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🔌 💻 Webheads bios: Hacker

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A screenshot of Hacker’s bio from the webheads site. There is a picture of him on the left, showing a doll with a white, bulky computer for a head, and a face of a white man with a black domino mask inserted into the picture frame screen. He is wearing a black leather jacket over a black shirt that says Hacker in white lettering, along with black gloves, black pants, and black boots. He also has a cross body black leather bag with a logo of a white H tied up with red chains, and a white lock. His bio reads as follows:

Favorite Phrase: “Ain’t nowhere I can’t go”

Favorite Food: Any type of FAST Food

Favorite Website: Microsoft.com

Favorite Clothing: Leather, leather and more leather

Favorite Hobbies: Keyboard drumming

Favorite Song: “Jail House Rock” by Elvis Presley

Perfect for photos of your Co-workers, brothers, sisters, buddies or kids!

WE LOVE HACKERS!!! A hacker is a computer enthusiast who enjoys learning everything about a computer system and, through clever programming, pushes the system to its highest possible level of performance. These computer hobbyists are skilled programmers with a reputation of having a little bit of a mischievous bent – Every now and then, one or two “misguided” hackers breaks into secured computer systems and finds himself in just a teeny tiny bit of trouble with the law —OOOPS!!! We like to think of hackers as good eggs, who program enthusiastically and enjoy a wonderful bonding experience with highly intelligent and clever programmers worldwide. Hackers are our friends.

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Ok so I should actually post ab the chemical reactions that have been happening in my brain over the last week/day.

So for my bday last year my sister got me this doll from Goodwill:

Obviously just… I love him so much. He is amazing. The colors, the aesthetic, the early 2000s computer monitor head. What is this.

So according to his tag he’s part of a toy line called WebHeads, which came out in the early 2000s and were advertised as little companions to sit on top of your monitor. You could insert different photos into the screen of their faces, and were encouraged to do so with loved ones based on the personality of each punny character. They were all based on internet and computer features and slang of the time, and there are sixteen different dolls from what I’ve been able to find.

However there are 4 these (baby gURL, Browser the Webhound, Cyber Cat and Mouse, and Doctor Disk) that I have not been able to find any photos of beyond the grainy ones pictured above, which I found via the archived WebHeads site on the wayback machine (www.iwebheads.com).

There at a few characters with listings on eBay and around the internet, but they’re honestly nearly lost media with the fact that they are no longer being made, were never popular, and have a site where half the product pictures don’t work if you actually click on them.

However! The archived versions of the site on the wayback machine do have every dolls bio, which give things like their favorite phrase, food, and song, and a brief description of their personality. Which I’ve taken screenshots of, and edited in photos for the ones that didn’t work on site. That may be another post if ppl want to see them but THE POINT IS

Through all of this my brain decided to do what it always does: make headcanons and lore based on the extreme lack of information we have on something.

And long story short, I have made myself invested in a civilain/hero and hero/villain love triangle-ish dichotomy between E-Male, Webmaster, and The Hacker, pictured below (though I don’t subscribe to their in box face insert faces). And I have thoughts. And I’m getting some gay computer art of it.

(IDs in ALT for all)

Just got some (to exist) gay computer art. Proud of myself.

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Hacker News (@newsycombinator)

Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004) http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/webhead/2004/11/nullsoft_19972004.html

faved by your 1 friend and 3 others

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Just recieved this absolutely lovely commission of The Hacker, Webmaster, and E-Male being yearning gay computers from @whoalymammoth :-)) I’m absolutely delighted with how this piece came out and he was a joy to commission, so check him out here, or on instagram and twitter, and get somth yourself!

(ID in ALT, little snippet of dynamic thoughts below cut because I’m going all out w this)

Always dedicated to saving the day, Webmaster finds solace in the downtime he has out of the suit. That’s where he meets E-Male after all, a brash and overconfident coworker who manages to warm his circuits. The two find themselves getting closer over time, an understanding blooming as they help each other come out of their shells and discover their feelings beyond the societal roles they’ve been pressured to conform to.

But Webmaster is conflicted.

As a hero, he has existed in a place of constant flirtation with one of his enemies, The Hacker. Dangerous as he may be, Hacker is smart and witty, and he has a pull to him that is hard to escape. Their dynamic has continued this way for ages, and now, caught between the two, Webmaster finds there is no easy answer.

The more he tries to make sense of things, the more tangled the cords of his heart become, twisting over each other with the thrum of care and wanting.

Stretched to the limit of his processing power, sparks begin to fly.

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Looking to know a Webhead?

>>READ HERE<<

Hi there! My name’s Michael and I made this blog because I took a funny little interest in First Ideas’ Webheads toy line from the early 2000s. They’re a fascinating group of computer and internet themed toys, meant to be monitor companions and photo frames. Now out of active production and circulation and never reaching popularity, the Webheads line has faded into obscurity, and in many cases presents a mystery. What happened? Why is there so little information online about them? Where did they go?

While I’ll be trying to dig up more about them, what I know for now is that there are 16 total dolls listed on the archived iwebheads.com via the wayback machine, several of which have no available photos beyond blurry thumbnails for their bios, and who present both an interesting cast of characters, and a fun look back into the early days of the internet.

These characters are:

Auntie Virus • Baby Boy.com • Baby gURL • Browser the Webhound • Cookie • Cyber Cat and Mouse • Dot e.com • Dr. Disk • E-male • Eve Shopper • Hacker • Melissa LuvBug • Wally Wallstreet • Web Mistress • Webmaster • Web Surfer

Here I’ll be posting the history bits I’m able to find on the Webheads line, the characters’ bios, playlists, headcanons, OCs, art, and more! So if you’d like to stick around and learn about some friendly computer companions that nearly count as lost media, you’re in the right place :-)

I got some fanart to kick this blog off, which is just absolutely gorgeous and shall remain here because it’s very close to my heart.

Tag directory is under cut, and otherwise have an epic day!

Characters will be tagged by their names as done so on this post, and each of their bios will be tagged with #site bio for their official ones, and #webheadcanon bio for my takes/additional bios on their characters

Posts featuring media from the webheads website will be tagged as #web(head)site

Posts with headcanons or analysis on the possibilities of the web-world and characters will be tagged as #webheadcanons

Posts talking about the current state of the brand, new information found on other sites, or anything to do with finding more than I have will be tagged as #webheadsleuthing

Posts with random mod commentary or ab irl stuff will be tagged with #off the web and details and reviews on different Webheads dolls as I track them down and collect them will be tagged with #doll reviews

Original characters will be tagged with their names, as well as with the tag #original computers

Fanart and fic will be tagged as #art and #fic respectively

Asks and submissions will be tagged with #web mail

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Holy shit I just realized Hacker isn’t gendered like a lot of the other dolls. Himself is used once in the bio but the “Perfect for pictures of [blank]” part also lists sisters as one option. Genderqueer king… I’m gonna have a field day w this.

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Haven’t been here in awhile sorry! Been busy. But will try and get that Webmistress doll review up soon! As an update, I have officially ordered all unique webheads listings off of eBay/that I’ve been able to find in general so. There will be reviews for Baby Boy.com, Hacker, Melissa LuvBug, Cookie, and Auntie Virus on the way at some point along with my weird headcanons, relationship charts, job ideas, and more!