Archive for March, 2008

Captain Bizarrly

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Well, last weekend I took a trip to the Anderson Jockey Lot, and surprisingly, I actually found a handful of things. I’ll share them all with you over the next few weeks, but let me start things off with this freak.
I don’t know what I’ve found here. This guy looks like he’s the alien leader […]

Introducing Reader Mail

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Hi All!
Over the months I’ve shown you random weird toys I’ve gathered, and several of you have taken the time and effort to write to me directly and even share toy finds of your own.
Instead of just letting the messages and photos collect virtual dust in my inbox, i thought I’d start sharing them with […]

WWLJD - What Would Lil’ Jesus Do?

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Jesus is back!
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Only he’s 2 feet shorter?! What the heck?
I picked up this little Jesus from the Dollar Tree a long time ago. He was one of a series of biblical figures (maybe I’ll feature the other ones some other day). All of them were squatty for some reason (that’s pretty much […]

Kewpie Mario Bros.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Question: What happens when a classic doll-turned-mascot of a Japanese mayonnaise company is combined with an equally iconic Japanese video game mascot? You get a weird, effeminate, childish mustachioed plumber.

I’m sure you recognize the iconic Kewpie Doll. You may not know it, but this character is actually a mascot of the ever-popular Japanese Kewpie Mayonnaise. […]

Generic, Two-Faced Barbarian

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Like so many other generic hero toys produced through the years, this figure was a badly-executed ripoff of the iconic 80s toyline, Masters of the Universe (unfortunately, I don’t know the name of this character or the toyline he comes from… sorry folks).
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He’s pretty crummy. If they’d ripped off the molds from […]