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super smash bros. brawl mario papercraft: the real paper mario

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This amazingly-detailed Super Smash Bros. Brawl Mario papercraft blows away all paper Marios before him, dontcha think?


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March 21st, 2010 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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martin postler’s papercraft weapons

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At first glance at this picture, you’d think you were looking at an AK-47 covered in white paint. But on closer examination, you’ll realize it’s actually an intricate papercraft model.

Created by artist Martin Postler and Ian Ferguson of London’s Postlerferguson, these one in the photo above was created for an art exhibition back…


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February 5th, 2010 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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paper super mario brothers 3

paper super mario bros 3

21-year old YouTube user smartkid82504 made this awesome stop motion film as his final project in his “Art and Alternative Media” class. Here’s what we might get if we mashed two Mario games together:

Before you get overly excited, let me tell you now that barely anything happens in this very short film. But…


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January 15th, 2010 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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papercraft bioshock 2 characters are square but still cool

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These papercraft critters are the latest and greatest artistic creations inspired by the upcoming BioShock 2.

Designed by Brooklyn artist Bryan Green of Paper Foldables, these awesome squared-off denizens of Rapture include Baby Jane, Toasty, Subject Delta, Little Sister and Big Sister.


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December 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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tetris gift boxes: perfect for gifts shaped just like tetris bricks

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Looking for a fun way to wrap your presents this holiday season? Nothing says “I’m a complete gamer geek” like these Tetris block gift boxes.

Each colorful Tetris brick-shaped box measures 1 3/8 inches (3.5cm) deep (other dimensions vary), which means they’re not going to be big enough to hold that Lexus that you…


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November 15th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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life-sized link is made of paper

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Link, the boy hero from a legion of Legend of Zelda games, is a popular subject for sculptures and fan art of all sorts, like this life-sized model. There’s just one catch with this example, though–it’s made entirely of paper.

From this distance? I, at least, can’t tell at all that this is papercraft.…


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September 23rd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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papercraft speakers crank out modern tunes in retro form

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Who says your speakers have to be made out of wood, plastic or metal? These retro mini speakers prove that papercraft speakers look just as good.

Each one of these miniature speaker kits from Japan’s Princeton is a DIY papercraft project. You’ll need glue, scissors, and X-Acto to assemble these models for yourself (assembly…


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September 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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papercraft nes is unplayable due to lack of cardboard controllers

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The folks at Cubeecraft just posted a cardboard NES console template, which you can download here, but they didn’t make templates for cardboard NES controllers. Or cardboard NES games.

Or a cardboard power cord. Or a cardboard RCA jack. Or a cardboard TV. Or a cardboard player. Or a cardboard house. Or a cardboard…


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July 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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cute overload: hello kitty mario (and luigi) papercraft

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Mario and Luigi can be pretty cute, in certain renderings. Hello Kitty is definitely cute. Together, made out of paper? The adorable cannot be contained.

Pretty impressive papercraft on the face… and even moreso when you realize that the accessories–the hats, the bows–are all individual pieces. Move ‘em around as you will. But leave…


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July 9th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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kyle bean’s evolution of the mobile phone in papercraft

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This amazing work of paper art envisions the evolution of the mobile phone using the style of those classic Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls.

Artist/Designer/Illustrator Kyle Bean recently created Mobile Evolution, an intricate set of nesting models from cardboard. See how each phone fits neatly inside it’s older, larger sibling?

Designs start with the classic…


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June 18th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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evil paper wizards beware, castle crashers papercraft are here

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Deviantartist crzisme saw a Castle Crashers papercraft model on Behemoth’s dev blog, but he couldn’t find the model’s original template. So he decided to make his own paper model based on the image he saw. This is what he came up with:

The model’s head could be a tad bigger in my opinion, but…


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April 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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turn your old tickets into x-wing fighters

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Have some old concert or train tickets lying around? With a little folding, some X-Acto knife skill and a whole lot of patience, you can turn those old tix into some tiny little X-Wing Fighters. Paper-master Hubert de Lartigue shows you how-to do it with a Paris METRO ticket here.


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March 10th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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