Adam Savage Re-creates The Zorg Industries ZF-1
Thursday, 17th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: adam savage, fifth element, movies, props, toys, ZF-1
Written by: Paul Nyhart
It’s been 13 years in the making, but Adam Savage’s man cave has produced what looks to be the closest replica to the ZF-1 from The Fifth Element known to man.
Savage has produced the gun as part of his ever popular Tested Series on YouTube with Mythbusters partner Continue reading “Adam Savage Re-creates The Zorg Industries ZF-1” »
Dubstep Plays While Your Favorite Toys Are Destroyed
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: animation, Delta Heavy, Dubstep, Get By, Ian Roberts, toys
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Dubstep duo Delta Heavy collaborated to create a soundtrack to all of your classic childhood toys as they’re brilliantly animated, and more importantly, brutally maimed.
Anybody else remember some of these collecting dust in the attic as a kid? Connect Four, Battleship, Scrabble…and now you get to see all of them being butchered, hacked, and ground up, and all in glorious stop-motion animation to “Get By,” DH’s latest. Continue reading “Dubstep Plays While Your Favorite Toys Are Destroyed” »
Mineways Creates 3D Models Of Your In-Game Minecraft Creations
Tuesday, 3rd January 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: 3D, 3D printer, EricHaines, gifts, Minecraft, Mineways, models, printing, Shapeways, toys
Written by: Craig Hunter
A new open source program called Mineways allows Minecraft players to print out their in-game creations as real-world objects using a 3D printer. The project is the work of Eric Haines (via VentureBeat), who has also put together the video below walking us through the process.
It starts by allowing you to select a portion of your in-game Minecraft creation, and then allows you to edit the model before exporting to formats supported by 3D printing services like Shapeways. As you can see in the video, Eric uses the software to export the file to Shapeways and ends up with a physical model of the in-game Eiffel Tower. His website is also full of tips on getting the most out of the software and gives us an idea of just how much it will cost you… Continue reading “Mineways Creates 3D Models Of Your In-Game Minecraft Creations” »
‘Angry Birds’ Take Over Your Local Parks and Playgrounds
Tuesday, 13th December 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Offbeat
Tags: amgry birds, franchise, mobile gaming, playground, retail, Rovio, toys
Written by: Craig Hunter
We know developer Rovio is trying to capitalize as much as possible on its little iOS franchise known as Angry Birds. First the developer made plans to open a retail shop dedicated to pushing Angry Birds merchandise, and an animation studio for Angry Birds cartoons. This was shortly after announcing the half a billion downloads milestone.
Now, the company plans on infiltrating local parks and outfitting them with Angry Birds inspired playground equipment. Reuters reports: Continue reading “‘Angry Birds’ Take Over Your Local Parks and Playgrounds” »
The Return of Etch-A-Sketch…With Nintendo Controllers
Wednesday, 30th November 2011Posted in Gadgets, Offbeat, Technology
Tags: geek, nes controller, nintendo, toys
Written by: Jeff Nau
Etch-A-Sketch is often thought stone-age relic, but have the MacGyver-like skills of a certain YouTube user disproved that notion? Could rigging an old school NES controller to the toy enable one to more easily compete in the beautiful but small world of Etch a Sketch artists?
Judging by his elaborate rigging — which features an arduino microcontroller, hooked up to a stepper motor control board, which themselves are hooked up to the knobs — the idea is that one would have an easier time simply using the NES control pad to guide your way onto doing the next masterpiece (or just drawing vaguely suggestive pictures). Continue reading “The Return of Etch-A-Sketch…With Nintendo Controllers” »
‘Voltron’ Movie is Resurrected at Comic-Con. And There Was Much Rejoicing…
Saturday, 23rd July 2011Posted in Pop Culture
Tags: comic, comic-Con 2011, Mattel, NickToons, toys, Volron Force, Voltron Live Action Movie, Votron
Written by: Jeff Nau
A year ago, word was mum on the possibility of a ‘Voltron’ live action movie. Still amongst the most beloved of manga/anime/cartoons in its native Japan and especially here in the U.S., the possibility of those 5 robot tigers forming a blazing sword and kicking robeast ass was too good to be true. The possibility of the live action movie has sparked some outrage amongst hardcore fans who believe that it shouldn’t be anything other than a cartoon.
Continue reading “‘Voltron’ Movie is Resurrected at Comic-Con. And There Was Much Rejoicing…” »
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