Technabob » polymer http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mario and Luigi Rings for You and Your NES Friend http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/14/mario-and-luigi-rings/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/14/mario-and-luigi-rings/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:03:03 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=26552 Do you have a childhood friend who you always used to play Nintendo games with? Then you might want to get a pair of these ridiculously cute Mario and Luigi “best friends” rings.

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Each pair is lovingly hand-sculpted from polymer clay by Patricia of Charlie Carter Creations. They feature the slightly bulbous, cartoony heads of your favorite little plumber brothers, each attached to a silver-tone adjustable ring. For some reason, their googly eyeballs remind me of Marty Feldman more than Mario or Luigi, though.

The pair is available over at the artist’s Etsy shop for $20 (USD), and they take about a week since each one is made to order. And if you don’t have a best friend, you could always buy the set and hog them both for yourself.

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sugru

Some example uses for Sugru pulled from their gallery shows it being used to fix the heel of an old pair of shoes, make a bike handle better or just make a new handle all together! Fix a wobbly chair. The uses are endless with Sugru! Its meant to repair and make stuff work better for you. This product could replace duct tape in your toolbox.

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You can order some packs of Sugru at their website. It goes for £7 GBP (appx. $11.18 USD) a pack. There are options for large, medium or small lumps of Sugru if you don’t want to deal with one big blob of the stuff. I’m picking up a pack just to keep in my tool box.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/15/sugru-mod-your-world/feed/ 2 Classic Consoles for Really Tiny Gamers http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/20/classic-consoles-get-miniaturized/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/20/classic-consoles-get-miniaturized/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:40:24 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/20/classic-consoles-get-miniaturized/ Check out these tiny little clay versions of video game consoles and their controllers. They’re so small that they’ll literally fit in the palm of your hand.

tiny clay game consoles

These tiny consoles may look like the work of Dr. Shrinker (or maybe Dr. Reducto), but the teeny weeny Xbox, Xbox 360, NES (and matching controller earrings) are actually the product of polymer clay artist Lauren of TheClayCollection. They may be just a hair larger than a penny, but each manages to capture the distinct styling and colors of these classic consoles.

Don’t see your favorite console here? That’s okay, because Lauren can custom make mini consoles, controllers and even mini-games based on your special requests. Me? I’d like to see her crank out a tiny Vectrex, or maybe a Fairchild Channel F.

You can find Lauren’s current clay collection over on Etsy.

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