C'mon, everybody. We know you know the words. "When Captain America wears his backpack shield, On his back, it'll keep his soda and snacks concealed! If he's on the go, He can watch Hulu, 'Cause his laptop and phone and tablet come, too In Captain America's padded backpack shield." Seriously, could you ...
Han. Chewie. You're home. Telegraphing his fate in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" loudly and clearly enough to impress Western Union didn't make saying goodbye to Han Solo, legendary galactic scoundrel, smuggler, and hero extraordinaire, any easier to swallow. There may be one less nerf-herder willing to lay ...
OK. We're going to play along and assume, for just a moment, that someone out there in North America hasn't yet heard of the free-to-play Pokemon Go app. We'd like to begin by saying, welcome to the Internet. The porn is free. Cats are gods. There is no Nigerian prince. Stay the hell away from 4chan. That should cover ...
We've nearly all experienced it: that rite of passage into true social awkwardness when you mistake some greeting, exclamation, or life-affirming flirtation for being directed at you, instead of someone else unassumingly positioned just "so" somewhere outside your line of sight. If you've never been that doofus taken ...
Not everyone at Unique Hunters wears makeup, but we all share a genuine fascination a certain revolutionary artistry showcased via social media by groundbreaking men and women of backgrounds ranging from inventive cosmetic practicality for fetching everyday looks to practical effects virtuosos in training to stun ...
The Internet has changed, and is continually changing the way people communicate and market themselves. This is evident by the evolution of Youtube videos and video feeds like Podcast shows. Although video technology has gotten more advanced and compact, allowing small cameras to fit inside smartphones, the quality of ...
As nerds, we sort of consider Conan O'Brien "our" guy among late-night talk show hosts. If you've ever watched one of his "Clueless Gamer" segments, especially any edition that happens to pair him with geeky luminaries such as WWE superstars or the time he played "Overwatch" alongside "Game Of Thrones" stars Peter ...
If you grew up in America in the 1900's, then you will surely remember the A-Team televisions. As a show that was unique for its time, this fictional group of former US Army Special Forces won the hearts of many fans over the years. Even today, Mr. T (aka B. A. Baracus)and his famous saying “I pity the fool” are still ...
This Deadpool Knife Block is precisely what Deadpool would buy...if he ever needed a knife block. Which he doesn't, of course. Which he never will. Hello? The Merc With The Mouth doesn't need a separate place to put his knives. Everywhere he goes, there are plenty of bad guys he can stick them in for convenient ...
Well, he was the first Avenger and one of Marvel's earliest iconic success figures three-quarters of a century ago. We could think of far worse ways for Captain America to ring in his 75th anniversary than as the first face (literally) of Funko's brand-new POP! Party Lights. We just can't look at our shelves of ...
Not that their track record with exclusive original series, movies, and specials suggested anything at all otherwise prior to "Voltron: Universal Defender", but the revival of the early-'80s animated television hit "Voltron: Defender Of The Universe" further cements that Netflix can do virtually no wrong these days. ...
It's a crossover clash that could only play out across the tabletop battlefield of a game with seemingly as many franchise skins and custom rules of play as hours players have sunk into vying for bragging rights of strategic military domination. This is RISK: The Star Trek 50th Anniversary Edition. Suppose that the ...
We can't help but find that this ThinkGeek-exclusive I Am Vader Short Sleeve Button-Up really illustrates just what a tragically raw deal Anakin Skywalker got with this whole "Sith Lord" gig. The Powers That Be now holding sway over the future of Star Wars can distance themselves from the lore of the Expanded ...
Few feature film creature designs so impressively demonstrate how decisively practical effects and props will almost always trump CGI as the late H.R. Giger's terrifying legendary Xenomorph design for Ridley Scott's "Alien". This Life-Sized Alien Warrior Head is more than a mere prop replica. For devotees to Scott's ...
Darth Vader. Among an entire generation of modern fiction, he has personified the most ruthless, remorseless power of intimidation. For all the fear and villainy he embodies, however, it was hard not to think of his ultimate legacy in a new light after seeing Kylo Ren practically worshiping the defining symbol of the ...
So..."Fallout 4". Specifically, that extremely limited pre-order package that awarded a select few Wasteland survivors their very own "working" Pip-Boy. You cried. No, it's OK. You're among friends here. You wept when that precious small batch sold out faster than you could say, "I is scientistic!" We felt every ...
