Custom vehicles by Icon

Custom vehicles by Icon.

Toyota Fun Vii

Toyota Fun Vii.

*Buy Concept Cars: From the 1930s to the Present at Amazon.

Crashed Ferrari table

Crashed Ferrari table by Charly Molinelli. Via these sites.

Life-sized Mario Kart racers at the LA Auto Show

Gallery of photos of the life-sized Mario Kart racers Nintendo showed of at the Los Angeles auto show.

*Buy the 3DS at eBay.

Mercedes-Benz SF1 concept car

Mercedes-Benz SF1 concept car by Steel Drake.

Schlörwagen "Pillbug"

Schlörwagen "Pillbug". Via these sites.

Citroen Tubik

Citroen Tubik concept vehicle.

Link roundup

1. Thor, the puppy.

2. Test driving the iQ, Scion’s new Smart car killer:

How exactly does a third seat work in an ultra-mini-hatchback? Scion calls it “Asymmetrical Dashboard and Seating,” and it works like this: By removing the usually bulky air-conditioning unit out from under the glove compartment, iQ’s designers were able to carve out more legroom for the front passenger, allowing him or her to push the seat past the driver and create extra legroom for a backseat passenger. The driver is essentially situated somewhere in between the two passengers.

3. Flickr highlighted a few 9/11-themed photos.

Lego Aliens (and a Voltron joke)

Lego Aliens by Brandon Bannerman, who also compared starting a Prius to driving Voltron:







*Buy Alien toys by Neca at eBay.

Link roundup

1. "GM has autonomous, electric pods that can be summoned by a smart phone and will whisk you, hands-free, to wherever you want to go. They're almost ready, now we just need to wait for GPS to catch up."

2. Destructoid didn't like Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet:

Sadly, great visuals do not a great game make. Nor does gameplay that spends most of its timing striving only for a passing grade. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet scores points for its moments of genuine cleverness and tight, logical design, but the majority of the experience is a lukewarm and superficial one. It tries to merge three types of gameplay together, and while the intention is admirable, the effort made is far from total.

3. Mike Maihack is looking for commissions.

Image roundup

North Korea is like an Escher drawing.




Best friends.




Batmobile limousine.




Love.




Children's section entrance in the Cerritos Millenium Library in California.




Confident ninjas.

Image roundup

Allan, He's Ken's Buddy. (Available at eBay.)



Velcro.



Batman trilogy posters combined.



Cat hat.



Dog loves ice.



Mini Hummer.



Mirror world.

Bowling pin car

Car with retracting bowling pins. Via.

Link roundup

1. Lamborghini is apparently going to stop making manual transmissions.

2. Emily Shur talks about photographing Sarah Palin for Newsweek.

3. Recipe for Coffee Bean's Sunrise. Is there a recipe for their Black Forest?

These ads for Scion (featuring Zeus) are way better than that Immortals trailer

I love these ads by Attik for the Scion tC by, starring Zeus. Funny and they do an excellent job of showing off the car:





I couldn't make out what his brand of juice is:



The minisite features ringtones and a downloadable autographed picture.

There's also several "behind the scenes" videos, including this one in which he explains how he created Athena:

Link roundup

1. Even Jiffy Lube is now saying you don't need an oil change every 3,000 miles (at the location I pass the most, business is so bad, there's typically multiple employees holding signs in front instead of servicing cars).

2. Marie Callender's declared bankruptcy and kicked out diners (and workers) mid-meal. (I sure hope my local store hasn't closed, I need the occasional French apple pie fix.)

3. "The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday plans to fire 36 Honolulu International Airport employees and suspend 12 more" for incompetence.

The airstream of the future

ECCO: A zero-emissions mobile living solution by NAU.

*Buy The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past at Amazon.