Battra 13

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE VAULT OF BUNCHENESS!!!

2011-12-24T21:01:00.000-08:00

"Meh-tull!!!"

Meanwhile, in a basement in Wisconsin...

Okay, I need to know which one's supposed to represent the Virgin Mary...

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE DOLEMITE

2011-12-24T19:41:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!

2011-12-24T17:47:00.000-08:00

This the season to spam posts~ Falalalala~Lalalala~ ♪♫♪

Did Santa visit you last night? Of course not! Is not about you being naughty or nice. Is just that he can't pay for the maintenance of his reindeer sleight & the invincible track floating on the sky anymore. Worldwide economic problem.

So yea, just be happy of whatever present you had got last night, cause some people dun even get one, like the baby down here and he is grumpy now.

Give him a Merry Merry big hug will you?

Mr.E signing out, Merry Christmas!! =]

Sábados con la neurona: Sint (2010)

2011-12-24T14:15:00.000-08:00

Este año he decidido no subir posts navideños. Pero como 24 cae justo sábado, la película de hoy se tiñe del espíritu que estas fiestas se merecen. Sint es una película holandesa dirigida por Dick Maas y que bastante polémica despertó en su país de origen ya que las asociaciones de padres pidieron que se retiraran los carteles de la calle. El argumento tenía que ver con que los niños podían asustarse con un personaje que tradicionalmente se asocia a la paz y los regalos. Sintéticamente es la historia de San Nicolás, un personaje similar a Santa Claus (en realidad un obispo que en la Edad Media robaba y violaba usando el bosque como escenario) que cada 5 de diciembre sale a decapitar infantes bajo la luna llena. A disfrutarla y cuidado con los barbudos que esta noche quieran entrar a sus casas. JOJOJO.

Merry X'mas

2011-12-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

IN MY ROOM: THE ORIGINAL VAULT OF BUNCHENESS

2011-12-23T23:13:00.000-08:00

I'm currently at my mom's house for Christmas and I can't help but get a bit nostalgic for the days of my misspent youth whenever I stay in what used to be my room during those coming-of-age years. So without further ado, here's look at the converted garage that served as my room during my high school years, breaks from college, and the year and a half in which I attempted to eke out a freelance art living before moving out for good in early 1990 and making my home in New York City. The place was the site of several significant life events, but it is virtually unrecognizable now.

Where that lamp and bed are is where my desk/bookcase used to be. The walls used to be festooned with movie posters, comics in mylar bags, and several vintage PLAYBOY centerfolds some of the early-'80's most zaftig Playmates. All I have to say about that last element is Karen Price, Miss January 1981. Yowza!!!

The medieval torture implement that passes itself off as a foldout couch. Quite far removed from the extremely comfortable frameless double-mattresses I slept on in here three decades ago. When I come home for visits, the morning after the first night I sleep on this fucking thing invariably results in an agonized lower spine.

All that remains of what was once a massive media library that I maintained from August of 1980 through when I moved out for good in early 1990. The bookcase/desk has been in my possession since 1973 and was great for storing comics and books. (The chair that came with it fell apart some twenty years back.)

The lowest point of the double door on the high wall is about eight or nine feet up from the floor, high enough to thwart my mother's snooping during my coming-of-age years. I'm not certain but I think there's still a suitcase up there that contains a couple of homemade bongs and water pipes. If it's still up there, that suitcase has not seen the light of day since the infamous "Weedfest" of the Summer of 1989.

One Piece - Tony Tony Chopper Cherry Blossom Limited Watch (metal wristband)

2011-12-22T04:54:00.000-08:00

Manufacturer : Seiko

Note : Toei Animation online shop exclusive

S＝15.5cm

M＝16.5cm
L＝18.5cm

One Piece - Tony Tony Chopper Cherry Blossom Limited Watch (leather wristband)

2011-12-22T04:52:00.000-08:00

Manufacturer : Seiko

Note : Toei Animation online shop exclusive

AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

PREORDERS FOR THIS ITEM WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 16 2012

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 4 - Crazy Diamond Second

2011-12-22T04:50:00.000-08:00

Size : -
Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Medicos Entertainment

Note : Wonder Festival Winter 2012 exclusive. Contains bonus parts for the Higashigata Jousuke figure.

AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 201

Spiderman 3 - Movie Masterpiece Spiderman (Black Suit ver.)

2011-12-22T01:22:00.000-08:00

Size : 30 cm
Scale : 1/6
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Hot Toys
AVAILABILITY : JUNE 2012

www.biginjap.com

2011-12-22T01:19:00.000-08:00

2011/12/22 : please note that we will be closed on Friday December 23 (Japanese national holiday). Processing of orders and messages will resume on the next business day.

Megami Magazine Creators vol.8 School Swimsuit Mecha Nurse Nana (Dark Berry Mint ver.)

2011-12-22T00:39:00.000-08:00

Size : 26 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Uplark
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Ikki Tousen - Shimei Ryoumo DVD Back Cover ver.

2011-12-21T23:35:00.000-08:00

Size : 6,5 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Griffon Enterprises
AVAILABILITY : MARCH 2012

Carnival Phantasm - Figma Phantasmoon

2011-12-21T23:34:00.000-08:00

Size : 14 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Max Factory
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Fate/Zero - Saber & Saber Motored Cuirassier

2011-12-21T23:33:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 cm high, 29 cm long
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Lupin III - Mine Fujiko Castle of Cagliostro ver.

2011-12-21T23:28:00.000-08:00

Size : 20
Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Dive
AVAILABILITY : MARCH 2012

IN STOCK ! Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Master Stars Piece Kujou Joutarou

2011-12-21T23:19:00.000-08:00

Size : 25 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Banpresto

Películas imposibles (II)

2011-12-21T14:56:00.000-08:00

Continuando con la programación de emergencia (sigo sin internet), les dejo una segunda tanda de pósters imaginarios. A medida que pueda conseguir una PC prestada, seguiré posteando cosas. Tengan paciencia. Y como les dije ayer, hagan clic para ampliar las imágenes y leer la letra chica.

