Lego CubeDude: Shigeru Miyamoto as Link (and more)

Shigeru Miyamoto as Link Lego CubeDude by Pierre.



Steve Austin Lego CubeDude by Angus MacLane.



Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and Chucky Lego CubeDudes by Legohaulic.


*Previously: Remember when money was being spent advertising the new Bionic Woman tv show?

*Buy Six Million Dollar Man toys at eBay.

Charon has downgraded his ride

Photo of a shopping cart in hell (played by Aberdeen Harbour) by John Parminter. There's lots more at his website, including this photo of Dunnottar Castle:



He also has prints available. Via.

*Previously: Mont Saint-Michel.

*Buy toy castles at eBay.

Fail Whale pumpkins

Fail Whale jack-o-lanterns. Via.

*Previously: Fail Whale Assassin's Creed Edition.

*Buy pumpkin carving kits at Amazon.

Papercraft zombie (link roundup)

Download this zombie paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. Nintendo might provide wireless service for an upcoming version of the Wii like Amazon provides for the Kindle. Via these sites.

2. Lego coin-operated candy machines. Also, Lego King Arthur from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Via.

3. Can't say I really understand what happened, but the first sentence doesn't sound good: "A spokesman for California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown has surreptitiously recorded telephone interviews with news reporters . . . ."

*Previously: The umbrella in the stone.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Headless Horseman painting (link roundup)

Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane painting by John Quidor.

And a few more links:

1. I'm amazed people wearing t-shirts advertising kgb mobile were allowed to sit behind home plate during the World Series.

2. Apparently, Facebook will ask people to be nice to you if it notices that you're a social outcast.

3. Soon all content will be crowdsourced - - the New Yorker wants you to use its cartoon kit to make comic strips. Via.

*Previously: Hamlet, written as a series of Facebook entries.

*Buy Headless Horseman toys at eBay.

Till death do we part

Today's $9 plus shipping Tee Fury t-shirt is by Zerobriant. I took the liberty of creating a desktop wallpaper out of the design:



*Previously: Death of The Endless as a Garbage Pail Kid.

*Teach your children about death with these books at Amazon.

Bioshock 2 full site now open

The Bioshock 2 full site is now open. It has a swell interface, but I didn't notice any content that hadn't already been posted at Cult of Rapture.

*Previously: Splicer cosplay.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Werewolf, tentacled mermaid, plague doctor and more plush creations

Werewolf, tentacled mermaid, plague doctor and Nosferatu plush creations by Lindsay Mays on sale for $35 to $90 at Etsy.

*Previously: Plague doctor mask.

*Buy The Wolfman posters at eBay.

Splicer cosplay (Bioshock)

Homemade Splicer costumes. See them taking on...Dee Snider here.

*Previously: Pee Wee Herman as a Splicer.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

The Dead Weather concert posters (link roundup)

One of three The Dead Weather concert posters by The Silent Giants on sale for $30 here.

And a few more links:

1. This is not the bookstore you're looking for.

2. British family snorkeling on holiday found a sunken city in the Mediterranean. Via.

3. Here's how the Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo office dressed for Halloween.

*Previously: Another concert poster for The Dead Weather.

*Buy concert posters at eBay.

Overloaded Lego truck

Lego overloaded truck and Taurus with safe. Via.

*Previously: Lego steamshovel and snowplow.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Vampire Guiness

Vampire Guiness ad by Tempo Avdertising.

*Previously: Billboard warns vampires of sunlight.

*Buy vampire toys at eBay.

Samurai robot

Samurai robot by Matt Pattinson available as a print here.

*Previously: Samurai with a guitar.

*Buy samurai toys at eBay.

Starscream and Midna cosplay (link roundup)

Starscream and Midna cosplay from the book Cosplay Fever.

And a few more links:

1. Here's what happens when someone brings fruit instead of the expected donuts on a Friday at LucasArts.

2. Matt Brooker draws the Mac of the future (in Kirby's style). Via.

3. Cute illustration of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

*Previously: Starscream by Edvard Munch.

*Buy cosplay collections at Amazon.

Jack the Ripper: The Animated Series (link roundup)

Jack the Ripper: The Animated Series DVD design by Eva Galesloot. See also: McDonald's Academy; Numbers with personality. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Severed feet keep washing up on the shore of British Columbia.

2. Major layoffs expected at Time Inc. Via.

3. Apparently Wizard magazine will stop including its comic price guide in the magazine. I'm a bit torn on such price guides. On one hand, I think they take advantage of kids by giving them a false impression as to the value of such comics or baseball cards or whatever. On the other hand, it was an unforgettable lesson the first time I actually tried selling a baseball card to a shop for the price quoted in Beckett and realized that the dealer had no interest in paying such a price. And I'll never forget the precocious kid in elementary school who made tremendous money reselling Garbage Pail Kids in the halls.

*Previously: Music video starring a young Jack the Ripper.

*Buy Jack the Ripper costumes at Amazon.

Admiral Ackbar t-shirt and roundup

Today's $9 plus shipping Tee Fury t-shirt is by Tom Ledin.

In its honor, here's a roundup of my favorite Ackbar creations:


Acbar Madl by ibentmywookiee.



Ackbar interrupted by Kanye.




Ackbar pitches mousetraps.




Ackbar sells beer.




Obama as Ackbar.




Ackbar alphabet by Michael Fleming




Singing Ackbar by Alex Leighton.




Admiral Ackbar Munny by Jon-Paul Kaiser.



Ackbar Lego minifig.


*Buy Admiral Ackbar toys at eBay.

American Apparel Halloween Costumes (link roundup)

Go here to see the entries in American Apparel's Halloween Costume Contest - - costumes made using at least a little bit of American Apparel clothing. Above are iPod Silhouette, Hipster Han and Slave Leia, and Wolverine and Poison Ivy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Fark headline: I just won a radio contest to have backup dancers follow me around for a couple hours this Saturday. Sadly there is no cash equivalent. How can I best utilize this weird, semi-retarded prize?

2. How to design your site to avoid takedown notices. Via.

3. An argument for why we should blanket the world with low-flying satellites to provide internet service, and explanation for why we haven't done it before. (Soviet nukes play a starring role.)

*Previously: Amira Sa'id is a professional Slave Leia belly dancer.

*Buy Slave Leia costumes and toys at Amazon.