Showcase: Custom Atari-Era Activation Action Figures by Dan Polydoris

"Pitfall Harry"

"Officer Kelly"

"Short-Order Sam"

"Roderick Hero"

"Frostbite Bailey"

[Chicago Toy Collector]

Triptych: Probably The Last Breaking Bad Post I'll Ever Make

"Breaking Pixels" by Shannon Trottman

"Breaking Bad Action Figure: Walt" by Mike Wrobel

"The Legend of Heisenberg" (t-shirt) by Ameda Nowlin

Will it really be my last Breaking Bad post, though? There's just no way of knowing.

Triptych: Of Portals and Cubes

"Companion Square" by ThreeA Productions

"Long Fall Boots" by Jared Sellers

"I'm Different" by DigitalDuckie

Showcase: Paul & Katrina Sirmon's Custom Vinyls

"AOXE" (Custom Munny)

"Blow Me" (Custom 10-Doh)

"Vault Boy" (Custom Munny)

[Paul & Katrina Sirmon's Custom Vinyls]

OSKUNK!'s Videogame Munnys

“Donkey Kong” by OSKUNK!
Bomberman” by OSKUNK!

“Link” by OSKUNK!

Also, check out his rad customised Game Boy:

My Little Gaming Life: Portal 2

Aperture Science, "Know Your..." Series of Safety Posters


"True Love Never Lies" by jimiyo (t-shirt available at RedBubble)


"What If Chell And Gordon Met?" by ~Lintufriikki


"Tiger Electronics' Portal 2" by zero-lives


"Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System Enrichment Centre Safety Handbook" by A.J. Hateley


"Chell Nouveau" by MeganLara (t-shirt available at RedBubble)


"Portal 2 Cubees" by Cubeecraft (full Valve series available here)

I've been playing a ton of Portal 2 lately. I'm nearly finished the single-player campaign and then I'll try tackling the multiplayer, but I have to say - there's so much pure awesomesauce crammed into the single-player story-line that I wish it would never end. Almost anything I say about Portal 2 would be a spoiler, so instead I'll just throw out a bunch of phrases, out-of-context, to express my enthusiasm: Wheatley! Reboot! Cave Johnson! Gel! Potato battery! 1982!

One thing I am able to confidently ruin for everybody is that The National's song recorded for Portal 2, Exile Vilify, is fantastic, and is worked into the game in a fairly non-essential (in that if you miss it, you aren't overlooking anything critical to the game itself) but well-implemented manner. Or you can just stream it below.

The National - Exile Vilify

Chomping At The Bit

I haven't posted any vinyl customs lately, but I'm really taken by Jared "NikeJerk" Cain's "Chomping At The Bit" series of Super Mario Bros.-themed toys. Makes me wish I had more money to spend on custom figures, in fact. Check out the link for more examples of his excellent work.

"Block Head Mario and Luigi", "Pixel Mario and Luigi",
"Standard Mario and Luigi", "Wario and Waluigi"
(dunnys) by NikeJerk


"Koopa Troops Set" (labbits) by NikeJerk


"Thwomp" (madl) by NikeJerk


"Chain Chomp" (bud) by NikeJerk

["Chomping At The Bit"
Flickr stream by NikeJerk]

So Analog by Squid Kids Ink.

(Click for larger image)

These are super rad. Meet 10-Doh!, B-Side, and A-Drive, three prototype vinyl figures from Squid Kids Ink. They'll be debuting at DesignerCon 2010 in Pasadena, CA on November 20th. Sadly, since these are only prototypes, they won't be for sale - though there may be a few blanks available for purchase at the Con.

My love of vinyls is well-documented and I can think of nothing better than seeing the So Analog series earn itself a solo custom show (with the exception of maybe owning a few of them). So if you're in the Pasadena area on the 20th of November and you happen to stop by D-Con, make sure you give these sculpts the proper adulation they deserve - and if you so happen to feel like grabbing a blank 10-Doh! for me at the same time, well, I wouldn't turn my nose up at it.

[So Analog, by Squid Kids Ink]

Soopa Coin-Up Bros.

Now this is how you do a blank figure ripe for customisation. Erick Scarecrow molded the 7" Soopa Coin-Up Bros. sculpt and offered up a limited edition vinyl run for sale for the paltry sum of $30 through Esc-Toy (sadly no longer available through official channels, but UrbanRetro is selling the white edition for £22.99 while supplies last). The blank comes packaged with a hoard of stickers for the screen, marquee and cabinet.

The Soopa Show was held in April at Concrete Jungle in NYC and the pieces on display were impressive, to say the least. Click on any of the images below to bask in the glory of full-size.


"Archadic", Andrew Scribner

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"Centipox", Brandy Anderson


"One-Armed Bandit", Bucky Lastard


"Battleship", Diego Paz


"Game Over", Doktor A


"Dug Rush", Dynomight NYC


"Toy Break", George Gaspar


"Soopa Koopa", Jared Deal


"Cock Blocker", Jude Buffum


"Chicano-Up Bros", Marka 27


"Bello Bello Beeeeh!", Massa Mas


"Soopa Boombu, The Vinyl Toy Killer", Matt Beers


"Keep Your Day Job", Steff Bomb

More photos over at Vinyl Toy Freaks and Esc-Toy's Flickr stream.