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Pac-Man Lotto & The Great Growing Creature Experiment.

Strolled on down to Midtown Comics today to pick up eighty copies of the ToyFare mag I did the Family Guy thing for, and the feature looks, pun alert, freakin' sweet. I'm exaggerating on the eighty copies bit, but not by much, and I'm surprised the guy working the register didn't bat an eye at a customer buying so many copies of the same magazine. There I was, begging, pleading, DARING him to ask "WHY" so I could tell him of my glories...but nope, nada, nothing. He just cashed my thousand dollar bill and threw me down the stairs.

In more exciting news, there's a new scratch-off Lotto ticket in town, and it's called "Pac-Man Mania." They haven't done much to beef it up with anything too Pac-ish, though the usual instant-win coins have been replaced with ol' yeller himself. Sadly not available in NY yet as far as I can tell, the idea of winning money from Pac-Man is bitchin' enough for a Jersey drive. As for the rest of the states in this fair country...I have absolutely no idea. Hit a deli and look for Pac-Man. Hell, you've done it before.

Oh, so I had this big stash of things that grow 600% bigger in water -- you know the drill. They've just been scattered about collecting dust for the past year or so. I've decided to perform an experiment. What you see above is a sampling of the growing monsters I've collected (I took the pics prematurely...actually found a few more), covering everything from SpongeBob to Halloween monsters to big red hearts that promise to only get bigger. Instead of going the usual route, we're gonna plop 'em all in one big bowl to find out what kind of unearthly demon God will create.

Again, I added a few more after taking these pics, so the end results will be even more absurd than you're predicting. I'll keep you updated. Maybe.

Posted by Matt on 04/21/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 52 comments

I have to agree with RAS and Jeffster…I don’t get the appeal of Spongebob.

We put 3 or 4 of those expandable creatures in a water bottle here at work. 2 Lizards, a frog, and a turtle. Added the water, and PRESTO!!! Within a few days the suckers were all mashed together inside. FUN!!!

Chestnuts roasted by bad karma @ 04/22/2005 1:30 PM

This has nothing to do with anything, but Matt are you aware that both He-Man AND Thundercats is coming to DVD in the very near future?? I have the Power…HOOOOO

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 04/22/2005 1:34 PM

Yeah, I don’t understand Spongebob either. I really hate it. Which is occasionally an issue when you work at Universal a couple monthes out the year. These things sell like mad >.< I used to love those growy things. I still buy them once and a while. They’re kinda fun for a bit. Pac-Man lotto…well, maybe I’d play then :D

Chestnuts roasted by Derek @ 04/22/2005 1:34 PM

I’ve got to give it up for Ren and Stimpy, especially the "Lost in Space" episode and the banned hanging Wild West episode where they sing the song about hanging and "that’s why the Lord gave us necks".

Pax!

Chestnuts roasted by Soj @ 04/22/2005 1:56 PM

And in even BIGGER DVD news for you Matt. GET A LIFE is coming to DVD!! Don’t know when I just work for the photo archive that provides shots for the DVD artwork to the studios releasing them..

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y @ 04/22/2005 2:04 PM

Soj, isn’t the Lost in Space episode the one with the "Shiny, red, candy-like button" that erases time? I love that one…and any Ren & Stimpy that involved Gritty Kitty Cat Litter, or any product from BLAMMO!!! (It’s lo-og, lo-og! It’s big. It’s heavy. It’s wood. It’s lo-og, lo-og. It’s better than bad, it’s good!)

Chestnuts roasted by bad karma @ 04/22/2005 2:55 PM

They have always shown that banned hanging Ren & Stimpy episode in Canada, I laughed my ass off the first time I watched that. Another great episode was the one where Stimpy lost his fart.

Chestnuts roasted by T-Dot @ 04/22/2005 3:39 PM

Superman was revealed today, and found the other comparison images in the http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=19993">AICN talkback: http://chud.com/nextraimages/SupesHi_001.jpg">New http://www.cojeco.cz/attach/photos/lide/Reeve_389865/Reeve-jako-Superman-1max.jpg">Old
http://www.theblackdiamondeffect.com/Superman-chrisREEVsLOOK.jpg">New adjusted to look like Old

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 04/22/2005 3:44 PM

Hey Matt, the Pac-Man lottery tickets are also avaiable in Indiana as well. Aside the money you can win, you could also win Mrs Pac-Man arcade machine.

