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Hogwarts Model Prop to Go on Display, Was Actually Built by Muggles

Lambert Varias — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:00:43 +0000

It’s shocking, I know – the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft was actually built by humans. I’m talking about the scale model of the Harry Potter’s alma mater, which was built in 2001 and used in all of the Harry Potter films.

The scale model was made by award-winning production designer Stuart Craig (he’s the white-haired gentleman in one of the pictures in the gallery below) with the help of 86 artists and crew members. It measures 50 feet across and while it has no tiny ghosts inside, it does have details like miniature owls in the Owlery and tiny doors with even tinier hinges. It also has more than 2,500 fiber optic lights “to simulate lanterns, torches and students passing through hallways.”

The good news is that Harry Potter fans will have the chance to see the scale model in person, although you do have to take a trip to the UK to see it. It will be shown at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, England as part of The Making Of Harry Potter studio tour. The rest of us who can’t make it to the tour will just have to be content with the pictures on Online Foktai.

[via Dude Craft]

Unreal Transformers Masterpiece Omega Supreme Hits Ebay

Technabob — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:00:10 +0000

Holy crap. If you’re a Transformers fan with deep pockets, you’d better get out your credit card and get your ass over to eBay and bid on this bad boy now.

Created by custom figure builder uuser, this awesomely awesome 18 inch-tall custom Omega Supreme figure is so intricately detailed, I might just weep.

I also might cry about the $3,000 price tag.

[via Topless Robot via Great White Snark]

Amazing Papercraft Statue of Gundam is 4 Feet High!

Range — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:09:24 +0000

While it’s certainly not as tall as the 59 foot Gundam in Japan, this 4 foot-tall version is still pretty impressive. Taras Lesko built this amazing statue of Freedom Gundam out of paper.

This is his latest papercraft project which took him over 2 months to construct. In total, Taras used 175 pages of paper to make this thing. It includes over 500 parts.

This huge papercraft model is based on the Freedom Gundam, seed #7, 1/100 scale model, by Bandai. He constructed a 3D model from this 1/100 scale model and then, converted it into a papercraft model. Check out the timelapse video of him building paper Freedom Gundam.

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[via DesignYouTrust]

Rechargeable R/C Hummer: Guilt-Free Gas-Guzzlin’ Fun

Karen M. — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:17:21 +0000

Hummers are pretty cool and look fun to drive, but their egregiously low gas mileage and rampant carbon emissions make them a bit taboo. Now you can get your guilt-free Hummer fix with this rechargeable remote control Hummer.

Licensed by GM, this is a perfect 1:20 scale model of the Hummer H3 and comes in yellow. It has a 6 way controller. The Hummer itself has rechargeable batteries, but the remote control will take 2 AAs.

You can see more pictures and buy your very own for $46 at Toys Brando. And for the record, $46 is about a 1:1000 scale model of the price of a real Hummer.

[via GeekAlerts]