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War Machine Gets a Crazy Samurai Makeover, And More of the Best Toys of the Week

For the past few years, Bandai has released “movie realization” Star Warsfigures that turn Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Stormtroopers into Feudal Japanese warriors, swapping high tech for ornate samurai armor, and laser swords for laser katanas. Now, the company is expanding the line to include Marvel characters, and joining Samurai Iron Man is the ludicrously well-equipped Samurai War Machine. Look at the size of those shoulder cannons! If the guns on his wrists and shoulders weren’t enough for you, War Machine also comes with a katana for good measure—and he’ll set you back around $85 when he releases in Japan next March. 

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Sherritt International fined $1 million for coal mine spills in Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada informed that Sherritt International Corp. (TSX:S) has agreed to pay a fine of $1 million after pleading guilty in the Provincial Court of Alberta to three counts of contravening the Fisheries Act.

According to the federal ministry, Sherritt was sentenced to pay $1,050,000 of which $990,000 will be directed to the Environmental Damages Fund. Also, as a result of this conviction, the company's name will be added to the Environmental Offenders Registry.

Christie’s netted £99.5 million ($130 million) during its postwar and contemporary art evening auction at its King Street salesroom in London Friday night, securing a sell-through rate of 83 percent. But the sale was defined by a single lot that, once it failed to sell, made for one of the most notable pricing miscalculations in recent auction memory. That work, Francis Bacon’s Study of Red Pope 1962. 2nd version 1971, was marketed with an on-request estimate of £60 million to £80 million ($78.4 million to $104.5 million), which, if achieved, would have made it the priciest artwork ever sold at auction in Europe. But Christie’s could not find a buyer in that range, and the lot flopped.