Good, ‘Cause Chess Needed Some Nerding Up: Custom Lego Empire Strikes Back Chess Set
Monday, September 13th, 2010It took wampas and AT-ATs to rejuvenate my interest in chess. Oh, wait… aaaaaaand now it’s gone, again. Click to zoom Anywho. Brandon Griffith made this clever Empire Strikes Back chess set as a follow-up to his A New Hope set. The full gallery of pics on Flickr is worth a browse, but the highlight for me was the [...]
I Want Very Much: Custom DC Superheroes Lego Minifigs
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Lego minifig customizer and photographer Julian Fong–a.k.a., the grown-up equivalent of the kid I would have made friends with in grade school just so I could play with his awesome toys–has created an impeccable custom Lego minifig for just about every* superhero of note from the DC Universe. The Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Justice [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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