Elite Fixtures

So there is an online store called EliteFixtures.com that sells things like lighting, chandeliers, lamps, and fixtures.  This site has its own blog where they talk about things pertaining to lighting.  Decorating tips and things like that.  All of that sounds very normal, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw their blog update that replaced characters on famous comic book covers with lamps.  You read that right, famous comic book covers with lamps.
 

I’m only previewing one of the ten images here; you’ll have to go to Elite Fixtures site (click here) to see the rest.  The covers selected range from some of the most famous ones in comic history to a couple of very recent ones.  Again, I don’t know who thought of this but it is just the right kind of strange that is going to have me smiling all day.

Monster Cereal Returns

Halloween is one of those holidays that has really grown over the years.  Certainly it has become more commercialized, but I think in the past 20 years it has also become a lot more acceptable for adults to enjoy it.  I really enjoy Halloween, so I see that as a good thing.  To cash in on those people trying to get more into the Halloween spirit General Mills seasonally produces Franken Berry, Count Chocula, and Boo Berry cereals.  This makes me very, very happy. 

The big monster cereal news this year is that not only did the monster trinity get released but so did the long discontinued Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy.  I suppose we should get a little history out of the way so we can talk about what these two are now.  Count Chocula and Franken Berry were first released in 1972.  Obviously Chocula is a chocolate cereal.  Franken Berry is a strawberry flavored cereal.  Boo Berry was released in 1973.  It is supposed to taste like blue berries.  Instead it tastes like magic and anyone who claims a different monster cereal tastes better is a heretic of the highest order. 

Fruit Brute was released in 1974 and was a fruit cereal with lime marshmallows.  So instead of focusing on one flavor Fruit Brute was more like a Fruit Loops.  I honestly don’t remember the cereal much because it was discontinued in 1984.  Three years later Fruity Yummy Mummy was released.  Like Fruit Brute it was a fruit cereal but it has vanilla marshmallows.  It didn’t last very long and was discontinued in 1993.  Now Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy are back.  So did General Mills package the same cereal in different boxes and solicit them as different products?
 

The new Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy aren’t the old cereals you may or may not remember.  Instead each is given its own flavor.  Yummy Mummy is an orange cereal with marshmallows and Fruit Brute is a cherry cereal with marshmallows.  I was able to get a box of Yummy Mummy and once you add milk it tastes a little bit like eating a orange creamsicle.   I saw a box of Fruit Brute but wasn’t able to grab it at the time.  Hopefully it will still be there when I return for it. 

One last note, you’ll notice that Target somehow got an exclusive packaging that differs from what the other grocery stores are receiving.  So if you’re looking for retro box art you can find it at Target.

Hurray for the Riff Raff

And now my latest music obsession.  Hurray for the Riff Raff.

Hurray for the Riff Raff is one of those bands that needs to be heard.  Liveset apparently thought so too so they loaded this 30+ minute session up to YouTube. 

The video is from last year and I believe the band is currently working on a new album.  Everyone have a great weekend, we’ll be back next week with more strangeness.

Bigger, Blacker Box

Cards Against Humanity players it is finally on sale!  The Bigger, Blacker Box has been teased by Cards Against Humanity since this past convention season.  They even released a video to tell you exactly what this new product is.

 

So you get a large case that should fit all of the current Cards Against Humanity expansions, you get 20 new cards, 50 more blank cards, and possibly something else.  If you need the Bigger, Black Box in your life you can order it Here. 



Get Well Soon George

The NHL kicked off its season last night with three great games.  Winnipeg took down Edmonton 5 to 4, Chicago defeated Washington 6 to 4, and Toronto beat Montreal 4 to 3.  There was a very scary moment last night involving one of my all time favorite players.  During a fight with Colton Orr George Parros lost his balance and slammed his face into the ice.   Colton Orr immediately called for medical assistance, which is what you want to see in this kind of situation.  Medical staff rushed to the ice and after a tense 10 minutes George was taken off of the ice.
 

George was alert and conscious before leaving that arena but has been diagnosed with a concussion.  We here at That F’ing Monkey wish George a quick recovery.  Hockey is more fun when the Violent Gentleman is on the ice. 

Stick of Truth

It’s been a very long time since we’ve mentioned South Park: The Stick of Truth.  That was because there just wasn’t anything to talk about.  When THQ went under no one was really sure what was going to happen.  There was a release when it was announced that Ubisoft had picked up the game, but we were still left wondering what would happen.  This weekend I checked my old pre-orders status, I had paid the majority of this game off last October. 

