May 4 2009Where the Wild Things Buy Their Precious Japanese Figurines
Several years ago, I vowed to myself no more devoting any more money or desk surface space to overpriced plastic things shaped like my favorite notable film/comic characters. I think it was a good move on my part. Besides saving money and cutting back on the sense of misery one gets after staring into the hollow eyes of a Madman action figure for a few hours, eliminating the merchandise clutter made me appear less juvenile, however briefly, to visiting girls potentially interested in kissing.
I still have not broken my self-imposed deal, but Medicom's Where the Wild Things Are Kubricks had me thinking about it for a minute today. Because these are pretty great.
Reader Comments
1. Kid Braggart - May 4, 2009 4:00 PM
You're very mature.
2. Matt - May 4, 2009 4:03 PM
Second!....Kid's a loser...
3. Mark - May 4, 2009 4:04 PM
I'm not above it. It was just no longer the life for me. I've found other, stupider ways to waste money. Time, too!
4. bluemanda - May 4, 2009 4:14 PM
Are they made of steel?
5. Nick - May 4, 2009 4:22 PM
Like kissing girls, apparently! What's it like?!
6. Harry Coe - May 4, 2009 4:37 PM
These pale in comparison to the McFarland "Where the Wild Things Are" figures that came out back in 2000. They're the best thing Todd ever did!
7. Mark - May 4, 2009 5:15 PM
Nick: It's like kissing your own hand, only your hand keeps trying to pull away.
Harry: Those were also great, but these have their own unique charms. Like "Lego [Whatever Franchise]: the Video Game" figures.
8. Hal - May 4, 2009 5:54 PM
IWS Guy - any girl not interested in making out with you WILL be turned by that collection - girls love actions figures all over the bed. At least, 5-9 year olds do, and I figure that's the age group you be targeting.
9. Bruce Roberts - May 4, 2009 6:00 PM
First off let me say I am looking forward to this movie. WB on the other hand is not.
I have a friend who works at Warner Brothers and he told me the other day that the suits at WB just wish this was never going to happen. They gave some preview showings and apparently the kids ran screaming from the theater. Now they are trying to just keep it low key as they don't don't think it will make any money (which is what the want movies to do) and will not have any US merchandise at all. They had signed up Tod McFarlane to to make some more (He made a great set a few years back of the kid and 5 of the "Monsters" and he know says he will do nothing in support of this movie. I guess the fight that Jonez had with the studio over this movie has made a lot of enemies. Too bad as I am really looking forward to it and had high hopes for it. Now I don't think it will do much business unless word of mouth is very good, and that may never happen. It might become a cult classic, but that doesn't count as far as the movie studios are concerned. So the Japanese toys will be about it for merchandise. Sad.
10. Fiona - May 4, 2009 7:41 PM
I've been reading this blog for quite a while and this is probably the most adorable post so far.
11. Tom - May 5, 2009 4:16 AM
For a couple of seconds before I followed that Madman link, I lived in glorious hope that it would point me to an action figure of Jon Hamm drinking whiskey. Some things are too wonderful to be true.
12. Nick - May 5, 2009 11:36 AM
My hand already tries to pull away, Mark. I guess I'm not missing anything.