IN STOCK ! Ore no Imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai - Kuroneko Memories ver.

2011-12-21T01:39:00.000-08:00

Size : 11 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya

IN STOCK ! Love Plus - Kobayakawa Rinko Swimsuit ver.

2011-12-21T01:30:00.000-08:00

Size : 19 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Wave

IT'S A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS!!!

2011-12-21T01:29:00.000-08:00

Last night I went to the John Waters Christmas show at B.B. Kings, and it was fucking hilarious. (I hope it was videotaped for home video posterity.) My friend Lexi and her sister, Ginna, took me and we had VIP seats that included a meet and greet with the Master, so during the show's Q&A section I got to tell him a couple of good ones about some memorable experiences with watching his movies. After the show, at the meet and greet, I was first on line and Waters actually recognized me from the several times I've seen him at NYC signings.

Anyway, it's always a good thing when you can give your favorite living director and major influence on your worldview a Christmas present. He collects books on all manner of horrible things, so I gave him my copy of They Lived on Human Flesh, the exploitative bus station bookshop ripoff of Alive — the infamous true story of the Uruguayan football team that crash-landed in the Andes and survived by resorting to cannibalism — and he was delighted to get it because he didn't have it. He was especially pleased that it has pictures!

Rebuild of Evangelion - VTOL for the transportation of Nerv V.I.P Plastic Kit

2011-12-21T01:25:00.000-08:00

Size : 19 cm
Scale : 1/100
Material : PS
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

King of Fighters Maximum Impact - Shiranui Mai 1/6

2011-12-21T01:24:00.000-08:00

Size : -

Scale : 1/6
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : A-Label
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

The King of Fighters - K' Action Figure

2011-12-21T01:22:00.000-08:00

Size : -

Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : A-Label
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

One Piece - LOG McCOY 01 (web ltd ver.)

2011-12-21T01:15:00.000-08:00

Size : 12 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Megahouse

Note : Megatreshop, Toei Animation online shop & Mekke ! Shueisha exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MARCH 2012

PREORDERS FOR THIS ITEM WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 27 2012

Active Gear Collection Iron Man Mk 6

2011-12-21T01:13:00.000-08:00

Size : 21 cm
Scale : 1/9
Manufacturer : Art Spirits
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 4 - Statue Legend Nijimura Keicho & Bad Company Second (special color)

2011-12-21T01:12:00.000-08:00

Size : 15 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Di Molto Bene

Note : Oricon Store exclusive

Películas imposibles (I)

2011-12-20T06:39:00.000-08:00

Los pósters son obra del artista y diseñador Sean Hartter. La consigna: imaginar grandes superproducciones dirigidas y protagonizadas por personalidades de otras épocas. Un divertido ejercicio plasmado en carteles que nunca vimos ni veremos en un cine. Recomiendo hacer clic para ampliar y ver la letra chica.

Black Lagoon - Roberta 1/6 (reissue)

2011-12-20T00:02:00.000-08:00

Size : 29 cm

Scale : 1/6
Material : polystone
Manufacturer : New Line
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Native Creators Collection - Yoshii Hotori 1/7

2011-12-19T23:55:00.000-08:00

Size : 23 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Native
AVAILABILITY : JUNE 2012

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - Alisa Bosconovitch 1/7

2011-12-19T23:47:00.000-08:00

Size : 22 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters - Yami Yuugi 1/7

2011-12-19T23:35:00.000-08:00

Size : 24 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Dog Days - Figma Millhiore F. Biscotti

2011-12-19T23:25:00.000-08:00

Size : 13 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Max Factory
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Working ! Nendoroid Playset 05 Wagnaria B Set Kitchen

2011-12-19T23:19:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 x 16 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Phat Company
Note : Nendoroid Taneshima Popura is sold separately
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Working ! Nendoroid Playset 05 Wagnaria A Set Guest Seating

2011-12-19T23:14:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 x 16 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Phat Company
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Working ! Nendoroid Taneshima Popura

2011-12-19T23:09:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Max Factory
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Mashiroiro Symphony - Nendoroid Inui Sana

2011-12-19T23:03:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

One Piece - Figuarts ZERO Artist Special Luffy Nami Usopp & Chopper Set

2011-12-19T00:27:00.000-08:00

Size : 16,5-18,5 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

One Piece - Figuarts ZERO Artist Special Chopper as Lesser Panda

2011-12-19T00:22:00.000-08:00

Size : 16,5 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

One Piece - Figuarts ZERO Artist Special Usopp as Chameleon

2011-12-19T00:18:00.000-08:00

Size : 17,6 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

One Piece - Figuarts ZERO Artist Special Nami as Cat

2011-12-19T00:13:00.000-08:00

Size : 18,5 cm

Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

One Piece - Figuarts ZERO Artist Special Monkey D. Luffy as Monkey

2011-12-19T00:05:00.000-08:00

Size : 17 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

To Heart 2 Dungeon Travelers - Kusagawa Sasara Samurai Style (Red ver.)