Now we know that the game will be released on December 10^th.  Pre-orders will be getting “The Ultimate Fellowship Pack”.  There are four costumes in the pack with each costume granting a different perk.  The Necromancer deals extra fire damage, the Ranger Elf deals extra weapon damage, the Rogue Assassin earns more gold, and the Holy Defender has bonus defenses.  Gamestop still lists the Good Time with Weapons pack and the Mysterion Superhero Pack on their website.  So it appears that pre-ordering there will get you a the Fellowship outfits, Bulrog and Mysterion summons, Cartman’s Kick-Ass Sais, a Samurai outfit, and a superhero outfit.  It’s possible other stores will have their own bonuses, but I haven’t seen anything yet.

There is also a Grand Wizard edition of the game coming out.  It will cost you an extra 20 dollars and comes with a 6 inch vinyl figure of Cartman dressed in his Grand Wizard costumer.  It also comes with a map that is described as being “Cartman’s hand drawn map of the South Park Kingdom.”  The set also comes with the Fellowship Pack.  I’m not sure the Kid Robot produced Cartman figure is enough for me to drop another 20 dollars on the game, but that might be because I’m still mad I never got the SDCC exclusive Mysterion figure.

Flash Friday: Scribblenauts Unmasked

Happy Flash Friday everyone!  Here at That F’ing Monkey we’ve been talking a lot about the DC comic themed puzzle game Scribblenauts Unmasked.  While we mentioned two Flash related characters in the earlier updates today is going to go into detail in how the Flash is handled.  The game surprised me a lot of times in both good ways and in bad ones.

 I’m going to get some of the game setup out of the way first so the rest makes sense.  The game is divided up into a bunch of mini-maps.  Most of these are unlocked and need to be purchased with the correct type of medals.  There are Batman medals, Superman medals, and Justice League medals; each of these medals unlocks different types of things.  You’ll need a Batman Medal to unlock the Wayne Manor map.   You use a Justice League medals to unlock Central City.  Medals also let you buy superhero costumes for Maxwell; each costume gives Maxwell that hero’s powers. 

Central City is the only Flash related mini-map and as I stated above it is unlocked Justice League medals.  That map does have a Flash Museum in it, so that is pretty cool.  The story has you in a race against Professor Zoom.  You have to ride on the Flash’s shoulders and stop all the traps your doppelganger throws at you.  You can also unlock the Flash’s origin story.  This is the new 52 version, so you have Barry’s dad going away for a crime he didn’t commit.  While it isn’t s character, the cosmic treadmill is in the game.  I used it in one of the random challengers when a time traveler needed to get back to their home. 

I’ve done my best to look up everything that would be of interest to a Flash fan.  The big surprise for me was the lack of Impulse;  Inertia made it in but no Impulse.  The other real surprise is Winky, Blinky, and Noddy from the Jay Garrick stories made it in.  I’ve probably missed something or someone important; there are a lot of characters in this game.

The Big List: Speedsters in the game

Jay Garrick Classic, Jay Garrick Modern, Barry Allen New 52 Flash, Barry Allen Blue Flash, Barry Allen Lab Clothes, Barry Allen Flash Classic, Wally West Kid Flash, Wally West Flash, Wally West Kid Lantern, Bart Allen Kid Flash, Jesse Quick, Johnny Quick, Johnny Quick (Crime Syndicate), Max Mercury, Professor Zoom, Zoom (Hunter Zolomon), Black Flash, Lady Flash, Inertia, Savitar, Fastback, Rival

The Big List: Speedsters not in the game

Impulse, Jai and Iris West, Walter West, John Fox, Blue Trinity/Red Trinity/Kapitalist Kouriers, Speed Demon, Trajectory, The Terrific Whatzit, The Crash

The Big List: Flash related characters in the game

Henry Allen, Iris West, Linda Park West, Argus, Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer), Elongated Man, Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence), Winky Moylan, Blinky Boylan, Noddy Toylan, Pied Piper, Solovar, Abra Kadabra, Blacksmith, Captain Boomerang (Digger), White Lantern Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Chillblaine, Cicada, Cobalt Blue (Malcolm Thawne), Cobalt Blue (Chardaq Allen), Dr.Alchemy, Double Down, Folded Man, Girder, Golden Glider, Goldface, Gorilla Grodd, Heatwave, Icicle (Dr. Mahkent), Icicle (Cameron Mahkent), Kobra, Magenta, Mirror Master (Mcculloch), Mirror Master (Scudder), Murmur, Neron, Plunder, Dr. Polaris, Rag Doll (Peter Merkel), Rainbow Raider, Replicant, Shade, Tarpit, Thinker, Top, Trickster (Axel), Trickster (James), Vandal Savage, Weather Wizard, White Lightning,

The Big List: Flash related characters not in the game

Chunk, Tony Gambi, Detectives Chyre and Morillo, Nnamdi, Manfred Mota, Colonel Computron, Combine, Mr. Element, Fallout, Fiddler, Griffin, Kilg%re, Peek-a-Boo, Rainbow Raiders, Razer, Spin, Suit, Turtle, Clive Yourkin