Voodoo Girl Book & Figure Box Set

FINALLY I GOT IT! The last Tragic Toys item that was missing from my collection for ages is now finally mine!

So yesterday I came back hom from a mini vacation in Turku and on my way home went to pick up some packages from post office and there is finally was:

Voodoo Girl Book & Figure Box Set by Dark Horse in 2004. Set includes a Voodoo Girl figure and The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy hardcover book. I bought this via eBay from the USA. It was expensive but I had to have it. In total with selling price, shipping and customs I paid about 65€ for this one.

But now my Tragic Toys collection is complete!

Stick Boy and Match Girl in Love - Note Card and Figure Set

FINALLY IT IS MINE! Stick Boy and Match Girl in Love - Note Card and Figure Set by Dark Horse in 2004. The set includes Stick Boy and Match Girl PVC figures, 8 envelopes, 8 notecards with two different pictures and 2 story cards. Actually there should be only ONE story card according to the ad but the one I bought has two. The "matchbox" is 20cm x 13,5cm x 4cm and the figures are about 10cm tall.
    I bought this from the UK via eBay. I paid 70€ including shipping for this and the TNBC action figure set in the next post. The same seller was also selling the Voodoo Girl Box but I didn't win the auction for that one. So the Voodoo Girl Box is the very last item from the Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys series I still need to hunt down for my collection!

Tragic Toys - Playing Cards

Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys - playing cards, made by Dark Horse in 2009. I got these as a xmas present from my uncle in 2010.

Oyster Boy 8" Vinyl Figure

Oyster Boy 8" Vinyl Figure by Dark Horse Deluxe. I bought this from Kukunor's clearance sale in 2013. These figures are all good quality and nicely detailed.

Roy, the Toxic Boy -squishy toy

And another one that has been forgotten. Roy, the Toxic Boy squishy toy. I bought this on eBay last spring. I don't remember the price anymore but probably it was around 25€ including shipping.  
His head is full of liquid gel and the bottom of his body is full of something similar to sand or tiny rocks.

Robot Boy

I was visiting my friends in Kuopio this weekend and there was also this meeting of one FB group I'm in so I met them too and got this amazing meet-up gift: 7,5" Robot Boy vinyl figure!
It was the last one of the Tragic Toys for Boys and Girls figure series by Dark Horse Deluxe I didn't have in my collection but now I've got them all.

7,5" Robot Boy Vnyl Figure (Dark Horse Deluxe 2011)

The Pin Cushion Queen

Yay, I finally got this! I got this as a present today. I really love her because she is so depressed and even a bit spooky. This has been on my wishlist for a long time, so I'm very happy to get it to my collection finally. So this is also the tallest of all the figurines of this series.

Pin Cushion Queen (Dark Horse Deluxe 2011)

"Life isn't easy
for the Pin Cushion Queen.
When she sits alone on her throne
Pins push through her spleen."

 Tim Burton: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Stain Boy

Some time ago I bought the Toxic Boy mug and today I got Stain Boy mug as a gift! So now I have them both. I also got Nightmares and Fairy Tales #3 book, but that has nothing to do with Tim Burton so I won't put it in here.

"Of all the super heroes,
the strangest one by far,
doesn't have a special power,
or drive a fancy car.

next to Superman and batman, I guess he must seem tame.
But to me he is quite special,
and Stain Boy is his name.

He can't fly around tall buildings,
or outrun a speeding train,
the only talent he seems to have
is to leave a nasty stain.

Sometimes I know it bothers him,
that he can't run or swim or fly,
and because of this one ability,
his dry cleaning bill is sky-high."

Stain Boy Colour Changing Mug (Dark Horse)

"Whoever thought that you could die from breathing outdoor air?"

Happy news I got mail today!  Special about this is that the mail came (once again) from Adlibris.com and I got the newest Lenore - Purple Nurples hardcover and Tragic Toys for Boys and Girls The Toxic Boy heat sensitive mug. The best thing was that I though the mug would be plastic but it actually was a regular ceramic/porcelaine mug so it is much better than I expected.

