01/19/2005 Entry: "Sideshow, they make a great Jason(s) no?"

Geez, you've gotta get to checkin' widdese. Sideshow Collectibles has graced the world with a shitload of amazing 12" dolls from the Friday the 13th series, and normally this wouldn't be that big of a deal for me, but they've gone ahead and made dolls representing all of the different Jasons! Well, some of them at least. My favorite just for the sheer "I can't believe they made it" factor is Jason Voorhees as he appeared in Part II, complete with uncharacteristic large tuft of hair and an outfit that made Farmer Brown run around screaming about someone stealing his church clothes. And the sack mask! Other dolls in the line follow suit with being awesome, particularly the version from Part VI, perfectly encapsulating Jason's sudden progression from mangled man to Zsanus, king of the zombie lizards of Jupiter 9. By the way, this isn't a paid ad or anything. I don't think Sideshow would pay to lend promotion to figures that are limited editions already mostly sold out. Sorry if I had you all excited. Most of 'em are gone, available only to those brave enough to scour eBay with twice the original retail cost in their Paypal accounts.

LATE EDIT: Congrats to site pal and blogger "Manimal" on his first born!

Chestnuts roasted by Warx @ 01/19/2005 09:11 PM EST

It must be cool to live somewhere that you can actually go and DO something. I live in the middle of Amish country PA and my neighbors are Mennonites. -_-;; But at least there's lots of good flea markets in the summer. *shrug*

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 01/19/2005 09:29 PM EST

not a bad place

Chestnuts roasted by Gerv @ 01/19/2005 09:34 PM EST

Those are some nice dolls. There was a site that was selling prop replica's of Freddy's gloves and hats from all the Nightmare movies. They were all different according to which movie they were from. Cool shit.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/19/2005 09:39 PM EST

I used to work at best buy and bought all the movies on dvd before hte box set came out. Cost me around $70. Then when I heard of the box set i sold them all for $130....Unfortuneatly I don't have money or time for dvd's anymore so I didn't buy them back.

Chestnuts roasted by justin @ 01/19/2005 11:10 PM EST

Look what I drew...LAUREN GRAHAM!
http://artpad.art.com/?ialw2t1j2law

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 01/20/2005 03:20 AM EST

Movie character dolls are the best- I have a kick ass Dr. Evil doll from MacFarlane (sp?) toys. Its from the first Austin powers and has the quote "My childhood was typical..summers in Rangoon, luge lessons...in the spring we'd make meat helmets." Excellent.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 01/20/2005 03:52 AM EST

Those looks fantastic.. although no Friday the 13th toy set should be complete until Corey Feldman gets a figure.. now I'd buy that!

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 01/20/2005 06:20 AM EST

I like how you took the mask picture showing only one eye. Shows detail.

Those figures are pretty cool. Do they make Michael Myers figurines? If they do, they should sell them in a sealed box and hand out a booby prize of Mike Myers in every 100th set. Talk about a collector's item.

Hey, how about "The Life of Corey Haim" figures? The first one could be him in his wheelchair and needing a haircut, from "Silver Bullet". Then one in some missmatched, layered clothes driving his grandfather's blue car from "Lost Boys". Oh, and then one w/ cornrows and a leg cast from "Dream a Little Dream". Then one holding a pizza box and roller skating from "Prayer of the RollerBoys". Then one of his w/ a studded dog collar and a needle in his arm from just about any movie after that. The last one would be him w/ little baggies of his chopped up hair and rotten bits of enamel, and a sandwich board saying "Check EBay for the best Haimster artifacts". Man, those figures would be sweet.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/20/2005 08:30 AM EST

Ha Ha! I wish for Yoshi!

Chestnuts roasted by dfgddfg @ 01/20/2005 08:30 AM EST

I won't be satisfied until they release a Betsey Palmer as Mrs. Vorhees doll (with removable head.)
Then I could put her in my "I've Got A Secret" Play set and have Bill Cullen cut her head off.
THAT will be cool.

Chestnuts roasted by Sweetie @ 01/20/2005 08:46 AM EST

Sweetie -- THEY HAVE! Doesn't come with a removable head, but it does come with an extra head! A severed one!

Traj -- I think they make Myers, and pretty much all the other notables. The series really gives NECA a run for its money. In the same scale, they also have the original Leatherface -- really nice figure.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/20/2005 09:28 AM EST

Do they make a Corey Feldman doll as Jason?? I would buy that. Silly Corey!

Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 01/20/2005 09:58 AM EST

"Don't you recognize me?? Its Me Jason!" Ha ha, that was a great scene...

Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 01/20/2005 10:01 AM EST

do they make a doll for part 5?

OH WAIT...
no jason.

worst movie ever.

Chestnuts roasted by jim. @ 01/20/2005 11:09 AM EST

Spaceballs Being Retooled for TV
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=8004

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 01/20/2005 11:33 AM EST

Micheal Myers dressed as Wayne Campbell.
Mike Myers in Halloween garb.
And Garth running away from the Leprechaun!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/20/2005 12:05 PM EST

See, Kingklash knows what I'm talkin' about.

