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We are at the Kidrobot Release & Swap party in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury store. Kidrobot launch their new Street Fighter 2 packs! Our Ramen hosts Edward Ballar & Ramon Angel check out the Kidrobot SF 2-pack party.
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Here’s a What If? take of the popular sci-fi film series Star Wars. Artist Denis Medri drawings showcases Star Wars characters in 1980 settings and clothes. Cool.
Check more artwork from Denis Medri @ Deviant Art – DenisM79.
Most of us have probably moved on from stepping into a video store to using Netflix by mail if not by digital cable at the push of a menu button, but the truth be told is that we lose a great deal of social interaction, adventure and discovery about films first hand, because where else could you find unusual categories, collections, to even never before seen films that went nowhere but into a video store that exists for the interest of a cinephile, and of course operated by people who love the art of cinema and have made the video store their business to provide that missing, if not, hard to find film you’ve been searching for.
Today, toy company Hasbro is generating some PR buzz for the classic board game Monopoly by retiring one of its classic tokens. The public will get the chance to vote on which classic token to be saved – either the car, thimble, boot, Scottie dog, battleship, hat, iron or wheelbarrow.
You have until February 5, 2013 on Monopoly’s Facebook page to decide. My vote is for the “Iron”. Vote!!!
Coming this Friday, November 30, 2012 for 1 day ONLY – Sket One will be selling a cool custom Dunny figure – Sketracha Hot Chili Sauce 8″. This limited production figure will also feature green chopsticks and bamboo mat.
MSRP: $450.00USD (yes, it will cost $450 bucks.)
For more info, go to: Sket One – Sketracha Hot Chili Sauce 8″.
If you watched The Avengers film this summer, Tony Starks and Bruce Banner hop into an Acura NSX sports car. Now, TSM brings us this 1/43 scale quality resin collectible, the 2012 Acura NSX Roadster Avengers Special Edition.
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Are you a fan of custom vinyl figures? Fuller Designs has unleashed 2 cool customs – an Iron Man Munny figure and The Dark Knight Mighty Muggs figure.
Image via Fuller Designs
MSRP: $150.00USD.
Most of the custom figures are robots or aliens, so if you are looking for fun and bright, check out Caramelaw. These candy inspired custom toys are designed by Singapore’s Sheena Aw.
I can’t wait till I bust one of these USB drives out during one of my many boring Powerpoint meetings. It will add much-needed humor to a humor-less crowd.
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Why are you sitting there reading this when you should be getting in line to purchase the new Dark Knight collection today? You can soon be ready to hold your favorite action hero while watching the Dark Knight Rises on July 20.
This September, LEGO will release this highly detailed set. Costing $179.99 and consisting of 2,064 pieces, it features 6 minifigures including Haunted House staples such as a glow-in-the-dark ghosts and a zombie chef.
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Andre is a video game collector from France and he was able to sell his video game collection for about $1.23 million USD on eBay. This huge collection consists of over 7,000 games and 22 game consoles. Not only did it take him 15 years to finish this collection but he challenged himself to find and buy factory sealed video games. Now that’s hardcore.
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These are some pretty cool custom figures of Wolverine done by J. Arturo Ramirez Romero. You can’t buy them just yet, you need to email him and if there are enough interest, he might put it into production. I would love to see him do the whole X-Men group or the entire Avengers team since they’re really hot items right now. Or maybe even Bruce Lee! Because, you know, he was DA MAN.
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For the first time in South Korean’s postal history, they will issue celebrity stamps featuring the biggest Kpop girl group, Girls’ Generation. The stamp set will have all members of the group with autographs and 5 album covers. The 14-set stamp set will be available in August 2012 throughout all 50 South Korea Postal Offices. The whole set will retail around $18.00USD. I will be looking for these stamps on eBay in August!
Here’s our latest Retrenders Spotlight episode as we team-up with Project 760 Productions to bring you a nice and intimate look on artist Luke Chueh. Luke has just released an art book published by Titan Books titled The Art of Luke Chueh Bearing the Unbearable.
Anybody remember the anime Fooly Cooly (FLCL)? I still remember the first time watching it and how I was mesmerized by it – I just couldn’t get enough of it. Japan’s AmiAmi will soon be selling a really cool Canti figure. It’s very pose-able with various points of articulation.
I always love all things Bruce Lee because he was DA MAN. Check out this cool figure by kaNO. The figure is limited to 250 pieces worldwide.
MSRP: $65.00 plus Shipping & Handling.
For more info, go to: Kuso Vinyl.
If you are into toy collectibles, here’s a Tomenosuke exclusive – Dragon King Green Hornet by kaNO. The figures are limited to 75 worldwide.
Dragon King Green Hornet by kaNO
MSRP: $70.00 plus Shipping & Handling.
To order the figure, go to: Tomesyoten.
Toy Army Men? No. These 2″ plastic toys are All City Breakers from Kidrobot. For the B-boy and B-girl fan.
This Memorial Day weekend, NorCal will hold one its longest running anime conventions in the Bay Area – FanimeCon 2012:
What: FanimeCon 2012
Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA
When: May 25-28, 2012
For more information, check out: FanimeCon.com.
See ya’ there!
It doesn’t matter if you’re a hardcore or a causal gamer while growing up as a kid but somehow and someway we’ve bought many video game systems over our lifetimes. I have probably spent over a couple thousand dollars buying and collecting video games for the Sega Saturn alone. I had everything for the Sega Saturn – I had the US console and also the Japanese “white” edition. I had the official Sega light guns for Virtua Cop, the 4MB RAM cart for those classic Capcom, and even SNK 2D fighters and shooters. Plus, I had this crazy cool fighting game – Groove on Fight. And I had the 3D analog controller for Nights and Burning Rangers. As you can tell by now I was a Sega fanboy.
I was going through my attic and found that I still had several gaming systems, like the Atari 7800, Sega CDX and Sega Dreamcast. I still have the sticker price on the Atari 7800 box. Guess how much Kaybee Toys was selling this system? $79.00 USD! Now, after I removed all the cob webs and dusted off the systems, I wanted to get the games I couldn’t get as a kid. Yes, you can go to eBay or Craigslist to find some old games, but where’s a site that’s more accessible and secure to buy old games now? Just recently, about 2 weeks ago, Amazon.com opened a brand new store front called the “Retro Gaming Store.” So now you can buy old video games and gaming systems, and yes, I know Panzer Dragoon RPG for the Saturn is still an expensive game to buy on here, but you can find some other games and systems at reasonable prices. It’s all about shopping around. I am glad that Amazon wants to open a Retro Gaming Store, because I don’t really care to shop at Gamestop.
Can I get a Happy Meal?
If you’re a fan of DC Comics’ Green Lantern you might want to grab these nifty toys from McDonalds. Collect all 8 items from this set. More info on the McD’s Happy Meals: Green Lantern toys.
For a limited time only. These fluffy Superheroes are included with each Kids’ Meals and some locations offer them for $1 a piece. There are 10 in total.
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