2011-12-19T00:03:00.000-08:00

Size : 28 cm

Scale : 1/6
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Daiki Kougyou
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Kotetsu Jeeg - Brave Gohkin 37 Big Shooter

2011-12-19T00:00:00.000-08:00

Size : 21 cm
Scale : non
Material : diecast, PVC, ABS, POM
Manufacturer : CM's Corporation
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Super Robot Chogokin Key to Victory 4 for GaoGaiGar

2011-12-18T23:54:00.000-08:00

Size : -
Scale : non
Material : ABS
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

One Piece - Portrait of Pirates LIMITED Monkey D. Luffy JF Special

2011-12-18T23:53:00.000-08:00

Size : 17 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Megahouse

Note : Megatreshop exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Evangelion 2.0 - SIF EX Makinami Mari Illustrious

2011-12-18T23:51:00.000-08:00

Size : 30 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Yamato
AVAILABILITY : JULY 2012

Jingai Makyo - Neuromancer 001 Ignis

2011-12-18T23:48:00.000-08:00

Size : 22 cm

Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Yamato
AVAILABILITY : JUNE 2012

7 Days To Christmas

2011-12-18T00:02:00.000-08:00

7 Days To Christmas...Huh? So fast???

6 Days To Christmas...So what...Christmas nia ma..nothing special one~

5 Days To Christmas...Wondering who nice if it snows.. or probably how bad it is..hmmmm...

4 Days To Christmas...Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...

3 Days To Christmas...Wondering if there would be Christmas present for me..

2 Days To Christmas...Hope Christmas is better than this..

Last Day To Christmas...Last minute invitation to PAAARRRRTTTYYYYYYY!!!!! WOOOO!!!!

I know you want me =3

Mr.E signing out, back to work...

Animados: Rosa (2011)

2011-12-16T15:24:00.000-08:00

"En un futuro cercano, la humanidad ha desaparecido dejando tras de si una enorme megalópolis desprovista de vida natural. De entre la destrucción despierta ROSA, un robot parte del proyecto KERNEL, el último intento de la raza humana de restaurar el ecosistema terrestre recuperando especies de plantas ya extintas. Vagando entre las ruinas de la ciudad sin vida, Rosa pronto descubrirá que no es la única parte de Kernel que ha despertado. ROSA es un cortometraje independiente creado en su totalidad por Jesús Orellana sin presupuesto. Desde Enero de 2010 a Febrero de 2011 completó los 323 planos que componen los 9'50" minutos del espectacular cortometraje animado en CG. Jesús Orellana nació en Tarragona en 1981, ha trabajado en muchos proyectos para la editorial francesa "Les Humanoides Associes". En 2009 empezó a crear su corto Rosa, y espera poder llevar a cabo una película de animación. Actualmente vive en Barcelona con su compañera, la artista, María Llovet."

Vale la pena darle una oportunidad a Rosa, fiel muestra de que con voluntad se pueden conseguir productos de alta calidad técnica. La gran noticia es que 20th Century Fox se encuentra últimando las negociaciones para hacerse con los derecho de Rosa, con el objeto de hacer una película de imagen real que en principio dirigiría el propio Orellana. Veremos que pasa.

LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET-addendum: A WEEK LATER, ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, AN EXPLANATION, AND SOME JUSTICE

2011-12-16T08:43:00.000-08:00

Those of you who read my story from a week ago, the one about me being the victim of a so-called "sociological experiment," will be interested to know that the blog FUCKED IN PARK SLOPE posted a piece on that event's filming — the all-day process, not my specific moment — and it answers a number of questions as well as shedding some light onto just how shabby the production treated some of the neighborhood's locals. And remember how they paid me $300 for my mental/emotional anguish? According to the FUCKED IN PARK SLOPE article's feedback section, one of the victim's in this thing was only paid $50, while the article mentions some of the scammed receiving nothing and not even being told that they were being fucked with. And there's more, particularly the final outcome of all the misery inflicted upon the unsuspecting public, so go here to read it all for yourself.

Playstation 3 - One Piece Kaizoku Musou Gold Edition - March 2012

2011-12-16T00:32:00.000-08:00

Toriko - FIGUAX vol.4 Heavenly King Bishokuya Sunny

2011-12-16T00:18:00.000-08:00

Size : 22 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Plex
AVAILABILITY : MARCH 2012

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai - Mikazuki Yozora Beach Queen ver.

2011-12-15T23:52:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 cm
Scale : 1/10
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Wave
AVAILABILITY : JUNE 2012

Mayo Chiki ! Konoe Subaru Beach Queen ver.

2011-12-15T23:48:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 cm
Scale : 1/10
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Wave
AVAILABILITY : JUNE 2012

One Piece - D.P.C.F Nefertari Vivi Pirate ver.

2011-12-15T19:21:00.000-08:00

Size : 27,5 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Plex
AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol- CHECKED!!!

2011-12-15T18:25:00.000-08:00

As I reach TGV cinema, I noticed a small counter beside the entrance with a lot of people surrounding it, getting what seem to me door gifts.So i just 'Ke Po' go check it out. Meet an old friend sitting on the counter, ask her what's the deal about this counter. The deal is, you drive a BMW, you get free tickets to watch MI4. Notice that I said "a lot" of people get the door gift, and you only will have the door gift If you driver a BMW. Yes, this paragraph here is for me to bitch on "a lot" of people driving BMW in Penang now, as I still drive a Honda, 2 wheeled.

Now, back to the topic (Mission Impossible's Music Playing~~~~)
It has being 5 years since the last mission, now he is back, the super cool & handsome spy who likes to crush everything he used.

I rate this movie: 9/10
The long 5 years sure has give the production team to have come up with another good plot and actions. Frankly speaking, I have forgotten what the previous mission are all about, but who cares already, this mission has all the thrill you needed! Saving the world from nuclear war, without at backup from Home base & being chase by local cops, mission impossible indeed.

And here's the reason why BMW gives away free tickets: cause every car Tom Cruise used to chase & crash with is a BMW, and BMW is trying to tell you how hard & effective it's air bag is as when the car crashes, and you will be still standing up saving the world. Marketing.
I can't find a reason to discredit the movie, it is really a movie you must not miss!!

Mr.E signing out, Mission Accomplished!!

Ore no Imouta ga konna ni kawaii..... - Kuroneko Maid ver.