The bigger, badder, and deadlier second Death Star bookended the Imperial threat of the legendary first three Star Wars movies. We find it quite appropriate Etsy's MokuShop would cleave the mother of all space stations in two for the sake of bookending our...well, books. These 5"x10"x8.5"" (L x W x H) Death Star ...
Some movies are special, unique in ways that people not only remember them, they become fans. Movies like Ghostbusters, it has become an icon, a running joke – for fun's sake, it has influenced memes, even action figures of the ghostbusting crew have been made, along with the various ghosts. Although it has been ...
Gamers starting getting hyped for the holiday season right around mid-June. It isn't so much that we miss the sweetest feel-good vibes of spending the month of December with our families. Chalk it up to a yearly spectacle and showcase of triple-A video game previews that set us salivating and speculating for 12 months ...
Look, if an annoying little know-it-all prat like Wesley Crusher can set a toe on the bridge of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard's USS Enterprise - and later become the de facto Overlord of Twitter - then there's no good reason your toddler can't don Starfleet colors before he can say, "Shut up, Wesley." If childhood, like ...
There's "good-looking" and then there's going from charming smart-ass of the Fantastic Four to being able to convince anyone you went full-method and actually dosed up on experimental Super Soldier serum to convincingly play Captain America. That's the difference between the sharpest physical condition most human ...
Think about something: 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek", the year the debut episode of the original series starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and George Takei debuted on CBS. Mattel introduced the very first Barbie doll seven years earlier in 1959. When you really ...
We consider it a sort of nerdy alchemy that the power of Funko POP! Vinyls could turn the unintentional bed-yellowing terror of Jim Henson's "The Dark Crystal" into a nuclear mushroom cloud of adorable. Seriously, this is tampering with the natural order of our childhood memories. If you've never seen this somewhat ...
This is it, ladies and gentlemen. What just might be this generation's definitive Star Wars merchandise, the toy that serendipitously redefined everything great about being a fan of anything. This is the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Electronic Chewbacca Mask. Cheers, Candace Payne. Seriously. WIth one brief and ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, feast your eyes upon the most Japanese thing of all Japanese things. Micah Moore and Long Thai of Beatdown Boogie journeyed to Japan, courtesy of "Cloud Riders" publisher Hashtag Comics, and ventured into Robot Restaurant, an establishment that's as much an explosion of sensory overload as it ...
We have to give the ride through the Star Trek universe captained by J.J. Abrams this much: if nothing else, he continues the tradition of every new era making its own impression in its own fashion. Except "Enterprise". We just don't have much to say about it. With two movies under his belt and trifecta ...
When life has you down, and you can't seem to find a break, then you know just how Deadpool feels, he is one simi-super hero that most everyone can relate too. So, if you need a little help when things get hot outside, and you want to let people know the kind of outlook on life the owner of your vehicle posses, then ...
Through hovering speculation that Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor may not be long for time and space past 2017's tenth season of "Doctor Who", we can at last revel in the collectible milestone in every Doctor's tenure that doesn't so much flood the BBC with nerdy, sexy money as launch it toward the UK at escape ...
"Seinfeld" was a true television rarity in a number of ways, but in one particular sense that rarely gets its due: it's at least nearly, if not equally, memorable for a cast of supporting characters arguably as beloved as its main cast. Quite a feat, considering some of them logged barely hours of screen time over the ...
Spread the news from coast to coast: Funko POP! Vinyls are enshrining Space Ghost. Fans of both the obscure hero's bygone 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoons and the much more memorable "Space Ghost Coast To Coast" late-night talk show satire will be thrilled to know Space Ghost is set to his store shelves and online ...
For a network with a seemingly preternatural gift for cocking up shows brimming with potential, Fox deserves its due for the rare and compelling moments when they get it right. The recent revival of "The X-Files" filled us with so many throwback feels that reminded us just how much there was to love about Mulder and ...
An epidemic is spreading through the Star Trek community much like the infestation of the Enterprise in episode 44, but this time its worse than Weebles. Star Trek fans are being assimilated by the Borg Cube Mug, its true, they made a coffee cup cubed shaped! The Borg will stop at nothing to reach their goal – ...
Let's get the standard disclaimer out of the way first: obviously, this "The Big Lebowski" The Dude Ceramic Pipe is tailored to the enjoyment of marijuana. Since medicinal and/or recreational use of cannabis is not yet universally permitted across the United States, possession of drug paraphernalia may still be a ...
