Michael Jackson must be giggling at the fact that Thriller has been performed by inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center. This is hilarious, cool and just damn right strange. Top marks to the performance…

Kidrobot has just announced its snagged licensing to do Adult Swim characters from Cartoon Network. We all know how popular Adult Swim is with many viewers on Cartoon Network so I have no doubt if done right, these can really take off. I see this as something that is very good news for everyone in mind. Cartoon Network, Kidrobot, toy collectors and Cartoon Network fans. Consider all of those that may be Adult Swim watchers, but haven’t been exposed to the toy community. Could be a good thing indeed.

Kidrobot will develop figurines for a portfolio of characters featured during Adult Swim’s lineup. Starting in February 2008, 3-inch Blind Box mini figures will be available for fans willing to take a chance on what character they actually get inside. The chances of getting a particular figure are listed as percentage rates on the side of each branded box. All figures are wrapped in foil to prevent anyone from sneaking a peek at which character is featured, maintaining the experience and value to the line of figures. Kidrobot will feature 16-20 different figures per series, and be made available in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Latin America
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Kanye West is easily one of the hottest rappers around and this video for the track ‘Stronger’ does not feature your usual big booties and pimped out rides but instead takes us to the far eats for some futuristic hip hop fun. Most can not fault Kanye right now and this definitely does make him stronger as an artist.

When I was younger not everyone was privileged enough to own a console and some of has to settle for a hand held game which had some of the worst graphics’s you could possibly come across and sounds that were irritating yet impossible to turn off. But hey millions of people enjoyed these games and if you missed the simple and sometimes addictive gameplay then this hand held remakes website will let you relive those memories. If you have never experienced an held held I can recommended you try out the hand held Donkey Kong game.

A neat introduction to YouTube Japan… featuring a Japanese beatboxer and Japanese Graffiti artist.

This gallery of vintage polish posters contains over 200 examples of retro poster beauty, which have been designed by polish artists since since 1940. The foreign language typography adds to the design as its always fun not to know what it really says.

Here’s the lowdown on the recent “sneak peek” revealed by Esc Toy. The Soopa Bros toy prototype is at SDCC 2007 and set to be released Q4 2007. It stands approx. 7″ tall and will initially be released as a DIY platform. The cool thing is it will be a seriously popular toy IMO for all the older guys like me that grew up in the arcades wasting our quarters trying to keep those pesky ufos from taking all your humans or getting as many pellets as you could while running from ghosts.. heh.

Erick Scarecrow happens to be a serious fan of arcade games and hence this toy’s creation. Personally I can’t wait to get my hands on a case or two of these.. haha.I t’s at the Dke Toys booth #4832.

Would you want to be the one to face this lady? She looks prepared to do whatever it’ll take to get her way if you ask me! LOL. This Cow by Frank Cho and produced my MINDstyle stands a whopping 24″ tall - yet another in the line of the XLarge sized toys coming out by MINDstyle. Its rather fitting though, she just needs that kind of size to command the attention she deserves, dontcha think?
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Brandt Peters newest release is in the form of a whopping 16″ vinyl figure that will drop this Holiday season! This is based on the Slap Happy resin figures by Brandt. There is also a Major whopper of a Slap Happy in 36″ in the works along with other Large-sized art toys coming out from MINDstyle! Be on the lookout! Check out Brandt Peters at SDCC
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Final Touches going on the boombus.. this ones getting its coats of clear.
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