Now I'm on a search for the elusive Corey Haim dolls. I may have to obtain some Barbies, cut off their hair and sand their feet down and make my own dolls. I don't know how I'll do the dimple, though. Hmmm... Found a CD single he put out: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43634&item=4067661462&rd=1&ssPageName=WD4V

Ooh, is this the diary you reviewed, Matt? Was there footage of Corey selling a ring at a pawn shop? It sounds familiar: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41544&item=6360210643&rd=1

The Thrills "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim? single: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45541&item=4067385373&rd=1

Also:

Lifesize Indiana Jones Muckle mannequin: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53593&item=6360871200&rd=1

Smiling Michael Myers w/ chainsaw: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53593&item=6358056222&rd=1

Jaws eating Quint straight from the deck of The Orca: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53593&item=6359005474&rd=1

Jason Goes to Hell figure - comes w/ 3 gory murder weopons(sic): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53593&item=6361021143&rd=1#ebayphotohosting
1

Kellogg's Star Wars figures (Right up Matt's alley): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53593&item=6359805686&rd=1

Cryptkeeper talking doll: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53593&item=6359370088&rd=1

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/20/2005 12:34 PM EST

Ooh, hee! I forgot all about this. Matt reviews Gremlins Colorforms, w/ Corey Feldman included: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0766/

Goonies II set for Feb 2005 release? http://videoeta.com/movie.html?id=52232

The only thing I could find w/ Corey Feldman doll was right here on X-E. Sigh... Where's the love, people? No Feldman dolls anywhere.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/20/2005 12:48 PM EST

Let me get this out of my system:
DARH TATER!!!!
WAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAA!
BWA-HA-HA-HAAA!
*gassssp*
I'm better!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/20/2005 01:40 PM EST

Cool Jason mask.

Chestnuts roasted by Masko @ 01/20/2005 04:28 PM EST

Corey Feldman doll? hat about a Corey Haim doll? Or is there already such a thing? Lemme check...

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 01/20/2005 06:04 PM EST

Correction: "hat" = "What"

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 01/20/2005 06:05 PM EST

Matt,

As far as i can tell, there is no Corey Haim doll. However, in the midst of my search, I DID find that the following webpage linked to your article on Corey Haim selling his teeth: Corey Haim Thing. There was one dude who dropped a comment about buying such crap and making a Corey Haim doll out of it. Hmmm. A life-sized Corey Haim doll? An interesting project indeed.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 01/20/2005 06:12 PM EST

"sweet, sweet Corey Haim arms. Hmmm…"

Hee!
I looked for a Corey Haim doll, too, Nate, and I couldn't find one. I can't believe no one has made Lost Boys figurines. Just think of the cool vamped out Max doll they could make, w/ his pointy tongue sticking out at pre-fat Diane Wiest, right before the plastic fence post is shot through his chest, propelled by Grampa's blue car. They could make a set of vampires that are hanging from their feet in sleep mode, w/ those cool opposable toes they had, and then a playset of them all sitting around, offering Michael maggots and blood.

Did anyone else know that Corey Feldman's real parents play the owners of the comic shop the Frog brothers work at? Yeah, that's them, two passed out hipies in a heap on the floor. That 5 second shot was the beginning and then end of their Hollywood careers.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/20/2005 08:11 PM EST

This would be much cooler if my true prayers hadn't been answered.

Are you all ready for this?

CHOCOLATE LUCKY CHARMS.

I've had to double up on the gym time just to keep up with my Chocolate Lucky Charms intake.

PROOF that Jesus answers prayers.

Chestnuts roasted by Aaron @ 01/20/2005 10:11 PM EST

Man oh man. I am back from the hospital.
While I am here, nice job on the TOYFARE, Matt.
I liked F13 part 6. At least it EXPLAINED how he had super strength and immortality. One and 2 are the most "realistic". By 3, it gets out of hand. 4 is good though and it SHOULD have been the last.
Hate to be a "TO BE CONTINUED" guy but I don't have the energy to tell the baby story now. So, it will have to a cliffhanger for now......

Chestnuts roasted by manimal789 @ 01/20/2005 10:24 PM EST

Check out these weird Playmobil figures. Maybe they can be in the next advent calendar.

Smiling Executioner

http://millionaireplayboy.com/././images/playexec.jpg

Satan

http://millionaireplayboy.com/././images/newdevil.jpg

Ninja

http://millionaireplayboy.com/././images/playmoninja.jpg

Fire Wizard

http://millionaireplayboy.com/././images/playmofire.jpg

Hazardous Waste Crew

http://millionaireplayboy.com/././images/newhazmat.jpg

Chestnuts roasted by Luap @ 01/20/2005 11:44 PM EST

congrats on the baby, manimal789! Boy or girl?

