Let’s talk toys

February 6, 2009 on 5:22 pm | In Comic Cons, Comics, Insanity, Toys | 1 Comment

Toys are big business, and with so many toys being comic/movie/anime-themed, the New York Comic Con is rife with the things. For now, let’s just go with the plushies.

This Donald Duck toy is from an earlier, simpler time, when we didn’t worry about throwing a stuffed vinyl duck in with your sleeping toddler, and especially didn’t care much for junior’s mental health or scarring him for years to come. Even though he doesn’t have teeth, he can still manage to bite you in your nightmares.

Cat not convenient enough? Stuffed animal not angular enough? Have OCD but love whimsical toys? Square cat here is for you. It doesn’t move, it just smiles and sits on one of its 6 sides or 12 edges! Not cuddly, unless you have bone density problems.

Can’t say anything bad about squishy duck! He and I and William Katt are friends! (WARNING: William Katt has not, to my knowledge, met squishy duck)

Then there’s these…Christ, what are these things? My guess is something made during art therapy at an insane asylum.

These individualized teddys were being handed out to creators by a fan. Here we have Blue Beetle, Ambush Bug, Manhattan Guardian, and Green Lantern.

Here’s Magnus Robot Fighter, Booster Gold, a Blue Lantern, and Power Girl.

And here’s a Guardian, a Red Lantern, a Yellow Lantern, and a Green Lantern.

Finally, comics superstar Amanda Conner poses with her Power Girl teddy bear. Amanda was a big hit today, getting in around 11:30 and not having a chance to start on sketches until like 4PM! Busy! So busy!

On an unrelated note, here is the essence of Japanese culture, boiled down into an angry, bucktoothed cop and a happy bucktoothed monk. Japan: STOP IT. Clean up your act.