For every Hollywood blockbuster, there's a "What if...?" to ponder. What if Dave Chappelle hadn't passed up playing Bubba in "Forrest Gump"? What if Jon Peters had actually found someone to fulfill his epic vision of a flightless Superman battling a giant mechanical spider while Brainiac throws down with polar bears? ...
You can hear the Dark Lord's words so clearly, if you listen, “Harry Potter” in a cold, soft, slow spoken haunting voice. You can imagine, that is about the time when Harry looks down at his watch and decides it is 'time' to leave, but it's not just any watch, it's the Deathly Hallows watch, and it's real! The face ...
There are some characters that cardboard standees, Funko POP! Vinyl statues or Fathead stickable wall adornments just don't begin to do justice. Just how exactly do you honor Deadpool, Marvel's inimitable fourth-wall demolishing Merc With A Mouth, with anything less than a full-size tribute in full color with ...
OK, so Deadpool fondly wears a charming little "Adventure Time" watch so as to never be a second late when it's time to make the chimi-f***ing-changas...metaphorically when killing calls or when it is literally time to lightly fry a burrito. We like to think there's a parallel world in which Finn's own wrist is ...
Cosplay is a diverse and colorful art form that calls strongest to the self-starter. The inherent value placed on detailed craftsmanship can be enough to intimidate otherwise interested fans right out of diving into crafting their own ensembles and props. Fortunately, Russian cosplayer Jannet stands out as an ...
It's been 27 years since the world needed saving from your average shit that will turn you white. This June, we'll be more than ready to welcome not just a new quartet of Ghostbusters to the fight for New York City and all human reality as we know it, but seven brand-new Funko POP! Vinyl figures marking the occasion ...
"Ghostbusters" fans have waited a good, long while for a new chapter to introduce New York's finest paranormal protectors to a whole new generation and reunite us O.G.s (y'know, Original Ghostbusters) with all the charm of the originals. We've waited 27 years, to be more or less exact. Damn right, we'll snap up every ...
When the original Star Trek came out, it was an epic success that opened the world's eye to the possibility that civilizations from other worlds exist, finding them was the mission of the Enterprise crew. While playsets were common back in the 70's and 80's, this playset was different in that it took kids' ...
The night is dark and full of gnomes. Snatch one of the bearded little bastards up by the pants and let him earn his keep defending the garden of your own little slice of Westeros from rabbits. Sure, he could stare Tyrion Lannister in the eye standing footed, but BigMouth Inc.'s Game of Gnomes Garden Gnome is all ...
Every so often, a morning comes along that just begs for a fistful of gamma rays. Pack a wake-up punch worthy of the Avengers' big green machine with this Hulk Shaped Mug and smash that Monday-morning drag. Just like Bruce Banner's inner pissed-off "other guy", there's nothing average about this mug. This big boy ...
In space, no one can lend you change to do laundry. Thanks to all the obviously completely unexpected mayhem and carnage wrought by Weland Yutani's insistence on trying to smuggle acid-filled apex predators instead of exterminating them, sound banking probably isn't exactly sitting atop anybody's priorities. So, ...
How in the name of George Lucas did it take this long for a Build-A-Bear Wicket the Ewok to bring balance to the cuddly side of the Force? When the ewoks were released upon an unprepared world of Star Wars nerds with 1983's Return Of The Jedi, the divided response made the way Jar Jar Binks would eventually be ...
Just one thing escapes us: when it comes to two iconic champions of the power of imagination, how in the world did it take almost 16 years for LEGO to release its first 18-character Minifigure collection of Disney's most famous faces? Well, the 18th LEGO Minifigure collection is certainly better than "never". From ...
If we could be so blessed as to chat with the late Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley today, we have to wonder what the two inimitable faces atop the Mt. Rushmore of Grunge would have to say about the new faces of Dr. Marten's. You can't say they'd ever expect the boots that stomped mudholes in many a '90s mosh pit and ...
Let's be generous with our count and estimate that we could probably fit everybody who has experienced up-close-and-personal looks at the Millenium Falcon's cockpit since 1977 into a commercial airliner's coach seating and have generous room to spare. Not only that, but those charmed few are nearly entirely cast and ...
If you have about 12 minutes to spare today, you have time to share our appreciation for how "100 Greatest One-Liners: Before The Kill" honors the shared virtue of every generation's men and women of action that we respect the most: a sense of decorum. There really is a certain propriety to carrying out a cinematic ...
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