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Transparent electronic fish

Swimming transparent robot fish by Sedensha Co. Via these sites.

*Buy underwater cameras at Amazon.

Robot Bear Nurse (link roundup)

Robot bear caretaker. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently this anti-Shrek Tumblr blog was intended to promote MacGruber?

2. Comment and win an art print by Charlie Immer.

3. "The case is one example of the extraordinary influence senior party officials with few or no artistic credentials wield over the Chinese arts."

*Previously: Live for free - - find a place to stay in The Caretaker Gazette.

*Buy Aibos at eBay.

Papercraft robots

Papercraft robots by Takahashi Masakazu. Via.

*Download dozens of easy papercraft projects here.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Samurai robot

Samurai robot by Matt Pattinson available as a print here.

*Previously: Samurai with a guitar.

*Buy samurai toys at eBay.

Creepy robot girl

This is Miimu, a singing robot by AIST. Via.

*Previously: Robot park in Japan.

*Buy Ghost in the Shell toys at eBay.

Adorable Nissan Robots

Nissan's adorable Eporo concept robot cars are designed to travel in a group, mimicking the behavioral patterns of a school of fish to avoid collisions. Here's video of them in action:

Via.

*Previously: Adorable probe droid.

*Buy Aibos at eBay.

Papercraft robot by Matt Hawkins

You can download Matt Hawkin's robot paper toy here.

*Previously: Papercraft panther in a tree.

*Buy wind-up robots at eBay.

Fearsome Lego robot (link roundup)

Imposing Lego robot by Zip. Via.

And a few more links:

1. A classy, subtle entry by Alex Synge was Spike Jonze's pick for best of the Where the Wild Things Are photoshop contest entries.

2. Guy with a bionic arm and laser whip.

3. Cockroach cupcake and other cupcake wrecks.

*Previously: Bionic Satyr Stilt Legs.

*Buy Iron Giant toys at eBay.

Cool Toy Roundup

Toys that caught my eye this week:

Cucos Minis coming in October from Kidrobot.

Kang & Kodos, coming in October from Kidrobot.

Soul of Chogokin Big-O photo gallery.

Dehara and David Have Mono.

Bioshock Big Daddy available for preorder for $20 at Entertainment Earth.

Tenacious Toys has a bunch of new toys available for order and preoder including new opened Dunnys, Lilo as Stitch, and Gas Mask Mouse.

Relphe/Helper figure with removable helmet by Tim Biskup and Gargamel, to be available for $80.

And not quite a toy, but,

James Jean mints are on sale at Giant Robot. (I picked up one of each. Brown is chocolate mint, red is cinnamon, blue is peppermint.)

*Previously: Horse gas masks.

*Buy Soul of Chogokin toys at eBay.

Lego Robots, Pre-Colombian Antiquities

Cade "Apocalust" Roster posted several Lego robots, and a few pre-Colombian sculptures.

*Previously: Aztec Rex meets The Hills.
*Buy Mayan art at eBay.

Papercraft Roomba 9000

Before he was running a starship, HAL was cleaning floors. You can download the HAL 9000/Roomba paper toy here.

*Previously: HAL 9000 desktop wallpaper.

*Buy 2001 posters at eBay.

Giant robot in Dallas

Reel FX Creative Studio teamed up with Brad Oldham to create a giant robot sculpture called The Traveling Man for the DART’s Deep Ellum Rail Station in Dallas, Texas.