Pixeloo has bought 2 loved cartoon and video game characters to life with some awesome Photoshop skills. The Mario image looks super cool while the Homer image just creeps me out. I can not wait to see what character is kicked in to the real world next.

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Artist Chris Beaumont has promised to bring us a new cube styled paper toy every week and if he can keep up the great work it looks like Cube Craft will be home to one of the finest paper toys collections on the web. I can not wait to download and start on the Stormtrooper, Mr.Stay Puft and Kirby paper toys.

If that is no enough for you then check out super sweet TNMT and Sonic paper toys. [via Paperkraft]

One of my highlights from the London Toy Fair was seeing these NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figures and thinking its about time the TMNT franchise got a decent set of collectible figures. The figures are based on the original comic drawings created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird which is why they are all wearing the red mask. There is also hints of black and white versions. Expect these in April for less then $20 a piece.

After the success of the first Bart Simpson Qee series we have 2 new series to look forward to. Firstly there is the new Homer Simpson Qee which I thought would never work but I was wrong. However I still don’t think they are as cool as the Bart Qees which feature some classic episode designs from series 2 to 4. Expect these to be dropping in next few months.

Transformers can do a lot more than fight as Soundwave proves by showing off his breakdance skills. Now I need to find this transformers theme tune remix for my iPod.

“I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots!”.. and now you can own him if you a few dollars lying around. It comes with some neato accessories with the best being the Voice activated alarm, with the voice of Optimus Prime on lock and unlock mode.

Cardboard Monocle have put together a superb list of 10 of their best and 10 of their worst movie ideas for remakes of retro cartoons. With retro cartoons becoming more and more popular with a huge thanks to the awesome Transformers movies I wonder how many of these cartoons will one day be a movie. I just want to say I am ashamed to know about and have seen Jem. Go read The Best & Worst 80s Cartoon Movie Concepts entry.

Indulge yourself at the gallery of hand transformed PEZ by Atypyk and bask at the delightful results. I love the fact that modifications are very subtle and refined.

When staying at a hotel you expect most of the rooms to look the same but the Baby Grand Hotel have a different idea.. and that’s why they present to you the Smurf suite. The Smurfs is a classic cartoon featuring the cutest blue creatures aroundand the hotel room seems to have captured that cartoon feel magnificently.

If the Smurfs suite is just a bit too childish for you then you have a choice of graffiti rooms to stay in.

“The Baby Grand Hotel brings together all that makes Athens unique: history, culture, innovation, and diversity. 10 international artists from the fields of urban art, graffiti design and illustration transformed Baby Grand, into Europe’s most exciting and creative city hotel.”
quoted from the Baby Grand Hotel website.

We all want a transformers toy and some of us will even create our own transformers toy. But I bet no one would think of using some KFC wrapper scraps and end up with something as awesome looking as this Bumble Bee Transfomer. Create your own if you like as their are tons or images and instructions… if you do GOOD LUCK.

If that is a bit daunting then stick to these super sweet transformers paper toys created by NiceBunny.
[Link via Darren]