Roy the Toxic Boy is my favourite character from Tim Burton's The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. These mugs were sold out on Adlibris but they got another delivery of these so I finally got one for myself. I even had to reorganize the shelves so now I have one for Tragic Toys -stuff only.

Toxic Boy Color-Changing Mug (Dark Horse)

"To those who knew him
-his friends-
we called him Roy.
To others he was known
as that horrible Toxic Boy.

He loved ammonia and asbestos,
and lots of cigarette smoke.
What he breathed in for air
would make other people choke!

His very favorite toy
was a can of aerosol spray;
he'd sit quietly and shake it,
and spray it all the day.

He'd stand inside the garage
in the early-morning frost,
waiting for the car to start
and fill him with exhaust.

The one and only time
I ever saw Toxic Boy cry
was when some sodium chloride
got into his eye.

One day for fresh air
they put him in the garden.

His face went deathly pale
and his body began to harden.

The final gasp of his short life
was sickly with despair.
Whoever thought that you could die
from breathing outdoor air?

As Roy's soul left his body
we all said a silent prayer.
It drifted up to heaven
and left a hole in the ozone layer."

- Tim Burton: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

The World of Stain Boy

Last week I was browsing Adlibris.com searching for new comicbooks to add on my wishlist. I also searched for Tim Burton and unfortunately they just had added new Tragic Toys figurines... I had to buy one, immediately. I chose to order Stain Boy figure because it was cheapest and I think I will get those other ones too soon. Figure arrived on Thursday so here it is:

Stain Boy Vinyl Figure (Dark Horse Deluxe)

I've been thinking what to do with these figures. Should I keep them as they are or should I take them out of their boxes. I decided to take them out since I don't have much space for them and I actually prefer to unbox all the figures so I they can be seen properly.

Here is also one chapter of The World of Stain Boy animation for you to enjoy!

New Tragic Toys figures!

So anime/manga & movie merch shop Kukunor was having a clear out sale -50% off and of course I had to order everything I could get :D I ordered lots of stuff, but when I got the bill there was only three figures available so I didn't get everything I would have wanted. But anyways I got two lovely Tragic Toys -figures and one Corpse Bride mini bust-up. These figures arrived few weeks ago, but now I have time to update them here. 
          This post is about Roy, the Toxic Boy figure. Made by Dark Horse Deluxe and it is 7" tall. Don't remember how much I paid for this but probably less than 20€.

Tragic Toys for Boys & Girls: Toxic Boy 7" Vinyl Figure (Dark Horse Deluxe)

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy // Tragic Toys for Boys & Girls

"Stick Boy liked Match Girl,
He liked her a lot.
He liked her cute figure,
he thought she was hot.

But could a flame ever burn
for a match and a stick?
It did quite literally;
he burned up quick."

This time I will show you all the figures I have from Tim Burton's The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy. As you might know this isn't a movie, but short stories written and illustrated by Tim Burton. All the poems in the book are cute and sad as you can read from the one above. Every character has it's own sad ending.

Almost all these characters are made into figures by Dark Horse. The series is called Tragic Toys for Boys and Girls. I have been trying to collect these for long time because I really love the book and all the charaters in it I of course needed to have them standing on my shelf. These are really hard to find in Finland and even on eBay these are quite expensive usually.

First package I got for a x-mas present from my uncle. Next to packages I bought from another collector on huuto.net. I was so happy to get more these! The last one I bought from London, England while being on a vacation there last December. So finally I own all of the four packages of these smaller figures :) There are also some of these characters made in bigger size and sold separately each one of them, so I have to get those too...

Set 3: The Boy with Nails in His Eyes, Oyster Boy ja Junk girl

Set 1: Robot Boy, Stain Boy and The Girl with Many Eyes

Set 4: The Pin Cushion Queen, Brie Boy & Staring Girl

Set 2: Mummy Boy, Roy the Toxic Boy & Jimmy the Hideous Penguin Boy