Wednesdays with Wayne: in real life!

Actually it was a Saturday! Just a happy precursor to future SXSW happenings posts. Don’t touch that dial!

Come play with me at SXSW!

Keeping educated on the latest and greatest toys is a lot of work, and this year I’m asking for help! I’ll be hosting an official Meet Up at SXSW to bring together the best and the brightest of...

Report: Toy Fair 2013

Ooooh, big! The continued search for the latest and greatest in toys and distraction led Toy Joy to New York this week. As the Javits Center hosted the 111th Annual American Toy Fair®, we searched...

New Year’s Subscriptions

There’s a surprise in your mailbox! I love surprises! But only when the surprises are custom tailored to my needs, and arrive in cute packaging. That’s what makes my job at Toy Joy such fun,...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne 2013

2013 will be a year of animation. Wednesdays with Wayne is back! Expect the feature to pop up on the occasional Wednesdays, when I feel like. Thanks and credit as always to this man.

New Year Newness

Yay! It’s a brand new year! Sorry for the belated celebration, but due to some assorted difficulties, I am starting 2013 a little late. Better late than never though, and I have many things to be...

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Beyond Gangam Style: K-pop playlist

Sorry, by now the catchy beats of “Gangam Style” must be ringing through your head. It’s inescapable; K-pop is the cute new kid on the music block and I love cute kids! In light of all the furor I...

The Fine Art of Fun: Toy Joy’s 4th Annual Art Show

Somehow I have managed to steal a couple of minutes from my day to post about the source of my recent distraction. Toy Joy is a beautiful place, full of artistic people, both amongst our employees...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Please no: Remakes in Production that can stay there

This past Saturday, I was lucky enough to be at the Alamo Drafthouse’s Summer of ’82 screening of The Dark Crystal. In our current era of unimaginative film studios, enjoying a great classic movie...

Wednesday with Wayne Coyne

So, my Wednesdays are getting too busy….maybe it should be Thursday with Wayne Coyne?

Rescue Me!

Rodent Gumshoes!The internet is awesome. It has things like this, and this, and also this. Threadless is also one of those awesome internet things, and a dear friend of mine has the above...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

The Art of Adventure – Cartoon Network’s 20th Anniversary Artshow

Having just returned from San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), you’re gonna have to deal with a couple related posts. Sorry! Regardless, one of my favorite experiences this past con was the Cartoon Network...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Playing with Toys!

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Light show! Happy Fireworks Day!

They’re back! Trolls return to the Toy shelves

Click here to view the video on YouTube. Trolls are back! Originally created in 1959 in Denmark by Thomas Dam, these strange characters were a collectible oddity in the 60s, and a toy craze through...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

What is it?! The whys and whos

Did you know? Mameshiba is on the Loose!

Have you met Mameshiba? These adorable bean-dogs have been a part of my life for some time now, so I am always surprised to find people unawares! I could type several descriptive paragraphs about...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Part of an ongoing series

You should be watching: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

Click here to view the video on YouTube. So an awesome buddy actually introduced me to Kyary several months ago, with her crazy viral hit. Some friends at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo reminded me...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Colors! Dear Wayne Coyne, please explain. Part of an ongoing series.

It’s a Mad World

Victorious laughter! We all know that the internet is not a place for gloating, so I will keep this brief. Last Wednesday the amazing folks running Geeks Who Drink at the Highball has a Mad Men...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Arghh!

Netflix update: Jem and the Holograms Season 3

hes pointing at you! Two months ago I wrote a quick viewing guide for Jem and the Holograms (because everything needs instructions!). Lamentably absent from that list was Season 3, which had not...

Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne

Sometimes we just need a vacation…

This always cheers me up

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Wednesdays with Wayne Coyne – Love is Pain

Ouch!

“You Sunk My Battleship” movie

When a giant toy company makes a movie based on a board game, the bar is pretty low. Not that Battleship isn’t a classic game, but there was never much story involved. Forced to come up with...