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January 4th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Dan Cole, Toby Carroll, & Andrew Hood

  • Vincent revealed today that the hints he’s been making are indeed regarding a home video/DVD release of “A Better Place”. We’ll have more details on this exciting development as we get them.
  • Salma Hayek is Yahoo’s current “WebCeleb”. Her entire career is summarized along with a small Dogma mention!
  • Eventide Zine’s current issue features an interview with Bryan Johnson (director of “Vulgar”) as well as a piece on Big Helium Dog. You can get more details on how to snag a copy at the Eventide site.
  • Finally today, in some offbeat news, the Toronto Sun ran a piece on prophecies for the new year. Here’s one:
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck:

In a one-in-a-million accident, the inseperable hunks smile at eachother in Los Angeles, at high noon, beside a huge mirror, without sun glasses on. The glare from their perfect teeth causes spontaneous human combustion on both sides, instantly evaporating the writers/actors/directors/Siamese twins. Ashes to ashes!

Jay & Bob Figs At The Stash!

January 4th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ming Chen

  • Finally, the news everyone’s been waiting for…
Jay and Silent Bob action figures are now available! That’s right! The reoccurring duo from your three favorite flicks (soon to be four) are now available as whopping 8 inch fully posable action figures. And what action you’ll be having with these two! Send Jay on as many illegal and controversial adventures as your dirty mind can think of. Then send Silent Bob to his rescue before your mom or boss ever find out what the hell you’re really up to! The features are as follows:

JAY:18 points of articulation (both wrists, both elbows, both biceps, both arms, head, waist, both knees and both ankles)
6 button activated audio expressions
interchangable shirt logos
2 interchangable hands (devil symbol and “the bird”)
life-like blonde hair
bong
bag of weed (plastic not real)
Walt Flanagan’s Dog Kyrpto

SILENT BOB: 12 points of articulation (both wrists, both elbows, both biceps, both arms, head, waist, both ankles)
button activated audio expression (that does nothing, he’s silent after all)
flight goggles
2 interchangeable hands (one holds a smoke, one holds a joint)
rolled up blueprints from “Mallrats” (Operation Dark Knight and Operation Drive-by)
six pack of brew
box of “Nails” cigarettes
Jay and Silent Bob mini-comic

And rest assured that these figures bear the mark of quality as they are manufactured by those guys over at Graphitti Designs and sculpted by Norm DeCarlo (“Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Toy Story”) based on designs by Matt Wagner.

NOT AVAILABLE AT TOYS R US! These fine figures are only available here (and at finer comic stores everywhere)

$20.00 individually
$39.95 for the set (Jay and Silent Bob)
ORDER HERE!