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MegoMuseum.Com
Megos are some of the most sought after action figures — damn I wish I still had my Spider-Man Mego. For me, Megos always rocked because they produce awesome superhero themed cars. That, and the awesome Star Trek playset.
MegoMuseum.Com is dedicated to all things Mego, from the aforementioned Star Trek line to the company’s Wizard of Oz toys.
Ugobe’s Pleo
Caleb Chung, the guy who created the Furby, has spent the last five years working on a sequel, which will be available in time for the 2006 holiday season — the Pleo,
It’ll retail for about $200, but it is equipped with 40 sensors and 14 servo joints controlled by algorithms designed to make it react in a lifelike manner to its environment.
How well do they succeed? Check out the video of Pleo’s debut at DEMO 2006.
I’ll take two.
Godzilla Plush Toys
Toy Vault has a line of Godzilla-related plush toys, like this awesome Mothra plush,
These retail for $18-$25.
Last year, Bandai released a series of 6″ Godzilla figures. What’s not to love in this Mecha King Ghidorah figure?
ROM, The Space Knight
Lee Seitz has an authoritative site on Rom, The Space Knight, a Parker Brothers robot action figure that was pretty cool even though it flopped. I had a couple of these when I was a kid. Looks like go for about $200 if you can find them MIB on EBay.
It wasn’t that cool of a toy.
There was also a tie-in with a Rom comic from Marvel which ran for 75 issues. Hey, maybe someone should ask Michael Brian Bendis if he’s interested in doing an Ultimate Rom!
They’re Action Figures!
Okay, this was a very bizarre story that appeared on Reuters’ wire this week,
A man caught having sex with a blow-up doll in a busy public shopping arcade had to be physically parted from his rubber lover and escorted away, police in Stuttgart [Germany] say.
No word on if the man offered up as a defense that it was in fact an action figure, not a doll.
Source:
German caught having sex with doll. Reuters, September 1, 2004.