Muppet Baby / Kingklash/ Anyone - can someone tell me where to get that "in the spring we made meathelmets" quote? Even from the beginning of the monologue when the Doc talks about his father. It's absolutely priceless, and will be great to be able to quote straight-off at parties... not that i've been to any parties lately ((cries)). ((but not too unhappily, as friends aren't dead, they're in Cape Town, Durban or Jo'burg, or in "Little Jo'burg", London, England. Haha.))

Chestnuts roasted by eminentfreak @ 01/21/2005 07:11 AM EST

I am dropping the -789 from the name. It was an old AOL screen name that has LONG since outlived it's usefulness. I just kept it around for when I emailed Matt, etc.
Okay, slept some last night and I am semi-recharged. Emily Claire (my wife picked out the name. She liked Emily and Claire is French. She is a French teacher. Other than that, the names have no significance.) was born Tues night/Wed morn at 2:42 AM.
Don't worry Trajeal, there was no need for heroics. She took all the available...medications. Which was good because she was 8 lbs 12 oz! Week late if you will recall. Head full of black hair (like Mom), face like me. Perfectly healthy and happy. I got her off to a good start singing RUSH to her and watching the BRADY BUNCH and ALF (quality "family" shows).
Anyways, that's the scoop on that.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal (formerly manimal789) @ 01/21/2005 09:52 AM EST

Hooray for MAN-imal! He's got a start on his very own litter! I'll have to break out my ChocoDile dance to celebrate. Make sure you tell little EC about her extended X-E family. Uncles Matt, kingklash, kidneyboy, and her aunties trajeal, eminentfreak, and the other relatives of indeterminate gender. Nice choice of lullabies, dude. Hope you started with "Closer to The Heart" and waited a little bit before going into "Tom Sawyer." I found that Van Morrison's "Moondance" album helps with geting the squabs relaxed. The way I was brought up, neices and nephews are treated like your own kids. I try to be the "cool dad" type. "You know you're not to play with matches! But, here's how to make a rocket from a paper match, a bit of tinfoil, and a straight pin...."

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/21/2005 12:15 PM EST

Darth Tater indeed. Darth Tater indeed!

Chestnuts roasted by dfgdg @ 01/21/2005 12:51 PM EST

Congrats to the artist formerly known as Manimal 789. Man, Prince jokes NEVER get old. I say Kool-Aid should commemorate this event by re-releasing Rock-a-dile red. No child should go any longer without tasting the big pitcher in charge's masterpiece. Seriously though, congratulations.

Chestnuts roasted by Ed @ 01/21/2005 12:56 PM EST

Woohoo! I've been waiting for your post, manimal. Good for you, MrsManimal. It's a much better experience when you actually know what's going on.

Going to the dr today for chronic migraines. Wish me luck! These things are killer, seriously. Oh, and send Mr. Traj some "pick up the kids so poor Trajeal can go to the dr by herself" vibes. Kind of hard to describe syomtpoms when you can't stop saying, "Mommy's talking right now. Hold on a sec. Mommy's talking right now. One more minute," over and over and over.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal greets Emily Claire! @ 01/21/2005 02:07 PM EST

Thanks for all the congrats from everybody. It does mean a lot to me.
Also, thanks for the blessing for the name modification. I was a little nervous...
KINGKLASH: Actually, it was Rush's FREEWILL that sprang to mind first. Go figure.
I will give her a few days before I introduce her to X-E. She needs to know more about 2005 first, then we will focus on 1983.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal (formerly manimal789) @ 01/21/2005 03:39 PM EST

Aww, congrats on the new baby, Manimal! Beautiful name, too, btw.

Luap -- Those Playmobil people are awesome I've seen a HazMat crew before, but damn, I hope we get those others in at work! I can almost see the parents faces when they see a mini Satan or executioner toy. XD

I now have my very own Mare Winningham, thanks to the nativity scene going on clearance for 7.98 at work (TRU). She's got wings and a halo that doesn't stay on her head!

On a more urgent note - I'm having a serious cereal crisis. I can't find AlphaBits ANYWHERE! :'( It has to be my most favorite cereal in the world (I eat it dry) and none of the stores carry it around here any longer. I live in Maryland, so if anyone has had any sightings, to let me at least know that they are still making it - I'd be extremely grateful. *wishes she had some 'bits right now*

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 01/21/2005 10:40 PM EST

Manimal- Way to go! Glad everything turned out okay, and I love her name! I'm so glad to see another parent that is going to ensure their child is brought up right- with lots of references to the all things 1980s. I refuse to give toys to my friend's baby that aren't related to 80s cartoons (hence a lot of Care Bears toys!)
Nice pick on the Rush, too- as a Canadian, I really appreciate that other people like Rush.

Eminentfreak- I'm not really sure where you can find that whole quote- Austin Powers used to have a webpage where you could download most quotes from the movie, but this was a long time ago. I'm sure if you went on Kazaa or something like that, a lot of people might have it. It IS a good one, and very party-quotable!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 01/22/2005 12:03 AM EST

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Manimal on the birth of your daughter, Emily Claire. You said you altered her name, what were you originally going with?

