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If you were Superman, would you wait for the microwave? I don’t think so. You would zap the shit out of the microwave dinner.

You can pick this up for $18 on Threadless

The Dark Knight DVD’s have shown up for pre-order on various sites. Get this, we all expected TDK to do well on the DVD sales charts, but it has hit number 3 on Amazon’s Movie sales chart. All this coming from a movie that is still two months out. Wouldn’t you like to be behind that gravy train…maybe Chris Nolan could fund a second bailout.

You can pick up the two-disc edition for $22.99. Don’t even think about getting the one disc version. In fact, that doesn’t even exist.

No sign of the crazy awesome bat-pod edition yet. Keep your eyes peeled.

Busted Tees‘ newest offering imagines an alternate universe (better?) where E.T. bike jacks Elliot, and drives off into the sunset. Awesome, right? You can pick it up for $19 on their site.

Director Jon Favreau has just announced that Iron Man has become the best selling Blu-Ray of all time. While official sales numbers haven’t been released yet, I wouldn’t doubt it. Blu-Ray is just starting to come in vogue with all the late adopters, prices of players have been steadily falling, and well…Iron Man was a crazy popular movie. My bet though is that it won’t hold a candle to the Dark Knight sales.

What about you, are you part of the Iron Man camp, or the Dark Knight one. There isn’t going to have to be a war, is there? Is there?

Hot Toys has just announced their latest piece of joy. a 1/6th scale figure of the Joker from the first scene of The Dark Knight. It stands 12 inches tall, and features 32 points of articulation. It comes with two different heads, a removable clown mask, fragmentation and smoke grenades, a duffel bag, playing cards (Jokers of course) a hand gun, a machine gun, and more.

I would imagine this is going to go fast, probably faster then the $10 dollar one that sold out a month before the film was released despite the much higher price. Enjoy the rest of the pictures and your dreams of the fun you two could share.

Update: I just got a take-down notice from Warner Bros. themselves…great fun. They just all but confirmed the truth of this, didn’t they…

Are we going to call shenanigans on this, or is it legit? Our tipster claims it’ll be a special edition DVD set, but in this form (if this is how it will be packaged) it looks more like just a toy/collectable then a DVD set.

What do you think, real or fake? Either way, I’m ready to buy one…right now. Hear that Mr. Nolan, you could just send one my way if you want. I won’t mind.

Adidas Originals has launched a pair of limited edition sneakers by partnering with Universal Pictures and Dark Horse Comics to mark the upcoming release of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. the highly-anticipated sequel by Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro.

The shoes, designed with Universal Studios, the Forum Mid comes in a good mix of red, black, and gold with a white bottom sole. It has an Original Adidas logo on the tongue with an emblazoned Hellboy logo on the velcro strap. The Stan Smith mid, created with Dark Horse, comes in black patent leather with red shoelaces. It features an exclusive image of Hellboy himself in a very stylized graphic. It also has very nice details including an engraved outer sole, lace jewels, and unique tongue branding.

The newly-designed kicks are reportedly due for release in July.

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These posters were created for the Drafthouse for their Rolling Roadshow tour. Rolling Roadshow is their program where they bring their portable screen and cinema projector across the country (in this case across the world) and show movies, often in their shooting locations. Tarantino has announced that he will be present at the screenings. If you are in Spain, or have the disposable income to get over there, you can pick up your tickets for this summer’s events at OriginalAlamo.com.

You can pick up the posters (Good, Bad, and Ugly, are all separate posters) for $20 each, or $45 for the whole set.

Fans have cleaned out the entire supply of Heath Ledger’s Joker action figure, within minutes of them going on sale.

The toys went on sale for $9.99 and showed Heath Ledger as the ‘Joker’, his final completed role before his untimely demise of an accidental drug overdose.

An employee of Times Square’s Toys R Us store says, “There are none left in the warehouse. You will be waiting a while if you want one.”

Some fans are believed to be buying up stock, convinced the figure is a collector’s item; others are selling them on auction site eBay for up to $55 each.

Ledger will be seen as the Joker alongside Christian Bale’s Batman in The Dark Knight–which hits movie theaters worldwide in July.

Advertising Age has an interesting article on how brands are leveraging this years blockbuster hit to increase their sales, especially since the movie is seen to appeal to a very wide range of audiences. The upcoming Wachowski Brother flick, Speed Racer, will have tie-in deals with General Mills, Yokohama Tire Corp., McDonald’s Corp., Nintendo, AutoTrader.com, esurance.com and Mattel. A Warner Spokesperson has said that the deals vary.

Similar to Burger King’s marketing tie-in with “Iron Man”, BK gets a mention in the movie. There is no branding for McDonalds on Speed Racer, though, Mcdonalds has the rights to sell Speed Racer toys with it’s Happy Meals.

Mattel is making a similar move by branding it’s Hot Wheels range with the Speed racer logo. General Mills will get a “Cheerio’s” Racing car. Yokohama Tires gave away Speed Racer key Cahisn and Posters at it’s paddock at the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix. Nintendo give consumers a reason to buy the Nintendo Wii’s wheel Accessory and launches the Speed Racer Game.