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Giant Tetsujin statue in Kobe

A giant Tetsujin statue is being built in Wakamatsu Park in Shinnagata, Kobe. It's called the Kobe Project.

You can find many more photos and more information about the project here. Via.

*Previously: Tetsujin desktop wallpapers.

*Buy Tetsujin toys at eBay.

Sex and Awesomeness (the invitation)

Invite to an art show at Bedrock Billiards featuring robots and women by Chris Bishop.

Also by Chris, you can buy this Obama on a unicorn t-shirt for $25:

And he has a cruder unicorn shirt on sale at Threadless.

*Previously: Being a raincloud is f***ing awesome.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Lego eyeball crab robot (link roundup)

Lego eyeball crab robot by Matt "Monsterbrick" Armstrong.

And a few more links:

1. A Nielsen survey indicates that "more affluent consumers ($70k+) are considered super heavy coupon users." Makes perfect sense in light of what I see in my house. My wife's a coupon ninja, and achieves magical results. But accomplishing the feats requires an incredible amount of complex sorting, planning, and researching online. Via.

2. The Sony Walkman outsold the iPod for the first time in four years in Japan. Now this could simply be because people are buying iPhones instead of iPods, but I'd love to see a rival company take the lead in mp3 players. I love iTunes, but am lukewarm at best as to the iPods I've owned.

3. Top 10 worst bible passages. For example: "Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock." (Psalm 137:9) Via.

*Previously: How to make Eyeball Caprese.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Portraits within portraits (link roundup)

Go here for a gallery of portraits within portraits by Jon Madison. I bet even people who don't usually like photos of themselves would be pleased with a portrait like this. Jon also has prints on sale at Etsy.

And a few more links:

1. Crying face seen in melting Arctic ice? Via these sites.

2. Rookie quarterback Nate Davis made the 49ers despite suffering from a learning disability similar to dyslexia. Via.

3. Legend of Zelda's Link as a robot.

*Previously: Homemade portrait with moving eyes.

*Buy Legend of Zelda toys and collectibles at eBay.

Find Waldo...and kill him

An Ashley Wood-esque robot hunts for Waldo. High-res at the link.

*Previously: Where's Bin Laden (the book).

*Buy Ashley Wood toys at eBay.

Sushi and Robots

Sushi-loving girl and robot illustration by Jim Mahfood for the website Sushi & Robots. Available as an iPhone desktop here. Jim has art for sale and also takes commissions here.

*Previously: Sushi cupcakes.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Where the Wild Things Are paper toy (link roundup)

Download the Max paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. The Imaginary Adventures of Lois Lane (part one).

2. Colonel Sanders robot.

3. This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly says this about how Rain got so incredibly lean for Ninja Assassin:

The star worked out eight hours a day for eight months and ate strictly chicken breasts and vegetables. "Actually, I threw up every day," he admits. "I was so ashamed."

*Previously: Foster's Home for Imaginary Demons.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are posters at eBay.

Kill Bill's The Bride...as a bird (and more)

New t-shirts have been posted at Threadless, which is still having a big sale. I took the liberty of turning the first two into desktop wallpapers:

Kill Bill with bird and cats by Alex Solis.

Concept art for the darker sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Evan Ferstenfeld and Sam Schuna.

Glow in the dark robot by Dianne Gordon.

FYI, use the code b2coolx5 for an extra $5 off.

And don't forget to participate in the August art theme to try to win a Threadless store credit.

*Previously: Glow-in-the-dark Alien poster.

*Buy glow in the dark items at eBay.

A mounted infant police officer and other highlights from the "Assembled Artifacts" show at Device

A few of my favorites from the "Assembled Artifacts" show at Device in San Diego. You can see all of the items from the exhibit at the link.

Octopus - Michihiro Matsuoka

Safety Patrol - Olivier Pauwels

Steel Allure - Lewis Tardy

The Guardian - Stéphane Halleux

*Previously: Wheelchair Werewolf.

*Buy gas masks at eBay.

Victorian Ghostbusters, Were-Crocodiles and other steampunk miniatures

A small sampling of the Steampunk miniatures based on Smog on sale here. Alas, they're sold unpainted and unassembled. I believe they're all sculpted by Victor Martins and Gregory Clavilier and painted by Sebastien Picque. Here's the company's companion blog.

OK, one more:

"Panzerjunker U-Bot" from a different world called Mauser Earth.

*At Toycutter: Bioshock-themed pirate warband.

*Buy wargaming miniatures at eBay.

Vinyl Bertie the Pipebot (link roundup)

Blank vinyl Bertie the Pipebot, perfect for customizing, but apparently not for purchase.

And a few more links:

1. Gatchaman desktop wallpaper and cosplay.

2. The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford University will be hosting a steampunk exhibition and has set up a blog.

3. Skywriting encouraging suicide (or maybe it's a necktie)?

4. Fox Los Angeles News reporter John Schwada had less than kind words to say about his station's recent layoffs:

Put another way, if your butt sags, if your eyes don’t just have crow’s feet, but crow’s legs, heads, wings, etc. and if you need to be airlifted to an ICU for emergency Botox treatment, then you probably survived these cuts. It helps, too, if you can be seen several times a day playing solitaire in your edit bay, have boozy breath and are operating on auto-pilot (and don’t give a damn who knows it).

Via.

*Previously: Papercraft version of Ashley Wood's Square toy.

*Buy Ashley Wood toys at eBay.

Beautiful garbage cans (link roundup)

One of the many beautiful recycling bins on display in the Flickr gallery for Global Inheritance's TRASHed show. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Clothes for Disabled People the book. There are a few on sale for less than $2 at Amazon.

2. Space Cock mecha.

3. Several ideas for getting rid of lingering food smells. Via.

4. Back in 2006, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) argued that hurricane names should "be inclusive of African American names." Via.

*Previously: "Nameless Hurricane That Much More Terrifying."

*Buy vintage tin robots at eBay.

Bubo poster (and more)

Bubo the mechanical owl from Clash of the Titans stars in this poster for a show at the Anode Gallery in Chicago featuring Erik Stenberg and Ian Bennett. Stenberg's gallery is full of monster paintings on sale, including a depressed Medusa, and this depiction of Duck Hunt:

Via.

*Previously: Keyhole Owl.

*Buy Clash of the Titans posters at eBay.

Metropolis and Robot Monster plush creations (link roundup)

Lots of wonderful creations in Lindsay Mays' Flickr gallery and Etsy shop. Above, you can see False Maria from Metropolis, and Ro-Man from Robot Monster. Don't miss her plush Tauntaun and Hobbes (of Calvin and Hobbes).

And a few more links:

1. Classic Transformers Soundwave Nikes. Via.

2. Lego artistic nudes. Via.

3. Stormtrooper Maneki Neko/Lucky Cat.

4. DJ Lance seems rather ominous in this Yo Gabba Gabba cake.

*Previously: Music video based on Metropolis.

*Buy Yo Gabba Gabba! toys at eBay.