Rob Paine

New FUNKO Wants

2010-09-07T14:01:00.001-07:00

The Creature by Funko

2010-06-25T11:40:00.001-07:00

Lady Gaga's New Semi-Automatic Bra

2010-06-08T15:22:00.001-07:00

M.I.A. - Born Free Music Video

2010-04-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

New James Pants Music Video

2010-04-15T12:14:00.000-07:00

Wow, I haven't posted here in a long time! How about the new James Pants video?

I think I'll do a big LOST post in the future with pics from my trip to Hawaii, and hopefully some new ones from The Jay and Jack Finale Party in Los Angeles on May 23rd.

Look at the Cool Musics!

2010-01-23T17:43:00.001-08:00

Alphabeat - The Spell

2009-12-15T13:26:00.001-08:00

While we're at it, another one of my favorite Danish bands, Alphabeat!

New PRIVATE Music Video!

2009-12-15T13:01:00.001-08:00

I discovered the incredible Danish band PRIVATE a couple of years ago and their album My Secret Lover has become one of my favorites of the decade. I'm shocked at how relatively unknown they seem to be in the U.S.

Here's a new version of their music video for "My Secret Lover."

PRIVATE - My Secret Lover (UK Explicit Version) from PRIVATE on Vimeo.

I'll post some more PRIVATE videos in the future. Also be sure to check out their Vimeo page which links to their other accounts, which so far are under appreciated (only 75 facebook fans?!).

World Wide Wookiee Life Day!

2009-11-16T16:40:00.001-08:00

The first annual World Wide Wookiee Life Day is scheduled for this November 17, the 31st anniversary of The Star Wars Holiday Special. Everyone is encouraged to gather with their closest friends and family to watch The Star Wars Holiday Special. What is really going to make this a great event are Snuggies! Yes, you may have noticed the Wookiees in the holiday special wearing their red Snuggies for life day. Well finally Earth technology is at the point where we are able to successfully replicate this Wookiee technology. Kick off the holiday season right and "celebrate a day of peace, a day of harmony. "

So in brief:

World Wide Wookiee Life Day - November 17
1) Watch the Star Wars Holiday Special with friends
2) Wear Red Snuggies
3) Take pictures and submit them to rob@fetts.net or the sites below:

WWWLD Blog

WWWLD twitter

Facebook fan page

Facebook event page

I've Never Wanted a Ping Pong Ball so Badly...

2009-11-12T19:53:00.001-08:00

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

2009-11-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

Richard Alpert Bobble Head!

2009-11-05T10:10:00.000-08:00

And here's a new bobble head pic of Guyliner eating cotton candy!

The text on the base is latin for "He who will protect us all." But isn't that referring to Jacob?

Bobble Heads!

2009-11-02T23:27:00.001-08:00

LOST:
Marvin Candle/Edgar Halliwax/Pierre Chang looks pretty good!
Not a very good likeness on Daniel here.
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Universal Monsters: All of these are available at Entertainment Earth ... you know, in case you want to get me a present.

Tegan & Sara - Hell

2009-10-26T15:43:00.000-07:00

Brand Spankin' New!

Hell - Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara | MySpace Video

The Fat Boys - Are You Ready For Freddy?

2009-10-22T19:27:00.000-07:00

Wow, I haven't seen this in soo long. It's so incredibly 80's.

Happy Halloween!

Kid Robot's Kang or Kodos

2009-10-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

Oh man, I want one! They're 6" (twice as big as their usual Simpsons blind boxed figures) and a whopping $30 each. Definitely pricey considering you have to pay at least $60 to get a set, but could easily get multiples since they're blind boxed. I'm hoping for an Urban Outfitters clearance next time I'm in Portland.

via Kid Robot

Buzz Lightyear Exact Movie Replica Toy

2009-10-01T10:04:00.000-07:00

Must...fight...temptation...to buy!

A Boy and His Blob

2009-09-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Did you ever play 'A Boy and His Blob' for the NES? It is one of the hundreds of Nintendo games I own that I really suck at, and have only played a handful of times. Despite this I'm really excited about the new version of the game coming out for the Wii on October 13th. The game animation is absolutely beautiful! It looks like you're playing an animated movie. Check out the clips below.

Here's some footage from the original NES version of A Boy and His Blob:

You've come a long way, baby!

Beavis & Butthead Return to Promote Mike Judge's New Movie

2009-09-02T09:53:00.000-07:00

@ Yahoo! Video

Peaches' "Take You On"

2009-08-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

Kill 'em and Eat 'em

2009-08-12T16:44:00.000-07:00

Oh hi, Mark! I've been away from this blog for too long! I survived my big 2 and 1/2 Comic-Con Mega Road Trip Vacation and will post some updates about it soon, but in the meantime watch this Jennifer's Body PSA.

EMBED-Megan Fox Public Service Announcement - Watch more free videos

Kid Robot does Futurama

2009-07-14T16:31:00.001-07:00

Futurama Mini Figures

Welcome to the 31st century! Matt Groening and David X. Cohen team up with Kidrobot to bring all your favorite Planet Express employees to vinyl. From the cryogenically frozen Fry to the ancient Dr. Zoidberg, 12 iconic characters, including 2 chases, are coming at you blind boxed on August 13. Each 3-inch figure retails for $8.95.

