This is officially the movie I’m most looking forward to this year. Everything we’ve been shown so far makes this look absolutely stunning.

And here we have a Care Bear that has been customized to undeath. This monstrous Care Bear at Etsy is just dying to come home with you. Just be careful that he doesn’t get a taste of brains.

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Source: Lisastarchild’s Twitter feed.

It was one of those days for us all, so Bubba Shelby (blog, Twitter) posted a few quick Masters of the Universe sketches for us to enjoy. I still say I need to run a Masters of the Universe art contest!

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I wonder if Mattel would be willing to provide any prizes for a Masters of the Universe art contest. Hell, anything cool — like one of those damned tough to snag toys — would make a great prize. But I doubt they would play ball, seeing as how the few times I’ve tried to e-mail Mattel the messages have gone unanswered.

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Click to visit Twitter.

Still, a contest would be fun since it would give me lots of Masters of the Universe art to enjoy. For now I’ll just have to enjoy the random stuff that gets posted online.

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So I already showed progress on the Space Trooper x Glyos mash-up and now I’ve started using the last bits of the damaged Space Trooper toy. How? By blending it with Glyos (Onell Design) and Keliens (review here) I’m not finished, but here’s where I’m at with the project:

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Hey, I got this for Christmas almost 30 years ago. I remember having way too much fun with my Star Wars Twin-Pod Cloud Car, even if I never had more than one Cloud Car Pilot action figure. I loved how the landing gear snapped up and down; I can still remember the sound — and pinched finger! — as I popped the gear up into place.

Glyos System fans (Onell Design) are no strangers to custom, and Jesse DeStasio (website, Twitter) has joined forces with Trevor Zammit to bring a new run of customs to the Glyos family.

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Click to see more pics at Flickr.

Here we have the Secret Chesters, a team of bad-ass Glyos customs that look to me to have some distant ancestor from another toy line from the eighties. I can’t put my finger on it, but something about this guy makes me think I’ve seen this concept before. And that’s an incredible thing, since a brain in a chest is tons of fun!

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The Secret Chesters will debut at the MoCCA Art Festival on April 10th and 11th. These toys — as well as another Glyos custom and an unannounced toy project — will be available at the show. After the show ends the Secret Chesters will appear at Jesse’s website.

Awesome, and a great companion to Jesse’s GLYUTS customs (review here). Keep an eye on Jesse’s Twitter account for more news and photos.

Neat. I don’t exactly need a USB hub at the moment, but if I did I could see myself ordering this new Blaster USB Hub electronic device/toy. $70 is a bit much for a USB hub, but when it transforms into a G1-style Blaster the $70 price tag doesn’t look bad at all.

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“Originally scheduled for release, then canceled, the Device Label Blaster – USB Hub has been reslated for release but this time at a higher price. It’s not known exactly how or if the item will change, pictures are of the original release.”

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Click to visit TFSource.

Man, I’d love one of these original arcade cabinets in my game room. Did anyone else out there throw too many quarters away in the 1980s trying to beat this game? What I should do is grab the Dragon’s Lair DVD* since that will take less room, play just as well as an arcade cabinet, and cost a hell of a lot less.

The arcade cabinet would be cooler, though.

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I’m a little behind on a lot of things, but fortunately — even though the figure does look good — I didn’t miss out on pre-ordering the 12-inch scale Beachhead action figure*. Beachhead was never one of my favorite characters, and so far I’ve been skipping the G.I. Joe heroes in this line, so this is an instance where I didn’t actually miss anything by being behind on mail and searching the web.

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I have to admit that Beachhead comes packed with gear; and I thought Firefly (mentioned here) was well-equipped! Sideshow’s really doing a great job with this series; I wonder if we’ll ever get a Dr. Mindbender.

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Click to visit Sideshow Collectibles.

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