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The New York Geeks dusted off their shoe boxes, dug out their binders, and are ready to exchange and examine the world of trading cards. Tap two mana to join us.
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Last episode we talked about 3-d imagery on the big screen, but what about actual physical 3-d…such as the awesome Cubebot from the David Weeks Studio!
Cubebot is a wooden robot that can fold into a cube or unfold into just about any pose you can imagine. It’s inspired by Japanese shinto kumi-ki puzzles and has joints that use little rubber bands giving him remarkable flexibility.
On my way home from this year’s Brickworld event, I stopped at a random toy shop/museum and couldn’t help but purchase these figures, even though a) I don’t love Star Wars the way I used to, and b) it’s not 1995. Though, I suppose these two points are interrelated. Either way, awesome.
While on the theme of Conan posts, I wanted to make a quick plug for the Jim Gaffigan/Conan O’Brien “Pale Force” DVD that went on sale today! I and my cohort Tom Smolenski animated the first “season” of 20 webisodes now 3 years ago, and it’s still some of the work I’m most proud of. I don’t get any residuals or kickback if you buy it, and my name appears nowhere on the disc or packaging, but I think it’s a hilarious series that deserves as much exposure as it can get (and should be given heaps of money for more to be produced).
If you haven’t already done so, please head on over to Threadless and vote for our own Nelson Diaz’s T-shirt design submission, entitled, “Animal Lover“.
Why? I mean, just look at it.
Favorite blog Cool Tools recently showcased a new book called, “The Geek Atlas,” which documents 128 destinations for vacationing geeks to visit.
Geeks of any caliber will likely be familiar with the X-Entertainment blog, run by a guy named Matt Caracappa. He’s a master of 80s pop culture, and I also enjoy his occasional work in ToyFare magazine.
Anyhow, he today chronicles a recent trip to K-Mart, where he went in to buy Halloween Cap’n Crunch, but came out having purchased a life-size animatronic Jason Voorhees. Go check it out.
LIFE-SIZED MOTION ACTIVATED AUDIO-ANIMATRONIC JASON VOORHEES OMG OMG – The X-Entertainment Blog
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