Conan 2012 Calender Spotted at Barnes & Noble!

I was browsing around B&N yesterday with the Mrs. when I spotted this classic Buscema Conan cover beaming at me from within a sea of kittens, unicorns, football teams and Dilbert calenders...

No, I did not buy it on the spot, but rather quickly added it to my Christmas list by jumping up and down and pointing at it frantically like a grinning idiot in front of my wife.

I think she got the point.

My Conan Collection!

Hail Fellow Conan Fans! Well, as some of you may know, I just recently moved into a new house with enough space to give me my very own room, which I have dubbed "The Nerdatorium". The best part of having my own space (it's actually a home office, since I'm starting to work from home in 2 weeks) is that I finally get to dig out all of my collectibles from their Rubbermaid prisons and get them out in the open on a shelf where they belong.

Foremost in my collection of toys, comics and books is, of course, my prized Conan collection! No longer is it sealed up in storage! Finally, my collection can see the light of day and take up its rightful place of honor!

And since I had it all out on some shelves, I thought I'd snap a few pics and share with you all.

On the lower shelf we see my collection of Conan novels and pastiches. And yes, I have read all of these (well, most of them). Standing guard over my beloved paperback collection are my various Conan figures. More on them in a bit.

The upper shelf contains my larger Conan books; a couple of retrospectives, hardback novels and trade paperbacks. Sadly, I know for a fact that some are missing, so there must be another bin somewhere. probably in the garage. Good grief.

By the way, you see the two big books on the left? I highly recommend both of them to any Conan fan!

The first of the figures is my NECA "I'm gonna kill all your slave bitches" Conan, as seen in the first movie. I love this figure despite its utter lack of articulation. Also, note the missing index finger. Again, must be rolling around at the bottom of a bin.

Here we have a small Conan statue originally released by Dark Horse comics. This is a repainted special promotions piece originally seen in the "Frost Giant's Daughter" PVC set. I got this bad boy at a discount bookstore for $2. They had a pile of them and I'm now kicking myself for not buying them all and having a give-away or something. Sorry, gang.

Ahhhh, yes... the Comic Book Legends Conan! He came with his Marvel Comics arch nemesis, Wharrl: the Devourer of Souls!

And, of course, my prized Mego Conan. A gift from my homie Greg and still one of my very most beloved toys in my entire collection. Thanks Greg!

While I was digging through another bin, I stumbled across a few Marvel Comics Treasury Editions. I've found these here and there over the years and actually forgot that I had a couple of these. The last one appeared on this very blog after I found it at the Emerald City Comic Con and had it signed by the great Ernie Chan himself! (Look in the center "N" in CONAN)

Well, that's the collection so far, minus a book or two. And I also have to track down an original piece of Conan trading card art from my good friend, Bubbashelby. It's around here somewhere.

And of course, this also does not take into account the hundreds of Conan comics I have, which are all sitting in a giant stack right now. I'm picking up some comic book long-boxes this weekend and plan on putting them all in order and then making a list of which ones I need. I'm sure I'll have a ton of doubles, so I think I smell a CROM! give-away on the horizon! ;)

Thanks for checking out the collection!

The Riddle of Latex!

Have you ever wanted to armor up and run around a field with several of your best friends hitting each other in the head with gleaming swords, but don't like cleaning up blood and chunks of brain matter? Well fear no more! Now you can wail away at all of your enemies and never worry about a murder rap thanks to Museum Replica's latex Conan LARP weapons and armor!

Get yourself the squishy and huggable Atlantean Sword of Conan himself!

Re-enact your favorite MMO moments with this sweet Age of Conan armor!

If this doesn't convince you, watch this action packed video that's just jam-packed with epic battle scenes and actual bouncing female breasts!

Go HERE to plunk down some hard-earn Hyrkanian rubies for any number of killer latex weaponry, or swing by Big Bad Toy Store, who has many of the same swords and axes for a little cheaper.

And then once we've all bought our swords, I say we all meet up for one serious battle, by Crom!

"Age of Conan" T-shirt Available at Threadless!

