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She looks crazy, and so do her cats!

If the Crazy Cat Lady action figure was around when I was a kid, she would have defeated the G.I Joes and killed off the heroic Autobots. While that particular cat-astrophe may have been averted, the world still remains in danger unless the Sky Diving Sigmund Freud action figure comes to our rescue and questions her about her mother. Or maybe the Shakespeare action figure will bom-Bard her with his quill and destroy her. If all that fails, then the Lunch Lady action figure will come to save all of mankind by shoving her food scoop very, very far up the Cat Lady’s mastermind pussy, thus ending the reign of evil brought on by cats.

And they all lived happily ever after but wished poor, tasteless and juvenile fan fiction didn’t exist.

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  • action figure, bizarre, funny, weird

 

The Boattail Racer, hand made with the most exacting materials on earth, by the Auditorium Toy Co

That’s the philosophy behind the manufacture of the toys at Auditorium Toy Company. Simple designs, unerring craftsmanship and the sense of immense pride in their work make these toys quite something. Paraphrasing the Patek Philippe brand advertising tagline, these are not things you own – you merely look after it for the next generation.

[Via swissmiss]

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  • beauty, craft, engineering, handmade, limited edition

 

Two unicorns, Little Princess and Destructicorn, engage in a battle of epic proportions in far, far away Magic Fairyland

If good vs evil is not your kind of scene, there’s also a Unicorn vs Narwhal set.

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  • Destructicorn, fantasy, kids, Little Princess, Narwhal, unicorn, weird

 

A nice Lego kitchen which Captain Slow would have liked for his insane Lego house.

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  • children, colour, house, kitchen, lego, plastic

 

Andrew Bell’s awesomely morbid O-No Food Company Sushi toys

Incredibly funny toys but not the best things to see when you’re fasting.

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  • cute, pose, restaurant, sad, sushi

 

Transforming USB Flash Memory (2 GB) - Ravage

It’s a pathetic 2GB capacity drive but I am completely willing to overlook it for that transforming ability!

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  • cartoon, movie, thumb drive, transformers, USB

 

‘Block & Blockele is a construction toy that offers a novel way of combining abstract three-dimensional elements with surface graphics that transform each element into a unique character or element’

Three-dimensional plastic building bricks with graphics, the Block & Blockele toy looks like hours and hours of fun for any kid (or the kid at heart).

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  • block & blockele, children, fun, kids, lego

 

Limited edition PEZ dispensers in 1958 G.I. Elvis, 1968 Comeback Special Elvis, and 1973 Aloha From Hawaii Elvis

Who would have thought Elvis would look this good on a PEZ dispenser!

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  • candy, collectible, elvis presley, limited edition, musician, sweet

 

This Amazon.co.jp shipping box toy is a customization of original Revoltech Danboard figure

Amazon Japan has limited edition robot toys made from Amazon shipping boxes for sale at ¥1,000 (about S$15). An authorised customization of the original Revoltech Danboard cardboard robots, the Amazon robots, like the originals, also have a button on the left side of the head which lights up the eyes. Unlike the original toy, I am not sure if this box robot’s can be taken off to reveal any hidden identity — maybe it’d reveal a Japanese looking Jeff Bezos?

Ugh.

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  • amazon, cardboard, comic, japan, manga, robot, shopping, store

 

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  • 60s, car, classic, lego, volkswagen

 

A full sized Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes MP4-22A steering wheel
Let’s get one thing out of the way – this sweet F1 car steering wheel is a replica that is meant to be displayed on a shelf, not mounted in your car. These are handmade steering wheels from the Mclaren Mercedes, Ferrari, BMW and Red Bull Racing teams but they do jack shit. They cost £1,250 (about S$3,300 which can give me about 40 full tanks of petrol on my car with today’s prices) but you cannot use it in any productive manner whatsoever.

They just sit there.

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  • authentic, f1, lewis hamilton, mclaren, merchandise, MP4-22A, replica, scale

 

One of many painstakingly built Lego constructions of classic photos

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  • classic, history, lego, photo, pose

 

Hilarious bunch of Storm Troopers hanging out

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  • dinner, funny, pose, star wars, storm troopers

 

A four-figure set of Baron Papanoida (George Lucas), Chi Eekway (Katie Lucas), Terr Taneel (Amanda Lucas) and Zett Jukassa (Jett Lucas)
Did you know George Lucas and his family made cameos in Revenge of the Sith? Are you at all surprised? And more importantly, do you really care?
If you do, you can get the action figures of the Lucas family characters from the Star Wars Shop.

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  • clone wars, jedi, sith, star wars

 

The Knight Rider R/C car, from Firebox
I sure hope the Firebox.com site accepts international credit cards (update: oh baby, yes they do!) because I am so going to order the remote control K.I.T.T. car as soon as I can. It talks and has that snazzy, retro, swooshing red sensor light in front!

Speaking of Knight Rider, I wonder if they’ll show the NBC Knight Rider TV movie here in Singapore…

[Via Cool Hunting]

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  • 80s, car, culture, david hasselhoff, kid, kitt, pontiac, pop, retro, tv

 

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