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Founder and CEO of Illuminatoys and Cheapotoyland.com Midas Wilder Teams Up with Musclethings Laboratories to Unleash Mini-Figure Toys Inspired by Video Era Character Icons as VIDEO NASTEEZ! EXCLUSIVE FIGURE REVEAL! DIG IT!
Most magnetic magic maniacs will remember those too groovy mini-figures like Monster in my Pocket and M.U.S.C.L.E. toys that populated our pockets as we roamed the aisles of our local video store in search for our next VHS adventure. Those pint-sized playthings are in the midst of a killer comeback among the custom toy crowd (along with a ton of other custom cast figures and throwback toys), and are now even expanding into different sub-cultures and making for some truly radical mash-up manifestations. Cue Illuminatoys / Cheaptoyland.com proprietor and video era aficionado Midas Wilder. He’s teamed up with custom casters...
Former VHS Rental Collection from Waterfront Video in Burlington, VT is Now Up for Purchase Through an Independent VHSeller, Tapeheads! Clickity-click for More Analog Info!
Attention All Tapeheads in VERMONT and surrounding areas! I was contacted by a person who purchased the ENTIRE VHS STOCK from Waterfront Video in VT, and is now looking to anti-digitally dispense them back out to the magnetically-crazed masses! It’s by appointment only, but you’re able to rifle through all these rewindable chunks of analog glory in person! So rad! You can also email them and provide a list of rewind wants, but it’s probably quicker (and more fun!) to make an appointment and look through it all, as there isn’t any action to be taken on the dealer’s part....
Analog-Inclined Graphic Artist Anthony Jimenez AKA Eibon Celaeno Crafts Killer Collage Work with Cuts from Our Favorite Video Covers! Click This Link for Ultimate Video Cassette Cover Art Celebration and Re-Animation with VHS MUTATIONS!
With punk rock roots of scotch tape driven cut-and-paste collage, analog loving artist Anthony Jimenez AKA Eibon Celaeno has since endeavored to delve into the digital design realm to manipulate and manufacture a line of visual homage in salute to the vibrant video covers he eyeballed long ago at his local video store. These most excellent mash-ups of exemplary analog era cover art have indeed sent a wave of awe throughout the VHS collector community, encapsulating the arresting and eye-popping essence of the original artwork while being reworked into Jimenez’s own retina-blasting renditions. Anthony is out re-animate the appreciation for...
Indie Filmmaker Jon Carpus and The Mysterious Film Cabal of Detroit Create the Low-Budget Brain-Bender SON OF HERCULES VS. THE PSYCHEDELIC DRACULA and Unleash It On VHS via Nemesis Video! DIG IT!
An intense and constant admiration for off-the-wall and absurdly weird cinema along with an undying drive to make a motley mountain of mini-movies has pushed director Jon Carpus to finally assemble his first full-length feature entitled Son of Hercules VS. The Psychedelic Dracula. Embodying the truest DIY VHSpirit imaginable while overcoming an array of seemingly insurmountable obstacles throughout the production, Carpus and crew AKA The Mysterious Film Cabal of Detroit dove headlong into this full-length feature without a proverbial helmet, armed only with a steadfast adherence to all things odd and endearingly awful with the intention to totally warp people’s...
Illustrator / Artist Joe Deagnon Recalls Canada During the Rewind Era and Channels Analog Anecdotes (and Other Insane Occurrences) to Create the Comix Anthology PARANOID TALES OF NEUROSIS Featuring Past Work from FILM THREAT and Much More!!
After a childhood filled with pulpy pages brimming with monsters and madmen leading to a life rife with heavy metal records and horror movies on plastic formats, illustrator, artist and all-around creative dude Joe Deagnon found his voice in creating comics. He’s worked his share of day jobs: porno theater snack purveyor, animation cell painter, and of course, he put in his time behind the counter at a video rental shop or two. All of these escapist and occupational experiences twist together and manifest through panel and page to create Joe’s collection of comics called Paranoid Tales of Neurosis. The...