{"id":27210,"date":"2009-10-02T14:59:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T18:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=27210"},"modified":"2018-10-03T05:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:30:32","slug":"italian-madballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/italian-madballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Madballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past February, at Toy Fair, Basic Fun Inc. showed off a new series of Madballs, featuring a mix of old and new characters. Those still haven't been released yet, but there <b>is<\/b> something new you can get in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit00-233x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Italian company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giraprendi.it\/en\/articolo\/titolo\/mad+balls\" target=_blank>Giraprendi<\/a> has a series of small-scale Madballs that can squirt water. How small? Well, they're sold gachapon-style in capsule machines, so they can't be full-sized; the capsules themselves are listed as 55 millimeters, so that'd be about 2\" - that should give you an idea of how big the ball inside it could be.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Here are all the characters:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit01-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Eye Sore\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit02-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Flea Bag\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit03-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Scum Chum\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit04-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Spews Ooze\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit05-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Spit Bull\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit06-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Fang Thang\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit07-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Brain Rot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit08-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Deck Head\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit09-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Racket Attack\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mbit10-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Creep Frog\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Click each of them to see them bigger, and learn their names.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs Blind Bags - Bruise Brother review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/madballs-blind-bags-bruise-brother-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs Blind Bags - Bruise Brother review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Do not preorder the Battletoads toys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/do-not-preorder-the-battletoads-toys\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Do not preorder the Battletoads toys<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs blind-bagged decoder\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/madballs-blind-bagged-decoder\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs blind-bagged decoder<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs Blind Bags - Swine Sucker review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/madballs-blind-bags-swine-sucker-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs Blind Bags - Swine Sucker review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs Blind Bags - Freaky Fullback review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/madballs-blind-bags-freaky-fullback-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs Blind Bags - Freaky Fullback review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past February, at Toy Fair, Basic Fun Inc. showed off a new series of Madballs, featuring a mix of old and new characters. 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