Great moments in tokusatsu # 1359.
Ultraman, did we catch you at, uh, a bad time?

Thai-Toku’s Hibiki site.

Reimagined Looney Tunes characters draw flak. [via]
“These characters don’t look like they belong on a cartoon. They look like they belong on stage with Kiss.”

Little-known Spyware EULA provisions.

999 dollar consumer Tasers superior to police tasers. [via]
“The civilian model unveiled last fall … is remarkably similar to the version carried by agencies … But the civilian version shoots for up to 30 seconds straight, while the police model shoots only five seconds at a time.”

Becoming a bouncer.

China, Mexico get cheaper original DVDs.
Lesson: bootleg enough and you too will be thus rewarded.

BitTorrent 4.0 released. [via]
The official client is still a bit lacking, feature-wise.

Saint Seiya mailaway campaign. [via]
That Myth Series Gold Saints display looks spectacular.

What has 3 heads, 4 legs, 2 arms, wings and a sword?
It’s not the best example of the interchangeability in Plex’s burgeoning toy universe but you get the idea.

Toys from Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.
“… one of the last series to feature heroes that wear neckties.” The Armed Force was one of the racers in Robot Chicken episode 3.

Kawaii-fied super robot illustrations.
Megatron like you’ve never seen him before.

MPAA not targeting BitTorrent per se. [via]

eBay’s most successful action figure categories.
“Transformers G1” at number 7 in January. The Pepsi Promo Prime went for over 2.5K.

Newsflash! Transformers not terribly realistic!

Rare Machine Robo Mugenbine variant: LunchSaurus.
Mmm, rye.

Henshin Hero. [via]
Another tokusatsu fan site from Thailand.

The 2006 World Cup mascot: GOLEO VI.
“He combines the looks of Lothar Matthäus, the elegance of Diego Maradona and the all-round ability of Oliver Bierhoff” and he presumably got his aversion to pants from Donald Duck.

Banned from TV.
“… all television advertising aimed at children under 12 is banned in Sweden (except if the programme is on so late that no children are likely to be watching).” I’m confused. How do the Swedes expect to train their kids to become slavish consumers of inessential merchandise?

The 14 words never to use.
The F-word on this list is “foreign.”