Tag: toys

a chocolate countdown

Did you survive the shopping madness that is Black Friday? I did, so you get more ramblings. Speaking of that, since large TVs are rather affordable now, I was hoping for some great deals on groceries instead, but didn’t find anything really discounted. (I suppose that means I’m officially an adult now, if I’m thinking more about grocery prices than getting a bigger TV on Black Friday.)

Now we’re into the busiest time of the year, but I’ll still make time to share some funny pictures related to Christmas.

I see these every year for Advent / Christmas, but a chocolate-a-day countdown seems like it would be good for a number of other events. What do you think?

Is this a fail? Or genius? Or some points for making a good attempt? Some might say it’s tacky, but is it still better than no car decoration?
This was also listed as a Christmas decorating fail. Granted, monkey flinging poop isn’t exactly holiday-themed, but it is funny.
Again, this was listed as a fail. It’s not Christmas, but it’s neat. If there was a “Star Trek Saves Christmas” episode, it probably did fail by being really cheesy. Seems like a lot of older shows had episodes like that.
It’s log!!!

For the log reference:

Bonus reference: When Phineas and Ferb became toy designers, they created Perry The Inaction Figure, which doesn’t do much. That’s the genius of it, because it can be anything to a kid with an imagination. (Think of how a box of random Lego blocks can be anything, but now so many Legos are kits. You can still build other things with a kit, but people are more likely to build what is on the box. Likewise with other toys — a generic action figure can be anything. But I digress…) After their day of being toy designers, they moved on. The Har D Har Toy Company tried to design another product with a similar ethos, coming up with Brick, which reminded me of Log.

your own action figure

It’s been said by some people* that I should have my own action figure. Well, Hasbro now offers the option to buy an action figure of yourself! It can be in the design of various figures from G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Marvel, Power Rangers, or Ghostbusters. There is a lot of potential here. The cost is $59.99, so not an impulse-buy for most people, but reasonable for what it is (considering that some of the regular 6″ figures cost at least $20). This could also make a good Christmas gift.

Source: Hasbro Selfie Series.

* The irony with that phrase is that some people (like Donald Trump) use wording like that to suggest things they want to be said about them but may not be true. (Don’t worry — no political rant here; just watch for such slick-talking.) Of course, there totally should be an action figure of me! I don’t know if anyone has ever said that besides me, but it might have happened. Either way, it would be cool — that can’t be disputed. (Well, I suppose someone could, like if they don’t know me, but they shouldn’t.) Whether the idea of your own action figure sounds awesome to you, I don’t know, but I hope so. If not, perhaps you should act more like an action hero to be deserving of an action figure. 🙂 You don’t have to run around in your super pajamas (unless you want to) — just do things to make the world a better place, even if it’s just saving someone’s day from being depressing. Not everyone can save the world in epic-superhero-movie-like fashion, but small deeds can add up to a life full of awesomeness.

Optimus Prime that transforms on its own

Someone has created an Optimus Prime action figure / toy / collectible that transforms on its own. It even responds to voice commands and you can drive it around via an app. If this interests you in the least, here’s a video showing it off:

I have to admit, that is really cool. It’s great that they used the original transforming sound effect and that they got Peter Cullen to voice the dialogue. So props to the maker of this for doing it right.

It contains over 5000 components, 60 microchips, and 27 servo motors, with more details at the official site. As you might expect, technology this awesome is not cheap. $700 is out of my budget for such things, so I won’t be able to provide a hands-on review. Hopefully in the future it’ll get a lot cheaper, because it would be a great addition to my desk.

The reviewer in the video declares this the coolest toy ever. Of course that’s debatable, but I’m not going to argue with that. It is indeed awesome. Do you know of a toy or toy-like collectible that is more awesome?

caption contest, Japanese guys in crazy costumes

Despite the uncertainty with my calendar this week, I bring you another weekly caption contest.  This week’s photo features Japanese guys in crazy costumes.  What they’re probably doing in real life is fairly obvious, but of course you are free to create any interpretation / interpolation you can imagine.  Actually, it would be more fun if you think outside the box.  For example, how could these picture tie in with world events?  Politics?  A friend of yours?  (And then send them the link to the post.)  Your job?

Japanese guys in crazy costumes

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