action figure - Gizmodo

posts about #actionfigure more →
Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
Best Obama Action Figure Ever Battles Darth Vader, Terrorists, Dick Cheney
Sarah Palin Action Figure Can Kick Barbie's Ass
Iron Man Action Figure Would Look Great On Our Iron Desks
Kurt Cobain, the Action Figure
You Too Can Be an Action Figure
GeekMan: For the Geek Who Has it All

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

valkilmerisawful
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
The house was "made partially from wood..."? Mind-blowing.
Reply

valkilmerisawful was starred valkilmerisawful was unstarred

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
This kind of thing blows my mind. When your life consists of carefully preserving little plastic figurines and living with your mother, there's already a problem.

When Mother removes that constancy from your world... well... We all go a little mad some times.
Reply

Edited by DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. at 08/13/09 11:28 AM

ShyamariLazu
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
Women, right? Crazy motherfuckers. all of them.
Reply

DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more often than you play with yourself approved this comment ShyamariLazu was starred ShyamariLazu was unstarred

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

@ShyamariLazu: Approved, Promoted, and Hearted.
Reply

zenpoet
08/13/09

@DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more...: Agreed. And to respond to your screen name, no you don't. Not even close.
Reply

zenpoet was starred zenpoet was unstarred

LEWD98
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
I used to have every TMNT action figure, vehicle, Battle Dome. One day I went looking for them and my mom said, "oh I gave those toys to my friends son." I still haven't forgiven her for that.
Reply

LEWD98 was starred LEWD98 was unstarred

Ridley
08/13/09

@LEWD98: Dude, its your mom. She didn't know and carried you in her womb for 9 months. Its time to forgive her.
Reply

DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more often than you play with yourself promoted this comment Ridley was starred Ridley was unstarred

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

@Optimus-Prime: That's no excuse. She should know better.
Reply

nutbastard
08/13/09

@LEWD98:

damn, that's horrible. ugh. did you go steal em back from the kid? i would.
Reply

nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred

armyofchuckness
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
My mom sold all my M.A.S.K. toys at a yard sale once. I still give her crap about that.
Reply

Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment armyofchuckness was starred armyofchuckness was unstarred

Bigbadbikernerd
08/13/09

@armyofchuckness: Man! I had those. I'm guessing mine suffered the same fate...
I had forgotten about that show.
Reply

Bigbadbikernerd was starred Bigbadbikernerd was unstarred

Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
that's odd, usually when we see this type of post, we get hot pun threads
I have this burning desire to start one
Reply

Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment

Bigbadbikernerd
08/13/09

@Underscore_Lysdexia: Great, now you'll start a flame war...
Reply

Bigbadbikernerd was starred Bigbadbikernerd was unstarred

MostlyHarmless
08/13/09

@Underscore_Lysdexia: The fire has died out on those kind of threads.
Reply

MostlyHarmless was starred MostlyHarmless was unstarred

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

@Underscore_Lysdexia: I'll just remind you that, while we did not light it, we ARE trying to fight it.
Reply

nutbastard
08/13/09

@Underscore_Lysdexia:

way to fire everyone up! there's no telling what kind of explosive argument you've potentially ignited! i ought to come bust you for pushing peoples tempers! dont think you're out of the fire yet - no, you'll take heat for this for many days. the smoldering hate you feel will be singed into your subconscious, unable to work, you'll get fired, and won't THAT be a burn?
Reply

nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred

nutbastard
08/13/09

@Underscore_Lysdexia:

what disease to coal miners get?

coalin' cancer, of course.
Reply

nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred

Curves
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
She probably got tired of telling him to pick his toys up for the last 25 years. Rare toy or not, the guy is an asshole with no repsect for his elders and I hope his mom doesnt let him move back in when they rebuild the house.
Reply

