Touma & more

   I just updated one of my earlier posts with some recent toy acquisition photos, mostly by Touma, including these "Little Trickers" that I found at Poptopia.

Feelin' hot hot HOT!

   I went to Thai Place in Westport for dinner (after picking up a new set of Touma minis at Poptopia... Thanks, Patrick!) and ordered the same thing I always order: Pad Thai, medium-spicy. The only thing consistent about their heat level is the inconsistency. It came out HOT (although not quite Thai-hot, or I might be posting this from the great beyond!), and though it was super-tasty I had to fight back tears a little. So I drew a warning on my to-go box:

And then I went home to play with my new toys.

My obsession with toys... uh... I mean "designer vinyls"

   Toys by Touma... I've recently added some mini Skuttles, Evil Skater hellhound, a Crazy Kazu Mouse, Little Trickers and two mini Destdons to my collection!

Gaburin (KFGU, Kaiju For Grown-Ups), Evil Skater dog & Baboo:

Mini Destdon (one glows in the dark!):

Little Trickers:

Dragamel by Tim Biskup:

Go Lucky Neko by Delmi:

Gotta love a zombie cat & robot cat:

Ledbetter sea monster, Tokidoki tigers, Kozik Labbit, and Qoo:

Jarvis's King Ken, Touma Boobie, Robocon, Afroken, and more:

Doraemon, Uglydolls, Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy), Tintin and Pokemon:

King Joe, from the Japanese "Ultraman" TV series:

   But nothing can top the (taller than me) robot display cabinet that my buddy Octavio built for me! He made it in his basement about 12 years ago, when he & Suzanne lived in OP & he was still working with me at Hallmark. It houses dozens & dozens of mostly tin-toy robots collected on trips around the US, and Japan. Best combo birthday / Christmas gift ever!