They do exist!

Joe Ledbetter's Unicornasaurus made it's debut at the Kid Robot booth during Con a few weeks back proving to everyone that the mythical Unicornasaurus does, in fact, exist. 

Only 350 of the black and pink colorway, dubbed "lava," were made and sold as a SDCC exclusive. Want one? Good luck! On eBay they're going for (at most) $289.99!!! O_o

 But TODAY is the release of the grey and yellow Unicornasaurus. Catch one (or both) for $39.95 (+tax) at all Kid Robot stores before they disappear and go on eBay for a ridonculous price!

[All photos courtesy of NiNa]

It's Comic Con time, yo

Okay, the ultimate pop culture mash up fest is still a little over a month away, but Kid Robot recently released what exclusive goodies they'll have in store including a schedule of artists signings. Behold . . .

July 24 & 25:

What could these two have possibly come up with??? Perhaps a Dunny or a Labbit from Kozik? After last year's awesome Super Teeter (which I almost bought, but didn't and now regret deeply), JLed is bound to bring in the goods. I'll definitely be in line for that! Get to the Kid Robot booth from 11-2 pm for a signing Thursday and Friday by both Kozik and Ledbetter.

July 26:

Paul Pope's Masked Karimbah is taken straight from the pages of his THB comic and into vinyl form. The Masked Karimbah is a two-figure action piece and is also Pope's very first Kid Robot toy -- it'll include a 16 page comic and secret vinyl throw in. This is limited to 300 pieces and are $150 a pop. Pope will be there from 1-4 pm for a special signing. Woo!

July 27:

Tokidoki, an Okee Dorkee fave (if you haven't noticed), is coming out with a 8" pizza lovin'-fang grinnin'- Dunny! From previous Con experience, you better get to the booth early if you want to get your hands on this (or just want Simone to sign some other Tokidoki knick knack). Since his Lesportsac stint, the Tokidoki line has gotten overly popular and spawned many a fan. Last year, the Tokidoki booth was packed, let alone his other signings -- Simone's just driving everyone crazy with his kawaii creations! The KR signing is from 11 am -2 pm -- be there at 8 am.

Start stuffing your piggy banks, folks. 

Skeletrino & Skeletrina

Almost a year ago Simone Legno, of Tokidoki fan girl dimonium, let us here at Okee Dorkee know that a vinyl toy of Adios and Ciao Ciao's kitty Skeletrino was in the process of getting made -- remember that post? 

The time has come . . er, almost. Strangeco just posted photos of the hell kitten and his fancified feline companion Skeletrina. 

Check out the golden details on her. Kitty's got some mad style!

No word on when these will be released. Hopefully by the time Comic Con rolls around >^_^< 

[Photo courtesy of Strangeco]

As You Wish

An evil prince, gentle giant, a beautiful princess, pirates, a Spaniard seeking revenge against a six-fingered man and R.O.U.S.'s all seem like an unlikely formula for a fairy tale, but it definitely worked for the cult classic film "The Princess Bride" which celebrates it's 20th anniversary this year. And Neca will be releasing a line of action figures starting with the Dread Pirate Roberts (the alter ego of Westley) sometime in April. Wee! Look out for more to come later on in the year.

[Property of Neca]

Treeson

Bubi Au Yeung's white blobby/spikey creation Treeson has just come out with a new line of Baby Treesons ("3) -- all in different colorways and each one limited in quantities. 

Classic White: ed. of 800

Almond Brown: ed. of 1200

Pastel Pink: ed. of 1200

Baby Blue: ed. of 800

They can be purchased at the Crazy Label webstore.

In other Treeson news, a storybook featuring Treeson will be coming out later this year. If you've snapped any pictures of your own, join the Treeson Flickr group (or join Flickr if you haven't already -- it's the bestest!).

Photos that get chosen to be published in the book will get a free copy in appreciation to contributing ^_^

Guide to Uglyness

2008 is going to be quite an ugly year . . . I mean that in a good and very strangely cute way though. 

Uglydolls just launched their brand spankin' new site! Go around Uglytown with Babo and shop, read the blog, participate on the forum, download wallpapers and icons, and [coming soon] play games.

Also out right now are Cinko (who got a bit of a makeover) and Sun-Tan Target. Later on in the year, five new Uglydolls will be added to the family including Puglee, Ugly Ghost, Poe, Babo's Bird, and Plunko. All of these guys come straight from the pages of the Ugly Guides.

"What dat?" you ask? 

The Ugly Guides are a set of books (The Ugly Guide to the Uglyverse, Ugly Guide to Thing That Should Go and Things That Should Go But Don't) that'll show you the world of Uglydolls -- where they eat, what hospital they go to when they get boo-boos, where they go to get some R&R, and what each Ugly is all about. Those books will be released on April 22.

