More Conan Swag Found of eBay!

I love it when I find something Conan-related that I've never seen before (and I assure you that that rarely happens), so imagine my surprise when I found this sweet Conan pocket size collection of comics which looks to be written in Italian (I could be wrong, all I know is that it's not English or Stygian). But what really makes this a beauty is that it's signed by none other than Barry Windsor Smith himself! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet...







And if you're looking for something Conan-related to carry your lunch in, get yourself one of these Conan the Adventurer lunch boxes! Based on the incredibly non-Conan-like cartoon where he had a talking bird sidekick!





And since we've already stunk up today's blog by bringing up the cartoon (which I secretly loved but will never tell any of you that), it looks like some schmoe raided the dumpsters behind the animation studio the day they cleaned out their archives, because he's selling all kinds of old animation cells including these rather nice Conan the Adventurer cells showcasing pretty good shots of our main man from Cimmeria...

"Hey! What's that up there?"


"Wait... Do I still have my shield? Yep. Still got it!"


"Okay, now what was I looking at?"


"Screw it!"


"I wanna hit something with my sword! CROM!"


That's it for today, I think I need to grab one of those animation cells!

*sigh*... Conan the Librarian...

Okay, look... I've been a Conan fan since I was eight years old, therefore I have long ago lost count on how may times I've had somebody throw the "Conan the Librarian" joke at me. Oh. Ha ha. I get it. "Librarian" kind of rhymes with "barbarian". Riiiiight. To be honest, I do still get a good chuckle out of that bit from Weird Al Yankovic's movie UHF. But I think it's about time to call that joke deceased. And since you can't have a Conan blog without mentioning the joke, I'm doing it now and will never ever do it again. So now let's take a look at the history of the "Conan the Librarian" joke, and finally lay it on top of a big rock and set it on fire while we won't cry but Subotai will cry for us.

Here's the original scene from the movie UHF...



The guy is actually pretty funny! Anyone know who the actor was? I'm too lazy to look it up right now...



Even the Sunday comic strips got in on the joke as seen in this Mother Goose & Grimm strip...



And most recently, I found this pretty funny action figure comic (in the style of what those dudes do in that action figure magazine)...




You can see the original HERE. Mad props to Poe Ghostal for creating it and posting it and not getting mad at me for stealing it!

So there you have it! May this joke never be told again!

New Conan T-shirts Over at 80's Tees!

Just a quick note to let you all know that 80's Tees has a few new Conan t-shirts for order. So head on over and declare your allegiance to the greatest barbarian in Hyboria!







Get you t-shirts HERE!

Conan Rocking Out to DIO!

This YouTube video was posted in my comments section on the main Conan Myspace page and I just had to share it! Big thanks to Izrahell la Mastema for sending it my way!

Conan Mystery Figures!

While searching around for various Conan stuff, I came across these photos on a Picasa page, one of which I had seen before, so I think these pics were simply collected by the owner of the Picasa account, not that he actually owned the figures. However, to be safe, I emailed him, but considering that his entire page is in Spanish, we may have a communication breakdown. I've yet to hear back from him, so the mystery of what these figures are remains unsolved.

The first figure, which I've seen once before, I believe is from Spain and was never openly marketed as an official Conan product, but take a look at him. Who else could it be?



And then I found this other version of the same figure, but presented as a keychain.



But the real mystery is with the last figure. Now, I looked at this and immediately saw a very Arnold-like version of Conan. It's clearly plastic and seems to have some posablility to it, specifically in the shoulders. However, the lighting is all whacked out, so you can't see it very clearly. My searches found no other example of this figure and I even tried to go to the website seen in the watermark, but it doesn't seem to exist anymore. Take a look for yourselves...



If anyone has seen this figure before, or knows anything about it, please let us know! The mystery must be solved!

Your Next President is a Conan Fan!

According to this article from the Telegraph, Barack Obama, among many other cool things, collects Conan the Barbarian comics. I was already happy that I voted for him, but now I'm downright hopeful for the future of the world. ;)

More Conan 3D Renderings to Please Crom!

One of my favorite fellow bloggers is our good friend, Greywulf from Greywulf's Lair. He's an artist and gamer and manages to often combine the two with finely done 3D renderings of various monsters, heroes and hot chicks usually accompanied by their gaming stats. He does a lot of his art in a program called Daz Studio, I believe, and the other day he posted a great one that I just had to share with my fellow Conan fans. Check it out!



A sword in each hand, does not bode well for his enemies. ;) Big thanks to Greywulf for letting me share the bloodlust!

Conan the Three Dimesionally Rendered Barbarian!

Hail all!

Along my journeys on the vast never-ending internet, I stumbled across this web forum for 3D modeling software artists where they show off their chops (these dudes are wicked talented and I'm wicked jealous) and lo and behold, there's a whole thread on a challenge to do the best 3D Conan they can do. It's amazing! Take a look at a couple of the pics.

Here's one version of Conan that was posted...



Here's another that just blew my mind! What awesome work!



They even go into detail as to how they modeled the classic "Atlantean" sword...



So head on over to ZBrushCentral to check out the entire process. You won't be disappointed!

A Further Look at the Upcoming Age of Conan Board Game!

Hail all!

Boardgamegeek.com has a whole slew of new pics up showing of the new upcoming Age of Conan board game. The Conan figure alone makes it worth picking up! Check them out...



























And finally, the baddest little figure of them all...



I can't wait to get this game and control the fate of all of Hyboria!