Hey, this is an omen right? I mean, I can't name my daughter Emily now right? I mean, the Emily quota is filled here on X-E...so I guess I'm having a boy? Whoo hoo! I guess if I do have a little Brett David I should thank Manimal then the higher beings (i.e. God, Matt, Vince McMahon)

Hey kingklash, I'm alittle hurt not being named in the family tree to little E.C. Manimal. I'm family too! I'm to be referred to as Uncle E.

Trajeal- Still alive, just been alittle less net saavy lately. I also haven't posted in awhile due to not wanting to steal Manimal's baby thunder.

We went for another ultrasound on MLK Day. Nothing new on the sex identity, but we did see two legs, two arms, and ELBOWS!!! Yes, elbows. Also, we are out of the first trimester, so things should be okay. It's weird because my wife needed fertility drugs with her first two (though I think it was the ex hubby that wasn't functioning properly), but this one...BAM!!!

We go back in a month and I promise to post much sooner than I have this time. Hope you don't take points off for late work.

Oh Manimal, let me know how the 80's educational process of little E.C. goes, as I will use it as a blueprint, along with that Parenting Guide Trajeal should be putting out any day now. Right Trajeal?

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

P.S. Hey Manimal, is your wife older? I mean, are similarities are uncanny: both 25, both male, both love X-E, both married teachers...okay, so that is only four similar points but work with me here.

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 01/22/2005 06:12 AM EST

Levi's Big Jeans......now you're livin' large.

Sorry just had a sudden urge to quote an early 90's Levi's commercial...

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 01/22/2005 12:04 PM EST

Thanks again to the more recent posters including Caesar himself (aka Matt).
Erik, wife and I are same age (c/o '97 rulz!! or something like that). The name change was in regards to me, not the baby. Just dropping the -789. No big deal.

We are both high school teachers (me-U.S. and World History Mrs. French 1-4).
As far as 80's nostalgia indoctrination, it is part of a larger scheme to teach her that there were things before her time AND were things come from (movie references and other important stuff). Sounds trite and cliche but parents are the 1st teachers.
Since she is a girl, it MAY be hard for her to get into MOTU BUT , I don't have to worry about traumatizing her if I cry during CHARLOTTE'S WEB, etc.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 01/22/2005 02:29 PM EST

Manimal,

Class of 1998 here. Wife and I are eight years apart, but that didn't stop her from robbin' the cradle.

Still in college...blah, but you know, doing four years in the Marines puts you behind the curve in graduating with your peers, so I'll hopefully be done in 2006.

I originally wanted to be a sports broadcaster, but since ESPN isn't knocking down my door and I refuse to do those stupid MONSTER.com commercials (today's the day my ass), I'm going to my back up plan:

Coaching football and teaching high school history. I guess you could give me some pointers on the latter of the two.

Not cliche at all. So true about your saying parents are the first teachers. Seems these days most kids get sucky ones. I think all children should know what it was like to grow up in the 80's.

I mean, I guess I can take some solace in the fact that I can get my stepdaughters to like My Little Pony and their ears perked up when I told them about a girl transformer (Arcee).

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 01/22/2005 03:14 PM EST

Oy, how could I fergit good ol' Uncle E? He's the one who gives kids a dollar if they can sing "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" during family gatherings. To give the Kidimal a good start on her motor skills, I would suggest the Atari Paddle TV Games unit. I got the Deluxe two-player model. My nephews love playing Warlords. And it has original arcade Pong! Great way to bond with the kids.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/22/2005 03:20 PM EST

I love our little blog family. Congrats and more congrats to the Manimal and new mom! May I recommend Photobucket.com for your baby photo hosting needs?
Last night I picked up Real Ghostbuster's Fright at the Opera (at the vid store that provided my beloved copy of Skip Roger's How to Score More Points on Nintendo Games) but I skipped on buying the copy of Rawhead Rex they wanted $2.50 for. Now that I've reread the article, though, I'm heading back to the store right now to pick it up. I just hope they've got a different shift working so they won't recognize me.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 01/22/2005 04:15 PM EST

Two of my favorite recent members of my TransFormer collection are Beast Machines BlackArachnia and Energon Arcee. Just wish Springer's squeeze was a bit bigger, tho'. You know, one of the ones in a box?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/22/2005 04:51 PM EST

Goo call on Photobucket, squee. I always use them for TWoP PC Challenges, and it's free, so that's always a plus. Good for selling stuff on ebay, too.

Just call me Dr. Trajeal. Sure, I can write my own parenting book. Also, any questions anyone has on quilting, I'm here. Don't rush me, now, There's room for everyone. Oh, and does homeschooling count as me being a teacher, even though I've never gone to college? If so, then can I jump on the X-E teacher bandwagon? Class of '93, though, so a bit older. Kingklash is class of '88, I believe, right? Funny, some of us were born in the 80's, and some of us graduated high school in the 80's. It all comes full circle.

What middle name did you end up picking for a girl, Erik?

We're supposed to be getting like 25" of snow this weekend. Break out the candles. Is anyone else getting snowed in?

