Looney Tunes Kidrobot Mini Series :: Bugs Bunny in Drag

One of Bugs Bunny's best known gags is to dress in drag and dupe whatever doofus happens to be giving him a hard time.

And while Bugs Bunny merchandise isn't exactly slopping all over toy store shelves these days, you would think there'd be a few historical examples of Bugs Bunny in a dress that you could add to your waskally wabbit collection.

But to my admittedly limited knowledge, this Kidrobot vinyl Bugs Bunny is the only Bugs Bunny in drag ever made in toy form.

I'm sure there is a high-end statue of Bugs as Brunhilde, and perhaps there's a little hard rubber figurine or two from the eighties and nineties that I'm not aware of, possibly by Applause, that represents one of the moments Bugs threw on a skirt. Did Bugs wear a dress at any point in Space Jam? If he did, I suppose there might be something from that marketing jugger-'not'. But I doubt it.

Anyways, it's a good schtick, and as iconic to Bugs Bunny as it is to Milton Berle. So when I discovered that Kidrobot was memorializing Bugs' gender-bent moment from the short Hillbilly Hare I just had to have him! Or her. Or whatever. I'm not judging.

The figures from the Kidrobot Looney Tunes Mini Series are of course highly stylized, but there's no mistaking Bugs Bunny in the get-up he slapped on to mess with a couple of stupid Southern brothercousin rivals.

The Kidrobot Looney Tunes series is blind-boxed, which I hate, but fortunately Bugs-in-a-dress isn't particularly rare or sought after, so I was able to get him opened for retail price off eBay.

If you know of any other examples of Bugs Bunny in drag merchandise, let me know about it in the comments!

Harley Qwednesday :: New 52 Harley Quinn Blind Box Vinyl Figure by Kidrobot

Of course the REAL news this week is the official and on-set images of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie. But that post just couldn't wait for Harley Qwednesday, so if you missed it go back and check it out!

I recently found out about the Kidrobot DC Comics New 52 Blind Boxed Mini Figures and the Harley Quinn therein, and just had to track her down!

I didn't dare try to score her at retail, as these blind boxed figures make it impossible to discern what's inside without actually opening them up. So I went the safe route and nabbed her off eBay. Your odds of finding Harley naturally are 1/20.

Harley Quinn's 'New 52' outfit is hands-down her worst look ever, and you can tell it is the major inspiration for the Suicide Squad movie look.

But for good or ill the 'New 52' has now claimed it's place in comic-book history. I probably won't bother with any other version of Harley in this guise until the movie stuff starts to hit), and bad costume or no, you can't deny that the Kidrobot aesthetic is pretty cute.

So until we get a Margot Robbie with Kung-Fu Grip action figure, this little vinyl 3" figure was the best way to add Juggalo Quinn to my collection and not feel too icky about it.