It's just like being concussed!
Jan 30…Only not as painful! Marginally!
The Secret of Star Wars
Jan 26Chewie and Artoo are the only ones who really know anything about anything.
Bitchin' On Fell
Jan 26In the category of “cool news I will bitch about anyway,” Fell will be traded in April, at $14.99.
Here’s the bitching: Too bad this forward-thinking series when it comes to content and price point is slipping out at a very traditional trade price, which is actually three bucks MORE than it would have been to buy the individual issues.
What about a manga-sized digest version for $7.99? Or would it cannibalize sales of the singles?
Or, don’t trade it. Just keep every issue in print. Except then, you lose the mythical “casual Borders reader” audience.
Eh.
C.I.Boys
Jan 25
I was trying to post this last night, but Flickr and WordPress weren’t getting along. Given Sarah’s post, I thought it appropriate to try again.
They’re kind of hard to explain – their name is a reference to their grimace, which is supposed to be one of going to the bathroom. Let me put it this way – there was one series that was modeled after Capcom’s Street Fighter characters and was name "Shit Fighter." So… y’know.
Anyhow, as is popular with Japanese/Hong Kong vinyl figures, artists and designers are invited to create their own series, and this series is all 80s inspired, including Tattoo from Fantasy Island, Flavor Flav, Tron, and The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
Well, in three boxes (at $9 a pop I might add), I got my Stay-puft. Why three boxes? Well, also popular with these toys is to package them in blind boxes – you have no idea what’s inside. So, to get one in three is pretty good. And the Tron you see, is one of the rare chase figures, so I made out AOK.
Cute Overload
Jan 25Apologies for my recent absence in the world of Alert Nerds. I was struck down by the fiendish Los Angeles Death Cold in early January and was then shipped off to the fucking freezing climes of Sundance. I spotted the totally awesome Paul Rudd in Park City, by the way, which made my year a little. He is short, but still oozing with awesomeosity.
Anyway. I’ve been thinking about we geeks’ endless need to collect things and how this can become a bit of a problem. It must be said that I have learned to control myself — I no longer buy every single shiny action figure that catches my eye and I recently went through a major Stuff Purge. I am now trying rather desperately to not buy new toys, unless it’s something that’s totally made for me, like those Galactica block figures. But every so often, an item comes along that tests my iron resolve, and right now, that item is Lea Hernandez‘s homemade Cactus Bunny, Prickle. I looooove that Lea has finally made Prickle, her alter-ego, into a stuffie. And seriously, LOOK HOW CUTE.
But I already have four Ugly Dolls and a pink Gloomy Bear and a Catbus and Stitch and…and… Can I really justify another stuffed animal purchase? SIGH.
