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January 12, 2010 at 1:27 pm
No. he. didn’t.
January 12, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Seriously, the video just scared my dogs.
January 12, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Is this toy safe for 1 year old children?
January 12, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Okay, that is just AWESOME! A twisted Bill Nighy jumpy toy thing! What’s not to love? Except, maybe, the $50 price tag.
January 12, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Yes, something tells me that this will not meet standards for the CPSIA…and also, that is “scary like ‘terra’ movie” as my Columbian friend says…
January 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm
That’s almost as freaky as the Zanti Misfits. Now wish it into the cornfield.
January 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Hasn’t Conan been through enough?
January 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Now if only that butt shield jumped up and down like that! muwhahahaha
January 12, 2010 at 1:33 pm
AAAAHHH! A little Mickey Rourke!! Kill it!!! Kill it with fire!!!
January 12, 2010 at 1:33 pm
http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/bill_nighy2.jpg
January 12, 2010 at 1:34 pm
I thought his dancing was better in “Weapon of Choice.”
January 12, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Tonight, carefully listen for the gentle tap-tap-tap across your bedroom floor.
January 12, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Dynomoose – I couldn’t decide whether it was more like Bill Nighy or Lance Henriksen, but I think you’re right. Either way, it’s a creepfest.
January 12, 2010 at 1:36 pm
#12 bootsychoo, I’d say that the hair color, face and name are the tip off. LOL!
January 12, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Did I mention that I love this thing?
January 12, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Is this from the Land of Misfit Toys like the elephant? It’s giving me nightmares….and I’m awake.
January 12, 2010 at 1:38 pm
it’s jack palance
http://www.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2006/313/16588921_116320522264.jpg
in a thru the looking glass kinda way
January 12, 2010 at 1:39 pm
AAAAccckkk! Conan looks pissed!
January 12, 2010 at 1:44 pm
A lot of his paintings are “out there”, but he’s a pretty good artist:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=33485801
And mark this date, I don’t usually say nice things.
January 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Why? Why a creepy face on a wind up toy? I’m at a complete loss for what to say.
January 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm
OK, that’s so hilariously twisted that I genuinely love it. That is absolutely fantastic!
January 12, 2010 at 1:48 pm
He’s a terrific artist, actually. I just wouldn’t want him outfitting my kid’s bedroom.
January 12, 2010 at 1:51 pm
I think Mr. Eastwood might want to look into a higher SPF.
January 12, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Looks like an extra from David Lynch’s next movie. I approve!
I mean, I’m terrified, and the taptaptap will haunt me at night (I have wooden floors) but I approve.
January 12, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Ohhhh…. see, I thought it was Bill Gates, and this was some sort of steampunk-themed anti-capitalist statement….
January 12, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Yeah, that actually is exactly the sort of thing I would keep on my desk at work just to freak people out.
January 12, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Of course, on second thought, anything anti-capitalist, much less any wind-up toy, shouldn’t be FIFTY DOLLARS.
January 12, 2010 at 2:04 pm
It made me cry. I watched the video, and now I’m inconsolable.
January 12, 2010 at 2:10 pm
…when this crap sells (as in this case) I get mixed emotions – giddy with the stimulus of money changing hands, happy that some of these psychos are kept indoors doing “crafts” and off the streets…but at night I slowly weep inside
—–STRETCH TWAIN
January 12, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Really, it’s the perfect accompaniment to the baby David Caruso doll: http://www.regretsy.com/2009/11/13/sunglasses-not-included/
It looks like his dad crossed with a droid.
January 12, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Sid from Toy Story has a store on Etsy?!
January 12, 2010 at 2:17 pm
You people are all nuts. I would LOVE to have a Michael Myers Commemorative Halloween Stapler on my desk.
Yeah.
January 12, 2010 at 2:20 pm
demonic whimsy..love it
January 12, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Yup, it’s Bill Nighy. In case y’all were wondering, I’ve sold 2 of 2 of these windups. BTW, $50 doesn’t even pay for an hour of my therapy.
January 12, 2010 at 2:30 pm
@ Larriva Art – and in case you were wondering, I bought this one.
Make more.
January 12, 2010 at 2:28 pm
This is actually a very nice likeness of Bill Nighy. Perhaps this artist could do faces for the Beyonce doll maker?
January 12, 2010 at 2:34 pm
If I had a spare $50 I would totally buy this. I marked the seller as a favorite
January 12, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Yes, thank you miss Helen.;)
January 12, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Make more.
Make one that looks more like Christopher Walken so my comment at #11 will be funny again. Now that you say it, it’s so obvious it’s Bill Nighy. Damn.
January 12, 2010 at 2:39 pm
I think this painting is my favorite: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16455249
January 12, 2010 at 2:41 pm
@ #34 Glad to see you here, prior to seeing your post I thought “This seller might actually be happy to be on Regretsy.” That wind up is CRAZY but a good, quality crazy that is pretty much guaranteed to frighten people. Especially if they woke up to a clicking sound and found it in their bedroom (thanks for the thought of that #12!)
January 12, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Larriva Art: I think I love you.
