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  • June 18, 2013
    This is the Death Star trench run built in LEGO by someone and on display somewhere where Flickr user Abathar was able to take a picture of it. This is that picture. Personally, I think LEGO should make the Death Star Trench Run a real $10,000 playset. I also think one of my... / Continue →
  • June 7, 2013
    This is the Omni 'Move Naturally In Your Favorite Game' system. Oh, it's not actually a treadmill by the way, it's just slick plastic that you wear special shoes on that give just the right amount of slip and traction so you can run around in there chasing bad guys and shootin... / Continue →
  • May 23, 2013
    This is the 5,335,200-piece LEGO X-wing fighter, a full-scale version of the 560-piece set the company actually sells. It's not pure LEGO though, it has a steel armature inside so the whole nose doesn't fall off when some tourist turns around and farts at the thing. Facts and... / Continue →
  • April 10, 2013
    This is the $61 Mega Man arm cannon pillow and helmet being sold by E-Capcom. You just slip the pillow over your arm, put the helmet on so everybody knows you mean serious business, and NAP THE WORKDAY AWAY. My boss actually caught me napping at my desk on Monday and was like... / Continue →
  • March 7, 2013
    Needs more TV. This is prop-builder Andrew Cook's living/gaming room. He's decorated it with a bunch of prop guns he's made from the Mass Effect and Halo franchises, because why not? Plus if somebody breaks in they might think he's some sort of commando from the future and j... / Continue →
  • January 23, 2013
    Picture unrelated: different security guard. A 33-year old security guard in Trinidad and Tobago accidentally blasted his own pecker off after discharging his .38-caliber pistol in his pocket. Shooting from the hip: you did it super wrong. The wounded man was taken to San Fe... / Continue →
  • January 21, 2013
    This is the homemade laser blaster Iron Man gauntlet crafted by laser lover Patrick Priebe. I don't know about you, but I would totally wear that. Probably to school and get suspended. Full metal gauntlet, runs on 1x 18650 plus 2x 14500 Li Ion cells. 2 blue lasers on board, ... / Continue →
  • December 7, 2012
    Because nothing says "I'm a badass who takes eye care seriously" like a pair of sunglasses with temples that look like little assault rifles, this is a pair of sunglasses with temples that look like little assault rifles. They're a collaboration between Jeremy Scott and Linda ... / Continue →
  • December 4, 2012
    Doubles as a love doll for serious gun nuts, I'm just saying. This is a $30 (currently on sale for $15) inflatable minigun arm from ThinkGeek. It makes it look like you have a minigun for an arm. No, no it doesn't. It makes it look like you have a pool float for an arm. St... / Continue →
  • November 12, 2012
    This is a gallery of Star Wars themed origami. Each piece was folded from a single sheet of paper by Martin Hunt. Martin eventually wants to get the licensing rights from Disney to have his original designs published in book form so everyone can share the joy of folding paper ... / Continue →