2011-12-14T21:15:00.000-08:00

Size : 19 cm

Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : FREEing
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Nendoroid Sakura Kyouko

2011-12-14T21:12:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

IN STOCK ! Revoltech Pixar Figure Collection 02 Wall-E

2011-12-14T21:09:00.000-08:00

Size : 7,5 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kaiyodo

IN STOCK ! Anubis Zone of the Enders - Revoltech Yamaguchi 113 Anubis

2011-12-14T21:06:00.000-08:00

Size : 14 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kaiyodo

A Bathing Ape - Revoltech Yamaguchi 115 Baby Milo

2011-12-14T20:48:00.000-08:00

Size : 9 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kaiyodo
AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

Revoltech Pixar Figure Collection 004 - Mr Incredible & Omnidroid

2011-12-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

Size : 11 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kaiyodo
AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

Astronaves SW

2011-12-14T16:00:00.000-08:00

Continuamos con la programación de emergencia. Disfruten a continuación de algunas bellas ilustraciones del artista Chase Kunz, oriundo de Seattle, EEUU, retratando las naves más representativas del universo Star Wars. Clic para ampliar.

IN STOCK ! Dragon Ball Kai BIG Scultures vol. 4 (Cell)

2011-12-14T15:23:00.000-08:00

Size : 21 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Banpresto

IN STOCK ! Dragon Ball Kai BIG Scultures vol. 3 (Son Goku Super Saiyan 3)

2011-12-14T15:22:00.000-08:00

Size : 23 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Banpresto

IN STOCK ! Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty Metamorphose Edition

2011-12-14T02:27:00.000-08:00

Size : 22 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Sentinel

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Blank Body (ltd) (2nd issue)

2011-12-13T23:57:00.000-08:00

Size : 14 cm
Material : PVC, ABS, diecast
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Working ! Taneshima Popura 1/8

2011-12-13T19:00:00.000-08:00

Size : 19 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Alter
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty 1/8

2011-12-13T18:58:00.000-08:00

Size : 21 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Alter
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Mawaru Penguindrum - VCD Esmeralda (ltd)

2011-12-13T18:19:00.000-08:00

Size : -
Scale : non
Material : soft vinyl
Manufacturer : Medicom Toy

Note : Amazon Japan exclusive

AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

Nendoroid Shuukan Hajimete no Hatsune Miku (w/ Amazon Danball Paper Craft)

2011-12-13T18:13:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company

Note : Amazon Japan exclusive

AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 4 - Statue Legend Yangu Shigekiyo & Harvest

2011-12-13T00:38:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm & 2 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Di Molto Bene
AVAILABILITY : MARCH 2012

Nendoroid Plus Card Fight ! Vanguard Grade 01

2011-12-12T23:55:00.000-08:00

Size : 3 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Persona 4 - Twin Pack Kuma & TV Set

2011-12-12T23:52:00.000-08:00

Size : 8 cm (Kuma), 4 cm (TV)
Scale : non
Manufacturer : Phat Company
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Fate/Stay Night - Nendoroid Saber & Tousaka Rin Cheerful ver.

2011-12-12T23:50:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company
Note : limited distribution
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Zone of the Enders - Jehuty Plastic Kit (Clear ver.)

2011-12-12T18:48:00.000-08:00

Size : 18 cm

Scale : non
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya

Note : Wonder Festival 2012 exclusive

AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

IN STOCK ! M.S.L Nanoha Movie 1st - Fate Testarossa Swimsuit ver.

2011-12-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

Size : 24,5 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Alter

Ikki Tousen - Housen Ryofu DVD Back Cover ver.

2011-12-12T18:36:00.000-08:00

Size : 14 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Griffon Enterprises
AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

Sense Of Achievement

2011-12-12T18:22:00.000-08:00

Sense of achievement in work keeps you going in work, it is far more important than the money you earned from the job. Er.... Ok, maybe it is AS important AS you that sense, but we all need mental support from time to time to keep us going on dreadful working hours.

Sense of achievement is when you are praise by the boss for good job, not cause you wipe his ass clean.

Sense of achievement is when you nailed a huge sales project, not cause you robed from someone else.

Sense of achievement is when your customer thanking you with a great smile, not cause you convinced him to used something expensive & ineffective.

Sense of achievement is when you get a promotion through your hard work, not back-stabbing.

Sense of achievement is when you make friends during your job, not enemies.

This is my sense of achievement:

Mr.E signing out, it just made my day =]

Carl E. Rinsch – El regalo

2011-12-12T05:17:00.000-08:00

Y sigo sin internet, aprovechando las computadoras que el destino pone en mi camino para subir entradas y evitar que el blog se caiga. ¡Gracias TELECOM! Hoy les ofrezco un interesante corto de ciencia ficción realizado por Carl E. Rinsch ambientado en Moscú. Aunque la historia no es gran cosa, es de destacar la excelente integración entre animación digital y filmación real que puede apreciarse a lo largo de todo el corto. Y que nadie se queje de los "homenajes" que se observan a otras películas, pequeñas licencias del realizador.

The Gift from BLR_VFX on Vimeo.

70 YEARS OF THE WOLFMAN

2011-12-12T01:50:00.000-08:00

Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the release if THE WOLF MAN, perhaps the seminal werewolf film and the movie from which most of the general public's knowledge of lupine lycanthropes is garnered. One of the very best of Universal's classic cycle of horror films from the 1930's and 1940's, this tale of one innocent man's horrifying curse still has considerable tragic power despite its age and the changing styles and tastes in filmmaking. If you've never seen it, you owe it to your film education to check it out immediately. Here's the trailer:

Asobi ni Ikuyo ! Elis 1/7

2011-12-11T18:59:00.000-08:00

Size : -
Scale : 1/7
Material : candy resin
Manufacturer : Kaitendoh
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Future GPX Cyber Formula - Sugo Asuka 1/10 (Dengeki ltd)

2011-12-11T18:54:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 cm
Scale : 1/10
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Wave

Note : Dengeki exclusive. Includes one additional face part compared to the regular version.

