I love me a bootleg. I do. The more conspicuously rubbish, the more tenuous the link, the better.
Take any of The Asylum‘s output–or better still, take all of it (Transmorphers, anyone? Snakes on a Train?). Have I seen any of it? Christ, no. Whatever do you take me for? But do I love the idea? The sheer out-there-ness of it? Absolutely.
This has been doing the rounds for a day or two now, but how–how, I ask–could I not?
Welcome to the alternative childhood: a strange world where the bootleg toys are almost better than the real deal.
Step through the wormhole, wonder as the universes collapse and bring you the joys of…
Darth Vader: Star Knight!
or – Archer-Spiderman (and his sidekick, Angler Spiderman)!
Brilliant, brilliant things. And when I say “brilliant”, I mean “crap”.
But if this is your bag (and let’s face it, it is. Go on, admit it: it’s everyone’s bag) there’s an entire site dedicated to them.
I, for one, will be holding out for a Silverbat from Santa.
(Bonus points and virtual cookies, by the way, if you correctly spotted the poorly-bootlegged title…)
Serenity Womble
/ March 9, 2011That shit is awesome. It reminds me of a most beloved, but sadly no longer updating website, Inexplicable Objects: http://www.thoughtviper.com/inexob/archive.html .
If that guy ever takes his archive down, I’m going to be really depressed.
loummorgan
/ March 9, 2011Oh, dear god: the Godzilla-flavoured lipbalm with removable finger puppet.
YES!
Serenity Womble
/ March 9, 2011I am a particular fan of the cupcake stick, Using Space for Frogs, and the Cthulhu Pez – which was the one I was linked to that started my InExObsession.