For more news on Uglydolls, be sure to check out their newly vamped site and co-creator David Horvath's blog.

Back L-R: Puglee, Ugly Ghost, Poe, Babo's Bird, and Plunko.

L-R: Cinko and Sun-Tan Target

Go Speed Racer, go!

For those that aren't in the know, (hey, that's what we're here for!), the 60s cult classic Japanese cartoon Speed Racer has been adapted to a live action flick starring Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, and Susan Sarandon. Watch for it to hit the big screen on May 9.

With an expected blockbuster, you can certainly bet that there will be toys to go along with it! Mattel has given Barbie and Ken a Trixie and Speed make-over. These guys will be up for grabs sometime in March, but are available for pre-order on Barbie's website and Toys R Us.

Check out the movie's official site to see trailers, videos of press junkets, photos, catch up on any news, download a podcast, and see who else is involved in bringing the world of Speed to life.

Indiana Jones and the Legos of Doom

The colorful plastic world of Lego have released a line inspired by the classic Indiana Jones films. Now you can make your own adventures with Indy in four different sets (ranging in prices from $9.99-$59.99 -- or $114.99 for everything).

I purchased the Motorcycle Chase set because it was in my price range and it comes with not just Indiana Jones and some random German(?) dude, but a tiny Sean Connery as well (ok, Indy's dad, Pro. Henry Jones. Whatever)!

For those who can't wait for the much anticipated flick Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, these little guys should hold you over until May 22.

But remember: Indy hates snakes, Jacque. He hates 'em.





[Photos courtesy of NiNa]

A gift for the New Year

So, oh well...Ghost Rider and Wolverine can't join your stack underneath the tree...but hey, who says you can't have a "happy-new-year-gift"? Both figures are limited to 2000 and will be available to ship by january fourth. But no need to wait, Upper Deck is taking preorders now.

Who says Powder Blue is for just girls?

[photo courtesy of allstarvinyl]

coming soon (hurry!)

Halloween Blythe Meet

Last Sunday (the 28th) my friend, Ashley, and I went to Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco to attend the Halloween Blythe Meet. I actually found out about it on Flickr -- I swear, I'm obsessed with that site! Anyway, it was pretty overwhelming to see all these Blythe dolls grouped together. I dressed Tigerlily up as Minnie Mouse (I even made her mouse ears out of pipe cleaner), Ashley's Abigail was supposed to look like a masquerade girl, but Ashley forgot to put the mask she made in her purse. Whoops! And my friend Jean asked me to bring her doll Sylvie . . she was "Lady of the Night". HeHe . . .



I'm not sure how many people came, but there were sOoOoOoO many dolls!!! I think we counted over 80. I even got to see some Kenners (they're the original Blythes made in the 70s) up close. I met a lot of nice people, including Cat who organized the whole meet, and talking to everyone there made me feel not so weird about my new found love for Blythe dolls.

Some people brought little goody-bags for everyone and Ion, a.k.a. Blythe Boy, had special ones for the first 24 people who showed up -- they had a Littlest Pet Shop toy inside along with some candy. I got an owl and I've already gone crazy taking pictures of it in trees at school!

There was also a contest for which dolls had the best costumes:



The winners, L-R: Joey (winner), Ion (2nd place), and Poohie (3rd place).



Here's me showing some of the dolls:



The guy in the video is Henry. He was super nice and he also owns the "Bon Jovi" doll!

Here's some pictures that I took at the meet:















[All photos and videos are courtesy of NiNa]

More of my pictures can be seen on where else? My Flickr page! And to see others, go here.

It's Raining Cacti!

Our homie Simone Legno has done it again. MORE Tokidoki vinyl toys and a blind-box set are heading our way to take the presidential flashcards out of our wallets and piggy banks! I just spent $160 on the rest of my tuition (J.C.'s are cheap, but not THAT cheap!) so how the heck am I suppose to buy all this stuff?

But I digress. The latest additions to the Tokidoki cactus vinyl friends are Bruttino and his feline pal Carina.



Look how cute Carina is! Check out her multi-colored fishbone bow. Eek! Too much cuteness going on!!!

And if you're done collecting the Moofia blind-box toys (like me!), then get ready for these little guys:



Every friggin' one is adorable. You can't go wrong with these pokey little canines! No word on exactly when all these toys will be released, but its expected to be sometime in November or December.

Oh, Bloody Football!

Upper Deck announced today that they will be releasing their 2007 Major League Soccer Set on November 2. MSRP will be $1.99 for nine cards that will include 100 regular cards as well as limited edition issues of autograph cards.