AVAILABILITY : JUNE 2012

PREORDERS FOR THIS ITEM WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 20 2012

Future GPX Cyber Formula - Sugo Asuka 1/10

2011-12-11T18:32:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 cm
Scale : 1/10
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Wave
AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Sábados con la neurona: Robot Monster (1953)

2011-12-10T16:00:00.000-08:00

Luego de unos fines de semana de descanso, regresan los sábados de película. Y para festejar les dejo una de las peores películas de la historia: un extraterrestre con cuerpo de gorila y escafadra con antenitas llega a la Tierra para conquistarla. De ahí en más, la debacle total. Los seguidores de este blog la reconocerán ya que no hace mucho publiqué las Lobby Card Sets de este engendro. Un film que en su momento fue estrenado en 3D. ¡Imperdible!

- Rodada en 4 días con un presupuesto de 16.000 $, la película recaudó nada menos que 1.000.000 de $ en taquilla, haciéndola una de las más rentables de esa época. Y es un hecho contrastado.

- Existe cierta controversia respecto a las reacciones de los críticos sobre este engendro. Algunos dicen que fueron tan malas que el joven productor Phil Tucker (25 añitos) intentó suicidarse. Otras dicen que fueron tibias, sin más, pero que el intento de suicidio podría haber existido, ya que supuestamente sufría una profunda depresión y, también supuestamente, la distribuidora (Astor Film) se había negado a pagarle su parte en la recaudación.
El hecho es que Tucker se convertiría con el tiempo en un montador relativamente importante que trabajó en varias series de cierto prestigio ( llegó incluso a trabajar para National Geographic) y películas ¨caras¨ como el King Kong de 1976 o la película de cine de ¨Superagente 86¨.

- Se rodó y estrenó en 3D. Los que la vieron dicen que la única cosa que redimió a esta, er... Cosa, fue que se veía muy bien en 3D, algo de lo que no pueden presumir ni tan siquiera algunas superproducciones actuales.

(Fuente: http://www.abandomoviez.net)

LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET

2011-12-09T19:32:00.000-08:00

Holy fuckballs, what a story I have for you…

As regular readers of this blog are aware, I have been unemployed for going on two years, and my unemployment benefits ran out on the day before Thanksgiving. Since then I’ve hustled and brooded and been a nervous, despairing wreck, wondering about what fate has in store for me, especially when considering my very limited financial resources. In short: I’m forty-six, jobless, living in New York City (specifically in Brooklyn’s Park Slope), and nothing is happening in terms of a bright light on the job horizon.

On Friday afternoon I received one of the freelance checks I’d been expecting and in no time at all most of it was spent on my rent and the bills that have been gathering moss, so, with weary heart, I went to the local supermarkets to pick up the fixings for a sandwich that would approximate the outstanding sausage and peppers delight I’d experienced just one day previous. (There’s no companionship or sex going on in my life at the moment thanks to there being no merry and horny female present, comic books have lately been mostly an enormous disappointment, there have been no movies that pique my interest, so I’ve occasionally been taking meager comfort in food.) I first stopped at the Key Food on 5th Avenue, the one just a stone’s throw from Flatbush Avenue, and snagged some of their excellent sweet Italian sausages, after which I walked up the street to the Associated market located around the corner from my humble abode to pick up the rest of what I needed.

Upon wandering the store’s aisles, zombie-like, I got on line at the checkout counter and found myself directly behind some random guy and a woman who was annoyingly holding up the proceedings by trying to explain to the cashier that two of the four items she’d brought up were not the right ones on the sales circular, so she wanted to replace them. She explained this to the cashier in the most convoluted and time-consuming manner humanly possible, and myself and the guy in front of me were both about ready to pull our hair out as this decidedly one-sided exchange dragged on. “Great,” I thought to myself, “not only am I about to spend most of the last of my pitiful funds, I have to wait behind this walking annoyance while doing so.” Presently, one of the store’s employees came over to me and steered me off of the non-moving line and had me stand at the far checkout aisle, right behind two mother with strollers who were unloading enough food onto the counter to feed all of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. That line was clearly not going to move either, so the staffer apologized for taking me off of my first position and promptly steered me back to where I was in the first place, and in the maybe twenty seconds that elapsed between my shifts in lines, three more people had gotten on line in front of me. So there I was, stuck with a choice of two lines, neither of which was making any kind of progress.

While stuck on line behind the lady who wanted to exchange her items that were not on the sales circular, my eyes began to glaze over and my mind focused on just how my life had suffered a slow and depressing reversal of fortune from the time when I first hit NYC as a wide-eyed college grad who’d landed a job at Marvel Comics — a dream job to one of my geekish ilk — through my being let go from that job thanks to the company’s Chapter 11 woes, on to my time at DC/Vertigo and the mishegoss endured there, followed by two years of unemployment before working at the barbecue joint and dealing with that place’s attendant issues, finally arriving at the dead end of my largely worthless job at the design ‘ho house and my subsequent unemployment in the wake of what was at the time its latest wave of brutal layoffs. I pondered how it could possibly be nearly two years — TWO YEARS — since that layoff and how my life had just lurched along as a shabby going-through-the-motions existence, and the more I considered all of that, the more morose and fed up with life I became.

Suddenly my death march down the dark corridor of memory was interrupted by a frantic-looking guy bearing a bottle of seltzer, and he looked at me with an expression of earnest need plastered across his face. He sheepishly said, “I’m sorry to be ‘that guy’ but can I please go ahead of you? I just have this one item…” After enduring the long lines and annoyance, I was irritated by his request, but I remembered the lessons learned as a wee lad at my mother’s side during many excursions to the market, and she always let people in this guy’s situation go ahead of her, simply because it was the polite and kind thing to do. A simple act of courtesy and kindness in this miserable world keeps us all civilized and all that, right? So I let the guy go ahead of me, for which he offered profuse thanks.

Then, as his one item was rung up, an alarm went off, a loud popping noise was heard (like a champagne cork) and the air around us was filled with balloons. Just as abruptly, the manager’s office door burst open and out flew a video cameraman, a crew member wielding a mike on a short boom, and a guy bearing one of those enormous simulated checks as seen in sweepstakes ads on TV and in magazines. Then a large, glad-handing guy breezed over and directly addressed the seltzer guy with, “Congratulations, sir! You are this store’s one-millionth customer…and you have just won FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!”

