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Aliens vs. Predator Chess Set: Alien Queen to Predator King, Checkmate!

Range — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:00:38 +0000

I have always liked both Alien and Predator – at least individually. When they were first combined, it wasn’t a stellar result, but this chess set looks pretty awesome. It will allow you to pit your own Aliens versus Predators and see who will come out on top.

This chess set was created by DeviantArtist Joker-laugh. While he doesn’t say much about how he made the actual chess pieces, the board measures 25 × 25 inches, so it’s quite big for a chess set. He used wood, small tiles, and stone for the board. He tried to make it match the pyramid temple in the AvP film.

On the Predator side, I like how he made the cloaked pieces, and all those tiny skulls. There’s no doubt that it must have taken Joker-laugh hours and hours of meticulous painting to get all these pieces just right.

[via Make:]

LEGO Predator Has Collected More Than Its Share of Skull Trophies

Technabob — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:00:08 +0000

This has to be one of the most bad-ass LEGO creations I’ve seen. Not only does it look amazing, but this Predator LEGO bust is sure to scare the pants off any Minifig who dare stand in its way.

This LEGO Alien Hunter sculpture was made by Shawn Snyder, and is loaded with great amounts of detail – including an array of skulls from its victims. The only thing better would be to replace the skulls with Minifig heads instead, but I guess that would make it less realistic. But who ever said Predator was realistic anyway? Funny, but less realistic. Check out more pics of this mean extraterrestrial mutha-ucka in the gallery below:

And head over to Shawn’s LEGO collection over on MOC Pages to see even more cool creations.

[via Obvious Winner]

Predator Halloween Costume Looks Amazing but Must be Amazingly Hot

Range — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:40:02 +0000

I have to say that this Predator costume by Shawn Thorsson of Petaluma, CA, is really amazing. This costume was made for Halloween 2005, but this write-up and photos are recent. I wonder what Shawn will make for this year’s Halloween?

Shawn hand-sculpted most of the features of his costume, using upholstery foam, liquid latex and a whole bunch of duct tape. Yeah, now that’s what I’m talking about. DIY! Duct tape can fix any problem! He even used a LED belt buckle to mimic the Predator’s computer in one of his aluminum wrist gauntlets.

The costume added six inches to his height. The foam and rubber made the suit uncomfortable, but it still looks incredible. So what are you planning to make as a disguise this Halloween?

[via Make:]

Acer G7750-A64 Predator Pc Will Devour Your Savings

Lambert Varias — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:12:59 +0000

The latest iteration of Acer’s Predator gaming PC still has its trademark Decepticon look, but it’s dominant black makes it a bit more menacing than its predominantly orange predecessors.

The G7750-A64 is powered by an Intel Core i7-960 3.20GHz processor, 6 GB DDR3 RAM (3 slots with 2GB RAM each, max. 12 GB), and two Nvidia GTX260 graphics cards. It will go Usain Bolt on Crysis. It’s also equipped with a 1TB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, a DVD Super Multi drive, what seems like a billion-in-one card reader, 6 USB ports, 2 Ethernet ports, 2 ESATA ports, 5(?!) audio out ports, 4 DVI-I ports, 4 3.5″ hard drive bays, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Although the Predator doesn’t come with a monitor, it does come with a sweet G15 keyboard & G9 mouse combo. The G7750-A64 will be available in Japan next month and is priced at ¥289,800 ($3,170 USD). According to an Acer outsider, the Predator was initially priced at $70, but the addition of 5 audio out ports jacked up the production costs.

[via Akihabara News]

Alien Table Will Probably Not Go With Your Decor

Karen M. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:30:31 +0000

Now I love AVP as much as the next gal, but I have to say that I think these tables might be going a bit too far.

There are two options available, “crouching position alien” and “emerging from alien egg alien.” They’re made from car and bike parts, tools and other pieces of recycled metal, and faithfully represent the Alien/Aliens movie aliens.

You can pick them up for £499 each (about $1000) here. But I’m curious to know, who exactly has a home decor aesthetic that supports this bold statement?

[via BornRich]