edgore: January 2005 Archives

bOING bOING is reporting these things as being action figures, but they are really more like little sculptures. They are still absolutely awesome, but imagine how much cooler they would be if they had six points of articulation and came with little sinners that they could punish and accessories that you could lose.

I'm very disappointed that there is no pricing information on the site - makes me think they are probably in the "If you need to ask" category.

The company(?), Mouseion also makes totally awesome 3-d versions of figures from other famous paintings - check out the Gustav Klimt figures.

LINK (via bOING bOING )

You know that secretly, you have always wanted to live secure, far about the ground, in an Ewok style village. Well, now you can. These nuts are building fiberglass and wood laminate spheres that can be hung from trees and connected together with hanging ramps and stairs.

I would also like to point out such a village would be relatively zombie-proof, since we all know that zombies can't climb trees. You just have to pull up the rope ladders in time - And hope they don't enlist the help of Zombie Beavers (heh - beavers).

LINK (via Wierd Links )

Imagine, if you will, The Onion written by inebriated victorian gentlemen. That, my friend, is what The Watley Review delivers on a regular basis. I especially liked that article about the manufacture of a new line of Dixie Cup modeled on the Holy Grail.

LINK (via The Blaylock Site )

Wow Wee toys is creating a series of life-like, animated, remote-controlled robot heads that include stereoscopic hearing so they can track your position and even your distance away. Wow Wee's first demonstration of this technology is a frighteningly real looking monkey head with a fully articulated face. The expected price: $129.

Now you know what to get me for Christmas, and can probably guess what you are all getting...

And yes, I got this from a site that specializes in monkey news.

LINK (via Monkey Day News )