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X-Babies: Before They Were X-Men

Range — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:00:50 +0000

I don’t remember the exact issue in which the X-Men became babies, but I seem to remember seeing them as such, for a short while at least. Regardless, illustrator Skottie Young had his own vision of the super-powered tots and redesigned some of the classic X-Men as babies.

These X-Babies would make a dangerous class for any teacher. Can you imagine the temper tantrums? And yes, I know it couldn’t happen because mutants in the Marvel universe manifest their powers during puberty.

Skottie created these images after he had worked his magic on some Star Wars pictures. Skottie Young and Scott Morse collaborate on a bi-weekly online comic called Scatterwood. The Xavier mutants in pre-school were used for badges at HeroesCon back in 2010.

[via Comics Cavern via Thaeger]

Superheroes and Villains CLIMB a Wall

Technabob — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

If there’s one thing that many superheroes and villains seem to have in common is that they inevitably find themselves ~~rappelling~~ scaling up the side of a building for one reason or another. Artist Nicholas Hyde (aka “Harshness“) made note of this unusual behavioral pattern, and has documented it for us with this cool series of illustrations.

The CLIMB series of posters features silhouettes of Batman, Wolverine and Spider-Man making their way towards the top of a building, all the while their nemeses, Catwoman, Sabretooth and Doctor Octopus do the same. I’m assuming the bad guys are higher up on the building, and the superheroes are giving chase, but they could have just stopped by the same building at different times, I suppose. I love them all, but Doc Ock is my absolute favorite. I just love how he manages to float his body up the side of the building with those huge tentacles.

Each of these six 12″x 16″ prints would look great in any geeky pad, and sell for $19 (USD) each over at Harshness’ Etsy shop. Can you think of some other action characters who climb up the side of a building this way?

Transparent Stained Glass Prints Hang in the Church of Geek

Technabob — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:45:04 +0000

You don’t have to be religious at all to enjoy these fantasy prints designed to look like stained glass windows. Created by Marissa Garner of Fay Productions, they incorporate a variety of entertaining subjects from Batman to My Little Pony.

Despite just being ink on transparency paper, they’re designed to be taped up to your window or a light box to create a cool stained glass effect.

My personal favorite is the one with characters from the Batman comic book universe, but Spider-Man fans will be happy to Marissa’s got you and your web-slinging hero covered. Though there’s not quite enough room for all of Doc Ock’s tentacles.

Or if you fancy the original X-Men, you can get Iceman, Miss Marvel/Jean Grey, Cyclops, Angel and Beast to hang up too. You’ve gotta love Professor Xavier filling everyone’s minds from the center.

Of course if you’ve got a little girl – or just appreciate the kitsch factor, skip the superheroes, and head straight for the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic print. It’s awesome in its own special way. The only thing better would be for this to be made out of actual stained glass. Or for real ponies to look like this.

Prices for a full print range from $15(USD) for a 7.5″ x 10″ to $25 for an 11″ x 14″ version. You can also purchase a 10″ x 10″ of the round window part only, with the individual characters from the narrow sections below selling for $4 each. They’re all available over at Fay Productions’ Etsy shop, where you can also find Sailor Moon in fake stained glass form – if you’re into that kind of thing.

X-Men Wolverine Motorcycle Suit From X2 Gets Real

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:01:18 +0000

I like the X-Men; in fact I watch the cartoon with my son sometimes. It reminds me of the cartoons from Saturdays when I was his age. I though the X2: X-Men united film was pretty darn cool too, even if the first flick was better.

You might recall that snazzy motorcycle suit that Wolverine wore in the flick. If you though to yourself, “Man I could get all the geek booty I can handle at Comic-Con next year wearing that” you are in luck.

A company called UD Replicas has announced that it is building an officially licensed replica of the suit from four different types of leather than is put together by hand. The suit has a jacket, pants, and gloves. Those gloves have Kevlar in the palm and the suit has removable body armor in case you snag a claw and fall off your bike. If you are a bit pudgy in the middle, a set of faux abs are built-in as well. I am sure this thing will be very expensive when it launches.

Steampunk Professor X Wheelchair: What if… Prof. X was a 19th Century Drunk?

Lambert Varias — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30:29 +0000

Then this would definitely be his ride. First class craftsmanship, as befits a powerful telepath. A powerful alcoholic telepath. Forge and Zero probably helped him make the wheelchair, as it’s made of parts from the past 135 years.

The Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair by Daniel Valdez was made from a Victorian rocker from 1875, a Permobil C300 powered wheelchair, some pistons from a steelworks, an Arduino-based audio kit, and a drinks dispenser. You know, for the vodka and cranberry juice.

Click to View Embedded Video Clip

Check out Valdez’ Flickr account for more pics.

[via Boing Boing]

Heroes Aren’T Born, They’Re Made . . . From LEGO

chris h. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:41:10 +0000

If there’s a reason why most things that come from Pixar are so geek-friendly, it’s probably because most of the people at Pixar are geeks. Take Angus MacLane. He was the Lead Animator on WALL-E, which was well received by most geeks for obvious reasons (robots). But MacLane’s real geek cred is proven by his line of “CubeDudes,” an assortment of his favorite characters made from Lego.

There is a gallery on MacLane’s Flickr stream that contains photos of his 64 completed CubeDudes. Included among them are Wolverine, Iron Man, Snake Eyes, Optimus Prime, Hellboy, Wonder Woman, and Doctor Horrible.

Of the 64 CubeDudes MacLane has made so far, 45 of them will be on display at this year’s BrickCon in Seattle, Washington, which starts tomorrow and lasts until Sunday at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall.

Now, if I may be so bold, Angus, might I recommend branching into video games? I would sure love to see Cloud or Sephiroth in Lego form. Or Nathan Drake. Mmm . . . Nathan Drake.

[via io9]

Custom Dead Space Figure Makes Horror Fun Again

Alisha K. — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:35:49 +0000

Real fans don’t buy action figures, whether or not they’re commercially available. Buying things is for wimps. No, the real fan breaks out the paint, dismembers currently-existing figures, and then the real fan makes their own action figures, like Chris Hooton did for the horror game Dead Space.

Dead Space borrows heavily from other material–most notably, science fiction classic Solaris–so it’s only fitting that Hooton’s custom figure borrowed heavily from another figure. That is, he recycled it from a Cyclops figure (from the Marvel Legends line).

You’ve got to love this little project for the attention to bloody-torsoed detail, if nothing else. Nothing says awesome quite like accuracy.

[Toy News International via Toycutter]