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Mr. Potato Head Captain Kirk and Klingon Kor - $34.95
Did you know that Mr. Potato Head is a Trekkie? Well he is! Check out the Mr. Potato Head Captain Kirk and Klingon Kor set from the NeatoShop. This amazing set includes two 5″ Tall figures. Captain Kirk has a cool spud smirk while Kor is the perfect potato warrior.
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Star Trek items!
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Mr. Potato Head Elvis Presley 68 Special – $19.95
Mr. Potato Head has returned and is ready for his big comeback performance, tour, and hopefully extended concert stay in Las Vegas. For a limited time, however, he and his microphone are hanging out at the NeatoShop warehouse. Don’t check into the heartbreak hotel. Get your Mr. Potato Head Elvis Presley 68 Special before it’s too late.
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for Mr. Potato Head The Three Stooges and more fabulous Action Figures & Vinyl Toys.
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Ashley Ringrose made this Futurama-inspired Mr. Potato Head. Surely we all have a Dr. Zoidberg in our lives. Or at least wish that we do.
Link -via Geek Crafts
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Judge me as you will, but this is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. At long, long last, Star Trek Mr. Potato Heads are on the way! I’m sorry, I’m going to need a minute. I’m getting all choked up.
PPW Toys will release Star Trek Mr. Potato Head collectible figures in a series of TOS-centric sets, and they’ll kick it off with Captain Kirk – going from stud to spud — and his old Klingon foe, Kor. Subsequent sets will include Mr. Spock and Lt. Uhura, for example, and they may also feature familiar TOS equipment and Enterprise components.
Oh my God, Uhura Potato Head. Valentine’s Day must have arrived early this year, because I am in love!
Artist Sarah Calvillo made a steampunk version of Mr. Potato Head. Calvillo works in a wide variety of media, so she also made a vintage-looking wanted poster, offering a reward for the capture of this ungentlemanly spud. At the link, you can view photos of it, as well process photos for the figurine.
Link via GearFuse | Artist’s Website
YouTube user jeremiahjw has some compelling slow motion videos of stuff blowing up. Not buildings or robots, although he does compare himself to Michael Bay. The focus of his spendid ‘splosions is small stuff like the toy cars above, a variety of outdated gadgets, and most eloquently, Mr. Potato Head. All set to wonderful, happy music.
About the embedded video:
The cars I used were “off brand” cars and Matchbox. The yellow truck was a Hotwheels, the only one to survive un-damaged. Filmed on the Casio EX-F1 at 600fps. One shot is at 1,200fps near the end.
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1949: A SPUD IS BORN Brooklyn-born toy inventor George Lerner tries to capitalize on kids who like to play with their food. Surprisingly, Lerner's idea of creating face and body parts that can be jabbed into potatoes is a hard sell. Toy companies worry that parents who've just lived through World War II-era food shortages will balk at the thought of wasting perfectly good food. 1952: THE TUBER SPREADS Hasbro sees the genius in Lerner's product and agrees to market it, creating the first-ever TV ads for a toy. It turns out that parents have few misgivings about squandering their potatoes; more than 1 million Mr. Potato Heads sell that year alone.
1950s: FAMILY MAN Mr. Potato Head gets an arranged marriage. In 1953, Hasbro outfits him with an instant family: Mrs. Potato Head, son Spud, and a daughter, Yam. He also gets a car, a boat, and a kitchen in the deal. Within a few years, the likable Spud makes friends with pal Katie the Carrot and Pete the Pepper. 1964 & 1974: ATTACK OF THE ROTTEN POTATOES When parents complain about finding moldy potatoes under their kids' beds, Mr. Potato Head ditches his organic body for a plastic one. Ten years later, new rules about choking hazards compel Hasbro to merge the head and body into one legless lump.
Mr. Potato Head trades his dapper hat for a green baseball cap and exchanges his loafers for blue tennis shoes. In keeping with his new, sportier look, he also quits smoking in 1987 for the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. To show his support for the anti-smoking campaign, he publicly hands over his signature tobacco pipe to U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. 1992: FRIES ON THE SIDE
1995: SUPERSIZED Mr. Potato Head makes his big-screen debut in Toy Story, the first film ever made using only computer-generated imagery. But perhaps his most prestigious gig is yet to come. In 2000, Mr. Potato Head becomes the official travel ambassador for Rhode Island, "the Birthplace of Fun," where Hasbro is headquartered. |
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The article above appeared in the Jan - Feb 2010 issue of mental_floss magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. Don't forget to feed your brain by subscribing to the magazine and visiting mental_floss' extremely entertaining website and blog today!
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Back when Mr. Potato Head smoked a pipe, kids played with real potatoes instead of plastic substitutes! Check out this vintage ad for Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head (potato not included).
– via toywhimsy
From the Upcoming 
ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.
1980s:
A SPOKESSPUD IS BORN
Arnold
Schwarzenegger and the President's Council on Physical Fitness give him
an award for abandoning his couch-potato lifestyle. Curiously, his new
healthy habits don't stop Mr. Potato Head from endorsing Burger King,
McDonald's, Wendy's, and Hardee's.
