Russian Alien car is looking for Ripley

Posted in Automotive by Conner Flynn on June 23rd, 2008

Russian Alien car is looking for Ripley
Humans can’t seem to get enough of Aliens. The kind Ripley kills, not the grey ones that come at night and abduct you. Recently, we showed you some Aliens furniture.

Now some dude in Russia is taking the phenomenon mobile with this Alien car. The creator did a great job. It looks like it’s just bursting out of the grill. I love how the hands grip the headlights too. Nice touch. Next step, Ripley hunting for some payback.

When AT-ATs walk through bad neighborhoods

Posted in Star Wars by Conner Flynn on June 15th, 2008

When AT-ATs walk through bad neighborhoods
When you’re part of the evil Empire, you have to conquer worlds. Street by street if you have to. There’s at least one street somewhere, where they made a mockery of the Empire almost as badly as the Ewoks did. Maybe even worse. That AT-AT must have had a long shameful walk home.

This Hasbro Star Wars vehicle was customized by Graffiti artists EASE and JK5 under the direction of SUCKADELIC. It’s done in the Aurebesh language, a fictional letter system created for the 6 Star Wars films. It’s being auctioned off at Christies, so you probably can’t afford it.

Carton of smokes custom phone

Posted in Telephones by Conner Flynn on June 9th, 2008

Carton of smokes custom phone
Smoke em if you’ve got em boys. Yet another custom phone. This time, they’ve combined the phone with a carton of smokes. That way it will make more sense when you eventually dial 911 to talk about your breathing problems. Daddy go out for a carton of smokes and never come back? Daddy may be gone, but his memory will remain with this phone.

Money Phone for shady business calls

Posted in Telephones by Conner Flynn on June 8th, 2008

Money Phone for shady business calls
Here’s the perfect phone for that dark smoky back room, by the cash counting machine and crates full of contriband. It says “I want my money now, or else…”. It also says, I make so much money I don’t even care that I look like an idiot holding a stack of fake dough to my head that’s actually a corded phone. But who’s gonna laugh? You’re the head honcho. If you have a silly cash phone, that’s totally your call. Get it?

It goes with the gun phone quite nicely. This phone is also the phone of choice for bill collectors and pimps.

Scarface called, he wants his phone back

Posted in Telephones by Conner Flynn on June 5th, 2008

Scarface called, he wants his phone back
Tony Montana would love to have this phone on his desk. It also makes a great gag gift for your other “business associates”. It’s the phone to use when you mean business. This phone says, I may not be sure who is going to get whacked tonight, but somebody’s going in the river, so let’s lighten the mood a bit as I take this call on my gun.

The telephone is built into the grip of the gun and has an on/off switch near the trigger. It also has a headset jack. You listen and talk by placing the gun to your head, so it’s a better gag if you tell your friend to answer it as you put it to their head. Keeps him honest, ya know.

Lego Johnny Five seems very alive

Posted in Robots by Conner Flynn on June 4th, 2008

Lego Johnny Five seems very alive
This has got to be the coolest Lego Johnny Five from Short Circuit I have ever seen. It’s creator is user rack911 from The Brothers Brick. (No relation to us, but on the Brick family tree somewhere)

Go ahead and check out a ton of pictures of the project at the Brickshelf Gallery. See, this is the kind of thing that Lego needs to be paying attention to. I would buy it and you would buy it. End of story. Robots are cool, Legos are cool. Put the two together and it’s geek magic. He did an excellent job.

Awesome ‘66 Barris Lego Batmobile

Posted in Toys by Conner Flynn on May 26th, 2008

Awesome ‘66 Barris Lego Batmobile
Check out this amazingly detailed ‘66 Barris Batmobile LEGO replica. The creator has a great eye for detail and even included a Bat-Phone in the car. The Batman and Robin figures are pretty awesome too.

Now, if Lego had this kind of amazing creation sitting on the store shelves, I’d be buying one faster then 1960’s Batman can slide down the Bat-pole. I’d love to see what the creator would do with the rest of the Bat-verse. Definitely a high point in an otherwise slow news day.

The appropriately named Pikasso guitar

Posted in Musical Instruments by Conner Flynn on May 14th, 2008

The appropriately named Pikasso guitar
I’m not sure if Picasso ever painted a guitar, but if he made a real guitar, the result would be something like this. The aptly named Pikasso was created by Linda Manzer and it makes regular guitars look like boring slackers. It has two sound holes, four necks, and 42 strings, so one can imagine the range of chords that could be produced with this thing.

This wooden oddity looks heavy, but it’s actually pretty light, weighing in at under 15 lbs. It’s also easier to handle despite what it looks like, thanks to a tapered back and a divot on the bottom, allowing the instrument to rest on your knee. Some of us can’t even handle a standard guitar, nevermind this beast.

