, Stormtroopers are made of little boys’ hopes and dreams … in a factory in a galaxy far, far away.
In this factory, in Denmark, Gizmodo reporter Jesus Diaz was able to capture the process by which they are carefully, magnificently crafted. Watching the video almost made me cry. I can only imagine [...]
Steampunk Star Wars figures - Sillof’s Greatest yet
By no means a novice in the art of the Custom Action Figure, Sillof’s latest mods are truly excellent. There has been quite a bit of re-imagination as far as Star Wars is concerned…and Darth Vader is a common choice for it… but these action figures are the best kind that I’ve seen thus [...]
Paper Toys: Cheapest Way To Pimp Your Cube
Here in Philly, we like to make things. It is also universally known that toys are cool. Therefore, making toys is totally awesome. I wrote about speakerdog paper toys in my old blog — but since then, there have been a whole slew of really awesome, customizable, and 90% free paper toy designs.
Have some time [...]
Take your WoW character home; Beware of Envy
In more action figure news, I finally have the opportunity to display my Undead Mage in the middle of the living room. FigurePrints is a company that’s bringing cutting edge rapid prototyping 3d printing technology to the masses. When you’re talking about the 7+ million subscribers and aficionados of the [...]
Ben Franklin, With Karate Chop Action!
Well, not really, but that would have been sweet. Only the Thomas Edison figure comes equipped with the karate chop action, and he uses that on the Nikola Tesla figure. Edison FTW!
You can score this sweet action figure, made by Accoutrements, in stores through out Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and via Powells’ [...]
