the company that we buy a lot of our toys from recently started only selling them in themed packs like this one. every one so far has had a different theme– they must have a robot with a really clever algorithm for putting them all together. the logo on the card is the logo of the distribution company, the amazing melting man toy distribution business incorporated company LLC. i called them to ask about it SO I COULD WRITE ABOUT IT ON THIS BLOG but they only blew a really loud whistle into the phone! what a bunch of jerks!

just another dude from the adorable dude patch…

this is one of those things that was at the store for a while until i finally said “ok, i actually want this more than anyone else” and took it home.

picture by alexis. thanks alexis!

sam works at the store every friday. this action figure isn’t for sale, but his new comic book “pizza wizard” is, so swing on by!

just one of the nicest guys, this guy.

this guy sets up shows and stuff in boston. ha!

we got this little plastic kaleidoscope and it’s the perfect way to look at the store, simultaneous focus and zone-out, simultaneous isolation and image-bleed. mike t was by last week and took some shots for you folks at home, just holding the sumbagum up to his digi cam. “this is my new art”. ok man, big up to anyone whose boat really floats.

pshaw is one of my favorite working comic artists right now (he drew “mr fat day” amongst other things), and he sent us a bunch of awesome comics to give away, warning us that we were not allowed to sell them! recently i found this plastic piece of another toy that looks a lot like a pshaw drawing, so i’m selling it to dan nadel for $30. actually, i’m just putting it next to all my other action figures. i think it’s a piece from a play-doh accessory.

pshaw.net!

here’s my man neil hard-repping futures-of-the-past: wearing jen mcmahon’s aborted “futurama” halloween glasses and talking into a “merlin”, the early handheld game with weird buttons. stay fly, neil!