I am still amazed when I find some new Indy merchandise that I have never heard of and that I have never imagined. My latest discovery in the Indyverse: M&M's go well with Indiana Jones.
Time for a tea or a coffee? There's an M&M Indiana Jones mug available with a quite nice comic design of Red as Indy.
M&M's Indiana Jones mug with Red Jones
Or how about the 1:24 diecast version of an M&M's/Indiana Jones styled Nascar?
1:24 diecast M&M's/Indiana Jones Nascar
1:24 diecast M&M's/Indiana Jones Nascar box
If adventure needs a snack, M&M's might be a good idea.
When I was walking through a shopping district the other day a certain hat caught my eye when I passed a millinery: I have not known that a German manufacturer had bought a license to sell a fedora. The hat does not look bad, from what I saw it resembles the Disney fedora I bought in Tokyo DisneySea six or seven years ago (incl. the "Indiana Jones" pin on the ribbon. The companies name is "Mayser", their website is http://www.mayser-kopfbedeckungen.de/ for head-wear (the sell other stuff also). Here is a direct link to their Indy section. There you can also find their brochure and advertising material as PDFs for download.
Hurray, I finally got my collection of regular LEGO sets from 2008 together. Guess I will have some LEGO puzzling to do this xmas :-)
Need an overview for all available sets? > QuickGuide: LEGO Let's take an outlook for future LEGO sets coming in 2009. So far I saw pictures of two new sets coming early 2009:
LEGO set 7683 Fight on the Flying Wing from Raiders of the Lost Ark LEGO set 7682 Shanghai Chase from Temple of Doom
Long time, no post. But I am back with interesting and odd info on Indy goodies. One of the harder to get LEGO sets this year is the BrickMaster Jungle Cruiser exclusive set 20004 featuring Indy in a Jeep. If you don't have access to those exclusive sets there is another way to get this gem into your collection: Shop the 83 pieces separately and build your own! Here is a good post with a part list and and rather good plans (mostly in German but the parts list is in English): http://www.1000steine.com/forum2/forum_entry.php?id=159773
Another mixed bag of goodies. Sorry it's taking so long but I have a lot of work at the moment.
Indiana Jones Disney Pins sets: IBA-1 and IBA-2, 3 pins in each set
Indiana Jones Stickers One sheet with ~50 stickers sheet size: 30 x 43 cm The sheet comes in a special black plastic bag. I bought this in a cinema. They have small merchandise shops in cinemas that sell collectibles for current films.
Indiana Jones Room Lights My room lights have still not arrived (I had to mail a bulk of the stuff as I had too much luggage already). But here is a good scan I found on a website. I really hope mine arrive soon :)
This time I present an awesome piece of Indy merchandise: Pocket Watches. Right now I am wearing one of those to test how well they do in daily use. So far it works great!
Indiana Jones Pocket Watches producer: Taito sold: prize only (yet another crane game) size: 4.5 cm diameter styles: A Plane B Crystal Skull C Hat, Machete, Snake
More goods from DisneySea, the place where all our Indy fan dream can come true :) Lets start with a nice set of letter paper.
Indiana Jones letter paper set This is one set that includes pieces with different designs. - letter paper in two designs (A: Indy & logo, B: weird logo with Amulet of Ra) - letter paper size: 15 x 21 cm - envelopes in two designs (A: Indy & Mutt standing, B: Indy whipping, Mutt on bike) - envelopes size: 17 x 11 cm - a sheet with 8 small stickers - cost: 610 Yen
Indiana Jones notebooks Two Indy notebooks with fron and back designs. 01. front: KotCS poster, back: orange artwork with skull, scorpion, ant 02. front: 13 Mixed posters, back: artwork with hat and whip size: 13 x 18 cm cost: 500 Yen each
Indiana Jones Diary 2009 year overview, monthly calendar (1 month per page), weekly calendar (7 day per page) plastic cover size 13.5 x 18.5 cm cost: 1850 Yen
The Japanese really love to attach things to their mobiles, so here come the Indiana Jones phone straps. These phone straps are Gashapon items. That means they come in a plastic ball out of a machine. You pay 200 Yen and will get a ball with random contents.
Indiana Jones phone straps set: 7 regular + 1 secret phone strap size: 3 - 4.5 cm large source: Gashapon machine
01. RotLA: Golden Idol of Fertility 02. RotLA: Amulet of Ra 03. RotLA: Ark of the Covenant 04. ToD: Urn of Nuriachi 05. ToD: Sankara Stone 06. LC: Holy Grail 07. KotCS: Crystal Skull 08. Secret figure (I don't have it but from what I see and heard it is the ToD voodoo doll)
Lets take a look at some original Disney stuff found in Tokyo DisneySea. Here are some nice clear files to show off at work or school. Sorry for the lousy picture quality, I can't use my camera right now and had to use the crappy mobile one.
