I Heart Cool Stuff

I want to start this post by sharing an anecdote. In September I will begin my full-time job as a dean of students. I am still in undergraduate school and chose to take the job because I love working with youth. When June came along, I was questioning whether or not to get a summer job. I still technically wasn’t on the DOE budget, so I wasn’t going to get summer pay. Suddenly, I was presented with a stack of checks, which solidified my decision to not work for 2 months and be a bum until my very hectic schedule took over (full-time work, school and part-time blogging). I thought it was a great decision, until– SDCC came around.

Originally, I was supposed to attend SDCC this year. I have family in San Diego so I didn’t have to worry about room and board. But, 3 very important electronic equipments broke down and I canceled my trip. Now, as exclusives surface still on a daily basis, my heart is shredding into little pieces. The latest? This year’s exclusive Ice Bat. He’s only $20 and is limited to 400, I hope that enough are left for me to purchase when I start working again. Hit the jump to see the news David has just unleashed. (more…)

I probably should’ve said, Bossy’s 6″ turtle because he likes to claim EVERYTHING as his. David Horvath has released a drawing of his upcoming 6″ vinyl. Some may recognize him from the Bossy Bear book as the tutle who teaches Bossy how to share. Well, now he’s going to be made available to us for cheaps [$15 to be exact] and he is scaled to be 12″ Bossy Bear’s companion– this means, if you haven’t gotten your giant Bossy, it’s time to get him now.

It occured to me that I wanted to post about Kaiju Babo, and then I suddenly wanted to post about the new shirts at Giant Robot– so I decided to put some things David Horvath in one post. I am a HUGE fan of David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim. I can’t help but love their overly simplistic, but super cute little monsters. With them, I experience being able to draw their popular characters without feeling like I missed the magic.

[Images borrowed from Andy (TRE Blog)]

So, to the first matter at hand. I’ve wanted to own most of DH’s Kaiju Uglies… and the fact that I don’t understand the foreign language is holding me back. A friend of mine explained the process, but I keep thinking I’m going to frak up. Apparently, you have to email them what you’re interested in along with address and they request a paypal payment? Umm [source] is that correct? Well, if they’re not sold out– I WANT KAIJU BABO!!!

At first I was thrown off by the revelation of a cookie tail. The cookie part was okay, I mean, who doesn’t LOVE cookies?!! I’ll send cookie monster on you. It was explained that Babo lives in an alternate universe where a tail is necessary. So cool! Anyway, he’s set to come out later this month, so keep your eyes peeled.

Not only did DH release news of his newest Kaiju addition, but apparently, new t-shirts have been shipped too! Woo hoo! My favorite two are above, but I am especially loving the “I Quit!” shirt. How awesome is that? The shirts are about $22 a pop and you can check Giant Robot to get it.

It’s here! If you’re a fan of the Uglydolls, then I’m sure you must own some of their stationery too, right? If you don’t, Babo’s journal was just released and is available on Amazon for $12.11 [it's also available on the Uglydoll website for $14.95]

I know for a fact that I’ll never write in any of my Uglydoll books, but their covers are so soft that I must have them. Go pick him up, Babo’s a great friend and I’m sure he’ll do a good job of keeping your secrets a secret. You can click on the image to be re-directed to his purchase page.

There have been a couple Kaiju Uglydolls released, but Ice-Bat was always my favorite. Unfortunately I had no cash, and now I just don’t know if they still sell him. I would totally purchase him if I knew… so someone out there should help me find out.

Anyway, David [as in David Horvath] just updated that 50 GID Kaiju Ice-Bats are available for pre-order over at: intheyellow. My Mr. has a huge obsession with GID pieces, but I have no clue if he’s at all interested in owning Ice-Bat. If you happen to understand the language and conversion rate, would you mind telling me how much he is?  He’s set to be released/shipped June 10th.

Hello All,

Welcome to Flickr Fridays. Every Friday we will pick one photo that catches our eye from the “I Heart Toys” Flickr pool to showcase. So if you are not yet a part of the group please do join. without further ado we bring you:

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh” by *D.R.I.N.H.E.L.K.*

*note: thanks to Grim Santo for bringing back Flickr Fridays from the dead.