A monster named Dave

Cheerful candy-colored vinyl toys by David Horvath coming soon. Via.

*Previously: Horvath's Turtle desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Uglydolls at eBay.

Cool Toy Roundup

Toys that caught my eye this week:


Cucos Minis coming in October from Kidrobot.




Kang & Kodos, coming in October from Kidrobot.





Soul of Chogokin Big-O photo gallery.





Dehara and David Have Mono.



Bioshock Big Daddy available for preorder for $20 at Entertainment Earth.






Tenacious Toys has a bunch of new toys available for order and preoder including new opened Dunnys, Lilo as Stitch, and Gas Mask Mouse.





Relphe/Helper figure with removable helmet by Tim Biskup and Gargamel, to be available for $80.



And not quite a toy, but,


James Jean mints are on sale at Giant Robot. (I picked up one of each. Brown is chocolate mint, red is cinnamon, blue is peppermint.)

*Previously: Horse gas masks.

*Buy Soul of Chogokin toys at eBay.

Horvath's Turtle (link roundup)

Go here for a desktop wallpaper-sized version of this image of David Horvath's new Turtle toy. And there's a few of the turtles on sale at eBay.

And a few more links:

1. Description of a SXSW panel discussion on book publishing gone very wrong.

2. Website devoted to literary tattoos, especially quotations. Via.

3. Bookninja is hosting a book "remasculation" contest, where the idea is to make books more manly. For example:

Charlotte's Web becomes "Charlotte's Web of Death", by E. B. White.

"When Wilbur befriends his neighbour Charlotte he has no idea that he will be sucked in a web of intrigue, deceit and mayhem, leading him as far as Frankfurt and Milan before returning to his humble farm for the chilling conclusion that will leave you breathless."

See a few entries here.

4. You can download for free the movie 24 Hours of Le Mans at iTunes.

*Previously: Reimagined His Dark Materials book covers.

*Buy Uglydolls at eBay.

Light Bridge (link roundup)

"Landings No. 2" by Branislav Kropilak. Via.

And a few more links:

1. David Horvath's mother was a toy designer. She worked at Mattel, but was largely required to keep her job a secret. "The only way [he] knew she still worked there was through catalogs and purple 'He-Man' errors she brought home." Learned from this interview.


2. Want to make money online? Michael Buckley makes over $100,000 on advertising and product placements in his his homemade YouTube videos. He spent "40 hours a week on YouTube for over a year" before making any money. Via.


3. New York Times published a letter from the mayor of Paris criticizing the prospect of making Caroline Kennedy a senator. Two problems. 1. It was a hoax and not written by the mayor. 2. Seriously, who cares what the mayor of Paris thinks? Shouldn't the NY Times be publishing the opinions of people who actually live in New York?


4. Car that looks like a giant boom box.

*Previously: Boom box monster sticker.

*Buy vinyl toys by David Horvath at eBay.

Vinyl Toy Roundup

Here are the vinyl toys that caught my eye this week:



Dragon Scout by Amanda Visell. More photos.



JUNO (by Michael Lau?). More photos.




Turtle by David Horvath and Toy2R. Via.



Overman King Gainer Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: King Gainer Xan. Via.



El Diablo hand-painted by Robbie Busch. Via.



Little Yoya Monster by Horvath. Via.



Urban-style Dennis the Menace by 382 Media. Via.

*Buy vinyl toys by Horvath at eBay.