Chestnuts roasted by Rirse @ 04/22/2005 3:44 PM

This just in….that crappy dracula looks like he should be hanging out with ICP

Chestnuts roasted by T-Dot @ 04/22/2005 3:45 PM

Damn, the link to the article about the New Superman photo: http://chud.com/news/2607

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 04/22/2005 3:47 PM

If you look closely at naked Spongebob… (…god, that would be SO bad taken out of context) you’ll see that he isn’t naked. It’s just that his clothes aren’t painted.

Chestnuts roasted by Silkenray @ 04/22/2005 3:58 PM

The ep with the Button is called "Space Madness," and it also has a great rant by Ren about his Ice Cream Bar.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/22/2005 4:25 PM

I gotta say that those are THE most retarded looking Spongebobs I have ever seen.

With that said, I’m curious about what they’ll look like when they’re giant water-saturated beast.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 04/22/2005 9:03 PM

How many times in your life can you say you looked closely at anything to find out if it was naked?

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 04/23/2005 12:06 PM

I can say I have closely looked to see if something was naked many times. Naked things rock!!!……well most things do…..well a few things….YEAH naked girls rock….well hot ones

Chestnuts roasted by T-Dot @ 04/23/2005 1:13 AM

Does every state have new Star Wars lotto tix? Last gas station I went into had the big display, but no tickets! I can’t wait to pick some up. I’ll scan them if it turns out to be strictly a California thing.
I try to limit my Spongebob merchandise to those little finger puppet things they sell in the quarter machines (I’m amassing a pretty sizable battalion), or any time he’s dressed as a pirate. I originally liked Spongebob because it did remind me of Ren and Stimp in some ways, but now it’s really just about the http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/space_cowboy/carn.html">Clancy. Yes, the show is sometimes shrill and can grate on your nerves, but we’re talking about the Kurgan here.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/23/2005 2:20 AM

Heh…heh…heh…they think I’m CRAZY. But I know better. It is not *I* who am crazy. It is not *I* who am MAD! Didn’tcha hear ‘em? Didn’tcha see the CROWDS?
(Ren holds up bar of soap) Oh my beloved ice cream bar…how I love to lick your creamy center! HOOOWWWWWW…(bites soap)…and your oh-so-nutty chocolate covering! You’re not like the others…you like the same things I do! Waxed paper…boiled football leather…dog breath…We’re not hitchhiking anymore! We’re RIDING!

Chestnuts roasted by Teddypig @ 04/23/2005 12:04 PM

The jolly, candy-like button.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash, he's flesh and blood, not wax. @ 04/23/2005 3:06 PM

I know no ones cares, but I do! So, I have to say GD/MCR owned!!! Especially MCR. Wish they had done more from …Bullets… but, hey, they played Cemetary Drive, so who am I to complain =)

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 04/23/2005 3:17 PM

Hey Matt, just got the new issue of Entertainment Weekly and inside is a small interview with Corey Haim talking about the DVD release of License to Drive. Just thought you’d like to know.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 04/23/2005 3:51 PM

As curious as I am about the combination, I feel sorry certain members of this expandable cast won’t go on to be featured in a Halloween post. Poor undead kids, I betcha they thought they’d make it til late September when they’d be plunged in a glass of Ghoul-aid. Instead they find themselves entwined with the mid-April love of big red hearts and SpongeBob. No way did they see that coming.

As a sidenote, I really hope there’s a 2005 X-E Halloween countdown.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 04/23/2005 4:01 PM

The only real complaint about the Superman photos is the boots. The cuff design is supposed to suggest a very subtle ‘M’ to go with the ‘S’ shield. Or so I have read.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash, for Truth, Justice, and year-round Hallowe'en! @ 04/23/2005 6:52 PM

Personally, my favorite Commander Hoek & Cadet Stimpy episode was Black Hole, but that’s just me.

so:

Sponge thing experiment + Chia Plot = ??????

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 04/24/2005 2:43 AM

It makes me remember that, many years ago, little dinosaurs came with some chocolate bars. They grow bigger if you put them into water too!

Chestnuts roasted by Yelinna @ 04/24/2005 1:05 PM

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