Doctor Beef has a fantastic flickr set titled Storm Troopin' which depicts the secret lives of Storm Troopers.   Who knew Storm Troopers are just like you and me. 

From Engadget:

Sure, it seemed like after the years of hard drinking, petty crime, and run-ins with the law, Elmo had cleaned up his act -- but a shocking report out of Tampa Bay, Florida, says otherwise. A two-year-old's life has been turned upside down by vicious talk coming from his favorite toy, Elmo Knows Your Name. It seems that after a recent battery change, the PC-interfacing doll began spouting death threats of "kill James" at the toddler, with seemingly no explanation as to how the new phrase entered his vocabulary. The situation came to a head when the boy's mother heard her son repeating the twisted suggestion. Of course, what she didn't hear was Elmo's other threat: that he would "cut anyone who crossed [him] end-to-end with a Bowie knife," and, "dine on their internal organs." Fisher Price says it has a team of experts working on the case, and enough tranquilizer darts to put Elmo down, "For good."

Link - Toddler's Elmo Doll Makes Death Threats, Family Says
Link - Video of Elmo making death threats

I like my kids diced and minced.  (Thanks, Colleen!)

Kids of the '80s, here is some news you might enjoy... 

New Regency is bringing back the '80s by making "Voltron: Defender of the Universe."  It's set to come out sometime in 2008 so watch for it!

I know this Philips Digital Drawing Tool is geared towards kids, but I have to say, I want one for myself.

Drag and Draw is a set of digital drawing tools. It consists of a multicolor ‘Brush’, an ‘Eraser’, and a ‘Magic Wand’ to bring their drawings to life and a ‘Bucket’ to project the virtual drawings onto the wall.

Click here to view a video demonstration of the Drag and Draw.

WHOA!  I've seen tennis shoes that were inspired by the Transformers, but I've never seen any that actually transform from shoe to robot.  Notice Optimus Prime is wearing the sneakers too.

These don't look like functioning (comfortable) tennis shoes, but the concept is still very cool.

Previously:
Optimus Prime Cake

Forget about Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jesus is in the house.  420 Wal-Mart stores nationwide (only one-sixth of stores), faith-based action figures will be sold. 

How did the Wal-Mart execs decide which stores would carry the action figures?  If your Wal-Mart sells a large amount of bibles then chances are your Wal-Mart will carry them.

Considering my son likes pretending to feed his action figures to his toy dinosaurs, I don't think these toys will be on his Christmas list this year.

Automoblox is a unique building system that your kids (or adult kids) are surely to enjoy.  Automoblox comes in 3 different building kits:  S9 Blue Sedan, C9 Red Sports Car, and T9 Green Truck.

[via Random Good Stuff]

Staring October 2007, you can buy your very own 8-inch Big Lebowski action figures. 

[via meshly]

Related:
The Dude Bobble Head

Giant Microbes are stufffed animals a million times the actual size of tiny microbes.  You can choose from a variety of microbes such as The Common Cold, Clap, Black Death, Ebola, and Athlete's Foot.  Your cuddly new toy will come with a picture and detailed information about the real microbe your fuzzy-wuzzy represents.

[via Neatorama]

Previously:
Sexually Transmitted Disease Coasters?