Hmmm... There's something different about Conan in this t-shirt design. I can't seem to put my finger on it...

You get your very own Conan O'Barbarian t-shirt right HERE.

Conan the Barbarian Autograph Cards Update!

A loooooooooooooooong time ago, I posted some cool pics of these Conan the Barbarian autographed trading cards that I spotted on eBay. You can see the original post HERE.

Well, last week, the same CROM! reader, known as Mak to us here at the blog and who commented on the original post about his own personal collection of cards, sent me an email showing me his latest aquisitions. Here's the killer part, since Mak didn't have the trading cards he needed, he designed his own, printed them out and then sent them to Sven-Ole Thorsen (Thorgrim) and Gerry Lopez (Subotai) to have them signed. They signed them, then sent them back!

Mak has claimed that Crom smiles upon him and I have to agree!

He also mentioned that he's made one for Sandahl Bergman (Valeria) but has had no luck in finding an address to send a card to, and asks if anyone out there has any info to help, it would be very much appreciated!

Anyway, thanks to Mak for sharing these cards with us!

Conan in Brazil! Part 3

Today, our good friend MArcos has sent us some pics from this classic Conan the Adventurer sticker book. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that cartoon was ridiculous and all, but it's now part of Conan's collective pop-cultural history and all I really want to know is WHY THE HELL DIDN'T WE HAVE THESE IN THE STATES!?

Conan in Brazil! Part 2

We've got more killer pics from our friend Marcos, and this stuff just may be more priceless than the Eye of the Serpent!

Fist off, we see a few different Conan (or Kull/Koll) comics found in the land of Carnivale, the latter two clearly being comic spoofs of the son of Cimmeria.

Man, I would love to get my hands on some of these. And I know that Cromsblood is probably dying to translate them into English! Now you have some more comics to search for, my brother!

This next piece is pretty close to a holy grail of Conan collectibles as far as I'm concerned. Back when this blog was still on Myspace, I had posted about a mysterious barbarian figure that I spotted somewhere on the interwebs, and MArcos came to the rescue, explaining that it was indeed a Conan figure that came free with the purchase of... get this... a DVD of the 1966 Batman movie! Wait... what?!

What a bizarre combination! You'd think it would have come with a Conan DVD, which it may have for all I know. Still, this is a killer (if strange) collectible and I can't thank Marcos enough for sending pics of it!

More Conan from Brazil on its way, you Hyrkanian dogs! So keep yer eyes peeled!

Conan in Brazil! Part 1

Hail fellow Conan fans!

I received an email from a fellow Conan collector down in Brazil named Marcos, who was unbelievably cool enough to take some pics of his killer collection and send them along to me, so I can share them all with our dear readers on the CROM! blog.

I love seeing Conan collectibles from other countries as they are usually so different than anything we're used to seeing, often prompting me to ask, "Why weren't these released here in the States?!" Once you see some of Marcos' collection, you'll see what I mean.

He sent me so many pics that I decided to break it all up in a series of a few different posts, so expect a slew of killer Conan stuff all the way from Brazil to pop up over the next few days.

The first pics he sent me kicked off with a copy of the Brazilian version of the classic (and infamous) NES Conan video game...

Marcos even has the instruction book!

One of the pieces that really caught my notice was this brilliant Conan puzzle that was released back in the heyday of the Conan cartoon. I would kill a thousand Argosean sea dogs for one of these!

The artwork is actually pretty kick-ass, and reminds me of the classic HeroQuest art. Marcos was kind enough to put the puzzle together for us!

But the real gem in this treasure horde, is this killer Conan board game from around the same period. Seriously, why didn't we have a Conan board game here in America? NOT FAIR!

It's a little hard to tell what the game looks like from the back of the box, but it's enough to tease us Conan fans. Are those three-dimensional figure cutouts? EPIC!

That's it for today, but more to come soon! Extra special thanks to Marcos for sharing these great pics with us and thanks to you all for reading!

**** Update ****

Marek saw this post by Reis and sent us more pics from the boardgame Jogo do Conan, along with a bit more info...