No, seriously. Helen is right. Make more.
January 12, 2010 at 2:44 pm
o.m.g–I would’ve loved a wall-size mural as 10 year old–as I would today.
Make a T-shirt, and I’ll wear it to Disney World. 
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37536043
Always happy to see Regretsy-worthy talent.
January 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm
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January 12, 2010 at 2:48 pm
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37536043
Oh my God, that is fantastic!
Larriva, you should stick around. Seriously. Unless there’s a photoshop contest going on. Then make yourself scarce or nobody else will stand a chance!
January 12, 2010 at 2:52 pm
I just bought a print of the Pink Hell Monkey for my 4 year olds new bedroom!
January 12, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Oh look, they’ve traded places: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33782825
It’s gorgeous!
January 12, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Larriva Art, your work is amazing! Love the Pink Hell Monkey!
January 12, 2010 at 3:15 pm
@Larriva Art: as a sculptor, I’ve gotta say, awesome job. I have no idea what the fuck that thing is, only that I totally dig it. It’d be hilarious if you could sculpt a chicken body or some weird animal bod to cover the gizmo. Nightmare fuel ahoy!
January 12, 2010 at 3:28 pm
That was as hilarious as it was disturbing.
January 12, 2010 at 3:33 pm
is this that guy from CSI Miami?
last I heard he was a reborn baby
January 12, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Yes. Very good.
January 12, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Deranged minds apparently think alike. I just acquired some windup toys to use in a sculpture project.
January 12, 2010 at 3:58 pm
i love so much it hurts.
January 12, 2010 at 4:09 pm
#34 Larriva Art
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16384980
Some of your stuff is really beautiful; some of its really demented-please keep making more of both.
January 12, 2010 at 4:13 pm
If this had been in The Matrix, humans would have lost.
January 12, 2010 at 4:13 pm
BTW, we’re up to over 100 Regretsy fabrics over on Spoonflower. It’s pretty awesome.
January 12, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Pantsmonkey, yeah–growing like mushrooms over there.
I’m going to do some more–it’s a fun diversion!
January 12, 2010 at 4:22 pm
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/StYv91eiRrI/AAAAAAAAB1s/1Qz5aui3l_I/s1600-h/bodysnatchjwera23qz0.jpg
As soon as I saw it I had flashbacks to this. (hope that link works!)
January 12, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Holy shit, amazing stuff here! Love this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=31367107
And this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=34067700
And this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33782825
Okay, the goblin toy was creepy and hysterical, but some of the art here is amazing. I’m SO glad to find this shop.
January 12, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Once upon an eve’ning dreary, while I pondered, drunk and bleary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of whimsicle lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping on my bedroom floor.
“‘Tis some fuckery”, I muttered, “hopping ‘cross my bedroon floor —
Only this, and nothing more.”
January 12, 2010 at 4:40 pm
BWAHAHAHA! Oh my god I’m in tears!
January 12, 2010 at 4:42 pm
#60!
perfect.
January 12, 2010 at 4:49 pm
#60 LOVE it!!! Hope Helen Larriva Art see that!
January 12, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Correction: Hope Helen AND Larriva Art see that! (left out a word there, oops!)
January 12, 2010 at 5:19 pm
This is the most fucked up thing I have seen in a looong time….
January 12, 2010 at 5:30 pm
thats david caruso, isnt it?
January 12, 2010 at 5:46 pm
wow david caruso is really hard up for work these days isn’t he
January 12, 2010 at 5:46 pm
oh second thought it looks more like Conan Obrien
January 12, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Dumb question: I never heard of the guy until now, so maybe there’s something obvious I’m missing, but: Why Bill Nighy?
January 12, 2010 at 5:50 pm
The face is creepy, but waaaay more life-like than I would have thought a walnut-sized lump of polymer clay could be. Kudos!
January 12, 2010 at 5:52 pm
#60, I also fell in love with the singing monks. Like Bill, they’re fully-realized individuals. (Well, not *exactly* like Bill, but you know what I mean!)
January 12, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Helen Killer is going to end up with a room full of featured items. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing but it’ll be one of a kind, for sure
January 12, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Again I step away from my computer right when all the fun happens. Why am I always the last to know?!
By far one of my favorite threads EVER.
January 12, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Aieyahhh. Now I AM getting worried. I’m so hooked on Regretsy’s pranks that I chortled my way through Hobgloblin 1 and gleefully clicked onto Hobgoblin 2. Then clicked onto the third UTube offering, “Clayman and Superman”. I stoically sat through 8 stupifyingly boring minutes waiting for Helen Killer’s punch line. Which never came. Sheeeesh … It was a regular toy review! I gotta find some antidote to this obssession.
January 12, 2010 at 6:32 pm
@#61 VileDebbie-
That was so awesome it deserved an illustration:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4270570424_9109becb1d_o.jpg
January 12, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Wow, anyone looking for a machine with Johnny Rotten’s impaled head on it?