(pause for you to process this)

Yes, you read that right. The guy I had let cut the line in front of me with one measly item had just won FIFTY FUCKING GRAND, all because of my act of simple courtesy.

As the celebratory atmosphere began to spread and the sweepstakes officials shook the winner’s hand, the enormity of what happened poked me in the frontal lobe like a solid redwood truncheon. The understandably surprised winner reacted with “Awesome!!!” and welcomed the camera crew and sundry others with open arms.

The other shoppers who’d been on line behind me, some of whom were recognizable neighborhood locals and neighbors from the building next door to mine, at first stood there just as gobsmacked as I was, but they recovered more swiftly than I and began shouting statements along the lines of, “Oh, HELL no! That guy (indicating me) let the dude with the soda go in front of him, so he’s the real winner! This isn’t right!!!” As it all sank in, I said aloud, “This is a joke, right? Seriously, this has to be a joke…please tell me this is a joke…” My words were utterly ignored as the prize people began to usher the winner away for a photo op but before they could full get away, I centered myself and, with no yelling or cursing, announced to the camera in my most stentorian and serious voice, “People, here you see a prime example of exactly why being polite and considerate of others is pointless. I let this guy go ahead of me with his one item and now he’s fifty thousand dollars richer. I’m unemployed and struggling and I get zero. That it. I’m out!”

That only served to fan the flames of the onlookers’ outrage and they began hurling verbal abuse at the store’s manager, while I, feeling a galaxy-wide sense of complete and utter defeat, just waited for my groceries to be rung up. The cashier, who’s served me for years, saw how crushed I was and, looking like she was about to be physically ill, asked me “Are you okay?” to which I responded with “No, I’m most definitely not okay. I just want to take my groceries and go home…” That was certainly true. If I didn’t leave right then, I would have likely smashed my head repeatedly against the nearest wall in an expression of cosmic frustration. More shoppers came over and offered to tell the manager that the seltzer guy only won because I let him cut in front of me, but I had said my piece and was resigned to the simple fact that I had once again lost in the game of life and that again I’d unwittingly been drafted as a source of amusement for whatever cruel gods there may be.

Then a woman walked over and stated she’d witnessed what had happened and that she would try and have words with the manager and try to make things right, but again I stated my desperate desire to simply leave this death camp of my own personal existential mockery. She let that thought hang for a moment and then stated that I’d just been part of a taped “social experiment” and that her crew would pay for my groceries and hand me three-hundred dollars cash up front, so would I please step over here to sign some release forms?

Double-stunned, I followed her to the secluded aisle in back of the manager’s office and watched through what seemed to be someone else’s perception as she reached into her coat and produced a manila envelope positively bursting with crisp fifties. She counted out the aforementioned three hundred bucks and handed it to me, after which she asked me a number of questions as I filled out a release form and gave her my full contact information. “Well, we certainly didn’t expect the reaction we got of you,” she stated. “Were you angry as it was all happening?” I looked her square in the face and told her, “Lady, every word I said back there was true. I am unemployed, so when a guy I’d let go in front of me wins fifty G’s, you bet your sweet ass I was angry! I wanted to leave before I tore his fucking head off!!!” She laughed at that and then had me pose for two head shots, holding a piece of paper with my name written on it in strong-smelling marker and standing directly in front of the stacked maxi-pad display. She also made it clear that they needed all of my contact info in case they decided to use my footage for their show, in which case I will be paid at a professional actor’s rate. As we parted, she asked me not to talk to anyone local about all of this since they planned to spring the setup on other unsuspecting shoppers over what remained of the day. (I stuck to not posting about it until the market’s closing time, after which I felt it was kosher. Plus, I very much doubt they’d pull the same move in the same place the following day, so there you go.)

As I gathered my groceries, the staff of the market all came over and laughed as they apologized for setting up one of their regular customers, but I had free groceries and three-hundred bucks in hand, so I was far from mad any more. Then the seltzer guy came over, hugged me, and wished me the best, also stating that he hoped they used my footage because of the unexpected nature of my response. (I’m betting they expected the big, leather-clad black guy to flip out and act the fool in a stereotypical display of the kind of ghetto histrionics that appall/delight viewers, but what they got was obviously something they did not expect at all.) When I walked out, I ran into the film crew and they laughed their asses off as they high-fived me.

It wasn’t until I returned to my apartment that I remembered seeing notices up around the Associated yesterday, notices warning people not to park in front of the place because there was to be a film shoot there the following day. I didn’t pay much attention to them yesterday because the neighborhood is constantly the site of independent film shoots, Hollywood shoots, and frequent episodes of LAW & ORDER: SVU, and as a result of all of that I never give such notices a second thought, so I was the perfect mark for the show’s purposes.

Still quite stunned, I called a few friends and related this story, much to their amazement, and my old friend Jim Browski clued me in to the fact that the show in question is most probably something called WHAT WOULD YOU DO?, a reality show that places unsuspecting citizens in trying situations and lets the camera roll to see how they handle whatever predicament they find themselves in. I don’t have cable, so I’d never heard of the show, but I assure you I’ll let you all know if they decide to air this lunacy.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 5 - Gold Experience

2011-12-09T01:25:00.000-08:00

Size : 16 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Medicos Entertainment
AVAILABILITY : FEBRUARY 2012

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko - Touwa Erio 1/6

2011-12-08T21:50:00.000-08:00

Size : 12,5 cm
Scale : 1/6
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Plum
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Comic XO Juumonji Tamaki (Snow Heart ver.)

