Midas Flesh #3, The White Suits #1, & Undertow #1

It felt like this issue dragged a little, but Midas Flesh continues to win me over. I do wish we'd get a little more background on the evil Federation and the intergalactic society the story is taking place in, but for now I'll just enjoy the talking dinosaurs and space slugs.

A gritty, noir gangster book with an interesting story and striking art, I found myself a little taken aback by the depiction of several characters in this book. The African-American mobsters have suspiciously ape-like features and speak stereotypical ebonics. The Jewish crime-boss has a huge nose and describes a mob war as "a holocaust". Really?

Aquatic Atlanteans exploring the dry land in the distant past with reverse submarines and water suits? Ha, sure, why not. Part of me feels this is riding on the weird-science, Prophet vibe, but I'm still enjoying it. The color palate is a little rough on they eyes and the Atlanteans all have dumb-ass, similar sounding names, but over all I'd say Undertow is worth flipping through.

New toys...

So, these guys arrived in the mail yesterday from Onell Design. It's been a while since I've had any interest in toys, but recently I've had the casual desire to buy some to accessories my horrible, monotone-beige cubicle. After stumbling upon the Onell site, I knew I had to have a few. For those curious, from left to right these are: Neo Gatekeeper Reverse Glyan, Standard Crayboth MK II, and Stealth Buildman MK II. As rad as they all are, the Crayboth is my favorite. The orange with burnt pink accents is just a gnarly color scheme and then there's the sweet robotic, chitinous exoskeleton design. Gotta love it.

I do have one small complaint about these though; the lack of knee and elbow articulation. It's actually not that big an issue with the Crayboth due to it being smaller than the other two, but it bugged me with the Gylan and Buildman. There are apparently swing and axis joint additions you can get to add the extra articulation, but they make the figures look a little weird and bulky, I think.  Also, it's like another $8 per figure, which seems a tad steep. That aside, these dudes rule. I'm thinking about buying a small army of the Crayboth so I can arrange epic anachronistic battles against WWII green soldiers on my desk.

*pewpewpew*