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Thursday, August 5th, 2010I’m not sure exactly what it means to be in a German design collective called “sputnic”, but it apparently involves:
Dressing up like a contemporary version of the Sprockets guys from Saturday Night Live.
Committing hours and hours to frivolous projects with no apparent commercial value, but with plenty of appeal to geeks with a taste for creative, [...]
Someone Broke My Firefly: Star Trek Meets the The Serenity Crew
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Someone will pay for this.
Via Geekpron by way of @bonniegrrl, who couldn’t have known how much she’d hurt me when she shared this.
Find Firefly t-shirts on Ebay
Two Words: Toy Lamp!
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010This one-of-a-kind Toy Lamp by designer Ryan McIlhinney illustrates a position I’ve long-touted: all home furnishings should be made of whimsy and polyurethane laquer.
Made of recycled Toys which are bonded toghther and then coated in a High Gloss polyurethane laquer.
See? Perfect.
Whoever can name any of these action figures (WHY, HELLO, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!) gets an official [...]
Cosplay for Lazy People: The Hellboy Hoodie
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Here’s deviantART user Andrew H’s Hellboy hoodie, that he made for his brother, Anthony. I can certainly appreciate the artistry and the geeky deliciousness of this thing, but can only assume that Andrew is intent on protecting his brother’s virginity.
Way to make a stand for virtue and chastity and other boring stuff, Andrew! Make sure Anthony wears that [...]
Yes, Please: Futurama Meets the Transformers with “Transbender”
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010This brings me such great joy. Let’s hope this starts a trend of Futurama/Transformers mashups. Thanks to the artist, Nina M. on deviantART.
Too bad about the name of the piece, though. “Transbender.” Sounds like a sex change that went awry. Megatrender? Bendatron?
Yeah, there’s no clear win, here.
Find custom Transformers toys on Ebay
Now Featuring: Human Hair!: The Steampunk Stormtrooper Helmet
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010The 501st’s TK Helmet Project has produced this custom Stormtrooper helmet. Sure, the internet has seen 1,037 different artistic takes on the Stormtrooper helmet, but when I saw this custom-made steampunk variation, I knew I had to post it.
Not because I’m particularly enthralled by steampunk, but because I know some of you are, and I love it [...]
