While it’s not the work of untooning master Pixeloo (the artist behind the untooned versions of Jessica Rabbit, Homer Simpson, and Super Mario), this untooning attempt, which was an entry to a Worth1000 “Reality Cartoon” Photoshop contest, comes pretty damn close to the master himself.

If the producers over at Family Guy were to one-day let Peter Griffin star as a live-action character, we can only assume he would look something eerily similar to this untooned version of everybody’s favorite father from Quahog. Hit the jump for a larger shot of the untooned Peter. (more…)

There have been a wide assortment of Batmen over the years (not to be confused with Batboy, of course). From the BAM! POW! days of Adam West, to the seductive, yet totally unimpressive George Clooney days, we’ve seen our share of Batman acting. We still feel the need to meet the real Batman. And the only way to call the real Batman, is with the Bat Signal.

Now, you can try making your own Bat Signal, but more than likely, you’ll fail miserably, and spend the rest of your life cold, hungry, and lonely. But thankfully for us, we can buy our own premade Bat Signal, which might not be able to notify the man in black from across a city, but should do well if you happen to be in the same room as him, with its 16 foot range. Get your own for $309. You know you’ve spent more on stupider shit. — Andrew Dobrow

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How big of a Spongebob fan are you or members of your family? Enough that you’d dedicate an entire event to the square pants-donning sea creature? Luckily for you, Spongebob’s rectangular shape makes him easy to integrate as a birthday cake design.

Everyone loves cake. I mean, come on, yummylicious OM NOM, right? We can only hope that making your own Spongebob cake won’t traumatize your kids, as they watch you scarf down their beloved cartoon character. — Andrew Dobrow

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Having seen them selling cellphones with a girl in a tub, here comes another marketing stunt from Japan. How ’bout a spectacular cartoon epic on a weird-looking mouse that does acupuncture? Jump to find out more.

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The folks at Sanyo are Snoopy fanboys, they’re no shy about combining the name of their rechargeable battery Eneloop with that. So we have the Eneloopy today, a dog that takes the Eneloop battery in its tummy, the nose will light up when there’s juice in there. Then you can roughly guess how much is left from the brightness. As if that’s not the main function, there’re also a couple of plastic bones that come with the Eneloopy to make it look cute. (ah, that’s the whole point) The Eneloopy is not for sale, but only distributed to 5000 of its very special customers. Let’s see if people would kill for these dogs. — Sam Chan

Eneloopy [Impress]

You know how sometimes you need to have the gadget grow on you after the purchase before you start to get comfortable with using it? Well, Japanese toys manufacturer Takara-TOMY has brought this to a completely different level with the new kind of One-Seg DMB toy TV they showed us at Toy Forum 2007 this morning. This portable TV itself certainly reminds us of the iRiver Clix, it carries a 3″ QVGA TFT screen which is not bad, and it runs on alkaline batteries you buy supermarkets (61×99x20mm). The TV can last up to 4 hours each time and you can record your programs to microSD. What’s so special about it is that there is actually a character built in- a female voice that will respond every time you press the a button: changing channels, adjusting brightness and volume, turning it on or off.

The voice will start off as being unfriendly, but as time goes by, when you use the buttons more it’ll become more and more friendly. And this change of attitude will be reflected by her reaction when you press your buttons. So on the first week she’ll say things like “Don’t you think it’s a bit too bright?” or “Are you just changing channels for fun because it’s annoying…”, but if you get acquainted with the TV over time, she’ll start saying nicer things like “Oh, you’re back!” or “Yep, turning up the brightness for you now”. (We’re serious, these quotes are translated carefully) The company is going to release a whole series of these TVs with different characters and different personalities. We think it’s a bit kinky, but in case you are interested, you can pick them up in Japan for 200USD autumn this year. — Sam Chan

Takara-TOMY toy TV [Impress]

Although not the first of The Simpsons gear, it might be the coolest, and is certainly the most expensive. The Simpsons Pinball Machine brings the power of cartoon-themed arcade games into your home with all of the features of the original Simpsons pinball game. Along with a talking Homer head, Itchy and Scratchy targets, and the famous garage door, The Simpsons pinball is an awesome buy for a well-off Simpsons fan to spoil themselves with a price at a meager $4,999. The cool option of playing with or without coins might even lead to a profit if played wisely. — Andrew Dobrow

The Simpsons Pinball Party Machine [via Uncrate]