Holy custom vinyl, Batman! Rotobox’s newest work is based on the design from the Dark Knight trilogy. The armor is sleek, especially the bat ears, and that metallic dark grey paint job is ridiculously sexy. You can pick up one of the three editions of the toy right here.
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He’ll also hug your child and hold their cups with perfectly open fists. KidsEmbrace (real company name) has created the perfect car seat to hold your child. At $150, you can have Batman hold your kids’ juiceboxes or cuddle them in a classic blue cape.
We’ve all seen clever action figure photography floating around the internet at some point, but this series, titled 1:1 Toys, by Daniel Picard is some top tier God Mode level craziness.
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I thought this was a joke. It still may be a joke, but I can’t tell. Everyone is reporting on this video being real, so I guess it must be…? ABC Family has succeeded in the ultimate troll and this is how the company really thought it could promote Batman Begins.
Illustrator Vick Trola decided to merge all of the Justice League with the cast of Parks & Recreation for a pretty rad piece of pop. These prints are for sale at Trola’s Etsy shop here. Personally, I would’ve went with Batman for Ben, but it still works.
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These awesome grid-type illustrations were created by Eric Dufresne. The geometric style and shapes are used here to create super colorful versions of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Robin, and Catwoman.
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Yo, I’m not gonna lie right now, I’m pretty fucking broke and upset with myself. I walked into the convention with $80 in my wallet and I don’t know where half of it went. This article isn’t helping me, either. This listing things I bought thing was a stupid idea.
First four rows of photos, comics: Obviously. I walked into this booth and say signs that read “Batman issues, 6 issues for $5.” Then I turned around and read “Marvel annual issues, 6 for $5.” Then I turned to the right and read four more signs along the same lines as the first two. Then I looked down and shit was literally oozing from my pant legs from excitement.
Most comic booths have a lot of shit they need to get rid of on Sunday night. Mainly because 1. They want last minute profit, and 2. They don’t want to carry boxes of shit that won’t sell back to their trucks. Usually on the final days of conventions, these booths do deep discounts on single issues/trade paper backs to lift some of that weight off. I would’ve been in heaven today if I hadn’t decided to spend all my fucking money on Friday and Saturday and saved it for comics today.
But I got some good steals. I spent $13 total for that stack of comics I got. The dealer sold me the comics at half price, meaning I was getting about 6 issues of random Batman, X-Men, Maxx, and other stuff for $2.50. Solid steals. I got the first issue of Ren & Stimpy and a couple of issues of Batman’s Knightfall storyline.
Fifth row, buttons: I don’t know what to say other than I really spent $5 on some fucking buttons.
Sixth row, the only thing I can say that was 100% worth it: a commission piece of Waka Flocka Flame. I asked this dude named Josh Hoye if he did commissions. He said yeah. I asked him if he could do something not really con-related. He said yeah. I said can you draw Waka Flocka Flame for me and ink it? He said yeah. So $30 later, here it is.
Friday I spent $76. Yesterday I spent $78. Today I spent $48. Tally that up and I spent a total of…$202…
But wait. Let’s count the food I paid for ($10 pizzas from Papa Johns that were less than 11 inches), parking, drinks, and change to hand to friends when they needed an extra buck or two. Now the total comes to about…
Three-hundred-fucking-dollars-are-you-fucking-kidding-me. I spent $300 at MegaCon. What the fuck.
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Let me go on a tangent. I’ll admit, I’ve been on a bit of a break from gaming. The recent Sim City and Alien: Colonial Marines fiascoes have simply made me sigh in frustration. However, there are great games out there that have me coming back to the medium I love so dearly. Games like Ni No Kuni, Bit.Trip.Runner.2 and Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm have sucked me back into gaming.
As a result, hype rarely gets to me. However, Injustice: Gods Among Us has me hyped. Surprisingly, I let this one go under my radar. I was curious when it was announced at last year’s E3, but then simply forgot about it.
Then news of my favorite Teen Titan being added to the game got me interested. Apparently GameTrailers accidentally uploaded the reveal trailer, which was originally supposed to air on GTTV. However, it was far too late.
There is a lot to be excited about here. A dark comic book fighting game from the creators of Mortal Kombat. On top of that is stellar design. It looks amazing. The detail in the environment, from the different depictions of the Joker and “Fuck Superman” graffiti to the awesome special moves, this game looks like the work of people who truly love what they do. It looks like a game for fans, but made by fans. It looks sincere.
That sort of thing pulls me back from the edges of gaming. I am incredibly excited for this.
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I’m hardly ever impressed by cosplayers in general, but this is too great for me not to share. This Batgirl costume used by cosplayer Knightess Rouge is terrific! Check out her Deviant Art for a preview of her upcoming retro Batgirl outfit, as well as other cosplays by Knightess on her Facebook.
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This is really cool, even if they are Ken and Barbie dolls. Mattel revealed these new photos of an upcoming toy release by the company, influenced by the old 1966 Batman television series, starring Adam West as Batman and Lee Meriwether as Catwoman. The dolls can be preordered at Barbie Collector for $35 a pop. The two dolls are shipping this June.
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Buy it: Retro-Action DC Super Heroes Batman Figure
Carl and Russel from Up hit the streets of Gotham in this whimsical mash-up by seniorgoldenspork.
(Source: nerdapproved.com)
If you missed issue #1 of Detective Comics, Joker has Dollmaker cut his face off because of super villain reasons. This is what comics will look like within the next 10 years when everything’s printed on GIF paper. Boobies in comics are ridiculous enough. Can you imagine them with GIF jiggle? Can’t. Wait.
Aslan Malik transformed some dead presidents into characters from the Justice League and the results are pretty sick.
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Buy: Justice League: Doom (Special Edition w/ Flash Figure)
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Yoda as The Joker by Guilherme Batista. It’s a mash-up so awesome I wonder why no one’s done it before.