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/22/2005 04:54 PM EST

Well, we are just bleeding all over each other here.
ERIK-Think nothing of the c/o '97 remark. '98, '88, '93, who cares? Million years ago.
Quick stats since that seems to be the way this is going. From FL now in GA. B.A. in History, minor in Philosophy (I too wanted to do Sports Management then I realized I couldnt do the math). Got a Masters of Arts in Teaching last year while teaching 7th grade. Now teaching high school and love it: http://www.blueribbonschools.com/Default.aspx?tabid=122
here's emmie: http://img153.exs.cx/img153/7931/im0001441kq.jpg

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 01/22/2005 05:36 PM EST

Oh, jeez, manimal, she is beautiful. I love the little red birthmark on the tip of her nose. All three of my girls had those when they were born, only it was right between the eyes. I also had one, as did my mom and grandmother, always in the same place. Seeing little Emily reminds me of my babies. Sniff.

Brief bio: grew up in MA but now live in CT. Never went to college. Met Mr. Traj when I was 19, we got married June 97 when we were 22. Had our first mini Traj Oct 98 (Columbus Day), second one April 01 (on my birthday :-)) and the third one March 03 (my main man Chris Walken's 60th b-day). Started homeschooling in 2002 for PreK. Now I'm teaching 1st grade and PreK while Baby Traj takes her afternoon nap. Um, what else? I just finished making chocolate chip cookies from scratch, and, um, I really need to vacuum my floors.

I actually came on here to say that I had a great catch at the thrift store the other day. I found Pete's Dragon, in the case and in mint condition. Woohoo! "A dragon, a dragon, I swear I saw a dragon!" Mickey Rooney's best performance. He deserved an Emmy.

See, it all comes back to the baby talk, manimal.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/22/2005 06:10 PM EST

I know I'm late to the party, but we got dumped on here in central Wisconsin. Took me a while to shovel out the last two days. Plus I have been painting my new house which is in a different town, so that's been the rock-block of my weekend.

BIG BIG congrats and the bestest of wishes to you, Manimal!! 'tis a lovely daughter, me boy. Make her world a good place to be, fo sho.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/23/2005 12:07 AM EST

oh eminentfreak?

Dr. Evil: The details of my life are quite inconsequential.
Therapist (Carrie Fisher): Oh no, please, please, let's hear about your childhood.
Dr Evil: Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian woman named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum, it's breathtaking, I suggest you try it.
Therapist: You know, we have to stop.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/23/2005 01:06 AM EST

Aw, the shy little eye peeking coyly out from behind the mask.

Congrats on das kleine Manimalchen (the little Manimal...)

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 01/23/2005 01:24 AM EST

Hey. I'd kinda like to "Join" this blog.
I've been reading it for about a year.

Yeah. I'm cool.

Congrats Manimal on the baby girl!

Chestnuts roasted by Fetus @ 01/23/2005 08:38 AM EST

I love how it's still Xmas in X-E land. We all know you're sticking it out in hopes of extra presents. Well, I think I might actually have one for you. I have all the videos for my Monday Video Clip uploaded, and although this one won't be featured for a while... I think you might enjoy it.

http://www.mystiesplace.com/80smisc/v8.ram

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 01/23/2005 02:26 PM EST

Hello kids! Picture it. Toronto, 2005...a young woman is watching ye olde idiot box and while she's channel surfing, she comes across some movie where this lady is having a baby and in her head she was like "Hmm...new baby...just like lil Emily...way to go Manimal!" That young woman was me. Apparently this blog has wormed its way into my heart. Also the fact that I actually went as far as to ask my brother if he owns Austin Powers so I could transcribe Dr. Evil's therapy session on a Saturday night made me see the light.
I'm a geek, damnit I love it

Chestnuts roasted by Kristal @ 01/23/2005 03:10 PM EST

For Erik and IHAQ, here's a cool link to Discovery Health that has live action shots of babies in the womb. http://media.health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/video/video.html

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/23/2005 10:53 PM EST

Hey, where are our priorities? Manimal may have recently reproduced, but Trajeal just bought a DRAGON! A never-before opened dragon with the shrinkwrap still on it, that belonged to a guy named Pete! What a find! That beats a million babies, doncha know!

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 01/24/2005 01:27 AM EST

Man, now I wish I had brought my copy of Austin Powers to Korea with me.....I'm having withdrawl

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 01/24/2005 05:35 AM EST

Some time this week I am going to check this store that's an hour away from my place. Last time I was there they had all 4 of the old Star Trek Ninja Tutrles. The lady that owned the place had around 20 of each, still in the boxes, setting on a table for $5 each. I didn't have any money on me at the time, but I'm gonna check to see if she still has them, and buy a couple of sets. I'm really no fan of Star Trek, but who doesn't love the turtles?

Any way, if anyone might be interested, and the lady still has more than one set, I'll be nice to total strangers a pick up an extra set and ship it to ya. For a small fee though.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 01/24/2005 06:44 AM EST

STAR TREK Ninja Turtles?? I've never heard of them, but I am intrigued.

Matt- I don't mind your outdated look- there's no need to work FEVERISHLY, is there?

