Dog and Elvis Stormtrooper paper toys

Download the driving dog paper toy by Chris Eliopoulos and Matt Hawkins here.




Download the Elvis Trooper paper toy here. Via.

*previously: Plush Elvis.

*Buy Star Wars sketch cards at eBay.

Sarcastic cake (link roundup)

Spotted in this roundup of sarcastic cakes.

And a few more links:

1. The van for a local radio station (KIIS) still features Rihanna and Chris Brown. Via.

2. A good definition for adding insult to injury: Landlord wants Steve McNair's widow to pay the back rent on McNair's apartment. Via.

3. Dwarf with a jetpack paper toy.

*Previously: National Sarcasm Society sign.

*Choose from thousands of cake toppers at eBay.

Papercraft robot by Matt Hawkins

You can download Matt Hawkin's robot paper toy here.

*Previously: Papercraft panther in a tree.

*Buy wind-up robots at eBay.

Marty McFly with Delorean paper toy; Justice League paper toys

First, the latest batch of Calling All Cars paper toys has been released, and includes this Marty McFly with Delorean paper toy by Filippo Perin.




Second, after being teased for ages, the Justice League paper toys Matt Hawkins designed for Arby's are finally in stores.

*Previously: Lego Delorean time machine.

*Buy Bizarro toys at eBay.

Papercraft Bottle Rocket (link roundup)

"Splodey the Bottle Rocket" paper toy by Matt Hawkins. Download it here.

And a few more links:

1. Preview image of Gap t-shirts by James Jean.

2. Plush Martin Scorsese.

3. Spock/Enterprise Transformer.

4. A vampire celebrates the Nazis' defeat.

*Previously: Rocket Robin Hood.

*Buy Star Trek posters at eBay.

The old ninja and chicken gag

Ninja with rubber chicken and knight and dragon enjoying some teamwork. Two recent drawings posted by Matt Hawkins. See also his gardening robot and lovestruck pirate.

*Previously: Found metal chicken sculpture.

*Buy ninja toys at eBay.

Download the first batch of Calling All Cars paper toys

You can download the first batch of Calling All Cars paper toys here.

*Previously: Cars That Eat People (the movie).

*Buy car posters at eBay.

Papercraft Justice League

Matt Hawkins created papercraft versions of Hawkwoman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, and the Flash. Superman is reversible, and can also be Bizarro. The paper toys will be available at Arby's this summer. Relatedly, Matt's book "Urban Paper: 25 Designer Toys to Cut Out and Build" is 32% off at Amazon.

*Previously: Martian Manhunter riding a unicorn.

*Buy Bizarro toys at eBay.

Whale paper toy

Download a whale paper toy (based on the Squared Eye mascot) by Matt Hawkins here. Via these sites.

*Previously: Is the Cloverfield monster an ambulatory humpback whale?

*Buy Cloverfield collectibles at eBay.

Papercraft bird

Letter Pressed hired Matt Hawkins to design a paper toy version of their mascot Preston. You can download Preston here.

*Find dozens of easy papercraft projects here.

*Buy "Urban Paper: 25 Designer Toys to Cut Out and Build" at Amazon.

Basilisk papercraft automata by Matt Hawkins

Basilisk paper automata by Matt Hawkins. Watch the crank activate the wings and beak:





It's part of a show at Giant Robot in San Francisco. And don't miss Matt's newspaperbot being driven by Rupert Murdoch.

*Previously: Papercraft heart made out of working gears.

*Buy Matt's "Urban Paper: 25 Designer Toys to Cut Out and Build" at Amazon.

Snowman paper toy (link roundup)

A little more complicated than the papercraft projects I typically post, but it still looks doable. Papercraft snowman by Matt Hawkins.

And a few more links:

1. Forget the hype about Twilight (the movie). It'll sell about as many tickets as . . . "Patch Adams, the No. 10 movie of 1998. Or roughly the size of George of the Jungle, which placed No. 13 the year before." Via.

2. Owner of cadaver transportation company who mishandled corpses sentenced to pay for billboard apologizing for misdeeds (photo link). Via.

3. William Gibson posted . . . an excerpt from his new book? Featuring characters from Spook Country?

4. Some notable media moments from 2008. I'd completely forgotten Jesse Jackson saying Obama was "talking down to black people . . . telling n—--rs how to behave." Yet that story was basically the only thing on every news channel for a day or two.

*Previously: Barack Obama paper toy by Hawkins.

*Buy Barack Obama toys at Amazon.