Holiday Geekbook 2011: The Dorkiest of Auctions

It's time to show you all the awesome things you can buy for the geekiest of your loved ones this holiday season! If you are reading this as a regular viewer, there will be plenty to oo and ahh at and add to your Amazon whish lists. For those of you wandering in from the badlands of the Googleverse, these articles will provide you with the stuff of dorky dreams.


Quick tip: Amazon has a wish list feature you can add to your browser allowing you to browse the interwebs and add anything you see to your list. You can reference it later to remember the stuff you want to buy AND doubles as a handy dandy list you can slide to family members who are clueless as to what to buy you for holidays and birthday time!


To kick things off, allow me to hog the stage for a moment and pimp a selection of auctions plucked from the depths of my OWN DARK HEART!!! Rarg. Actually it's mostly stuff I love but have no room for since my apartment is not Tardis like (possessing of infinite space in the inside)...at all. Up for grabs are ...


NYCC Exclusive Avengers Movie Teaser T Shirt: Navy Blue Thor Edition Size Large
HALO NYCC Exclusive Silver Spartan Mark V Play Arts Action Figure 78 of 400
NYCC Exclusive Hallmark Star Wars Droids Ornaments
NYCC Exclusive Hallmark Glow in the Dark Star Trek U.S.S. Defiant Ornament
SDCC Exclusive Monster High Ghoulia Loves Dead Fast Doll
ThreeA 1/6 Scale World War Robot Bertie MK3 Nightwatch Edition
SDCC Exclusive Green Lantern Movie Carol Ferris Barbie Doll
Dalek Vanimal Zoo Space Monkey Vinyl Art Toys
SDCC Exclusive Mattel Avatar Final Battle Action Figure Set


And more importantly than all of these things are the MUCUS TICK ACTION FIGUES ON SALE!!! For a limited time, get a super posable, semi translucent green Mucus Tick action figure in an exclusive package design for only $15 dollars (plus shipping)! This is the lowest price we've ever posted. Mucus Tick comes with extra hands to hold his stop sign and an extra head for when you want him to be super smiley. Email me at paulnomad@gmail.com and we'll hook it up. Spread the word! This deal won't last forever!

NOTE: The Mucus Tick deal is ONLY available through me directly. No one else carrying this action figure is obligated to give you the same price.

Pre-Toy Fair 2011 Coverage: Shocker Toys Tick Action Figures

When I got the call that Shocker Toys just got my shipment of the Idle Hands Exclusive Mucus Tick Action Figures in, I felt like the little kid in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. RUN HOME AS FAST AS YOU CAN BOY!! And I did. And I got my Mucus Ticks and they are pretty damn awesome if I may say so myself. I also got a Tick figure so my boogery army would have someone to pummel, so of course a photo shoot broke out, as that's what happens when fun toys arrive at an adult's home. Here's what you're looking at...


Articulation: Double ball jointed head, ball jointed neck, double pegged and hinged shoulders, double hinged elbows, ball jointed wrists, ball jointed mid-torso, ball jointed waist, a sort of swivel, hinge and peg system for the hips, double hinged knees and ball jointed feet.









The ball joints used on most of Shocker's figures are a pop on attachment situation, so if you over extend a limb and that piece pops off, you've got nothing to worry about as it goes right back on. The best part of these joints is that when it is re-attached, it doesn't loosen up. My one confusion comes with the waist that fits the figure a bit like jockey shorts. The system doesn't allow for much turning, but considering how much expression you can pull off in the rest of the body, its a small gripe. You'll instantly notice the figure feels solid and substantial in your hands..like something durable that could fall off a shelf and not shatter into a million pieces. You may laugh at this statement but I still have flashbacks to when I finally scored a set of Stan Winston Gargoyles. As soon as I removed each one from their package and held it in my hand, something cracked off. Toy nightmare.

Paints are solid in the only place that counts (on the face) and the sculpt seems anatomically correct while remaining true to the cartoon and comic character its based on. Even the antenna look awesome and again, don't feel like they will break off when the wind blows on them! Your Tick comes packed with an extra angry head (you'll notice in the pics that the slight tweaking of the eyes really does make a difference) and the odd addition of swap our fists with holes in them, to replace the fists without holes he is already using. You'll also get a smallish stop sign you can use to wack your enemy senseless. The accessory slides firmly into Tick's fists with a little twisting.


















































Since Mucus Tick is essentially the same figure as The Tick, only cast in translucent green plastic and given a custom package, I will only say that he is jam packed with evil you will immediately sense radiating out of the blister packaging. He is not sticky, as you would expect Mucus to be, so no worries of him staining your couch or transmitting diseases to your children (unless he is sneezed on.) As a single figure, he looks as if he is plotting his dominance of your shelf space, thinking on the most expedient way to enslave your other toys to do his bidding. In a grouping of 5 or more, your mini Musuc Tick army becomes an unstoppable engine of boogerdestruction. ..not to mention they look hysterical as a mob. Buy 10 today, won't you?















Mucus Tick is limited to 1k pieces world wide and when they're gone, they're gone, so snap yours up right now!

As a little side note, I'd like to thank all of you for your encouragement in making our first action figure and special thanks to Shocker Toys for giving us the opportunity.

Mucus Tick Oozing Your Way

The wait is almost over!! After countless hardships, China mishaps and the poor Shocker Toys crew's nerves stretched to their limits as we missed every convention of the season....they are on the way. Indie Spotlight Series 2, complete with my very own, first ever Idle Hands exclusive action figure MUCUS TICK is on the way to the US of A and will soon be in your hot little hands!!! The big pic to your left is a shot of an actual production piece taken before my lovely booger Ticks were packed up and shipped off. The pics below show the custom card art (by Diana Deissler & Myself) we created for the project, making the limited edition Mucus Tick 100% unique. We'll give a shout when they start shipping, but for now, get those pre-orders in! CLICK HERE to catch your Uncommon Cold Mucus Tick today! After all, can you think of a better holiday gift for the dork in your life?




NOTE: For those looking forward to Indie Spotlight series 2, the exclusives were shipped first and the regular wave will follow.

NOTE #2: The eyes and teeth WILL be painted on the finished figure. This was an early shot taken right after the first ones were assembled. YAY accuracy!

Mucus Tick Action Figure Update

Just a sneak preview of the card art. There should be some slight color shifting, but I'm hoping the tentacles will be sufficiently visible back there. The CGI Mucus Tick is just in there so you can see what the whole thing should look like. The actual figure will fill up way more of the package and wind up behind the sticker slightly as well. Pre-orders are up NOWWW on the following sites -

Shocker Toys Webstore
Big Bad Toystore

Mucus Tick is limited to 1,000 pieces, so jump on that pre-order and get yours squared away today!

It Could Be A Teaser...But It's Snot

Shocker Toys have included The Tick in series 2 of their Indie Spotlight action figure line, and though they've got some excellent exclusives on the way, we noticed one thing was missing. From the episode "The Tick VS The Uncommon Cold" comes a foe drippier than any he has faced before and will ever face again. MUCUS TICK!!! Some super heroes have evil goatee wearing dopplegangers. The Tick fights his own super snot. It makes sense in some odd way.

At any rate, the deal is simple. You yell for this figure...link it all over the place...spread the word and get lots of people screaming along with you, and we'll make it happen. That's a promise. Ready..set.....GO!