Edited by Curves at 08/13/09 7:56 AM Curves was starred Curves was unstarred

Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
I know there's no justifying for what the guy did, but if I'm not mistaken, those where GUNPLAS, not "action figures"... which means they were all artisanally hand assembled and probably painted too.
So it's NOT about some dumb collection the guy spend some bucks on, but rather a hobby that probably cost him tons of work and money.
So instead of posting prejudicial comments, maybe some of you should think how you would react if someone took something very precious to you, which you spent hours making, and just tossed it out as if it was nothing.
People seem to think they are so fucking superior to the guy only because he lives with his mother and collects gunplas...
Reply

Edited by Bokusatsu_Tenshi at 08/13/09 3:11 AM Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred

aManNamedGob
08/13/09

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I wouldn't care if my mom destroyed my car and threw out my precious MB pro, it still wouldn't justify dousing myself and my house in kerosene
Reply

Bokusatsu_Tenshi promoted this comment aManNamedGob was starred aManNamedGob was unstarred

Pope John Peeps II
08/13/09

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: GOD. This comment just makes me SO ANGRY. MMMEMEMRMERM I'm SO ANGRY. RRRRRRR.
*DOUSE*
*MATCH*
*POOF*
Reply

Pope John Peeps II was starred

Islandkiwi
08/13/09

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: He doused himself in gasoline and torched the house, while his mother was in it. It's not like he threw a tantrum and it's no big deal.
Reply

Islandkiwi was starred Islandkiwi was unstarred

Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/13/09

@aManNamedGob:
@Islandkiwi:
@Pope John Peeps II:
In case you guys didn't notice, I'm quoting myself: "I know there's no justifying for what the guy did".
Comment I made was for some dumbfucks out there who are saying crap like "Stupid ass Japs", or other racist remarks like that.
Reply

Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred

Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea
08/13/09

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I love Japanese people they create almost everything i love anime, video games hot chicks who dress up like chicks from anime. Going to japan is on my list of vac spots but i want to learn Japanese first.
Reply

Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front
08/13/09

@Mr_Biggles: I am right there with you buddy! Japan is the only place on this planet I fantasize about traveling to. Until I have the balls to get a Passport and get rid of the fear of huge machines that really shouldn't be able to be in the air, I will go and stare at the hottest/cutest women in the world. I think I will be taking my girlfriend with me to do some staring as well.
Reply

DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more often than you play with yourself promoted this comment

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

@Dr. Evil Genius: Think of it this way: You are currently sitting on hunk of molten rock, orbiting a giant fusion furnace in a galaxy that is (most likely) being slowly swallowed up by a super-massive black hole. And for all we know, that black hole is in free-fall, and there may be a bottom to the universe that we are approaching at relativistic speed. The Earth has undergone dozens, if not hundreds of mass-extinction events since life began. And we don't know when the next polar inversion/massive meteor strike/supervolcano will occur.

Now, with that in mind, consider this: When moving through any fluid medium like air or water, the shape of the object may generate a pressure differential. We have studied those shapes for hundreds of years and found that when the bottom part is flat, and the top part is a snaped with a sudden curve at the front, and a gradually decreasing angle at the back, the air going under the object moves very fast, maintaining a high-pressure, and the air moving over the top of the object slows way down before gradually speeding back up, creating an area of much lower pressure. The pressure of the air seeks to equalize, and pushes up on the bottom surface. The faster you go, the higher the pressure, and the more lift you get.

Statistically speaking, flying is safer than staying on the ground.
Reply

Edited by DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. at 08/13/09 11:47 AM

Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front
08/13/09

@DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more...: This all makes plenty of sense. However my feeble brain cannot help but think that a multi-ton machine is 10s of thousands of feet in the air with nothing holding it up. Call me wimpy - I just can't trust it.
Reply

Neiten
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
The only time I can remember nearly loosing it was when I got back from a week-long school trip and found that my parents had painted my shelves.

However, they didn't let the paint dry long enough before putting the books back on and ruined quite a few rare editions since they were stuck to the shelf (including an early edition of Dune) as well as my micromachine display.

