Shockwave t-shirts and hoodie

Decepticon t-shirts and hoodie by Dave Quiggle on sale at Dominicon.

*Previously: Black Rose District by Quiggle.

*Buy Shockwave toys at eBay.

Giant plush uterus (link roundup)

Uterus pillow - - one of several vagina-themed items on sale in this Etsy shop. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Gizmodo needs freelance artists and infographics designers.

2. MP3s of James Mason reading Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell Tale Heart, Annabel Lee and Silence. Via.

3. Transformers poster.

*Previously: Warning, your uterus may be a choking hazard.

*Buy Edgar Allan Poe toys at eBay.

Starscream and Midna cosplay (link roundup)

Starscream and Midna cosplay from the book Cosplay Fever.

And a few more links:

1. Here's what happens when someone brings fruit instead of the expected donuts on a Friday at LucasArts.

2. Matt Brooker draws the Mac of the future (in Kirby's style). Via.

3. Cute illustration of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

*Previously: Starscream by Edvard Munch.

*Buy cosplay collections at Amazon.

Kuma Combat King (and more)

Recent posts at Toycutter, my custom toy blog include:

1. A Clockwork Orange Playmobil figure.

2. Zero Suit Samus action figure.

3. Optimus Prime as a locomotive Transformer.

4. Roland Deschain at The Black Tower action figure.

5. Kuma from Afro Samurai Combat King.

*Buy custom action figures at eBay.

Papercraft Anatomy Sculpture (link roundup)

Papercraft anatomy head by Bert Simons.

And a few more links:

1. Related to the sexy toilet liquid ads, glamorous Pine-Sol ads. Via.

2. 3D image by Ray Zone of the Joker dressed as Batman.

3. Photos of the new Star Wars Transformers, including Anakin/Twilight.

*Previously: Organic anatomy of a Wiimote.

*Buy anatomy models at eBay.

Transformers 2 concept art

Go here for lots of Transformers 2 concept art by Ryan Church.





And go here for a large gallery of Transformers 2 concept art by Ben Procter. Via.

*Previously: Lego Constructicons (the original version).

*Buy constructicons at eBay.

8-Bit Flames (link roundup)

Prius with 8-Bit Flames. As you can see in these photos, the flames were made with small square magnets. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Illustration of a guy holding Optimus Prime's rifle.

2. My new favorite accessory - - the "utility garter." Via.

3. Taheen spotted in the Moscow Subway. (If you don't know what a Taheen is, then you should stop reading Super Punch, and go read the Dark Tower series. And I don't mean that garbage comic book.)

*Previously: Optimus Picante t-shirt.

*Buy items signed by Stephen King at eBay.

Terminator-Autobot cat t-shirt and desktop wallpaper

Combine a Transformers logo with a Terminator and a cat and you get today's Tee Fury t-shirt by Si Tampan.

*Previously: Optimus Prime sculpted out of ice.

*Buy Transformers at eBay.

Chewbacca Mighty Mugg cosplay (link roundup)

Chewbacca Mighty Mugg cosplay spotted in this Dragon*Con photo gallery.

And a few more links:

1. Katherine Heigl was in the movie Zyzzyx Road, famous for being the lowest grossing movie of all time.

2. Hisashi Yuki from Takara Tomy talks about how he designs Transformers toys. Via.

3. Baby Soda Bottles look like they'd give Altoids tins a run for their money as fun emergency kits.

*Previously: The neon signs of Rapture.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Donald Duck Transformer

Transformers Disney Label Donald Duck Holiday Vehicle on sale for a little under $40 here. Via.

*Previously: Donald Duck gives some kid the boot.

*Buy Mickey Mouse Transformers at eBay.

Movie posters from Ghana (link roundup)

Gallery of Ghanian movie posters (NSFW) from the book Extreme Canvas: Movie Poster Paintings from Ghana available used at Amazon. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Don't assume the cake maker knows what you're talking about when you say you want a Bumblebee cake.

2. You can watch full episodes of He-Man at Youtube now.

3. Princess Mononoke cosplay.

*Previously: Okami girl.

*Buy Princess Mononoke toys at eBay.

