Toy links
Ragnastriker.
A cool Assemble Borg bike by takkyuu. (Click on the image for a better look.)
When Transformers attack.
“Here we see Ejector stalking his natural prey, the Mountain Dew.”
Affectionate, affectionate.
“The new dalek drones have been getting quite a lot of negative words written about them, so I thought it was time to spread some love :)”
Snake Eyes. [via]
“… female version of this ass-kicking character.”
Operation: Blast Off.
“… a commission from the father of A Real American Hero himself, Ron Rudat … the creative genius at Hasbro in the 80’s who designed the majority of the characters …” (See also.)
My Little Cyborg 002.
“… inspired by Jet Link from Cyborg 009.”
On Nerf.
“… sales have grown at a 30 percent compounded annual rate for the past four years.”
Global toy industry stats.
“In 2009 … the global toy sales turned out to be US$80 billion, an increase of 3.6% … The USA, Japan, and China rank the Top 3 … with the respective sales of US$21.5 billion, US$5.8 billion, and US$4.9 billion … the export value of Chinese toys in 2009 reached US$7.8 billion.”
Assemble Monoseed.
A creative Assemble Borg fanmode by chikuwabu inspired by the Spiral Zone Monoseed. (Click on the photo for a better look.)
LegoSpawn.
A Lego creation by Johnny Tang.
Vacaciones!
A photo by Jhoan.
Apparently it’s laundry day at the Cobra Terror Drome.
Modelled by Jennifer.
Spaceman.
Skin art by Matt Burgess.
Face.
“We never heard about another attempt to insert so many mechanisms and articulation points into such little room.”
Pollock’s.
“… this enigmatic small museum and shop remains scandalously obscure.” (See also.)
Assemble Gattai.
An outstanding Assemble Borg combiner by Shishiiro. (Click on the images for a better look.)
Don’t fight me, shaggy.
Even Huffer himself couldn’t hate this cool Transformer custom by Wheeljack.
Vlad Tepes doll playset.
Okay, maybe not. (Thanks for the link, samuel!)
“Adults like to engage in play, whether it’s games or action-figure collecting …”
“Worldwide toy sales rose 3.6 percent to $80.3 billion last year … Adult collectors spend more than $1 billion a year on film and comic-related products and even more on toys for their children …”
Uncle Milton’s science toys.
“We make science accessible to every kid … If we excited just one kid about science, then we’ve done our jobs.”