Team Fortress 2 Demoman action figure by Neca

Here's a photo of the upcoming Team Fortress 2 Demoman action figure by Neca (the sample was stolen from Neca's Toy Fair booth).

Link roundup

1. The Oakland A's were the talk of the sports world on Monday after signing Cuban slugger/outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who put out a truly outlandish promotional video. If you're not convinced it's worth your time to watch, read this detailed description.

2. A lengthy analysis of why the Death Star's trash compactor makes little sense.

3. Bonsai tree houses.

4. Gyroscopically stabilized pool table for cruise ships.

Illustration roundup

Adam Koford created a monstrous unicorn for BoingBoing.







Augmented reality Valentine's Day cup at Starbucks. Via.






Henri's Walk to Paris is a children's book by Saul Bass reissued for $12 at Amazon.




Comin' at Ya! movie poster by Jay Shaw going on sale Wednesday at Mondo.

*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.

Alice in Wonderland dolls

Alice in Wonderland dolls by Cart Before the Horse on sale at Etsy.

Link roundup

1. The Mass Effect 3 demo is now available.

2. Mike Krahulik has some negative comments about the story in The Old Republic.

3. The 10 worst swings of the 2011 baseball season. Via.

4. The latest Paranorman newspaper.

5. The BBTS already has preorders for some of the Toy Fair 2012 toys, including Play Arts Kai Mass Effect and Lego Star Wars and Avengers.

Win a copy of Lawrence Lessig's new eBook

Out today from Byliner is One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic by Lawrence Lessig.

I have one digital copy to give away. For a chance to win, simply comment on this post and include your email so I can contact you if you win. One comment per person, and this contest is open worldwide. I'll pick a winner Sunday night.

Diamond Select booth at Toy Fair 2012

Huge gallery of photos of Diamond Select's Toy Fair 2012 booth, including Venom Minimates, Alice: Madness Returns action figures, Mad Monster Party figures, and much, much more.

Link roundup

1. 5 secret drinks at Starbucks including the Snickers Frappuccino (Java Chip Frappuccino with caramel and toffee nut).

2. Online ads:

Who’s buying the lions’ share of advertising on news websites? Nobody. For most of the 22 news organizations PEJ studied, the top category of advertising was in-house — ie. self-promotional ads for the publishers’ own products or services. Those accounted for 21% of the ads on in the sample of websites the study tracked, a group that includes newspapers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, web-only outlets like Yahoo and the Huffington Post, magazines like Time and The Atlantic and TV networks’ web companion sites like cbsnews.com and cnn.com

3. Looks like Kickstarter will make close to $100,000 by the time Double Fine's Kickstarter ends.

4. If you don't mind spamming your friends on Twitter, MTV is giving away a big McFarlane toys prize pack.

5. Here's another art idea, create a poster for Angelina Jolie as Maleficent.

New Threadless t-shirts

Some of this week's new Threadless t-shirts:





Listening to My Song by Tobe Fonseca




Invention of Colour by Ben Hartnett




Eskimo Pop by Andy Gonsalves




EVERY TIME A CAT CLEANS ITSELF IT IS WORSHIPING THE DARK LORD by Jerrod Landon Porter

Anti-Super Mario propaganda posters from the Mushroom Kingdom

Show your support for Bowser and hate for Super Mario with these propaganda posters on sale at Fro Design.

Illustration roundup

(FYI, if you want some attention from the web, create an awesome Jeremy Lin poster/t-shirt ASAP.)


Brand New concert poster by Morning Breath on sale any minute.





Storm and Chell commissions by Jake Ekiss.




D.C. Stuelpner's submission for Project Rooftop's Invincible redesign contest.




Mr. Miracle and Big Barda by Daniel Irizarri.




Captain America poster by Donald Gibson, who is offering $10-$20 commissions.




Dustin Harbin's latest one hour drawing.

*Buy Marvel Legends figures at Amazon.

40 minutes of Mass Effect 3

40 minutes of Mass Effect 3, including (very brief) character creation and the opening cinema, and a level from later in the game. Via.

*Buy Mass Effect toys at Amazon.

One More Toy Fair 2012 photo roundup

DC Direct.




Mattel Collectors.





Lego.



Neca.

*Buy Voltron toys at eBay.