Transforming Decepticon billboard

I couldn't find video, but apparently this billboard features a Transformers logo that folds into the Decepticons logo. It's an ad by Colenso BBDO to promote a showing of Transformers on TV3.

Colenso is clearly the master of animated billboards. Their previous work includes

The bleeding billboard:


And an exploding billboard:


*Previously: Optimus Prime sculpted out of ice.

*Buy Transformers at eBay.

Optimus Prime sculpted out of ice (link roundup)

Optimus Prime sculpted out of ice. More photos of this and other ice sculptures here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Photos of Mindstyle vinyl toys being handpainted in China.

2. Cupcakes with comic book and Star Wars logos. Via.

3. Chicago’s Field Museum has a 3,000 year old Egyptian bust that bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Jackson, including missing nose.

*Previously: Garfield and Friends cupcakes.

*Buy Mindstyle toys at eBay.

Logo for Conjure Mobile (link roundup)

Logo for Conjure Mobile by Breadline Design.

And a few more links:

1. Now this is a headline: "It's a very nice house in the country (but not for an orgy)." English manor rented out for swingers party, and staff was apparently not told in advance as to the nature of the party. Via.

2. Optimus Prime cake.

3. One of Britain's most distinguished orchestra conductors, Sir Edward Downes, flew to Switzerland with his wife and joined her in drinking a lethal cocktail of barbiturates provided by an assisted-suicide clinic. She was deathly ill, and he didn't want to live without her. Their children watched as the couple drank the fatal cocktail and then died, holding each other's hands. Via.

4. Bioshock fan art.

*Previously: Bioshock cosplay.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Barney/Grimlock mashup

Barney/Grimlock mashup by kaloyster, currently up for vote at Design By Humans.

*Previously: The history of Grimlock.

*Buy Transformers at eBay.

Chimera toy (link roundup)

Painted version of the vinyl toy based on Melita Curphy's design. $52 at Patch Together. Relatedly, over at Toycutter, I've posted a large gallery of custom Mez-Itz by artists including Curphy that will be displayed at Comic Con.

And a few more links:

1. Online-only Concord Law School made it to the finals of a law competition that included top schools such as Michigan, Duke, and Berkeley, before losing to Stanford.

2. Big Bad Toy Store has concept art for a Donald Duck/Bumblebee Transformer.

3. I'm giving away a couple of lenticular Coraline cups at Evil Buttons.

4. The chibi Kingdom Hearts phone charm I mentioned previously is $11 at Entertainment Earth.

*Previously: Kingdom Hearts amigurumi.

*Buy Kingdom Hearts toys and collectibles at eBay.

Darkstalkers pinup (link roundup)

Darkstalkers pinup by Arnold Tsang for the Darkstalkers tribute book, which is 34% off at Amazon.

And a few more links:

1. Plush Bossk the Bounty Hunter, Tuskan Raider, and Lando Calrissian.

2. This would make a good coloring page challenge - - old and new Constructicon Devastators side by side.

3. Yet another confirmation that Nerdcore is my blog's doppleganger - - on the same day I link to Chris Daughtry's version of "Poker Face," Rene posted Weezer's version.

4. "Punk" versions of Princess Peach, Zelda, and Samus.

*Previously: Plush Lando Calrissian (if Lando was a chicken).

*Buy Darkstalkers toys 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.

Intact, collapsed building (link roundup)

Go here for a gallery of photos of a building that fell over in Shanghai, but stayed more or less in one piece. Via.

And a few more links:

1. By Jason Chalker, Feral guinea pigs and Dia de los Hotrods.

2. Nice gallery of photos of the Mickey Mouse/Optimus Prime Transformer.

3. Star Trek rebooted desktop wallpaper featuring Scotty and his little alien buddy.

4. Three Northern California attorneys and two interpreters convicted of filing hundreds of fraudulent asylum applications.

*Previously: Exposing the truth about that collapsed San Francisco bridge.

*Buy Day of the Dead art at eBay.

Charmingly horrendous Devastator toy

The first sentence of Roger Ebert's one-star review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments."

The charmingly horrendous Burger King kid's meal Devastator seems to be a perfect match for the review.

*Previously: Spock/Enterprise Transformer.

*Buy Transformers at eBay.