2011-12-08T18:49:00.000-08:00

Size : 14 cm
Scale : 1/7
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Orchid Seed
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Shinryaku ! Ika Musume 2 - Mini Ika Musume (Blu-ray Vol 2)

2011-12-08T18:02:00.000-08:00

Shinryaku ! Ika Musume 2 - Blu-ray Vol 2

Bonus : Mini Ika Musume figure

AVAILABILITY : JANUARY 2012

Música: The Shrine / An Argument (Fleet Foxes)

2011-12-08T15:10:00.000-08:00

Un videoclip elegido no por la música precisamente, sino por la hermosa animación dirigida por Sean Pecknold, y realizado por Sean Pecknold y Britta Johnson, con las ilustraciones de personajes a cargo de Stacey Rozich.

IT WAS THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO TODAY

2011-12-08T14:03:00.000-08:00

Dear Vaulties-

here's a re-run from the past couple of years, complete with the title change to render the accurate passage of time. Bear with it, because this has become an annual fixture.

NOTE : every word of the following story is true (or rather remembered as exactly as humanly possible given that just over three decades have elapsed since it happened), and if you find some of it offensive at this late date, imagine being in my shoes at age fifteen!

December 9th, 1980-

It was the start of my tenth grade school day morning and I was disgruntled (as usual) at being denied sleep and instead being herded along with the rest of the cattle at Staples High School into yet another inane class. The first item of regurgitation/education of the morning was English with Mr. Dyskolos (not his real name; changed for reasons soon to be apparent), a late-forty-something red-headed guy who then looked like what Danny Bonaduce looks like today who was also among the minute handful of teachers whose classes would keep students awake because he was genuinely interesting, did not talk down to the kids and had not allowed the thankless teaching system to beat him down and force him to consider his job a mocking reminder of wage-slavery (I'm the son of a teacher, so I speak with a working knowledge of such things).

As the students took their chairs we all noticed that Mr. Dyskolos's usual laid-back manner seemed somewhat "off" that morning and after nearly a minute of total silence as he stared into space as though contemplating some cosmic truth or inevitability, he suddenly focused himself, looked at us and said, as serious as a heart attack, "By the look of you, you haven't heard what happened this morning. I'll just get right to it. John Lennon, de facto leader of the Beatles, was shot dead by some lunatic fan." Most of the class had indeed not heard about Lennon's murder and those of us who hadn't, myself among them, were stunned. But before the horrible truth could fully set in, Mr. Dyskolos continued. "You kids probably know a lot about the Beatles from what your parents or maybe your older brothers and sisters played for you, but you can't even begin to imagine the worldwide pop culture impact those guys had at the time. Obviously I was there for the 1960's and can tell you firsthand what it was like, but I'm gonna spare you that nauseating, self-indulgent trip down memory lane. I guarantee you that all your other teachers are going to suspend actual teaching for the day and drag you along for their reminiscences of their flower-power salad days, but I'm not gonna do that to you. Instead, I'm gonna tell you a few truths that you won't hear anywhere else in this school, or damn near anywhere else, on what's gonna no doubt be a day of worldwide mourning."

He leaned forward in his chair, his face a mask of utmost solemnity, and uttered words that blew the minds of the roomful of privileged suburban white kids (and me): "The Beatles sucked. They were a bunch of marginally talented 'heads' who started out ripping off the work of their black American influences and made a hell of a lot of money for no good reason, killing real rock 'n' roll in the process and unleashing legions of even less-talented imitators in that godawful British Invasion nonsense. And then they went to India, supposedly to gain 'enlightenment' or some other George Harrison-inspired bee-ess, but if you ask me all it did was make their music more annoying." To emphasize that point of criticism, Mr. Dyskolos began making a nasal and high-pitched "neeeeeeer neeeeeer neeeeeeeeeee neeeer" sound by way of approximating the tones of a sitar.

By this point in his diatribe you could have heard an amoeba fart. Young eyes practically bugged out of their sockets and jaws had fallen into laps. This was rock 'n' roll blasphemy in the extreme, and on the morning of the senseless slaughter of a man held by most in the room to be a hero of peace, love and great music, no less. Our worlds were shaken to the core. And then Mr. Dyskolos continued, still looking solemn, but his mouth betrayed a slight half-smile as he was very obviously enjoying his class' speechless outrage.

"Then they put out that asinine White Album that had exactly two good songs on it — 'Birthday" and 'Back in the U.S.S.R.,' and those two were good because they sound like actual rock 'n' roll! — and had the fucking unbelievable nerve to include that 'Revolution 9' horseshit! What the hell was that? (assumes comedic Liverpudlian accent) 'Noombuh nine? Noombuh nine?' What a load of crap! I'm telling you kids right here and now, remember how 'deep' that bullshit is when you decide to give acid a try!" (NOTE: this was the first time I ever hear a teacher curse when not discussing some of the content in THE CATCHER IN THE RYE.)

Before he could say another word, Mr. Dyskolos was cut off and drowned out by an aural assault of irate dissenting opinion, his every word being tarred as the rantings of an anti-peace & love curmudgeon who "just didn't get it." "Who do you think you are???" shrieked several of my classmates. "The Beatles were the most important band in history! John Lennon and Paul McCartney were two of the greatest songwriters who ever lived! Are you crazy?" Dyskolos responded with a sneer that would have done Vincent Price proud and uttered my favorite comeback heard in all of my teenage years, whether I agreed with him or not: "What the hell did they ever write that was worth a goddamn? 'We all live in a yellow submarine?' Puh-leeeeze. The only reason you kids enshrine those hacks is because of nostalgia filtered down from parents who were barely your age when the Beatles showed up and absorbed by the general public and your older brothers and sisters who used that garbage as a soundtrack for when they'd sneak off to smoke weed in the back of a van. Which also explains how anybody could ever find the stomach to listen to those Doors assholes! Face it, kids. For some of what are supposed to be this country's brightest young minds, you sure are a bunch of programmed parrots!" And when one of the students blurted out that John Lennon was a symbol of "give peace a chance," our sage teacher batted that one aside with "You've obviously never heard about the time when Mr. Give Peace A Chance went to some club and hung out with a Kotex stuck to his forehead," a then-shocking truth that only elicited more teenage keening.

