At the beginning of this year, amazing 1/6th scale figure creators Hot Toys revealed their first figure from the 2009 flick Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt’s Lt. Aldo Raine.
An uncanny re-creation of the actor and character, it’s only appropriate that the second figure in the line is just as great, and of a character just as important to the film – Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa.
Arguably one of the greatest film villains of this century, Landa is re-created with an almost eerie eye to detail, and of course, Hot Toys’ typically well laid out mixture of appropriate accessories (INCLUDING HIS PIPE!) and well-crafted costuming.
Really, the only things that seperate you from action figure perfection are about $200, and the ability to be OK with having a Nazi on your shelf, even one as well-acted as Hans Landa.
This figure should be available late this year.
Source: ToyNewsI.com.
Remember late last year when Adidas announced their Star Wars Spring/Summer collection, and despite how awesome they were, I thought it was a kind of hokey deal to move sneakers?
Either I was wrong, or Adidas wants to see how many eggs this golden goose will lay, as the adidas Originals x Star Wars Fall/Winter 2010 Collection has officially been announced!
What’s new for this collection?
Some Han Solo in carbonite sneaks, fur lined Chewbacca boots, some AWESOME C3PO & R2D2 half-and-half shoes, some well worn Boba Fett hi-tops, a pair of appropriately green and boil covered Jabba the Hutt shoes, and some ugly Death Star Stormtrooper shoes complete with an equally as ugly varsity-styled jacket.
Personally, the only pair I’d consider myself are the C3PO & R2D2′s, but I think we all know that the collectors will snatch these up first.
Click through below for a full gallery of the apparel announced so far.
Source: TOYSREVIL.
It seemed pretty much inevitable.
With amazing figures of the Mark IV armor, Whiplash, War Machine and others through the past, it was pretty much a given that the amazing artisans at Hot Toys would produce a figure of the Iron Man Mark VI armor.
What you probably didn’t expect, however, was how good, and how feature filled it would be.
Featuring interchangeable battle damaged armor, a (currently unfinished) Tony Stark head sculpt, picture perfect articulation and LED lighting, it’s an absolutely stunning piece of art.
Of course, art so awesome comes with a cost, as this figure is currently rumored with a $190 price tag. But I’ll be damned if it doesn’t look worth it.
Source: TOMOPOP.
This week, I think it’s safe to say my favorite t-shirt site outdid themselves with 2 shirts that combine two of my favorite things – sweets and pop culture references!
The first shirt, “Something Strange, In Your Beverage…” by David Staffel, depicts a hot cup of Cocoa, just BUSTIN’ full of Marshmellows!
The second, “Cookies” by Tang Yongfa, mixes a video game classic, the best children’s show ever, and delicious cookies, for another great tee.
Any way you look at it, they’re two shirts I’d love to have in my wardrobe. And if you click the images for each, you can pick them up yourself!
It’s Monday, which means new tees from Threadless!
And my favorite of this week is “Z-A”, designed by Jaco Haasbroek.
Sending you backwards through the alphabet with some of the best movie characters of all time, this shirt showcases adorable interpretations of cult favorite characters.
How many of them can you name? I’m stuck on a few (O? K? X?), but aside from that, I’m pretty surprised by how many movies are touched upon with this shirt.
If you buy it fast (i.e. before 5pm CST today), you can even get it for $10, instead of the normal $18! Click through and check it out!
Source: Threadless.
As I’m sure it doesn’t come as a surprise, between the 6th Volume of the comic series and the film adaptation in August, a lot of Scott Pilgrim merchandise is about to hit the market.
Personally, I’m looking forward to the soundtrack (that Metric song is killer!), any possible stylish tee-shirts, and now that I’ve seen them – the above adorable plushies from Mezco!
Due out in July, there are plushies of both Scott and Ramona, and honestly, don’t you just want to hug them now?
Pricing isn’t available yet, but I know that like with most things Pilgrim, I’ll have my credit card ready!
Source: ComicsAlliance.
Thus far, the biggest movie of the summer has to be Iron Man 2.
While fans have been divided about how good of a flick it is, generally, I think everyone enjoyed it. (I know I did.)
Perhaps you enjoyed it. And perhaps, you really really want to share this fact via your feet.
Well, if that describes you, look no further than the custom Iron Man and War Machine Nikes as designed by Diversitile!
Done up in custom Iron Man and War Machine colors, complete with light up arc reactors, there is no better way to tell the world via your feet that you love Iron Man so much that each step must be lead with a bit o’ Stark!
Granted, these same shoes may tell the world that you have more money than sense, but I’m not judging.
Source: Diversitile Custom Clothing.
After months and months of hit or miss shirts (in my humble opinion), Threadless really has been hitting it out of the park as of late with their pop culture related designs.
The latest? “Bustin’ Made Them Feel Good”, as designed by Riccardo Bucchioni.
This shirt design takes the 1980′s film classic Ghostbusters and throws it back 100 years, with a decidedly more 1880′s styled version of Billy Murray and the crew. I especially love the ghost catching gramophone.
The perfect design for the Ghostbusters geek/steampunk fan in your life, you can pick it up by clicking the above image or the source link. Up to you, really.
Source: Threadless.