January 12, 2010 at 6:54 pm
late getting to this thread b/c i was having pc probs (as usual)…anyhoo, it is great to see you on here, larriva! we love good sports!
i also thought he resembled a bit of david caruso, as well…LOL
“to me, you are perfect”- lmfao- is that from the movie, “love, actually”?
January 12, 2010 at 6:56 pm
#76! I scream yay for your super bad ass pic. I’ll admit, I expected to see a real picture of David Caruso’s head on the toy, but this was even better. Thanks for the Level 2 (or 3?) fuckery!!!
January 12, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Very talented artist; a little freaky to look at this toy and know right away to which Bill the artist was referring. I got the Christmas song lyrics with his voice singing in my head now . . . “I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes . . .”
January 12, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Helen/April: If you could put IScreamUScreams’s illustration on a magnet and t-shirt, I would totally be all over that Zazzle store. Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please
January 12, 2010 at 7:34 pm
i actually had to create an etsy account for the first time b/c i wanted to mark the artist as a favorite. he’s amazing. meanwhile, to keep those nightmares going… http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/zjQZtRiQnEcm828d
January 12, 2010 at 7:38 pm
@#81 Thanks…
I bet the little guy won’t be visible on a magnet, but maybe a tee. Btw, I think that photo is public domain–© 1904.
January 12, 2010 at 7:41 pm
@ IscreamUscream – Thanks! Your illustration is poe-fection. (I can sense him cringeing in horror at the li’l Bill.)
January 12, 2010 at 8:25 pm
P.S. Dammit, Helen, QUIT BUYING EVERYTHING!!!
Jesus, I mean, really. Some of us need hopping Bill Nighy polyclay goblins too.
Note to Larriva Art: Make more.
January 12, 2010 at 8:37 pm
I am so glad someone bought this before I saw it. I just saved 50 bucks!! That thing rocks!
January 12, 2010 at 9:32 pm
You guys are great. I love you.
Now I just HAVE to make more goblins.
January 12, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Wow Larriva! I wondered what had become of little Sid from Toy Story – now at least I know what career path you’ve chosen. I didn’t see any cowboys or spacemen in your shop…
Just sayin’…..
♥
January 12, 2010 at 11:16 pm
that is hilarious!
January 12, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Doesn’t that sorta look like that real to life baby doll that someone sports as an avatar her grew up and aged?
January 12, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Try puttin’ that baby head on that and makin’ it hop around and see how much they look alike.
January 13, 2010 at 12:58 am
I keep coming back to this thing. I really think this may be the greatest thing in the history of things.
Every time he sets it down on the table and it starts hopping around I damn near fall out of my chair.
January 13, 2010 at 1:33 am
#82 gaycatpride, as I connected to your link, I choked with laughter before it even started! OMH, that was awesome!
I really like this offering from Larriva http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=33690555 I think they’re really beautiful. The girl seems sad, and the deer seems frightened. BTW, my husband would have loved this lil hopper. Would be awesome in a Chuck Norris also!
January 13, 2010 at 3:57 am
@snarkeygirl I really love that print..thanks for sharing. I hope the artist makes more hoppers. I would love to have one and bring to work to freak out my coworkers…haha
January 13, 2010 at 4:55 am
Awesome work Larriva Art. It truly is both intriguing and disturbing at the same time.
I see it’s Billy Nighy now that you mention it. I originally saw Mr. White from Reservoir Dogs…but the hair makes it. Make more, please.
January 13, 2010 at 5:42 am
I just bought 2 of his prints. If it wasn’t for regretsy I’d never see anything but yarn on etsy!
January 13, 2010 at 7:03 am
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January 13, 2010 at 7:09 am
As creepy as it is, that is some damn good sculpturing! Gotta appreciate that
I love the other furry one that sold on the 16th Dec heaps better though, so cute!
January 13, 2010 at 9:25 am
Either I don’t watch enough tv
or my Canadian brain doesn’t get this, but I don’t know who the figure is supposed to be…;-P But LOL to the Conan references! Notwithstanding, it’s still creepy.
January 13, 2010 at 9:30 am
LOL #82! Hilarious!
January 13, 2010 at 10:43 am
#70, I think the question is why NOT Bill Nighy? I Love (Actually) it!
January 13, 2010 at 10:57 am
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631490/ For all you sad folk who don’t know about this very good actor. read it. Rent some videos. Then you’ll understand why Bill Nighy was worthy of a brilliantly sculpted jumpy toy.
January 13, 2010 at 11:14 am
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January 13, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Seriously Helen, you really need a separate site for the weirdly cool shit, this doesn’t belong on regretsy except for the promo factor.
January 15, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Holy fuck…this thing looks like what happened to Rainn Wilson at the end of “House of 1,000 Corpses”.
January 15, 2010 at 1:11 pm
THAT IS TOTALLY FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
January 17, 2010 at 11:48 am
I think it’s brilliant.
August 24, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Wow Larriva actually has amazing artwork in their shop, I will def be back to buy some…I also think a hoping Bill Nighy is fun too…I think I’d just prefer a painting though
August 24, 2011 at 3:43 pm
My 2 year old just giggled like a crazy person at the video… He does an amazing job on the heads btw.. might have to buy one for the hell of it.