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Crocheted Cthulhu Cap is Too Cute!
No self respecting fangurl can be seen at the Mountains of Madness without the proper millinery and this 100% original crochet toque designed by Lesley A. Karpiuk does just the trick! With handmade tentacles and wings soft worsted weight yarn mere mortals will fear your every move. Frankly zombies are so last year — real fashion forward folks in-the-know know that Cthulhu is set for a huge comeback this season… Read more… Cosplay Singer Reni Conquers NYC with Her Lucky Star Rendition
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 6, 2009 in Fandom
This past evening Japanese cosplay singer Reni gave her second performance here in NYC and from all accounts the audience loved every minute of it! Shown above is some video footage of Reni performing the theme from Lucky Star. Mind you she did this as a request from the audience, but I’m especially impressed that she had her dance moves down so well for he song. To check out Reni’s English blog go here. It’s the Only Ninja Game That Includes Its Own Snack Food
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 6, 2009 in Videogames
It’s a good thing with the obesity epidemic that videogame companies here aren’t getting into co-branded snack foods! However in Japan that doesn’t seem to be a worry so far as game publisher From Software has made a deal to create a ninja themed snack to coincide with the release of their game Onore no Shinzuru Michi wo Tatashike. The game takes place in Edo-era Japan where ninja warriors have to solve puzzles to recuse a princess: Read more… Fire the Desslok Gun! Again! Again! And Yet Again!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 6, 2009 in Animation
This fan made video is brilliant — someone edited together every single scene from Star Blazers (Space Cruiser Yamato) which features Leader Desslok firing the famed but ever so flawed Desslok Gun which is a cannon mounted on his flagship. Needless to say if he ever destroyed the Yamato with his gun the series would have been slightly on the short side. One things that’s interesting for me to note is that I like the American voice actor (Eddie Allen) for Desslok much better than the Japanese actor. By giving him a Boris Karloff he seemed much more original, interesting and somewhat twisted: Read more… Anime Themed Totebags for Ninja Loving Fangurls
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 5, 2009 in Hobbies and Collections
Fangurls will get a kick out of these two anime themed tote bags! The tote bag shown above features kawaii ninja teens. While the tote below features anime pin-up dragon princess girls from a hard-to-find discontinued fabric (Alexander Henry’s Dragon Princess): Read more… Taking Oz to a New Place: Skottie Young
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 5, 2009 in Comic Books
Marvel has has released a series of comics based upon classic books which have been unimpressive on every level, but a wonderful exception to this has been the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which features illustrations by Skottie Young. It’s hard to reinvent the universe of Oz because the visual style of the story has been so defined by the 1939 film — but Young manages to reinvent this world while staying true to the story. Issue #5 in the series comes out this Wednesday, above is a detail of the cover art and it just looks great. I also love the powerful palette of colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu who brings Skottie’s drawings to life. Below is another wonderful panel: Read more… Deciphering Digg: Itchy Trigger Finger and the DiggBar
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 4, 2009 in Tech
Disclaimer: Reverse engineering the mechanisms of Digg is always a guessing game — and a hard one because Digg is always changing the rules of that game to stay one step ahead of spammers. So everything in this article is just my speculation — it’s not a “how-to get to the front page” methodology.
Wear Your Star Wars Cufflinks with Your Tuxedo T-Shirt
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 3, 2009 in Star Wars
You’ll need the Force to get these goodies off of Esty because there’s only one set left! Above are the Star Wars Storm Trooper cufflinks and below are the Shadow Storm Trooper Helmet set — but my favorite is the tie tack below that. Also Gr0glmann offers a ton of other nerdtastic cufflinks that are well worth checking out… Read more… I Wish This Captain Kirk’s Chair Toy was Full Scale!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 3, 2009 in Star Trek
This is a demonstration of the sound effects on the new Diamond Select Toys Star Trek Deluxe Chair — as you can see below the chair also includes a replica Kirk. However when I first spotted this video my hopes were for a full sized chair… Read more… Shangri La: I’ve Got Cute Pink Hair and I Like to Blow Things Up
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 2, 2009 in Animation
This is a trailer for the upcoming anime series Shangri La which is based Eiichi Ikegami’s novel. Here’s a crude translation of the description for the show: “Due to global warming Tokyo has been transformed into a tropical city, to fight these effects the center of the city is being transformed into a forest — a utopia (Shangri-La) where global warming does not exists. In the center of Tokyo the privileged citizens live in an Atlas-like tower city while ordinary people are intimidated and lead a life of squalor. Houziyou Kuniko is an 18-year-old heroine with her massive boomerang made of carbon fiber leads a fight against government forces.” Read more… Mice! Why did it have to be Mice?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 2, 2009 in Hobbies and Collections
“Little Indiana Mouse loves to go on adventures and find hidden treasure! As handsome as his human counterpart, he comes complete with hat, gun holster, bag and whip. Indiana Mouse was hand made using felt, silks, fake leather, ribbon, cardboard, glue, monofilament and he is stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm) His costume and accessories are not removable.” Read more… Transformers Cosplay that Transforms
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 1, 2009 in Fandom
This amazing video from an anime convention that took place in paris in 2004 — these fanboys have taken their art form to the next level… |
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