Bigfoot rocks: The Sasquatch guitar

Posted in Musical Instruments by Conner Flynn on May 4th, 2008

Bigfoot rocks: The Sasquatch guitar
There have been many a Bigfoot sighting in the more secluded areas of the globe, and I aint talkin redneck truck shows that take place in loud stadiums. Who knew that Bigfoot rocked his own huge guitar? Which raises the question: Does Sasquatch play Guitar Hero? Probably, but it’s a lot like playing chess with a wookie. The loser in a Guitar hero rock-off with a Sasquatch is always the human. He WILL break you.

Guitar maker George Marlin created it and showed it off at the Miami Beach Guitar Festival Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Miami Beach. You know, if Leonard Nimoy had entered the Forest strumming this thing during an episode of In Search of… he would have lured the big guy out to autograph it and we would have had proof they exist.

Custom Mii sculptures now available for $79

Posted in Wii by Conner Flynn on April 24th, 2008

Custom Mii sculptures now available for $79
If you love your Mii enough to immortalize it forever, you’ll love this idea. Mii Sculptures are finally available for purchase. All you have to do is fork over $79 and a copy of your Mii and this guy will hand-craft it just for you.

He’s done famous Miis like Michael Jackson, Woody Allen and Bill Gates and they really do look like the actual person. Since these are hand made, they’ll take around 3 to 4 weeks to complete. Probably more if he gets a ton of orders. I’m guessing we can look forward to blow-up Miis in the near future as well.

Colorware now pimping Guitar Hero axes

Posted in Games by Conner Flynn on April 1st, 2008

Colorware now pimping Guitar Hero axes
Colorware isn’t content to just make your PSP’s and Nintendo DS look awesome. Now they want to spruce up your Guitar Hero axe. I have to say, it looks pretty awesome.

The service is available for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. New users can score one for as little as $198, while current thrashers can send their guitar in and get it colorized for as little as $99. If you are on a budget, don’t even go look at the eye candy, because you won’t be able to help yourself.

Guitar Hero custom wood guitars

Posted in Games by Conner Flynn on March 23rd, 2008

Guitar Hero custom wood guitars
Everyone loves Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but let’s face it, the out of the box instruments they give you won’t make you feel like a Rock God. Here’s your chance to get a beautifully handpainted guitar worthy of a real rocker. These limited edition art guitars are individually painted with familiar logos and imagery from several popular rock bands.

Make no mistake, these aren’t just cheap paint jobs, the images are embedded under a protective coating, so you won’t scratch them off while playing Barracuda for the 1000th time. Which is probably why it will cost you $399. ArtGuitar takes a real wood Peavey AG RiffMaster controller, then adds the rock art from various artists like KISS, Lynyrd Skynrd, Ozzy Osbourne and Pantera. At the moment, the controllers are only available for the PS2, but hopefully they’ll get around to Xbox 360 and PS3 versions soon.

Colorware wants to pimp your DS Lite

Posted in Nintendo DS by Conner Flynn on March 18th, 2008

Colorware adds some flair to your DS Lite
We love our gadgets to come in an assortment of colors. Hopefully they match our style or say something about us. To that end, Colorware will now spruce up Nintendo’s famed DS Lite. If Nintendo doesn’t offer a color to your liking, now’s your chance to do something about it. If you like, you can send in your current unit and receive it back in a whole new outfit. Or you can get a new DS Lite that’s already modified.

One cool aspect is that Colorware lets you paint the main frame, button pad, front port, bottom, L / R buttons and even the stylus separately…for and added fee. You could come up with some very cool and I suspect, also some very putrid combinations. Like the old Knight said to Indy…Choose wisely.

Custom installed home bowling alleys

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on February 27th, 2008

Custom installed home bowling alleys
If you’re sick of playing bowling on the Wii and heading to the nearest bowling alley seems like too much work, why not enjoy a bowling alley in your home? You’ve seen it in movies and on TV. The show Las Vegas comes to mind. YOU can now have a custom bowling alley in your home too.

United Bowling is a Florida based company that will install a 2 lane, regulation length bowling alley in your home. It will have genuine AMF and Brunswick equipment. Of course, you’ll need an area that’s 88 feet long, 12 feet wide with a 10 foot ceiling. If that’s a problem just knock down a wall. There’s got to be something you don’t need. At $88,000 it’s not a cheap, but you could always charge your friends to play.

HG custom modded Xbox 360 controllers

Posted in Xbox 360 by Conner Flynn on February 13th, 2008

HG custom modded Xbox 360 controllers
HG Controllers want you to have an edge in your gaming. They’re selling custom modded Xbox 360 controllers that feature duplicate buttons on the underside. The extra buttons can be pressed by the same fingers that hold the controller. That should give you at least a split second advantage over your opponents who are still using a regular Xbox 360 controller. Timing is everything, after all.

The buttons can come in a variety of combinations that will compliment different games better. If you’re a Halo 3 fan, you can get the 4-Button modded controller for $89.99. Or you can just settle for a 2-Button version at only$69.99.





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