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His-and-Hers Han-and-Leia Dolls
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 28, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Wars
This kawaii set of Han and Leia Kokeshi Dolls are designed as cake toppers — although I think they’d stand out on their own as a collectable. They were crafted by PeanutbutterBandit who who hails from Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Read more… Something’s Fishy About This Soap
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 28, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections
Even though I’m vegetarian the Japanophile in me craved this wonderfully detailed Ultra Realistic Sushi Lover Deluxe Soaps Gift Set. Designed by the Two Eggplants Company this set includes soap shaped likes shrimp, salmon, fatty tuna, calamari, cucumber, spicy tuna, roe sushi and a cute little gyosa as a bonus. And best of all the soaps are wasabi scented! Read more… How To Crochet Anime
I recently came a across a nice series of fan videos by GoldenJellyBean on YouTube which included a few well done tutorials on creating crochet anime and videogame characters. Here’s a nice one on creating a Totoro: Read more… The Call of Crochet Cthulhu
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 24, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections, Pulp Fiction
H.P. Lovecraft was great at spinning a good yarn and I think he would have been quite charmed by this little guy! This Holy Guacamole Cthulhu Baby is suitable as either a key chain or backback buddy. Designer UglyGerbil also makes a wide range of these guys available in almost every color of the Cthulhu rainbow. Read more… Ready are You for the Baby Yoda Hat?
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 23, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Wars
This young Padawan is too young to know the power of The Force, yet is not too tiny to amuse fanboy and fangurl parents with this Baby Yoda Hat! This charming baby cap was crafted by Demulcent Arts, who is a middle school art teacher that you wish you had a child. Read more… Red Shirt on the Half Shell!
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 22, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Trek
The sad fate of most red shirts is Star Trek is brutal, but poor Ensign Bernie here has it worse than most Enterprise away teams! Usually a security officer can count on getting killed in a clean manner like a motral but quick and painless phaser wound, but poor Bernie has been turned into a sad version of oysters on the half shell by some Etsy monster that I’m sure we’ll meet in the future. Credit for Ensign Bernie goes to Ory B. Read more… Chewbacca Makes a Cute Little Cyclops
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 21, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Wars
Even though he’s reffered to a walking rug there’s always been something so charming about Chewie: I think it’s because Wookies remind us a bit of doggies (it’s the nose I tell you!). So you’d think that by making him a cyclops that Chewbacca wouldn’t have any appeal — yet this adorable Chewbacca the Timid Monster proves otherwise. Standing at only 1.5” tall this little guy designed by TrishCzech won me over. Read more… When You’ve Got Comic Books on Your Mind All Day…
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 20, 2010 in Comic Books, Hobbies and Collections
This beautiful series of pop art comic book inspired headbands is designed by Janine Basil. She specializes in making a wide range of hats in her London flat, although both the Batman and Roy Lichtenstein fanboy in me found this series to have the most POW! Read more… The Best Way to Clean Out That Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 21, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Wars
Being a Jedi can be a dirty business, so what better way to keep it clean than with Star Wars Logo Soap? This appears to be a fan made item judging by the fact that it’s on Etsy, so enjoy these scented mandarin sandalwood bars while they last: Read more… Speaker Bot and His Sidekick iPod
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 1, 2010 in Hobbies and Collections
David Lipson of Lipson Robotics has been doing some impressive work with his homemade robot sculptures. His latest Speaker Bot creation takes this to the next level — it features a working speaker which can be plugged into a mp3 player. Shown in this photo is Lipson’s retro first generation iPod: Read more… |
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