Dead Space and Final Fantasy toys (link roundup)

Available at Play-Asia, Dead Space Action Figure: Issac (Plasma Cutter Version), and Final Fantasy Miniature Trading Figures Vol. 4.

And a few more links:

1. 86-year-old serial shoplifter showed up in court with fake neck brace, wheelchair. Via.

2. Federal judge currently deciding whether prison must pay for convicted wife-killer's electrolysis and other sex change-related procedures.

3. What do you do when Reggie Miller makes a move on your girlfriend? Pay for a banner warning Reggie Miller off of married women to be flown over southern California beaches.

*Previously: Dead Space costume for Tiger Woods Golf.

*Buy Final Fantasy toys at eBay.

Fantastic "Here I Am" ad campaign for Nike Women

Here's five fantastic ads by Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam for Nike Women. Each ad has a very different visual look and I posted my favorite last.

Here, we get to see what's Nicola Sanders' organs are up to before and during a race:





This one features Simona La Mantia and her very long legs:





Maria Sharapova overcomes the haters:





Judo expert Delphine Delsalle takes on all comers, including someone who looks suspiciously like California's governor:





And my favorite in the series, Nicola Spirig takes on Poseidon, giant rock spiders, and smog monsters:



*Previously: Beautiful ads for United Airlines.

*Buy Nike Culture: The Sign of the Swoosh at Amazon.

Coming soon to Sears: US Army-branded clothing

Starting in October, Sears will sell the "All American Army Brand's First Infantry Division clothing collection." T-shirts, jeans, and outerwear for men, women, and boys. (Girls need not apply?) A bit more information here. Via.

*Previously: Cute tank papercraft.

*Buy Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines at Amazon.

Orson Scott Card sure is angry about gay marriage

Here's just a taste of his op-ed criticizing the legalization of gay marriage:

Already in several states, there are textbooks for children in the earliest grades that show "gay marriages" as normal. How long do you think it will be before such textbooks become mandatory -- and parents have no way to opt out of having their children taught from them?

It's a badly written opinion piece, full of lots of empty words like "obvious" and "absurd." But it reminded me of something I wrote last year: The little boys sure do take their clothes off a lot in Ender's Game.

Los Angeles's police chief charmingly explains the paparazzi problem in LA

or actually describes why the paparazzi hasn't been much of a problem lately:

If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving; Paris is out of town not bothering anybody, thank god; and, evidently, Lindsay Lohan has gone gay, we don't seem to have much of an issue.

Video here. (Bratton's already responded to criticism by pointing out his support for gay rights and the fact that his sister is gay.)

Is this ad homophobic?

This ad by Wieden+Kennedy for the new Nike Hyperdunks seems unobjectionable to me, but Nike has abandoned the billboard campaign due to assertions that it was insensitive to gay men and African-Americans. Via.

Meanwhile, here's Wieden+Kennedy's new commercial for Coca-Cola (and the Olympics) featuring Lebron James and Yao Ming. Looks cool to me, but with a little imagination, I'm sure someone can work up some mock outrage. I mean, just look at all these stereotypes:



*Find Nike posters at eBay.

Photo: Pretty guerilla with bazooka

Via.

Women's college basketball team will give away a year's in-state tuition to a student who attends at least 10 of 14 home games

The team is the Lady Volunteers of Tennessee. Via.