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 01/24/2005 08:53 AM EST

Dateline Iraq- Sis bonked her head on a door and needed two stitches. Who knew office work was so thrilling? She's coming home nest month, but we just don't know exactly when. I'm going to buy a giant Band-Aid and slap it on her head as soon as I see her.
Hey Manimal, Little Em was born in the year of the Rooster, which is cool. I was also born in a Rooster year, and look how I turned out!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/24/2005 12:01 PM EST

To all of those praisinf Darth Tater...my link goes to Fark's latest photoshop contest... starring the Tubered Lord of The Sith Himself

Oh, and congrats Manimal!

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 01/24/2005 04:48 PM EST

Ummm...is Matt dead?

I think Matt's gonna hafta start looking into finding more writers just so that X-E can be updated regularly. Ahhh well...

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 01/24/2005 08:26 PM EST

Year of the rooster eh? That would explain why she is so cocky! (GET IT?? Eww, I'm so funny). In case you couldnt tell, I am delirious but also having a great time. Mrs. Manimal and baby are doing well.
I wish the TOYFARE # 91 cover was a poster. That would be a keeper.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 01/24/2005 09:37 PM EST

Is this really Year of the Rooster? I was born in a rooster year and would love it if my daughter was a rooster as well. She was born earlier this month. Someone else said she was a Year of the Monkey so I just assumed that this year was a monkey year.

Chestnuts roasted by kittygirl @ 01/25/2005 05:23 AM EST

Chinese astrology doesn't change with the western New Year. It's still the year of the Monkey, it changes to Rooster February 9th, I believe. So the little Manimal is still a monkey, by a little bit. My sister was born 1990 just a few days before the end of snake, that's the only reason I even know such things...

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 01/25/2005 09:47 AM EST

Monkey: You are very intelligent and are able to influence people. An enthusiastic acheiver, you are easily discouraged and confused. Avoid Tigers. Seek a Dragon or a Rat.
Is she Capricorn or Aquarius?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash has a placemat handy! @ 01/25/2005 11:46 AM EST

kingklash and his Chinese food buffet addiction...

Here's a link, if you want to check your birth year. http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/calendar.htm
I'm a rabbit, as is Mr. Traj. My kids are an Ox, a Snake and a Sheep. Looks like they'll be walking all over us in no time. Mr. Traj is an Aries, as is Mini Traj #3. I'm a Taurus, as is Mini Traj #2. Mini Traj #1 is a Libra - the only one in the family. Huh. How come I never noticed that before?

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/25/2005 12:30 PM EST

Matt would be right on the cusp of one of them. Isn't his birthday Feb 6th or something? Maybe it's the 2nd. Crap. Someone must know.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/25/2005 12:31 PM EST

According to last year's blog, yup, Matt's birthday is February 6. Yay, birthday! FYI, he has a wish list on Amazon (look up x-entertainment). If we were good little minions, we'd chip in and buy him the plasma tv he wants...if only any of us had any money. Rats!

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 01/25/2005 01:03 PM EST

Hey, Mystie. Your website says you live in Berks County... I'm Berks County now too... been stuck in Reading for the past two years. So you're not so far from everything. You're fairly close to me.

...as if that's something to be happy about.

Chestnuts roasted by Silkenray @ 01/25/2005 04:01 PM EST

hey everyone. i have been reading everyone's posts for so long. i post very occassionally. congrats to manimal. such wonderful news and a wonderful name. she is beautiful.
i live in brooklyn ny and work in manhattan. we got hit with so much snow... anyone else plowed in? i wonder if matt was plowed in? nyc is a mess! so muddy, yukka.

anyhoo... just thought i would say hey!

Chestnuts roasted by jessica @ 01/25/2005 04:02 PM EST

Was and still am. They don't so much "plow" Staten Island as they do move the snow in front of everyone's cars for no clear reason other than torment fetishes.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/25/2005 05:01 PM EST

Hey Matt! Glad to hear you are well insulated by the snow

Just wondering if you were able to get those comics that I sent? If not, I can try again, cause they are pretty damn cool!

Trajeal are you interested in a copy of the Corey Haim video? I think you would be! Email me and let me know, we can work something out off the blog!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/25/2005 06:35 PM EST

Oh, you crazy, crazy kidneyboy. Can you imagine the jealousy if I let a Corey Haim video into this house? Mr. Traj would divorce me in a minute. That sexy Haim-miester.

Actually, are there two Corey Haim videos? There's one that Matt reviewed, and then there's one w/ him pawning a ring. Or, is that the same video? Now I'll have to go search for Matt's review and see. The curiosity is killing me.
Have you watched Riding the Bullet yet? I plan on catching it tonight at 9. I had to miss it on Sunday b/c Carnivale was on at the same time. I'm curious, but I'm scared at the same time. How bad did they mangle it? Although, David Arquette makes a pretty good psycho. He has Manson Lamp eyes.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/25/2005 08:04 PM EST

Yeah, Traj, there are two Haim vids. The one that Matt reviewed is the one I have. The one you found on eBay, I have no idea. I never heard of that one before. All I can say is that Matt's review is spot-on...but there is so much more to be experienced by actually seeing the video!! Yowza.

