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akashi: mario and mickey mouse melded

technabob — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:45:50 +0000

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, AKASHI is the ultimate mashup between Mickey and Mario. There’s something just so wrong it’s right about Mickey with a mustache.

The 9-inch tall vinyl toy is available in a limited edition of just 250 pieces, and can be found over on UrbanRetro for £$43.99 (appx $65 USD).

I’m pretty sure that neither Nintendo nor Disney would approve, but I do – and isn’t that all that counts?

wooden wall-e: how many trees had to die?

lambert v. — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:44 +0000

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 taken to build this and how much it’s worth.

[via Neatorama]

giant lego r2-d2 could crush c-3p0

technabob — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:24:39 +0000

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 a bunch of visiting kids, the giant R2 unit was assembled as part of the recent Festival of the Masters event at the LEGO Store at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida.

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The giant R2 even had functioning red and blue LED details, and was backed up by sampled sound effects from the popular motion picture series.

Looks like R2-D2 can finally see eye-to-eye with Chewbacca and tell him who’s really boss.

mario + mickey = super mousio brothers?

technabob — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:12:34 +0000

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 the Magic Kingdom.

For some reason, I’m betting neither the Big N nor the house that mouse built endorsed this display. I wonder what Minnie would have to say about Mickey’s newfound interest in Princess Peach.

[via bbps]

usb hub is a bit of a mickey mouse operation

technabob — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:07:44 +0000

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 to write home about in the utility department, giving you just two additional USB ports.

If you’re a Disney fan and can forgive the oddly interpretive character design, the Yujin Mickey Mouse USB Hub can be found at StrapYa for just about $19.

iriver mplayer gets mouse ears from disney

technabob — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:54:35 +0000

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 of what these players look like close up, they’re actually quite tiny from the looks of this early prototype image that surfaced earlier this year…

The Mplayer should be hitting the streets of Asia this month, but it’s not known if and when the device will show up in other parts of the world.

[via iriverfans and dapreview]