Do Not Taunt: Homemade Sharktopus Plush Toy
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010This hobbled-together, homemade Sharktopus toy enjoys approximately the same level of production values that went into SyFy’s Sharktopus made-for-TV movie.
Yet it’s likely I’d appreciate and enjoy my time with the toy approximately 17 times as much.
Via blastr, formerly Sci Fi Wire, who came in second place behind SyFy in the Lamest Re-Branding Effort Contest.
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C’mere, So I Can Shoot You A Lot: Heat-Tracking NERF Sentry Gun
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010It’s about time that someone combined over-the-top Nerf guns with autonomous cubicle warfare sensibility.
Behold the winner of MAKE’s Gadget Freak Design Contest:
Rick Prescott outfitted a Nerf® Vulcan EBF-25 machine gun with an array of Devantech TPA81 thermopile sensors, all controlled by an ATmega168, to create this wicked Aliens-style heat-tracking autocannon:
“An idea sparked in my mind one day while [...]
Metal Gear Solid Steed: My Little Solid Snake
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010I’ve shared plenty of custom My Little Ponies before, but there are so many littering the internets now that Pony-fatigue has set in. So I’m getting pretty selective about which ones I post.
So, why then, would I post My Little Solid Snake by Fenrienne on deviantART (aside from its obvious artistic merits)?
Two words: PONY BEARD. (With simulated [...]
The Traveler Has Come!: Ghostbusters Lego Diorama
Friday, August 27th, 2010If I had* a Lego Diorama Room in my house, it would look a hell of a lot like this.
Photo credit: Don Solo on Flickr
Credit Bill Ward for the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and Brian Conti for the rest of the scene, which won “Best Minifig Scene” at Bricks by the Bay.
Which is a sad substitute for the clearly-deserved [...]
Best Ever: Alien Pez Dispenser
Thursday, August 26th, 2010If only it had tiny mandibles that extended to offer each piece of candy. If only.
Who’s the Architect?: Scenes from Inception in LEGO
Friday, August 6th, 2010These vignettes by Lego artist Profound Whatever faithfully recreate the tone, scenery, and coloration of Inception, and beautifully captures the movie’s spirit of, “Hey, lots of pretty things and fast-paced deployment of convoluted logic will distract you from the plain fact that none of this makes any sense, ok? Ok.”
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