Clear File type 1 (simple) size: A4 cost: 262 Yen each
01. "The hero returns..." file front: KotCS promo poster back: KotCS logo 02. Crystal Skull blue file front: KotCS Indy, Mutt, Cyrystal Skull (back) back: KotCS Crystal Skull 03. Crystal Skull red file front: KotCS art: Indy with whip back: KotCS "stamp" logo 04. Crossover file front: 21 Indiana Jones film posters back: KotCS "gothic style" Indy, Mutt, Crystal Skull (front) + logo On the left the front sides, on the right the back sides:
Clear File type 2 (with two inside pockets) size: A4 cost: 550 Yen each
01. RotLA/ToD file front: RotLA film poster art (no text) left pocket: Indy (strange ToD/RotLA crossover) right pocket: Indy (RotLA) back: ToD film poster art (no text) 02. KotCS file 1 front: KotCS film poster art (no text) left pocket: KotCS Indy and Mutt right pocket: KotCS Indy whipping and Mutt on bike back: KotCS Indy and Mutt on bike 03. KotCS file 2 front: KotCS art Indy and Mutt left pocket: KotCS small pics right pocket: KotCS logo back: KotCS Mutt on bike 04. Crossover file front: 3 Indy pics (2 x RotLA, 1 x ToD) left pocket: Indy (RotLA) right pocket: Indy (strange ToD/RotLA crossover) back: 9 x Indiana Jones film posters art (without text) / logo On the left side the outside (front & back), on the right side the inside (2 pockets)
Indy 3D holographic cards called "3D Stickers" because they are out of a "Sticker Machine". publisher: Nippon Auto-Photo K.K. size: 6.8 x 10.5 cm, round corners set: 10 regular + 1 secret 3D Stciker The picture either feature one scene with a 3D effect or multiple images (A, B, C)
01. RotLA, ToD, LC: Indy's girls: A: Marion, B: Willie, C: Elsa 02. RotLA: A: Raiders movie poster, B: Indy and Marion tied to the pole 03. ToD: A: Temple of Doom movie poster, B: Indy with sword on the bridge 04. ToD: A: Indy, Willie and Short Round in lore cart, B: closeup of same pic 05. LC: A: Last Crusade movie poster, B: Indy and Dad 06. KotCS: Crystal Skull movie poster, B: Indy climbing in the warehouse 07. KotCS: Indy holding the Crystal Skull (skull in 3D) 08. KotCS: A: KotCS logo, B: Crystal Skull + Mutt's Blade 09. KotCS: Indy whiping in 3D, Mutt, Crystal Skull in background 10. KotSC: Mutt biking 11. ???: The Secret 3D sticker
This is how the "Sticker Machine" looks like. (More info at the vendors page.)
It's very hard to scan a holographic image:
And here is the backside of a card for more info in Japanese...
The other day I stumbled over some odd variations while shopping for some 3 3/4" Hasbro toys. I found two differently packed Mutt figures. The package is identical except for the position of Mutt. Same text and numbers. The figure itself should be identical except that the right one is better painted and the colors are a bit different. Addon: I just added a Hasbro toy QuickGuide. That's a helpful reference sheet for your shopping trips.
I finally found time to hit a Burger King (on my way to watch [REC], a new Spanish horror film). Got some luck, they still had all eight toys available. I got them a all at once, better save than sorry.
Welcome to the world of collectible stickers. I somehow thought collecting stickers is a long gone hobby from my childhood. I was wrong. Merlin Stickers(part of Topps) has released an Indiana Jones sticker collection: For the collection you get a 48 pages album (for 3.- Euros) and get to buy sticker packs with 6 random stickers (0,50 Euros per pack). There are 240 different stickers to get. Most stickers have a size of 5 x 8.5 cm, fewer are 6 x 8.5 cm. Even fewer are 6 x 8.5 cm printed on metallic foil. Interesting bit: The sticker packs are in English, so I guess they sell the same packs all over Europe, while the album is in German (so I guess they made versions for all countries where they sell it). Another interesting bit: The story (flavor text) told in the album is a cut down version of the film. They do neither tell about the relationship between Indy and Mutt nor about the ending (they just enter the temple and then everything gets destroyed in a cyclone.
If you collect these stickers and want to trade some, please contact me!
For the collection you get a 48 pages album (for 3.- Euros) and get to buy sticker packs with 6 random stickers (0,50 Euros per pack). There are 240 different stickers to get. Most stickers have a size of 5 x 8.5 cm, fewer are 6 x 8.5 cm. Even fewer are 6 x 8.5 cm printed on metallic foil. Interesting bit: The sticker packs are in English, so I guess they sell the same packs all over Europe, while the album is in German (so I guess they made versions for all countries where they sell it). Another interesting bit: The story (flavor text) told in the album is a cut down version of the film. They do neither tell about the relationship between Indy and Mutt nor about the ending (they just enter the temple and then everything gets destroyed in a cyclone.