I am also planning on watching the movie tonight. Or at least taping it, so I can watch it later. My g/f wants to watch it too, so I might just wait until she gets home. I kind of like David Arquette, but you are right about the Manson eyes. He's got that stare down pretty nicely.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/25/2005 08:31 PM EST

WHAT THE FUCK, WHERE ALL THE COOL STUFF AT....X-MAS WAS LAST MONTH....WHERES THE NEW STUFF!!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by neo @ 01/25/2005 09:18 PM EST

Shhhh, coming soon.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/25/2005 09:20 PM EST

Honestly, I like that the Christmas layout is still up. It's the middle of one of the coldest winters I remember in a damn long while, so a "Christmas" that never ends makes everything a bit more tolerable, especially considering I shall have yet another lonely Valentine's Day.

Anyone have any thoughts on the Oscar nominees? I was surprised that Shark Tale got the token third nomination slot for Best Animated Feature instead of The Polar Express, but we all know that The Incredibles will take it all this year, and it bloody well better, since it's the best animated film I've seen in ages. I was disappointed that Shaun of the Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, and especially The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou didn't get nominated for anything, but, realistically, I didn't think they were going to get nominated for any Oscars outside of the parallel universe of my pipedreams. The Aviator is the best "conventional" Oscar film I've seen in ages, so I wouldn't mind seeing that take most of the awards for which it's nominated. I want to see at least Sideways before the end of February, though.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 01/25/2005 09:38 PM EST

Hey Matt, I just read the new toyfare issue and I have to say that I was pretty happy to see the Transformers represented and given the respect they should have gotten.

One point though, on the Best Playability section (one section you sadly didn't contribute in), the Rnergon Shockblast figure does not have his back panels out. I should know this as I am holding mine right now, who happens to be one of my favorite figures in the Energon line right now. (the others beng Dreadwing, the recolored Mirage because he's the only one we got here in LI, and Megatron)

Oh and i'm an Aries for all you wondering lady type geeks out there ^_~

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 01/25/2005 11:48 PM EST

Merry Christmas! It's the 25th!

...wait, what? 25th of January? The homepage had me thinking it was December!

Chestnuts roasted by Monster Dog @ 01/26/2005 12:13 AM EST

Curses! My West Coast time zone ruined the joke! I'll give it the what's for!

Chestnuts roasted by Monster Dog @ 01/26/2005 12:14 AM EST

Ok, has anyone watched Riding the Bullet? All I have to say is - Woah. I am so used to having anything even remotely freaky spoiled by a show's trailer, but for this movie, I was pleasantly surprised by a few things. One major thing was, even though this was a made for tv movie, there was a lot of swearing. Swearing, that for the most part, was bleeped out. Except once. The part where Alan is standing in the road, talking to "himself" (ok, that doesn't really break it down - he spends half of the movie talking to himself), "himself" says to Alan, "Do you think you're fucking invincible?" W/ no bleeping. Maybe they missed it, maybe they wanted to drop one F bomb, I don't know. I do know that 'fuck' was said plenty of other times and promptly bleeped out (along w/ 'shit' and 'bitch', too, since this was USA and all). All in all, pleasantly shocked.

I used to love David Arquette in The Outsiders: the Series. He made an awesome Two-Bit Matthews. The guy was made to play psychos from the 60's. He carries the muttonchops and ducks ass hairdo perfectly.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/26/2005 10:08 AM EST

YEAH! That movie rocked! For a made for TV movie on USA, that was a great flick. Besides that one fuck, I also heard one shit, so they maybe wanted to drop a couple of bombs...or maybe the censors were just getting high in the bathroom at that time.

I liked the part where Alan was on the Bullet with his dad in the seat next to him, that was great.

There was the scene where Alan was about to answer the phone in his room, and he said to himself, "You don't want to go to Toronto with Cheech and Chong here, do you?" or something along those lines...I don't think Cheech and Chong were around in 1969, were they? Hmmm.

But overall, I give it an A+. Stephen King movies on TV have a habit of sucking, but this one fought the tide. The special effects were actually pretty good, and I like the fact that there was swearing in the script, it just makes it seem more like you're reading the story; more like King would do it.

The ending was good, but why introduce the adult Alan for the last two minutes. It was kind of like Stand By Me, where they had Richard Dryfuss in for a split-second. Oh well, I will watch it again, so that says something right there!

Oh yeah, it's always nice to see Christine again, if only for a while!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/26/2005 10:57 AM EST

Congrats Manimal. As beautiful a babe as I've ever seen.
I saw Catwoman last night. Man-o-man was that a bad movie. It was hilarious though.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 01/26/2005 11:06 AM EST

Little Brother wants me to read Dreamcatcher, then watch the movie. Not the other way 'round, too painful. He'd rather I'd scream at the movie while I watch it, not while I'm reading the book. Is Christine the polar opposite of Herbie, the Love Bug?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/26/2005 11:44 AM EST

Yeah, Christine is certainly not a Love Bug. More like a Hate Tank. Big, red '57 Plymouth Fury that can heal herself, drive around w/ no human behind the wheel, and possess anyone who owns her. So, not one you want to pick up at Danny's Used Car Lot.

