Star Wars, Geisha kokeshi dolls (link roundup)

Han Solo, Princess Leia, and "Kimono Girl" kokeshi dolls by Muluc on sale at Etsy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Frog silhouette in concrete - - it's like a Looney Tunes cartoon.

2. Lion/kangaroo monster.

3. Great packaging for a hypothetical Wes Anderson Film Festival boxed set.

4. Antibacterial pens. Two for $9 at Amazon. Via.

*Previously: Plush Han and Leia.

*Buy kokeshi at eBay.

Homemade Coraline Doll (link roundup)

Mammazakka made a tiny Coraline doll. More photos, including a few in progress shots, in her Flickr gallery. Relatedly, recent posts at Evil Buttons, my Coraline site, have included more giveaways and Coraline concept art.

And a few more links:

1. LeBron James weighs is 6'8", but supposedly weighs more than the center on his team - - 7'3", 260-pound Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

2. There was a thriving market for used light bulbs in the Soviet Union. Go here and scroll 2/3 of the way down to find out why. Via.

3. General Motors, which accepted $9.4 billion in bailout money from US taxpayers gave Super Bowl MVP and multi-millionaire Santonio Holmes an $85,000 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum. They did it with as little publicity as possible to avoid uproar. Via.

4. If you're interested in what sort of traffic "big" websites get, Atlantic.com is crowing that their new "Business Channel" gets 20,000 page views a day.

*Previously: Video of LeBron James losing at HORSE.

*Buy Coraline toys at eBay and Amazon.

Spread Heads

Spread Heads are small faces that fit over the head of a condiment bottle. As Jay Leno shows in this clip, they're perfect if you'd like it to look like your condiment bottle is vomiting or blowing its nose on your food:



Via.

*Previously: Deep fried pumpkin pie recipe.

*Buy "Why People Buy Things They Don't Need" at Amazon.