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Baba Yaga's Hut by Myke Amend

Baba Yaga's Hut with a War of the Worlds Martian tripod feel by Myke Amend.

2011 Volkswagen XL1 Concept

Lots more wallpaper-sized images of the 2011 Volkswagen XL1 Concept here.

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Webcam turns you into a giant

Midget & Giant by Ryuji Nakamura makes clever use of a paper house and a webcam. Via.

*Buy dollhouse miniatures at eBay.

New trailer for Alice: Madness Returns

Here's the third trailer for American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns (it ends fairly gory). It has a nice look, but I sure hope it's got a lot less jumping than the last game.

*Buy American McGee's Alice toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Cory Doctorow talks about what went right, and wrong, with his self-publishing experiment. (In a nutshell, the super fancy limited edition was a good idea, but the paperbacks were an overpriced disaster, and he thinks he should have sent out more review copies.) (I've liked all his books, especially Makers, and you can try them all for free at his site.)

2. I'm totally interested in every detail about alleged new Asian-themed sister restaurant to Chipotle. Via.

3. T-shirts are all on sale for $15 at Design By Humans.

McFarlane's Officer Rick Grimes figure (The Walking Dead)

MTV has an interview with Todd McFarlane about The Walking Dead toys.

*Buy McFarlane toys at eBay.

Adam Hughes's homage to classic magician posters

Adam Hughes's cover to Zatanna #13 is a bit of a slapstick take on classic magician posters. You can see the rest of DC Comics' solicitations for May 2011 here.

The dropship from Aliens in Lego

Angus MacLane created a chibi Lego dropship from Aliens.

*Buy the Aliens dropship at eBay.

Shot to the heart

Valentine's Day image by Kim Herbst. She has lots of prints on sale at Etsy.

Doctor Cat Valentine

Doctor Cat and Legend of Zelda Valentines by Sarah Sobole. She has prints on sale here, and a hoody on sale at Threadless.

*Buy Legend of Zelda toys at eBay.

Killzone army men

Destructoid received a package of Killzone plastic army men.

*Buy Killzone toys at eBay.

Twin Peaks buttons

Twin Peaks buttons by Jen Oaks on sale at Etsy. She also draws a solid pin-up.

If you missed it over the weekend, I posted some cool Twin Peaks t-shirts, mugs, and other merchandise from the Twin Peaks show in Los Angeles. And here's lots of photos that show how the restaurant (which always looks strange) looked during the show.

Saturday Night Live makes fun of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark

Saturday Night Live featured an advertisement for a personal injury attorney specializing in injuries caused by viewings (or involvement in) Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. I love his suit and the list of possible claims at the end. Via.

*Buy Spider-Man Happy Meal toys at eBay.

Darth Revan in Clone Wars

In the this video, Dave Filoni explains that Darth Revan was very nearly included in the recent Clone Wars Episode Ghosts of Mortis. He (or she?) was modeled and the scene was animated in rough form before they decided not to use him. I asked a few weeks ago why the cartoon was so bad, and this video does a good job of explaining it. The writers and Lucas apparently spend an enormous amount of energy agonizing over how the force "works," and not remotely enough time on the basics of good storytelling.

*Buy Darth Revan toys at eBay.