I’ve been so excited to show this off! One of my favorite monster toys of all time! The Remco Mini Monster Playcase from 1981. This was a carrying case and playset for the super cool Universal Mini Monster figures.
Monster figures at their best! 3 3/4 in size, fantastic sculpts and paint, they even had versions that had glow in the dark skin! A must for any monster collector. Figures like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Wolfman and The Creature!
The playcase was constructed of cardboard and cheap vacuum sealed plastic so not many have survived all these years, but if you look hard enough you can find one and sometimes even at a good price! Even though the materials this case are made from are inexpensive the thought that went into it was top notch! It’s one of the funnest pieces out there. Great art, fun gimmicks and a nice home for your Mini Monsters.
For even more monster goodness on the Remco Mini Monsters and their playcase, head over to Plaidstallions, they have original ads as well as original catalog images!
“Everybody knows umbrellas cost more than the rain.”
One of my heroes has just released a new album. Have you heard it yet? If not, for shame. Now go buy it!
The legendary Tom Waits has just released the album Bad As Me, and I can tell you, it does not disappoint. It has not left my stereo since I got my hands on it.
Frankly, there is nothing better than driving down the nighttime streets of your city, after most have gone to bed, listening to the music of Tom Waits. He has made a soundtrack for your adventures.
The packaging and art for the new album is fantastic as always. I highly suggest the deluxe version of the CD as it comes with a nice hardback-booklet featuring lyrics and photos (many shot by Tom Waits himself). Also, there are three additional songs on the deluxe version. ‘Nuff said.
The Vinyl is gorgeous high quality as well and comes packaged with a CD for those of you taking part in this whole “digital” thing.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of stopping by Hollywood Forever Cemetery for their annual Day of the Dead Día de los Muertos celebration. It was amazing. I’m already looking forward to next year. This is the way to celebrate your dead.
from WIKI
Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it attains the quality of a National Holiday. The celebration takes place on November 1st and 2nd, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.
Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl. In Brazil, Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain, there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones. Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.
I took a little field trip from the mean monster infested streets of Motor City and checked out Austin Texas. While there, I came across the small but wondrous… Museum of the Weird!
If you’re in Austin, you have no excuse. Check it out!
The ABSOLUTE best time I had at Comic Con this year was at the San Diego Zombie Walk 5th Year Anniversary Pre-Party and Zombie Walk!!!
It was the opposite of everything that has gone wrong with Comic Con. It was a gathering of fans for fun! Nothing more. No commercialism, no marketing, no buy this or buy that… Just the undead. And a whole lot of undead fun!!! Fantastic job all you corpses!!! I’ll let the photos tell you the rest!
and finally… one of my favorites, a zombie reading… well, you guessed it, The Walking Dead!
Speaking of the Walking Dead, one of the few promotions this year that was simple and fun was a semi truck driving around with a Walking Dead Billboard on it… plus some blood and limbs of course.
I would love to share with you photos of all the art at the Harry Potter art show that took place at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra California… but since 600 plus wizards, witches and muggles showed up, there was no way I was getting in… so instead how about I share with you some photos of very enthusiastic patrons waiting in line to get in. I hope there was plenty o butter beer for those faithful fans who waited in line.
Greetings Ghoulsters and Gal-Rods! Happy Fourth of July to you!! There’s no better way to celebrate American freedom than by looking at pictures from a Japanese pop culture convention. If you were in downtown Los Angeles any time in the last few days there would be no doubt… Anime Expo is here!
Here are some fun photos from the con.
Happy Monster Time.
No Face before he started eating everyone
I ran into Musician, Voice Actor and friend Jason Miller
Baby Doll Sucker Punch Costume
The Real TMNT Word
This dude was e v i l…
You can see even more pics from the con here at the blog for my other comic THE CONCRETE WORLD
Every now and then comes a movies that really delivers, that really reminds me of that magic I felt in the theater as a kid watching all the kinds of things that influenced projects of mine like Motor City. Super 8 is one of these films.
Go see it.
In the meantime, check out this awesome classic style movie poster they did for it.
