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I never thought I’d have a reason to write about Mario and Mickey Mouse in the same article again. Go figure. This strange character imagines what would happen if everyone’s favorite video game plumber stepped into the teleportation chamber with the world’s most famous four-fingered rodent and got all BrundleFlied.
Created by sculptor Dave Bondi,…
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January 13th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys geek art + craft strange + wonderful
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Disney commissioned UK-based sculptors and a group called Morpheus Prototypes to build this wooden sculpture of Wall-E as a gift for Pixar/Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter.
Here’s a closer look:
I don’t know anything about woodworking or sculpting, so I’ll leave it up to you guys to think of how long it could have…
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January 1st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun
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If you’ve ever visited the LEGO Store in downtown Chicago, you might have come across a life-size R2-D2 made from thousands of snap-together plastic blocks. While I thought that was impressive, this mammoth LEGO droid measures in at a whopping 8-feet tall.
Built by official LEGO Master Model Builder Dan Steinenger with the assistance of…
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December 28th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun
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Have Disney and Nintendo partnered up for a a top secret new game? Naw. But the guys over at Siliconera managed to snap this great photo of Mickey Mouse dressed in Mario garb in a Japanese arcade.
I suppose that this is what things would look like if worlds collided between the Mushroom Kingdom and…
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November 24th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun video games
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This USB hub out of Japan features the (approximate) likeness of everyone’s favorite animated rodent, Mickey Mouse.
When not attached to your computer, the connectors provide Mickey with his ears. When connected though, the Vincent van Mouse look is a bit disturbing. While the hub’s cartoon design might to appeal to Disneyanna collectors, it’s nothing…
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September 29th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: Uncategorized
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Thanks to a branding deal between Disney and iRiver, digital audio players are about to get a whole lot goofier looking.
The kid-friendly Disney Mplayer features a bubbly personality inspired by Mickey Mouse’s famous ears. Playback and volume controls are cleverly integrated into the ear designs.
While the images above might give you a sense…
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June 8th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design media players