Last year Bristol was overrun with a plague of Gromits, which sounds painful but it was actually a quite pleasant infestation as it turned the entire city into one massive playground, within which every adult mentally regressed to a child and started swapping pictures of the various dogs they found,…
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January 9, 2014 at 7:56 pm | Manchild at Play (Toys), Model Kits and Figurines | 4 comments
Tags: Gromit Unleashed, modelling, Peppa Pig, Wallace and Gromit
I’ve always had a little bit of an obsession with Batman, particularly when it comes to the Joker. I don’t know why I’ve always had this fascination with the purple-dressed pale-faced psychopath, especially since I do suffer from coulrophobia1. My fascination started with Jack Nicholson’s portrayal in the Tim Burton…
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December 1, 2013 at 7:34 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys), Villains | 4 comments
Tags: 1966 TV Batman, Arkham Asylum, Arkham Origins, Batman, Batman comics, Cesar Romero, DC Collectibles, DC Comics, Mark Hamill, the Joker, they're just toys!
You may already be aware of a small obsession I have with the Batman Arkham games and the toys based on those character designs – I’ve shown off my little collection before in a self-indulgent display of “look how much disposable income I have (LOL)”. You can consider this to…
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September 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys) | 8 comments
Tags: Arkham City, Batman, DC Collectibles, Solomon Grundy
I bloody love Back to the Future. Who doesn’t? You’d have to literally be the worst person in the world not to. It’s just wholesome good fun, a story about two friends – a rebellious teen and a crazy mad scientist. You couldn’t get this film made today. You know…
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August 15, 2013 at 11:13 pm | LEGO, Manchild at Play (Toys) | No comment
Tags: Back to the Future, Doc Brown, geekgasm, LEGO, Marty
The other day I finally managed to cross off one of the things on my (admittedly rather limited and lacking in scope) list of things I’ve always wanted to do (aside from buy a plastic figure of Dr. Robotnik). For years I’ve made do with wooden shelves, converted bedside cabinets…
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June 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys), Video Games | 3 comments
Tags: Agent 47, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Army of Darkness, Batman, Captain Jack Sparrow, DC Collectibles, Dr. Eggman, Dr. Robotnik, Evil Dead, Hitman, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Pirates of the Caribbean, Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tekken, the Joker, they're just toys!
