When there’s paper toys, that gotta get made … Who ya gonna call? Cubeecraft! Now available for download are Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), Ray Stantz (Dan Ackroyd) and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson). I LOVED this movie when I was young and taught myself how to draw the Ghostbusters logo so  I could plaster it all over my school books. Grab the Ghostbusters Cubeecraft series here, including the older Mr Stay Puft model from a while back.

A little while back we heard the news of a metallic finished Optimus Prime Mighty Mugg release for SDCC this year, but were expecting at least one other as well.

Today, images have started circulating of the newly announced companion to the Transformers re-release – it’s an X-Men Origins movie version of Wolverine – complete with retractable claws!

Being an Aussie I have no problems with the Hugh Jackman styled design, which I think they have nailed very well. From the side of the box shot here I think there may be some classic “Wolverine scratches” across the artwork around the back.

Overall a pretty cool choice for an exclusive I reckon, and I’m glad to see that there’s life still in the Mighty Muggs brand. Rumours still circulate about a new Transformers line “Revenge of the Fallen” themed Mighty Muggs, but no confirmation on that front as yet.

As I won’t be making it to SDCC this year (just to clarify – I’ve never been to any SDCC’s at all, but there’s always hope!) I’ll be pinning my chances of picking up this Wolverine through either eBay or perhaps an online retailer who starts stocking them after the conference. Out of the 4 SDCC exclusive Mighty Muggs released so far (Commander Gree, Fertility Idol, Peter Parker, Iron Man), I’ve picked up two from online retailers in Australia (Gree, Idol) and hope to one day buy the others without having to sell a kidney.

A (very talented) friend of mine today directed me to a website that he has been contributing to with some custom paper toy designs – NicePaperToys.com. It’s kind of like a DeviantArt site for paper toy designers and artists. Well worth checking out to find some cool new toys to make, and getting involved if you’d like to share in the community and networking  aspect of the site. By the way, my friend Thomas of Inavatof has developed some pretty cool characters (one of my favourites being Bad Carrot). Check it out!

I’ve bought Mighty Muggs from quite a few online sources now, and one of them has been Yogee.com.au. They have a pretty good selection of the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Transformers lines at the moment, but they’re also running a special offer until June 30 – buy 3 Mighty Muggs and you’ll receive a randomly selected 4th Mugg for free. The selection will be made from one of the four Muggs from Star Wars Wave 5, which included Anakin Skywalker, Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress and Capatin Rex. Happy shopping!

I know this has been a bit of a Mighty Muggs site recently (when I have had the chance to post – which unfortunately hasn’t been that often!) but hey, it IS what I’m collecting a lot of at the moment. I’ve actually had a bit of a break from any mass purchases, but the pocket money has been building, and yesterday I saw that my favourite online shop Saga Central had received their shipment of Waves 8 & 9 of the Star Wars Mighty Muggs lines. So out came the fantastic plastic and Wave 8 should hopefully be arriving at the man-cave here fairly soon. Included in Wave 8 (as picture above) is Wicket (the Ewok), Qui Gon Jin, Imperial Guard and the Wampa. I’m most excited about Imperial Guard, as I had this guy as an original action figure when I was a kid and he was one of my favourites. Something about the long mask and robe that was just always so cool.