Gizmodo: figures

Mobile Web Finally Easy Enough For Old People, Female People and Teen People

Jason Chen — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EDT

Nielsen's mobile web statics show that, from July 2008 to July 2009, the demographic groups of 65+, female and 13-17 showed the most usage growth. The least? 18-24 year olds, who are all up in this mobile web already.

Also equally interesting: we have a higher percentage of male readers than the NFL, the NBA or even MAXIM. More women look at softcore boobies than look at gadgets! [Nielsen]

Iron Man and Dark Knight Collectibles Are Super-Detailed Comic Book Hotness

Jack Loftus — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Ok, so the disembodied, interchangeable heads on these super-detailed Hot Toys Iron Man and Batman collectibles are a bit weird, but that's the only downside I can see so far. They're 1/6th-scale, and were on display today at the 2008 Tokyo Toy Show. If you thought Batman sculpt looked cool, just wait until you see his whips.

[Slashfilm]

Steampunk Justice League Modded Action Figures

Sean Fallon — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:30:26 EST

Inspired by the comic book, Gotham by Gaslight by Mike Mignola and Brian Augustyn (Batman vs. Jack the Ripper set in the late 19th century), the modder behind these action figures sought to place the members of the Justice League in the Victorian era. I think you will agree that he did one hell of a job. Hit the gallery to check out the individual figures. [Sillof's Workshop via Boing Boing]

Iron Man Action Figure Would Look Great On Our Iron Desks

Jason Chen — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:00:20 EST

Either this Shiny red and yellow 12-inch Iron Man action figure looks so much like a big nicely wrapped man-shaped chocolate, or we're just very very hungry. Nevertheless, He looks just as faithful to the movie version (left) as we could hope, and will drive Jesus wild when he unwraps him under his tree next Xmas. However, we do have a bit of a problem with his facial expression and the way he's holding out his hands. Toys R Evil expresses it thusly:

dude looks like he needs to take a dump and the suits' auto-refuse-suction-function is broken and they've run out of T.P

[ToysREvil]

Make Your World of Warcraft Character Into an Action Figurine

Jason Chen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:20:28 EST

Creating an action figure that kind of looks like you is cool and all, but if you're a World of Warcraft player you're probably more attached to your virtual avatar's looks than your own. That could be because you spend more time grinding than washing yourself, but if that's you, FigurePrints can make a scale model of your character for the relatively low price of $115 (including shipping).

They'll take a snapshot of your toon wearing whatever armor you've got on now, so make sure you've got on epic gear before you make your order. If you're a low-level character, we suggest trying to beg some armor off someone just for the sake of doing this, and returning it afterwards. Unfortunately WoW is so popular with 10% of the world's population currently registered that you'll have to sign up for drawing—you can't just order directly. [FigurePrints via DVice]

Metal Gear Solid 4 Figures Make Me Solid

Jason Chen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:20:21 EDT

Are you wearing a protective exoskeletal suit that's independently mobile or are you happy to see these Metal Gear Solid 4 1/6 size figures? Because if you ask us, there's nothing more bad ass than going to work and finding Old Snake and/or non-pussy Raiden staring you in the face while you sip your first cup of coffee. Nothing except actually being Snake. Too bad these are about $180 each, but totally worth it for Sony to bundle these with every copy of the game since it's the one thing that's going to save their lagging PlayStation 3 sales. [Snake via Raiden via Toys R Evil]

Moppel Stick Figure Lights Are Cute But Give You Myopia

Jason Chen — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:30:52 EST

Sure, these Moppel Stick Figure Lights are cute in only the way that a stick figure light powered by USB and AAA batteries can be. But how good are they really? You can take them on business trips and stick them on the side of your car, but a light that runs for 100 hours on only 3 AAAs can't be that powerful, right?

We'd recommend you save your $25 and head to IKEA to buy a real light instead for $9, and take the other $16 and buy a bunch of stuffed animals. It'll do the same thing, plus save you money on optometrist bills. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Lights and Knives via Technabob via SCI FI Tech]