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Boombox Pillow Set, for Dropping Your Head, Not Beats
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I remember when everybody had a boombox. Sales of D batteries have never been so good and these beasts really made sure that you worked out your muscles since they were so huge and heavy. This boombox pillow set from Meninos is light as a feather compared to the real… |
April 25th, 2012
PlayMore Handheld: Another Portable Emulates Retro Consoles
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There have been numerous handhelds out there which can play games from the old 8-bit and 16-bit era consoles. Personally, I have the Dingoo A-320, which handles the job nicely. But there’s a new player in town which looks like it could be good, and it’s also cheap.… |
November 27th, 2011
Apple’s 1983 Gift Catalog: All I Want for Christmas…
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While Apple is known for their industrial design and packaging, their early branding elements weren’t exactly the sleek, modern, minimal ones of the 21st century. That said, I still love the time capsule that is the 1983 Apple Gift Catalog.… |
October 29th, 2011
BSG Colonial Viper Helmet is Awesome (and No You Can’t Have One for Halloween)
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Fans of the classic Battlestar Galactica… series will be drooling over this epic bit of cosplay gear, just announced. It’s a helmet based on the ones worn by Colonial Viper pilots, and it’s a perfect replica of the original. |
October 14th, 2011
Tetris Played With Rubik’s Cubes: Fun to Watch But Not to Play
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The thing about stop-motion videos is that they constantly remind us how time-consuming they must have been to make. Take this video by YouTube user BananaNeil for example, where he plays a game of Tetris… using the tiles of Rubik’s Cubes as pixels. |
April 13th, 2011
LCD Cards: Write Your Message Calculator-Style
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Yellow Owl Workshop sells these quirky debossed cards for writing messages using the classic calculator-style font. Simply use the patterns to trace a letter or a number; there’s even a reference card included.… |
February 28th, 2011
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 60 Seconds As Told By Paper Cube Dudes
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And the winner for the most self-explanatory blog post title of the day…… |
February 4th, 2011
Angry Birds Go Retro
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Can you believe that 12 months ago, if you had said the words “Angry Birds”, most people would have thought you were talking about an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Now, it’s the mobile gaming juggernaut of 2010. So what better way to pay tribute to those funny looking, grumpy avians than… |
December 12th, 2010
2-Foot Tall at-at is the Coolest Star Wars Toy Ever
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When I was a kid, I envied one of my friends, as he had a giant Millenium Falcon. It wasn’t big enough that his Han Solo and Chewbacca action figures could fit in the cockpit, but it was still sweet. When stacked against this massive 2-foot tall AT-AT, my friend’s… |
November 3rd, 2010
Star Wars 1900: a Classic Scene Retold in Dark & Light
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What would Star Wars… be like if it was a silent film? It would be much darker. It’s the dramatic battle between Vader and Luke, made slightly more comedic by the fast forwarded action, and the fact that Vader had the gall to ask for Luke’s cooperation right after chopping |
August 17th, 2010
