Random toy Pic :: He should have gone with the hybrid

"Goddamn these new 'energon efficient' recruits!"

Poisunday Ivy :: Poison Ivy's First Appearance

Poison Ivy first appeared way back in 1966, in Batman #181.

Also appearing for the first time were Dragon Fly, Silken Spider and Tiger Moth, who immediately faded into obscurity...

...but did re-appear again MUCH later in Batman #670 thanks to Grant Morrison.

But this isn't DragonFlySilkenSpiderTigerMothSunday, now is it?

Hubba hubba! If you can resist that offer, Batman, then maybe YOU should be the one they call the Man of Steel!

Dark Horse

One of the best 'Fi?ures' to come from Playmobil's blind bagged Series 1 was 'Zorro.' I was able to find my Zorro a horse at the flea market a few weeks back and the combo of the two just makes him all the more awesome.

Cutesy Invisible Jet!

Toyriffic Facebook fan David B. alerted me to this unbelievably awesome Wonder Woman Invisible Jet by Fisher-Price that he just found at his local Target.

Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet literally flew under my radar and this is the first I am hearing about this gem. Finally, an Invisible Jet toy! It is perfection!

The Little People DC Superfriends Wonder Woman Invisible Jet is available now at Fisher-Price.com and according to the Fisher-Price website, exclusively at Target. Although the Wonder Woman/Batgirl two pack started out as a Target exclusive and has since been seen at Toys R Us, so who knows what the future holds.

Regardless, I...I mean 'my daughter'...must have it!

Oh, and I'll again take this opportunity to remind the world how much we need Wonder Woman (and other girls) in the Imaginext toyline! An Imaginext Wonder Woman and her Invisible Jet would be legendary!

What People Think I Do

At the request of Mario from A Year of Toys: this meme, toy collector style!

Comic Book Zen :: Bane Springed? Sprung? Sprang!

Fisher-Price Imaginext Bane!

I can't wait to get my hands on this cute little Fisher-Price Imaginext Bane figure, which comes with the Gotham City Jail playset due out later this year.

Still no word on a Imaginext Batgirl or an Imaginext Wonder Woman or any other female Imaginext figure beyond Catwoman, but I still hold out hope.

League of Extraordinary Bloggers :: Hollywood Memorabilia

Cool & Collected recently spearheaded a cross-blog weekly writing assignment, and Toyriffic is in for the fun!

This week's topic:   

You have an unlimited budget and space is not a problem. What piece of Hollywood memorabilia would you want hanging around in your batcave?

Hmm...well I suppose the all too obvious answer is the Batmobile from the sixties TV show, but that answer is such a no brainer that if I had an unlimited budget and unlimited space I would already own about ten of them on the first day I came into my money - a normal one, one with a truck bed, one stretched like a limo, a jacked-up monster truck version, a floating version, a hovercraft version...you get the idea.

Leaving the garage behind, let's stretch back in time a bit further (and also stretch the term 'Hollywood' to include...Berlin...) for inside my home I would have recreated in full size:

The robot Maria from Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

The original costume used in the movie was destroyed in a fire years ago. Below are pics of a full size replica built in 1976 by effects artist Bill Malone.

Original or replica, this would be an awesome thing to have in the living room!

Playmobil Fi?ures Up Close

Cool Toy Review has posted their Toy Fair 2012 Playmobil photo gallery and they have close-up pictures of most of the Fi?ures in the upcoming Series 2 and Series 3 line-ups! (The Vampire girl for Series 3 was noticeably absent.)

Below are my 'Must Haves:'

 Spy Girl from Series 3 tops my list. Can a Playmobil figure be hot? If not, I need to see a shrink.

 Alien girl, superhero or Lady Gaga. You decide, meanwhile I have to have her!

Darth Vader knock-off. This guy is pure seventies knock-off goodness, and reminds me of all the Not-Star-Wars toys that came out back in the day.

 Elvis. This one is for the Mrs.

 Lara Croft. Conceptually too cool to pass up!

 Some sort of robot. I'm on the fence with this one, I'll wait and see when I'm squeezing packages.

 Queequeg! YES!

The Statue of Liberty. Recreate Ghostbusters 2, Playmobil style!

Catwoman Purrrsday :: Puttin' on the Ritz

Michelle Pfeiffer Batman Returns Catwoman inspired dress from Christian Dior Haute Couture, Spring 2001.

Harley Qwednesday :: Upcoming Ame-Comi Harley Quinn Statue

This upcoming Ame-Comi Harley Quinn statue was just revealed at Toy Fair 2012. From DC Direct, not sure when this one will be available at stores, but I for one am sure looking forward to the cosplay it will inspire!

Image found at i09

Nananananananana Kooky Kan!

My good blogging buddy Reis from over at Geek Orthodox   Hey, Look at My Toys  Lair of the Dork Horde, while completely unable to commit to a blog name, does have some mad art skills and somehow managed to convince people to pay him to make awesome things!

Case in point: This awesome Batman Mixo Kooky Kan! Reis is working with Mixo to bring DC Superheroes, Monsters, Smurfs, Ghostbusters, Hello Kitty and more to life as fun metal containers with candy and a papercraft inside!

Reis sent me this Batman, who came with a papercraft Batmobile base that I built with ease the help of my nine year old daughter. Hey, my eyesight ain't what it used to be! ;)

Just kidding, the papercraft Batmobile was easy to build and is a super fun way to play/display my Batman Kooky Kan!

I look forward to owning more of these, and I hope the Kooky Kans are hugely successful and long lived - at least long enough for me to get a Robin and Batgirl Kooky Kan!

An Alfred Kooky Kan would be pretty sweet too. Just sayin'.

By the way, I am totally filling this thing up with snacks for my baby girl and keeping it in her diaper bag when she hits that age.

You are influencing the next generation of Geek Girl, Mr. O'Brien. Be proud!