Officially Cool

I may be $20 closer to the poor house, but at least everyone will know I’m a bum with style.

Michael Turner was an amazingly talented creator and influenced a generation of artists in his relatively short time in the business. He’ll definitely be missed, and here’s a retrospective look at some of the awesome collectibles that have been produced based on his art and characters.

This is one of the reasons we began the Officially Cool feature here at FilmSchoolRejects. When we come across amazing art from an amazing artist, it makes us feel all warm and tingly inside…and it makes us empty our wallets.

I ran into this report of an Annual Ninja Parade that takes place in Modesto, California. Apparently thousands of people gather every year to “not see the ninjas”.

I’m sure you remember my older officially cool sneaker submissions that included the Freddy Krueger and the Jason Voorhees sneakers. Well now I found something a little more up my alley.

I’m sure anyone can remember the classic ACME products that the Coyote tried using to capture the Roadrunner. A giant rubberband, lead bird seed, whatever.

I loved the X-Men animated series. I’m one of the names on the internet petition to bring that series to DVD. It looks like Marvel will be bringing us round two of The X-Men animated on the small screen.

With Season 4 of “Battlestar Galactica” in the midst of an unnecessarily huge break, you might find yourself missing your fix of Cylons, battlestars, and Colonial politicians. Not to fear, though! Here’s a list of some of the coolest “Battlestar Galactica” collectibles you can bring home and enjoy while you wait for the resolution of that WTF of a cliffhanger.

So I’m sure you read the title. I’m also sure that you aren’t going to read what I have to say, because you want to see 50 hot women dressed as Wonder Woman. I realize that anything past that last sentence will be totally ignored by most men who “read” this article.

As many of you know, the trailer recently hit the web. I can’t say that I was impressed our excited, but it did put a smile on my face. Our good friend, and comic book illustration extraordinaire, Tim Bradstreet was given a fun little nod in the film.

I always love a cool desktop for my macbook or my iPhone. Here are some for the movie-lovers out there…

Does the Get Smart movie premiering this week have you itching for a little more covertness in your life? If so, you’re in luck, because here’s a rundown of 7 awesome secret agent collectibles.

My personal favorite part of this whole trailer parody - “Dude, The Hulk is like twenty feet tall. I mean Wall*e could kick your ass.”

What is a week of The Incredible Hulk without some incredible collectibles? Look below, and you will find some of my favorite Hulk statues and figures.

The Incredible Hulk is smashing his way into theaters this weekend, and I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the huge fandom that has built around Hulk collecting over the years.

It is generally believed that all the Hollywood mucky-mucks are the most talented people in the business. For those of us who are not in the business, we have some pretty talented people too.

I have always loved the animated Marvel cartoons, maybe because you can do anything with animated characters. Maybe it is because I am still a big kid at heart. Nonetheless, here are three awesome classic Hulk cartoons for your viewing enjoyment.

For starters, if you haven’t seen King of Kong…stop reading and go buy it. It’s worth buying, and watching over and over again. The film features an epic battle between Billy Mitchell, the reigning owner of the world record for Donkey Kong and douchebaggery, and all around nice guy Steve Wiebe. The folks over at G4 have created a trailer for a fun sequel idea.

My first troubling thought though - ‘Will there be fatalities? So will I see Batman get his head cut off or something? Because I don’t know if I could handle that’.

I took one look at it and I said “Oh my god, I need this!” You can expect it in stores in August, which will probably be the month you have to go on welfare after all the awesome Dark Knight collectibles hit stores.

One of the oldest marketing adages is that sex sells, and that’s true in the collectibles realm as well. Given that the majority of toy and statue collectors are in a demographic that appreciates a little cheesecake with their meal, it’s no surprise that there’s no shortage of sex appeal in the action figure hobby.

I have officially found the least expensive Star Wars collectibles of all time. Over at Heffernan’s Little Craft Shop you can purchase soap molded in the shape of some of your favorite Star Wars characters. I don’t think that the Heffernans are big Star Wars fans themselves though, because who the hell is Dark Vader?

You wake up and begin your morning ritual of going to the bathroom, brushing your teeth, pouring some coffee and then checking your email. Before you can check your email though, you must approach the six foot ten Optimus Prime in your living room and transform him into your computer. I will give you a second to think about that.

So, just to let everyone know. My birthday is August 11, and I would want nothing more than this toy. Pixar is going to be my demise. I turn into a babbling 5-year old any time they come out with a new film. Anyways, watch the video and start balancing your checkbook. I guarantee you will want this.

Our guest columnist and collector extraordinaire Jason Dorough gives us the lowdown on Yexel, a world-renowned collector of all things geek. Warning: Viewing Yexel’s collection may cause you to shit your pants.

The thing I love about movies from your childhood is that no matter how many times you have seen it, or no matter how many ways you can make fun of it, you always still love it dearly.

Are you the type of person who loves to share movie quotes and one-liners with friends. Who doesn’t love the funny or iconic dialog from their favorite films. Well I found something sure to brighten up your day.

This is the epitome of cool. One of Peter’s readers named Teymur has begun a one year long art project. He will take Lego Storm Troopers and photograph them in all sorts of funny and interesting situations. He has titled the project an appropriate “Troopies365.”

Come on in and see the coolest DVD display case ever!

So there have been quite a few awesome versions of Monopoly over the years but for Indiana Jones fans, this is (for the lack of a better comparison) your Holy Grail edition.