Artist: Matt Groening is the creator and executive producer of THE SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA. He has received multiple Emmys for his work in television. Groening is also creator of the popular comic strip Life in Hell. Groening has won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, ten for The Simpsons and one for Futurama as well as a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell.

David X. Cohen is the executive producer of FUTURAMA. Cohen previously spent five years as a writer for The Simpsons, and holds a Masters degree in Theoretical Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley, as well as a Bachelors degree in Physics from Harvard University, where he served as President of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. He has received three Emmy Awards, two Annie Awards, and zero Nobel Prizes for his work.

Size: 3-inches

Chases: 2

Accessories: Each figure includes a character-specific accessory.

Packaging: Blind boxed

Insert: Each figure in this series comes with a sticker.

Availability: Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, select retailers.

Official Release Date: August 13, 2009

Price: $8.95

Wonder Twins Powers Activate!

2009-07-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

Here's a video of the amazing packaging for the Comic-Con exclusive Wonder Twins action figure set. I hope this doesn't up the price too much since I'm gonna open them. And hopefully the sound chip is useable outside of the box too.

The Many Faces of Arnold

2009-07-08T22:23:00.001-07:00

Via Kitsune Noir.

The Way You Make Me Feel

2009-07-03T14:13:00.000-07:00

Here's my excerpt:

Across town, Rob Paine was sleeping off an overnight shift at Excelsior Youth Center when his computer woke him up. “My Twitter client just started beeping like crazy,” he says, with people micro-blogging news of the singers death. “I started freaking out.”
Within an hour, he’d asked Baby Bar owner Patty Tully if he could host a memorial that night, quickly made event fliers and then Twittered the event to his friends. An hour after that, the news called. It was a local example of what was happening all over the world. Michael Jackson was dead and people had mobilized.

Read the whole article here.

Bollywood He-Man

2009-07-03T11:54:00.000-07:00

LOST Season 5 'Dharma Initiative Kit' Revealed

2009-07-02T18:03:00.000-07:00

Check the full details at TV Shows on DVD.

Is the Orientation video pictured in the set an actual VHS? That would be awesome, but I doubt it. Maybe It will be a case that houses more goodies. The set also appears to include some Dharma patches (or stickers), maps, and other paperwork. I love that the disc sleeves are vintage Apple floppies.

I'm pretty sure I want this, but will it be worth paying about twice the cost of a regular DVD/Blu-ray set? Once the final specs are released I'll be able to make an informed decision. I have yet to buy any LOST on Blu-ray, I'm not sure if I should wait to get the seasons on the cheap or for the inevitable Mega Complete Series box set. Maybe that'll be packed in a model Swan computer monitor that beeps every 108 minutes?

Peaches' "Lose You"

2009-06-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

I think this is a new version of the video. I thought I remembered seeing a different version of the video before 'I Feel Cream' was released?

Passion Pit - Manners

2009-06-29T15:34:00.000-07:00

This album is my current favorite new release.

PassionPitMusic.com

Matt and Kim "Lessons Learned" Music Video

2009-06-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

New LOST Bobble Heads and Action Figures!

2009-06-27T19:56:00.000-07:00

It's been sad times since McFarlane Toys unofficially cancelled their LOST action figure line due to poor sales. But now Bif Bang Pow! has the license for figures and bobble heads. Read the press release here.
Only 1,008 pieces of this Comic-Con Exclusive Benjamin Linus will be produced. (Retail price: $17 including tax - while supplies last - limit two per person.)

My girlfriend and I are going to Comic-Con, so let me know if you want an exclusive Ben!

Michael Jackson Memorial Tonight at Baby Bar

2009-06-25T16:32:00.000-07:00

Awesome Bebop & Rocksteady Art

2009-06-25T04:54:00.000-07:00

[Bebop & Rocksteady]
Originally uploaded by Së®uG!オS@N

Donny and Marie do Star Wars

2009-06-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Wow, I've never seen this. Thanks, internets!

TMNT Headknockers

2009-06-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

These bodacious dudes are coming out later this year from NECA. Celebrating 25 years of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book which started in 1984, they're based on the original art where all of the turtles sported red bandanas. (Raphael is not pictured.)

My SDCC Exclusives Checklist

2009-06-15T02:27:00.000-07:00

Ok. These should be the only exclusives I want to buy at Comic-Con. Does anyone know the size and price of the pink Vader helmet? If it's really expensive I'll pass.

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS

__ Ghostbusters Stay Puft & Peter Venkman Minimates
Booth 4045 (Action Figure Xpress) $8 2,000 pieces
__ Ghostbusters Angry Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Bank
Booth 4045 (Action Figure Xpress) $20 1,000 pieces

FUNKO

__ Star Wars Chrome C-3PO Bobble Head
Booth 4829 (Funko)
__ Terminator: Gold Terminator Bobble Head
Booth 4829 (Funko)

GENTLE GIANT LTD

__ Star Wars Darth Vader Breast Cancer Research Limited Edition Helmet
Booth 3513 (Gentle Giant)

MATTEL

__ DC Universe Wonder Twins Action Figure Set
Booth 3029 (Mattel)
__ Ghostbusters Classics Dr. Egon Spengler with Slimer Action Figure Set
Booth 3029 (Mattel)