That was the real meat of it but the back and forth ranting went on for the class' full hour, with order barely being restored with the ringing of the bell marking the rotation to the next class. Each of my classmates and I zombied off to the next class and swiftly discovered that Mr. Dyskolos had been correct in his auguring; indeed, each and every teacher I had to endure for the rest of the day derailed the planned curriculum in favor of rose-colored reminiscences of "a more innocent time" full of free love, "the people getting together, man!"and how the Beatles were the troubadours that saw them through all of it and changed to reflect the time. That was all well and good in theory, but not for hours on end as heard from speakers of wildly varying levels of eloquence (to say nothing of interest), with lunch being the only respite from what was essentially the same story only with the most minor of variations.

When the day finally ended I headed downtown to do my volunteer teaching of a cartooning class at the local YMCA and the journey allowed me some time to process the events of the day and the "truths" imparted. I'd grown up liking the Beatles quite a lot but didn't own any of their albums thanks to their many hits being available in endless rotation on some of the nascent stations that played what would come to be known as "classic rock," and as the seventies ended I avoided the agonizing repetition of disco and such by listening to the excellent oldies station WBLI out of Long Island, a radio entity that served to plant the seeds of my passion for pre-1970's rock that was either primitive and raw or bizarre and very much off the beaten path. WBLI played some of the standard Beatles hits, but they also threw stuff like "Dig A Pony" and "Rain" (nowadays my favorite Beatles tune of all) into the mix and showed me just how much the classic rock stations played the same Fab Four songs over and over and over and over and over again, ad nauseum, and taking into account the espoused theory — voiced with absolute certainty of its veracity — that myself and my fellow students may have been a bunch of programmed drones, I began to wonder if Mr. Dyskolos had in fact done his young charges a favor by showing none of the rote reverence extended to the favorite sons of Liverpool by all who drew breath. He had effectively "killed our idol," on the day when one would expect nothing but 100% adherence to the party line, and that greatly intrigued my punk rock-influenced sensibilities.

As I pondered these thoughts, I wandered past Westport Record and Tape, one of the town's most accessible record stores, and greeted Jean, the sweet southern proprietor. I asked her if the shooting of John Lennon had affected her sales that day and she said, "Honey, look over at the Beatles and John Lennon sections. Whadda you see? Tumbleweeds 'n' cattle skulls, that's what! Folks came in and cleaned the place out like they were a bunch of vinyl-eatin' locusts! On sales of Beatles and Lennon records alone, I could close early today." And it was true. Every single Beatles/Lennon platter had vanished into the Westport ether, bought up by fools who believed those perennial best-sellers (okay, maybe not SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY) would become instant collector's items.

Later that night as I lay there in my bed staring up at the white stucco ceiling, I listened to my cassette tape of SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND and experienced it in a way that I never had before. I'd listened to it about two dozen times since acquiring it a couple of years previous, but now it served as a poignant grave marker for my favorite member of the Beatles and its words took on a whole new timbre. No one would be "fixing a hole" in Lennon and ensuring he would live to see sixty-four and beyond. He would not be getting better and there would be no more good mornings for him. Yet tragic though it was, this was just another day in the collective life, and that life would go on without John Lennon (though obviously not "within").

I remember the hue and cry when Elvis Presley, the so-called King of Rock 'n' Roll, gave up the ghost and people acted as though the world had come to an end and I frankly didn't get it. I liked some of Elvis's music, but it didn't really speak to me in the way that the Beatles had and I now chalk that up to the Beatles happening during what could arguably be considered the most pivotal period of the twentieth century, a time that redefined much of American culture and into which my generation was born. We didn't grow up with Elvis, whose music helped set the template of rock 'n' roll, but we did come along during the rise of the Beatles and reached early sentience while under the influence of their sound. We couldn't know at the time just what their contribution meant, but we did know that we liked it. Obsessive poring over the minutia of the whys and wherefores of their lives, art and careers would come later. At that point in our young lives love was indeed all we needed, and in the wake of the plastic disco era and what small impact punk had in the U.S. at the time, that wasn't a bad thing.

So today marks the thirty-first anniversary of John Lennon's senseless slaughter and for me the day that it happened becomes ever more remote, so I figured I'd jot down my experience of it before age robs it of what clarity remains. If any of you have tales of that day, please write in and share.

Cuteness ∞

2011-12-08T05:42:00.000-08:00

I know I'm cute... So please click me for more cuteness =3

Mr E signing out, Cute Stucked!! xD

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes - Nendoroid Yuzurizaki Nero

2011-12-07T22:23:00.000-08:00

Size : 10 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012

Granrodeo One Coin Capsule 10 pcs Set

2011-12-07T19:39:00.000-08:00

Size : 5 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya

Note : Kotobukiya Shop exclusive *The set contains 2 mini figures and 8 keychains *

Granrodeo One Coin Capsule - KISHOW / e-zuka

2011-12-07T19:37:00.000-08:00

Size : 5 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Kotobukiya

Note : Kotobukiya Shop exclusive

Tiger & Bunny - S.H. Figuarts Wild Tiger ONE MINUTE

2011-12-07T18:23:00.000-08:00

Size : 15 cm
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS, diecast
Manufacturer : Bandai

Note : Tamashii Web Shouten exclusive

AVAILABILITY : MAY 2012

Ex Cute Majokko Chiika Little Witch of the Heart

2011-12-07T17:53:00.000-08:00

Size : -
Scale : non
Material : PVC, ABS
Manufacturer : Azone International
AVAILABILITY : JANUARY 2012

One Piece - Portrait of Pirates NEO-DX Jewelry Bonney

2011-12-07T01:11:00.000-08:00

Size : 11 cm
Scale : 1/8
Material : PVC
Manufacturer : Megahouse
AVAILABILITY : APRIL 2012