Dreamcatcher was ok. I liked that they had Donnie Wahlberg (remember NKOTB?) play Duddits. Kinda funny that Donnie's little brother Marky Mark is now the more famous one in his family. Well, until one of his other 8 siblings lose thier marbles and become Boston's next serial killer (a la Corey Stayner, after his brother Stephen was kidnapped for 7 years and then returned to his family. Corey ended up kidnapping women and killing them in the mountains).

Tangents, tangents. I love my tangents.

I thought the ending w/ the older Alan was stupid. They should have just left well enough alone. Basically, after finally "riding the bullet", Alan grew up to become this ordinary adult who never let his fear of George Staub stand in his way of being... average. Not knowing that would have been better. I swear, though, SK needs a baby naming book or something. How many characters named George has he had now? George Staub, George Stark, George Denborough. There's been a few Jacks, too. Jack Torrance, Jack Sawyer, Jack Hogan (Chattery Teeth), Charlie Hogan, Lardass Hogan...

ANYway, that crow saying, "What the fuck are you looking at?" freaked my shit out. I did not expect it to talk. Then, when Alan's mother started squawking like the Cat Boy from The Grudge, I nearly jumped out of my skin. The bunny screaming made my stomach turn a bit. All in all, a good movie.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/26/2005 04:50 PM EST

Geez, what's with all the hostile posts toward the old Christmas motif? The man has a job and a life outside of this. It will be okay.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 01/26/2005 05:22 PM EST

Greetings X-Eers, I just wanted to pop in and invite you all to visit the new stupid5pin.com!

Chestnuts roasted by SKiTZo from stupid5pin.com @ 01/26/2005 06:30 PM EST

Sorry about the cursing Matt...its just this is the cooloest sigt on the web...period. I ned my daily fix...SO HURRRY UP!!! Thank you.

Chestnuts roasted by neo @ 01/26/2005 06:48 PM EST

Hey Traj? Don't you mean a '58 Plymouth Fury? Hehehe The bird talking while eating the roadkill reminded me of The Talisman where the bird talked to Jacky on Arcadia Beach. I think it's funny how King incorporates his own universe throughout all the stories...the movie also referred to Castle Rock, which is not a real city, but a very integral one in the King universe.

Neo, why don't you try using the search box on the bottom of the main page and find some older articles to read while Matt is out in the real world. There are lots of great articles on the site that you can't see because the archives are not up and functioning...but they are still there.

My $.02? I like the Christmas motif!! Keep it up all year round for all I care. It's Matt that matters, not what the front page looks like. Y'all know he's got a (ahem) real job out there, so cut the master some slack. Yarr.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 01/26/2005 07:18 PM EST

Duh! Yeah, I should have known that. '57, '58 - hey, what's the difference? Don't answer that.

Nice suggestion on searching the archives. Actually, go back a few blogs and click on all of the links a few of us have posted of our favorite X-E articles, neo. Seriously, just pick one and then keep clicking "Next Entry" until you hit an article you like. That will hold you over.

Also, I love the Christmas motiff. Cuz, you know what? X-E = X-Mas in trajeal land. Although, I do like it when Matt posts a message in here (not necessarily a whole blog entry, just a message in an already written entry), just so we know he's ok and hasn't gone postal over there in the Nick offices. You never know what Spongebob is capable of. Speaking of, didn't you mention that you were working on some new stuff at work, Matt? I can't wait to hear about it. I love living vicariously through your Nick experience.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal smacks her forehead @ 01/26/2005 07:26 PM EST

Hey matt last halloween. Paramounts Kings( a cincinnati amusment park) Island did a show called Jason's Finest cuts. It was basically a clip showof Voorhee's finest kills with a bunch of hyperactive actors playing camp counsoulers. IT was kinda funny and i think it mght have been shown @ other theme parks around the country. hHAve you seen it?

Chestnuts roasted by OWB4 @ 01/26/2005 07:27 PM EST

I have seach this entire website...every article....every blog...commercial....u name it. I'm serious...I am a huge fan of this site. My life is shitty...this the only high-lite I get everyday. Matt u have created a wonderful website(I have never posted before until recently) never quit...if u do call on me. I a child of the 80's, currently a stuggling screenwriter... my mind is full of useless shit. THIS IS THE BEST WEBSITE IN THE WORLD. Traj...Kindey u can relate...

Chestnuts roasted by neo @ 01/26/2005 09:23 PM EST

Yes, X-E. The last bastion for those of us with Random Access Nostalgia.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/27/2005 12:09 PM EST

Is it just me (and it probably is) or does the Jason from part II look like Sloth from Goonies got a bitchin' hairpiece?

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 01/29/2005 02:08 AM EST