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YouTubeHallelujah! Optimus Prime Stained Glass Window
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Don’t ask me if this is real, because I couldn’t make a determination one way or another. Even after an exhaustive forensic analysis which involved three-and-a-half minutes of Googling on “Optimus Prime stained glass” and about seventeen seconds of squinting at the photo really, really hard.
Regardless… Transformers as a religion? Sure, why not. I can [...]
Optimus Prime Ice Sculpture – Geeky Cake of the Week (What? No Frosting?)
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009I’ve heard some not-so-flattering things about you people, recently. I heard that you cast your $10 votes for Michael Bay’s latest cacophony of shiny vapidness, Transformers 2: Electro-Mechanical Bugaboo. And that you barely caught yourself from offering an errant laugh at the racist robot twins.
Obviously, I can’t let this sort of behavior go unchecked. Which [...]
The Top Five Awful Disney Crossover Toys
Friday, June 19th, 2009Just because you have the rights to a license… doesn’t mean you should use it.
And the producers of the next, inevitable Punisher movie are welcome to that advice. But today, let’s address Disney and its grotesque cross-licensed toy-producing efforts.
5. Mickey Mouse Tron Doll
The fine toy-crafters behind the Mickey Mouse Tron “Doll” were originally going to [...]
LEGO Optimus Prime Transformer – Yet Another Custom Toy Creation to Make Me Feel Lazy and Untalented
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Remember that sweet-ass LEGO Megatron Transformer?
Well, another prolific Brickshelf user, “Orion Pax,” has created Megatron’s counterpart, this custom-made, fully-transformable LEGO Optimus Prime. There’s even a trailer for “vehicle mode.”
Wow. For someone like me who has the creative LEGO-building prowess of a stillborn spider-monkey, a project like this could only create more marvel if it cured [...]
Mickey Mouse Transformer Visits a Plague Upon My Eyes
Thursday, November 13th, 2008It’s a widely-known rule of thumb within the four walls of my living room that adding zombies or monkeys to an entertainment property can practically guarantee success. Or perhaps you haven’t heard of the best-selling Marvel Zombies series (super heroes + zombies) or the hilarious trunk monkey (car ads + monkeys)?
No? For shame. (Did you [...]
Optimus Prime Transformers Birthday Cake – Geeky Cake of the Week
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Please welcome Dora from Singapore into the vaunted GWS Hall of Cake Artisans Who Make Their Cakes 100% Edible.
She created the Optimus Prime cake out of double chocolate Victorian sponge, soaked in vanilla syrup and layered with chocolate ganache. And she used sugarpaste [...]
