Engagement ring box shaped like the house from Up

Paul Pape was commissioned to make an engagement ring box based on Carl Fredricksen's house from Up. He tried to do something different from Michal Miszta's take.

*Buy Up toys at eBay.

Russell from Up earns his jousting badge

Russell and Kevin by Chad King. This is the companion piece to the Pixar-inspired pieces I posted earlier.

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Costumes based on Pixar's Up

Kris Butiong and his girlfriend Thanh Phamdo dressed as Russell and the house from Pixar's Up. It was made from balsa wood, foam core, and foam sheets. 60+ hours were spent on the house. You can see more photos here and here. Thanh also transformed a mere dog into a fearsome tarantula:



While I'm highlighting cool stuff from 5&A Dime's blog, the store will be the place to be for Dia de Los Muertos on November 2:

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos with 5&ADIME x Flying Panther Tuesday evening 11/2/10. Our friend Rob, owner of Flying Panther tattoo, worked with us in producing an exclusive tee that features his signature talent and will be available for purchase that evening. We all look forward to seeing you at the shop Tuesday night to celebrate Day of the Dead with 5&A Dime...p.s. There will be free beer and food too!

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Link roundup

1. Baseball manager Bobby Cox recently broke the record for most career ejections. Sports Illustrated looks at whether the ejections improved his team's play.

2. If you missed it, BP had to admit that it released clumsily photoshopped images showing its response to the oil spill.

3. If Darth Vader had starred in Pixar's Up.

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Link roundup

1. Tigger costume sketch.

2. Illustrations based on Kafka's The Castle.

3. Up concept art.

*Previously: Four versions of Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

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Engagement ring box shaped like Carl Fredricksen's house from Up

A romantic fellow had seen Michal Miszta's model of Carl Fredricksen's house from Up, and commissioned him to create one that could work as an engagement ring box:




You can read how he made the houses here.

Michal is remarkably talented. He's also posted various tiny figurines that he's sculpted:



As well as a few Munnys:





*Previously: Up-themed wedding.

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The kid from Up (link roundup)

A dead ringer for Russell from Up. Via.

And a few more links:

1. This discussion about saving for retirement made me pretty nauseous.

2. Fake Steve Jobs:

Frankly, you sound like exactly the kind of penny-pinching fuckwit that we don’t want using our products anyway, so go buy the Toshiba and enjoy it while it lasts, because it represents the last of its kind. The times they are a changing, and very soon the all-purpose computer, where you can buy and run any software you want, will be obsolete, replaced by the iPad, which costs more and does less and only runs software made by Apple or approved by Apple and sold through Apple’s store.

3. Tentacled skull king banner.

*Previously: Russell paper toy.

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One franchise to rule them all

Avatar, Twilight, Up, Up in the Air, Jaws, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Reservoir Dogs, and A Clockwork Orange all get mashed together for a Worth 1000 contest. Via.

*Previously: Up concept art.

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Up concept art

Paul Conrad posted a bunch of Up concept art. 185 merit badges were created, although Russell wore only 47. There were also dozens of soda pins designs.

*Previously: Up-themed wedding.

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Up's Carl Fredricksen promotes hearing aids (link roundup)

Up's Carl Fredricksen promotes hearing aids for Hear the World. Download the pdf article here. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. OK, maybe that female police officer didn't shoot the Fort Hood killer. Maybe she simply got shot and lay there while a male officer shot the killer. Between the inaccurate reports about this officer, the rescue of Jessica Lynch, and the death of Pat Tillman, sort of makes you wonder how many heroic tales have been made up by the military through the years. Via.

2. Los Angeles Times details long list of special perks enjoyed by prisoners on death row.

3. Admiral Ackbar Lego CubeDude.

*Previously: A whole lot of Ackbar.

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Killing bacteria can be fun (link roundup)

Panel from a Star Trek comic.

And a few more links:

1. Former astronaut Lisa Nowak pled guilty to various crimes and got probation. Via.

2. Details on how Andrew Sullivan used a print on demand site to publish a book of photos taken by his fans, and then encouraged preorders to drive down the price.

3. Pretty photo of the "Up" hot air balloon. Via.

*Previously: Star Trek cologne.

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Up children's book sample art

Christian Robinson posted several illustrations created during his internship with Pixar - - one of his assignments was to show the Up filmmakers different ways he would illustrate a children's book for the film. He has various prints on sale here.

*Previously: Up vinyl toys.

*Buy Up toys at eBay.

Papercraft Russell from Up (link roundup)

Download the Russell paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. Win a Warhammer 40K Terminator miniature.

2. "Guinea Pigs Tore My Flesh" - - A Manly Adventure.

3. The flying monkeys use subtlety to stall Dorothy on the yellow brick road.

*Previously: Hand-crafted Adventure Time weapons.

*Buy Up toys at eBay.

Up, Terminator Salvation, Mars Attacks toys from Hot Toys

Marvelous new toys coming soon from Hot Toys:


Disney Cosbaby.






Russell and Carl vinyl figures and Up Cosbaby.




Terminator Salvation endoskeletons.





Mars Attacks figures and Cosbaby. The last photo is from this terrific gallery of the various upcoming toys Hot Toys.

*Previously: Vintage Mars Attacks trading cards.

*Buy Cosbaby at eBay.