Link roundup

1. NASA:

On November 26, 2010, Pakistani fishermen returned from a day at sea to report that a new island had emerged. The tiny dot of land was a mud volcano, and it was still visible on January 11, 2011, when the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite acquired the top image. The mud volcano was absent in a previous overpass on February 11, 2010, shown in the lower image.

There’s no need to change any maps, however; mud volcanoes have risen off the coast of Pakistan in the past and disappeared again within a few months, washed away by the waves and currents in the Arabian Sea. It is quite likely that this new volcano will meet the same fate. Indeed, a stream of pale brown sediment was snaking away from the volcano to the west on January 11, suggesting that erosion was already underway.

2. Whales have threesomes. Via.

3. Halo 3: ODST design progression. Via.

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Link roundup

1. Frank Frazetta tribute show (scroll down). Via.

2. Goblin War Machine is a fun flash game where you destroy medieval towns with an upgradeable buggy. Via.

3. Video showing off close combat kill animations in Halo Reach.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Lego Army Men vehicles, Ecto 1, Pelican, and more

A few gems from Alex "Orion Pax" Schranz's Lego collection:





Army Men vehicles.





Halo Pelican.




Ecto-1 with Ghostbusters.




Power Glide Transformer: part of a huge collection of Transformers.



Hip Hop Robot. Via.

*Buy Army Men at Amazon.

Square Enix Halo: Reach Play Arts Kai action figures

New Square Enix Halo: Reach Play Arts Kai action figures. You can preoder Noble, Emile, and Jun at the BBTS.

Halo Reach fan art by Mike Krahulik

Halo Reach fan art by Mike Krahulik.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Our Lady of Hollywood t-shirt (link roundup)

Our Lady of Hollywood t-shirt by Ellswhere on sale here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Tucker Stone's description of the book that's the basis for the movie Green Zone makes the book sound great.

2. A practical guide to dealing with zombies.

3. Halo Series 8 action figures.

*Previously: George Washington dressed as Lady Gaga.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Lego escape pods

Pod 6 by Bradford Ra.


Halo ODST Lego drop pod by Tekka Croe/Geoff Herndon. Via.

*Previously: Video of a penguin escaping an orca by jumping into a boat.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

February 2010 Marvel Comics Solicitations

My favorites of the Marvel Comics solicitations for February 2010:


Uncanny X-Men #521 cover by Phil Jimenez.




Black Widow: Deadly Origin #4 cover by Adi Granov.




X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain #3 cover by Dennis Calero. (Check out that Nightcrawler mask.)





Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth #8 cover by Arthur Suydam.





Halo: Blood Line #3 cover by Francis Portela.

*See more of my favorite comic book covers here.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Papecraft Warthog and adventurers by James Bowen

A little more complicated than the papercraft projects that I usually post, but impressive swashbucklers, spacemen, ninjas and Halo Warthog paper toys by James Bowen.

*Previously: Video playthrough of Halo ODST.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Video playthroughs of Batman Arkham Asylum and Halo ODST

Over at Youtube, you can watch complete video playthroughs of Batman Arkham Asylum and Halo ODST. Below are the opening cinemas and first segments of those games. Batman looks fantastic, dramatically better than the vastly overrated Dark Knight. Halo looks pretty lackluster.










*Previously: Wolfenstein, Ghostbusters video walkthrough.

*Buy Killer Croc toys at eBay.

Deer devastates itself jumping over a fence (link roundup)

Deer jump FAIL video. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Spider cupcake.

2. Max from Where the Wild Things Are cosplay.

3. Halo Wars Arbiter concept art.

*Previously: Master Chief kicks back on an Eames Lounge Chair.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are toys at eBay.

Homemade Pip-Boy 3000s

Homemade Pip Boy 300s spotted in this cosplay gallery, which includes some great Halo ODST and Team Fortress 2 cosplay.

And that gives me an excuse to post the live action ad for Halo ODST. It's pretty good until the battle scenes, which are just cheesy:



*Previously: Ad for the Pip-Boy 3000.

*Buy Fallout bobbleheads at eBay.

Wolverine, Iron Man, and Halo anime trailers

Wolverine, Iron Man, and Halo anime trailers. The opening credits take up a ridiculous portion of the videos. Via.

*Previously: Japanese Iron Man armor.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Flood Pure Form Stalker (link roundup)

Flood Pure Form Stalker (from Halo), coming soon from McFarlane Toys.

And a few more links:

1. Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008. Make sure you scroll down to the horrifying animated gif of a Cicada Molting. Via.

2. Apparently you can record the sounds a printer makes and then decode those sounds to figure out what words the printer printed out.

3. Cheer yourself up by looking at photos of miserable people.

4. Allium forest.

*Previously: The Horror Forest.

*Buy McFarlane toys at eBay.

Imprisoned pug toy (link roundup)

Pugzee by Dave Cortes on sale for $30. Via.

And a few more links:

1. New steampunk mask by Bob Basset.

2. Greg Bear is writing a Halo trilogy. I highly recommend his novel Darwin's Radio, which is about a truly fascinating theory of evolution (don't read it if you're pregnant). $8 at Amazon.

3. There's a Pizza Hut Terminator Salvation website.

4. Video of a manatee squashing his face against glass.

*Previously: Pugs and other dogs lick your computer clean.

*Buy pugs at eBay.

Stylized Halo toys, Halo wedding cake toppers

These are the new "OddPods" from McFarlane - - stylized Master Chief and Brute Chieftain figures. There's two other Halo OddPods on display here.

Relatedly, here's one of the entries in a Halo toy posing contest organized by McFarlane - - Halo-themed wedding cake toppers by Jim Cunningham:



*Previously: Medieval-style Master Chief.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Master Chief, a man of sophisticated tastes

Master Chief kicks back on an Eames Lounge Chair. Desktop wallpaper-sized version here.

*Previously: Master Chief takes aim with a dachshund.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

A bunch of bunny rabbits in sweaters

Photo of a bunch of bunny rabbits in sweaters, found at Cute Overload. Also from Cute Overload, Master Chief takes aim with a dachshund:



*Previously: Penguin runs errands.

*Buy "Aranzi Aronzo Cute Dolls (Let's Make Cute Stuff)" at Amazon.

Lego: Master Chief and Arbiter minifigs by Gefri Herndon

Master Chief and Arbiter Lego minifigs by Gefri Herndon. Here's Gefri's Flickr and DeviantArt galleries.

*At my custom toys site: Master Chief My Little Pony.

*Buy Halo toys at eBay.

Toycutter updates

Recent updates at my action figure, miniature, and vinyl toy customizing site include:

1. Rorschach Munny.

2. Half Life Lego minifigs.

3. Young Frankenstein Munny.

4. Master Chief My Little Pony.

*Buy designer vinyl toys at Fugitive Toys.