This is the man card I'm in the hunt for...


don't 'cha love it when your card doesn't talk back???

Nice to Meet You, Blythe!

Alrighty, so I know I wrote this blog about Blythe dolls quite some time ago and said I'd talk about all these really neato stuff about the underground cult they've got going on. So here it is! Part II . . .

Sometimes people who have Blythe dolls gather in various places and have these things called Blythe Meets. What do people do there exactly? I don't know! What I do know is that some involve contests where you can win prizes, and of course theres the photo-ops, but I think their main purpose is to unite Blythe fans of all ages to sit down and talk about their hobby (collecting Blythes, etc.) without someone rolling their eyes at you . . .

::cough::carmeL::cough::rye-uhn-eric::cough

The one my friends and I had was quite informal -- we all went to the Dell'Osso Farms Pumpkin Patch in Lathrop, Ca and galavanted around taking pictures. Ashley and I only have one doll each (and I brought my two mini Uglydolls too) so we didn't have much on our hands, but my friend Jean has four dolls and she brought ALL OF THEM with her!

Ashley and I got many funny stares from people, so you can only imagine the looks we got once Jean took all of hers out! Oh well, we had fun and got some good shots -- despite the sunlight being a big challenge for us. Some curious onlookers asked us what we were taking pictures of and we heard one say, "Oh, its just Barbies." HaHaHa . . .

Here's some photos of the girls:


Tigerlily chillin' on a pumpkin.


Ice Bat, Tigerlily, Abigail (Ashley's doll), and Babo.


L-R: Abigail, Tigerlily, Sylvie, Rhiannon, Nixie, and Moxie.


The three BFFs . . . hehehe.


This was a difficult place to take pictures!

The rest of my pictures can be seen on my Flickr page.

Do you like Blythe? Have a Blythe(s) or know of a Blythe meet going on soon? Drop us a line and let us know!

Brady Bunch

Papa Tommy is yet another footballer to me immortalized by Upper Deck.
Black, Road, and Retro Brady will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday at 9:12 am pst.
Grass stains never looked so good. =)

Ben wants a rematch

[get them bens! l to r: Black, Road White, Retro. photo courtesy of upperdeck.]

After their preseason defeat, Ben wants to battle Brett.
Okay, so I'm spreading rumors. Well, it could happen...in your home.

Have an All Star Vinyl rematch! Upper Deck will be releasing their Ben Roethlisberger figure to the public this Thursday at 9:07 am pt.

More drops to look forward to...
September 26 - Martin Brodeur

October 3 -Tom Brady
Reggie Bush
Carmelo Anthony

November
LaDainian Tomlinson
ShaQ O'Neal [uh oh Kob...]

December
Brian Urlacher
Steve Nash
Henrik Lunqvist

NFL at BK

Yo football fans --

Don't 'cha get hungry after the game?
Well, imma head over to Burger King and get me a Kids Meal.

You manly enough to get a Kids Meal?
Hey, drop that pride and say it with dignity,
"Hey lady, i wanna kids meal puh-puh-puhleeasee?"
and you'll SCORE (stupid pun intended) huge mini!

BK is featuring NFL Mini Jerseys in their Kids Meal.
Each NFL team is represented and each Mini Jerseys comes with three different options to display your pride:

Suction Cup:


Paper Stand:


Clip-on:


LT's jersey would look so fab on Hello Kitty Barbie! Hope it fits...

Thanks to ER!K for the hot tip!

[photos courtesy of Burger King]

Upper Deck's subCASTS

[image courtesy of upperdeck]
yO Con-erz....Didya check out Upper Deck's SubCasts line of Marvel Super Heroes? TWEEQiM Creative Lab designed the figures. They are a Portland Oregon based design team of wife and husband artists Twee (Thuy) Pahn-Willmott and miQ (Mike) Willmott. Clever, right?

[image courtesy of upperdeck]
The Con had prototypes and also had a pre-release offer to the lucky con-goers of the Spider-Man figure. 1000 were released at the Con and the rest of the 2000 edition went on sale on August 28. All figures are hand numbered. And still can be purchased here.

[image courtesy of upperdeck]
Each figure in the series will be a limited edition of 2000 and will be hand numbered.

[some of the marvel heroes that will also join the series. image courtesy of upperdeck]
Two more figures will be dropping this year: Marvel’s Iron Man™ (Oct) and Ghost Rider™ (Dec.) Additional iconic heroes such as, Captain America™, Wolverine™, and the Hulk™, will be releases throughout 2008.

[subCASTS figures seen at the SD Comic Con. image courtesy of UD Dave. photo collage by juligie™. ]