Tonka’s Legions of Power. [via]
Motorised vehicles with action figure pilots. It looks as if the vehicles may feature interchangeable parts.

What’s his name again?
No doubt the creative geniuses who came up with this will be coming up with a Human Torch Water Squirter soon.

Hasbro vs Hasbro vs Hasbro.
“Hasbro holds the master toy license to three Marvel comic-book movies being released this summer, ‘Spider-Man 3,’ ‘Transformers’ and ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.’ That means the manufacturer will essentially be competing against itself in the toy aisle.” Ah, but Transformers is not a Marvel comic book movie even though it once was a Marvel comic book.

Kezzaroo’s Little People.
Hand-made felt little puppets for your lapel, pocket or bag. Favourites: 1, 2, 3.

Up, up … really, really up.
Another fantastic digital diorama by dreamonix.

Konami 2007 Financial Year Results.
“In the area of action figures, the ‘BUSOU SHINKI’, which we believe is a new way to have fun online, recorded strong sales. … In the area of action figures, our goal is to turn ‘BUSOU SHINKI’ into a mainstay of the market; we plan to enhance recognizability by marketing the series in multiple ways.”

FMV game intros.
YouTube links included, natch. Equally naturally, my ISP and YouTube have tagteamed to ensure my download rates of the videos are about 2.7KB/sec.

Mmm mmm mmm.
“… I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth, no one could look as good as you … mercy.”

Chevy transformer. [via]
The bandwagon’s here so hop on.

Hollywood’s toy ploy.
” … the toys became popular consumer brands. Brands that are now turning companies like Hasbro and Mattel into the next Marvel — at least, that’s the hope of William Morris. After snagging [Hasbro] away from CAA as a client (WMA reps director Michael Bay, producer Tom DeSanto and General Motors, whose vehicles play many of the robots), the agency last week announced plans to turn the toymaker’s more popular products, including Candy Land, Clue and Trivial Pursuit into movies and TV shows with its roster of talent attached.”

The family that plays together …
I love these Guild Wars anecdotes.

Rejuvenile.
It’s naturally going on my reading list.

Catula the vampire kitty.
I’s in ur veinz sucken ur blud.