Star Wars toy news

Darth Maul and Owen Lars Visionaries pack. Via.

-As of right now, there's no plans to make action figures based on The Force Unleashed II or The Old Republic.

-Hasbro believes that articulation is not particularly important to children, and since making figures articulated is so expensive, newer Clone Wars action figures have less articulation than older figures in the same line of toys.

*Buy Star Wars Visionaries at Amazon.

New book covers for H.G. Wells novels

New book covers by Tim Phelan for H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and The Island of Dr. Moreau.

*Previously: War of the Worlds was an allegory about the injustice of European imperial rule of Africa, China and India.

*Buy war of the Worlds at Amazon.

Never talks yourself out of entering merit-based contests

This video won the Bioshock 2 Vid-Cap Contest, and thus its creator will receive $5,000 and a working Subject Delta Big Daddy Suit. Am I simply missing out on what makes it special, or is this such a stunningly bad pick that it calls into question the legitimacy of the contest?

Advertising roundup

Giant non-stick pan placed in front of a half-pipe by Leo Burnett.



JWT took advantage of snowfall and used a stamp to promote mints.



Smart car with bicycle lot by BBDO.



Splitting headache by Y&R.




Shattered bus shelter by Trigger for a dinosaur exhibit at the Calgary Zoo.

*See more great advertising here.

*Buy vintage advertising at eBay.

Vintage educational posters

Some delightful vintage educational posters and card game on sale in Grain Edit's Etsy shop:













*Previously: Science textbook illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

*Buy vintage textbooks at eBay.

Santo vs. Las Mujeres Vampiro

Two posters from Print's large punctuation gallery.

*Buy Santos posters at eBay.

Blade Runner art

Zhora, Pris, and Rachael from Blade Runner - - part of a series of images by Goran Patlejch.

*Previously: Chibi Roy Batty.

*Buy Blade Runner posters at eBay.