Oh and they unintentionally dripped paint into my CRT.
Reply

Con Seannery promoted this comment Edited by Neiten at 08/13/09 3:06 AM Neiten was starred Neiten was unstarred

Con Seannery
08/13/09

@Neiten: Well damn...that BLOWS, man...also, as we all know, Dune is a kickass novel.
Reply

Con Seannery was starred Con Seannery was unstarred

green or blue
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
I feel his pain, I thought of doing unforgivable things when my mother blatantly told me she tossed my Power Ranger figures, very RARE figures. I'm happy to say I've grown from last week though.
Reply

green or blue was starred green or blue was unstarred

TheGZeus
08/13/09

@green or blue: My mom told me she was selling all my comics when I was 13. Then she came back with them an hour later after I'd resigned myself to losing them.
She said something like 'I hope you learned a lesson'.
Yeah, you're full of shit, and never follow through with anything.
Reply

spannu promoted this comment TheGZeus was starred TheGZeus was unstarred

green or blue
08/13/09

@TheGZeus: fucking HILARIOUS.
Reply

green or blue was starred green or blue was unstarred

badhatharry
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
If I have a kid, and that kid lives to be 29, and that kid is still living at home, I am going to kick that kid's ass each and every day until it moves out.
Reply

badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred

green or blue
08/13/09

@badhatharry:
what about if that kid also had a collection of gundam action figures, fuck that, power puff girl action figures.
Reply

green or blue was starred green or blue was unstarred

Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/13/09

@badhatharry: Different cultures, different customs.
Reply

Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred

Steve Lessard Jr
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
The title should read "29 Year Old Virgin Basement Dweller Sets Fire To His Parents House Over Action Figures...'nuff said"
Reply

Steve Lessard Jr was starred Steve Lessard Jr was unstarred

Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front
08/13/09

@Steve Lessard Jr: Let's see... take something that you hold in high-regard - your most treasured belonging and say... your significant vagina takes it upon herself to just throw your shit out. PLEASE tell me you're gonna be happy about it. Everyone wants to criticize others over what is important to THEM. I think his reaction was inappropriate but have your girlfriend get your car towed to the Chop Shop and we'll see how YOU react.
Reply

DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more often than you play with yourself promoted this comment

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

@Dr. Evil Genius: If I ever considered my mother my "significant vagina" I'd think losing some "thing" that I assigned an arbitrary value to would be the least of my... wait, did you hear that? Mother? Coming, Mother!
Reply

Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front
08/13/09

@DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more...: LMAO... I mentioned that term because Steve Lessard Jr didn't seem to relate to the "mother's basement scenario" so I plugged in any female he could live with. His dominatrix, his girlfriend, his wife, his hoes, who-the-f-ever. You know?
Reply

bucho54
08/13/09

In reply to Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures
I want to know the back story to how you arrive at this state of mind.
Reply

DeusExMach: I play with my screen name more often than you play with yourself promoted this comment bucho54 was starred bucho54 was unstarred

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/13/09

@bucho54: Gotcha covered
Reply

Evil J, Prince of Half Truths and Lord of Low-Light Environments
01/21/09

In reply to Best Obama Action Figure Ever Battles Darth Vader, Terrorists, Dick Cheney
I didn't vote for Obama (OK, I didn't vote for McCain either, but that's a whole other can of worms).

I don't like his politics.

I don't like the insane, rabid love-fest going on around him.

I'm an utter cynic who doesn't see the "hope" thing as much more than a bumper sticker.

I'm not jumping on his bandwagon even when things take their eventual upswing.

All of that said...

I. Still. Want. One.
Reply

Evil J, Prince of Half Truths and Lord of Low-Light Environments
01/21/09

@Evil J:

*...not much more than a bumper sticker.

Firefox catches spelling errors, not dropping important words out.
Reply

Evil J, Prince of Half Truths and Lord of Low-Light Environments
01/21/09

@Evil J:

Aaand... on a third read I realize what I was really trying to say.

No more drinking before 7.
Reply

ripfire
01/21/09

@Evil J: Yeah, I think you were right the first time.
Reply

ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred

Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/21/09

In reply to Best Obama Action Figure Ever Battles Darth Vader, Terrorists, Dick Cheney
Is it just me or does one of his expressions include an O-face??
Reply

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Gizmodo Team

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment