Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Toycutter updates



Over at my action figure and miniature customizing blog, recent posts include King Leonidas, Darth Maul, and Flying Monkey Munnys, tips on choosing the right glue and sculpting hands, and an Alex Ross-style Wolverine action figure.

Threadless t-shirt design


Mind Pollution - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

See more Threadless picks here.

Just an observation

Chris's super-invincible blog is consistently the funniest thing on the net.

Neat idea - - free paper toy in a virtual blind box



Click to open a blind box and see which design you received. Via.

Plush Jack Sparrow



Ebay. Via.

Photo: Plane flying through clouds



High res image here.

Cheeseburger in a can



Buy. Via these fine sites.

Rice vs. Clinton book cover



Found here.

Nissan, Toyota papercraft



Lots of designs. Nissan. Toyota. Via.

Whoever's writing the anti-cigarette commercials must be doing drugs

Singing, dancing unicorns?



Via.

Porsche Cayenne "Bloodlines" Commercial



So, in the future when we're all driving basically silent cars like the Prius, will we be able to download "engine tones" the way we download ringtones?

Plush Santa



Link. More plush creatures here.

Tentacles Desktop Wallpaper



High res image here.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Plush boy wearing a bear costume?



Actually it's a boy being eaten by a bear. Adorable. Buy.

See more of my Etsy picks here.

Lego: Steampunk Jedi



Link.

NY Giant claims to have castrated lambs with his teeth

Castrating a lamb with your teeth is a pretty simple procedure, really. Grey Ruegamer knows. "You grab the forelegs and pin them to the ground, and then you grab the back legs and throw them on their back," Ruegamer said. And when the, uh, target area is exposed, "away you go. It's the way the Basques do it." Link. You can read a bit more about the practice (if you're interested in that kind of thing) here.

Support the rogue French trader by buying a t-shirt



Link. Background.

Naked mole rats are hideously ugly...and immune to certain kinds of pain



"As vulnerable as naked mole rats seem, researchers now find the hairless, bucktoothed rodents are invulnerable to the pain of acid and the sting of chili peppers." Link.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Japanese company offers "heartache" leave

"Not everyone needs to take maternity leave but with heartbreak, everyone needs time off, just like when you get sick," says CEO Miki Hiradate, of Tokyo-based Hime & Company. The company gives "older" staff (over 29) more time off, under the theory that break-ups are more serious when you're older.

You can read the rest of the article here. Via Tokyomango

Photo: Field of abandoned Bob's Big Boy statues



Link.

Video: 222 pound cheeseburger

It takes 4 people to position the bun. Video link. Via.

Coca-Cola commercial: Drink Coca-Cola, gain a bionic arm




*Buy Six Million Dollar Man toys at eBay.

Video of lightning striking the John Hancock building in Chicago over and over


Lightning Strikes on the John Hancock Building from cshimala on Vimeo.

Via.

Plush: Charming two-headed, three-legged dolls




Buy. Via.

Adorable Firefox Art



High res image here. And don't miss "Fabio Rex Too's" Tony the Tiger.

Lego: Robotic Ent perhaps?



Link.

Desktop Wallpaper: Kirby/Team Fortress 2 Mashup


Kirb Fortress by ~DrakeLake on deviantART

Via.

*Buy Kirby toys at eBay.

MP3 Download: Neil Gaiman’s award-winning "A Study in Emerald"

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award winning short story will delight fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and of course, Neil Gaiman. A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn’t reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.

Freed download. Via.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Toycutter Updates



Over at Toycutter, my action figure and miniature customizing blog, recent posts include a template for making your own scratch-built Baneblade tank, and an interview with the creator of the neat Robot Santa you see above.

Footage of the news Star Wars Unleashed video game looks fabulous

Interesting: BP plays a major part in the new version of SimCity

BP and EA have partnered to create SimCity Societies, the city-building game that deals with the causes and consequences of global warming. The game presents options for city power generation through various high- or low-carbon means, making available solar power, wind power, hydrogen power, natural gas and biofuels — the same alternative, cleaner forms of energy BP is working with leading researchers, scientists and engineers to provide.

Official site.

Video: What would your dog say if he could talk?

He'd just keep asking for sausages:

Lego: Big Dadddy and Little Sister from Bioshock



Link.

Nintendo themed party decorations




Gallery here. Seems wrong, yet appropriate to use Kirby as a pinata. Via.

T-Shirt Designs: Saved By The Bell edition


Smack-Dab - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever



shootingstar - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever



meet me at The Max - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever



Vegetable Rights - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

And this one is at Design By Humans:


See more of my t-shirt picks here.

Mecha Naga Buddha T-Shirt Design





Vote for it here.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Fan Created Star Wars/Disney Mashup Art and Action Figure Concepts


Star Tours Calendar Back Page by *Thumper-001 on deviantART


Emperor Mickey by *Thumper-001 on deviantART


Darth Valice in Wonderland by *Thumper-001 on deviantART


Snow White n 7 Stormtroopers by *Thumper-001 on deviantART


Goof Maul by *Thumper-001 on deviantART


Boba Ducks Trophy by *Thumper-001 on deviantART

See the rest in the series in this gallery.

*Buy toys from Disneyland at eBay.

Action Figures: Marvel Select Zombies






Marvel Select Zombies

That John McCain's a real clown (pic)



Found here at Chris Haley's blog. He's also drawn a nifty Robin.

Ron Weasley Plush (With Scabbers), Plush Valentine


Ron Weasley plush.



Plush Valentine.

See more of my Etsy picks here.

New Disney Photos by Annie Leibovitz


Gisele Bundchen as Wendy Darling, Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan, Tina Fey as Tinker Bell.



Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony as Princess Jasmine and Aladdin.



Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie from Aladdin.



Jessica Biel as Pocahontas.

I've posted the previous photos in the series here.