Jogo do Conan was published by Estrela in 1996, it’s a two player game for ages 10 and up, and is summarized as follows over on BoardGameGeek (here):

Conan the Barbarian must destroy a magical talisman and kill the monster on the mountain, going across a forest and avoiding fireballs, before the night falls. It is really a two-player game, but the rules state it can be played by more players as two teams.

Check it out!

And if you’re playing Jogo do Conan for endless hours, pass out on the board, and your eyeballs pop open in the middle of the night, you might be faced with this!

Thanks Marek, Marcos & Reis…and sorry for not getting back to you sooner Marcos...big thanks for hooking Reis up!  Cromsblood.

**** Update #2 ****

One more from Marcos!

Video Sneak Peek at the New Sideshow Conan Diorama!

Kull Sticker Trading Card from 1975!

I keep coming across these Marvel stickers from the '70s which usually have some character saying the stupidest things! Apparently, Kull, king of Valusia and precursor to Conan, wants to discuss the tightness of his pants.

Oh, jeeze!

Conan Soundtrack CD Autographed by Basil Poledouris!

Here's another eBay find, an actual autographed copy of the Conan movie soundtrack, signed by the composer himself, Basil Poledouris! I know, this isn't exactly like have a copy of Electric Ladyland signed by Hendrix, but it's still pretty cool. I can't remember the going price for this but I think it was kind of low. Of course, most people would go "Basil who?" and then offer you $3 for it. But we know the truth! Basil is the man! Well, was the man. He died a couple of years ago. Which should make this autograph worth millions! No? Oh well...

Age of Conan Costume at SDCC!

I have no idea what the explanation behind this display is, because it was a random pic found in an SDCC Flickr group with no description. It looks like the Age of Conan people were making a half-assed attempt to remind convention goers to revive their game accounts when they get home.

Still, it's kind of cool, I guess. But why a mannequin wearing armor worn by a video game character, and even then, mostly on the box art? And why is the mannequin standing like a male chorus line dancer? And where the hell is his face?!

So... well... there you go.

Get Your Very Own Conan Resin Model!

Is owning a copy of Conan the Barbarian #1 not enough for you, and you feel the need to celebrate it three-dimensionally? Well, with a little glue and paint, you can with this sweet Conan resin model kit!

You can get it right HERE. Glue sold separately. Don't huff it, kids. Stay in school!

Anyone Want a Conan the Destroyer Grace Jones Poster?

Yeah... me either.

Conan Does Not Like Pickles!

This is from a sticker/trading card series from Marvel back in 1977. All of the stickers had stupid sayings on them. Is this really the best they could come up with? A pickle gag?!

Conan/Terminator T-shirt Welcomes You to California!

Mitra's beard! How effin' crazy is this shirt?! This looks more like something that should be painted on the side of a van owned by the worst drummer in the world, who still lives with his parents.

Seriously, I can't begin to express the level of absurdity that radiates from this t-shirt like magic from Thulsa Doom's butt. The whole Conan/Terminator amalgamation is stupid enough, but hell, they might as well have added in Arnold's characters from Predator, Commando, Twins and Jingle All the Way while they were at it. Nice gold sword, too. Did he melt down C-3PO and then hammer him into a barbarian weapon?

Crom...

Oh! Good news! It also comes in white!

If you have just smoked a bunch of meth and are now in the mental state necessary to actually buy this shirt, you can get it HERE.

Weird Conan Model Kit!

This thing is just plain freaky! I stumbled across it on eBay and the seller claimed this was from Poland or something. Poland? Why Poland? They claim it's meant to be Conan and I believe them. I mean, take a look at those swords and that face is clearly designed to look like Arnold.

Anyway, it looks like the Conan version of those big-headed monster model they used to sell back in the 60's. Of course, I can talk all the smack I want but you all know damn well that I desperately want it!

Original Belit Artist Trading Cards!

The Thing in the Crypt!

Hard Hero (giggle!) has added another statue to their Conan collection with this wicked "Thing in the Crypt" statue. For a dead dude, that guy's got a hell of a six pack.

For more info, you can peer through the darkness HERE.