Coraline Box #23

The creators of Coraline sent out 50 handmade boxes to some of their favorite bloggers. Each box is unique and includes items from the movie. Box #23 belongs to ToysREvil.



You can see the rest of the boxes I've found to date here.

*Buy "Coraline: A Visual Companion" at Amazon.

Iron Giant as a rock god

Iron Giant as a rock god, Spock as a Stormtrooper, and a miserable Staypuft Marshmallow man all star in concert posters by Andrea Tallone.

*Previously: Lego Iron Giant.

*Buy Iron Giant toys at eBay.

Bloodthirsty Tin Woodsman

The Tin Woodsman doesn't need the Wizard's help in this painting by Jason Limon for the "Hank of Oz" show opening December 3 at The Alcove in Georgia. Here's Jason's store.

*Previously: Post-apocalyptic Wizard of Oz.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Tron-inspired Lego spaceship

Fresh from the game grid, a Tron-inspired spaceship by Dave Lartigue for a "Vic Viper" Lego contest.

*Previously: Tron Recognizer desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

Boba Fett concept art

Boba Fett concept art on display at Flickr.

Update: The man who posted the images at Flickr received a takedown notice earlier this week.

*Previously: Domobacca; Roto the Hutt pilots a Lego mech.

*Buy Boba Fett toys at eBay.

King Zombie definitively answers "why did the chicken cross the road?"

In an old issue of Nickelodeon magazine, Mike Mignola told the best "why did the chicken cross the road" joke ever. Click through for the punchline.

I once heard the scientist's definitive answer to "which came first, the chicken or the egg" - - the egg, of course, which was laid by something that was not quite, but almost, a chicken.

Finally, here's the one and only episode of The Amazing Screw On Head:



*Previously: Conan by Mignola.

*Buy Hellboy toys at eBay.

Goblin' Stuff

Jessica Fortner creates creepy sculptures. Above is "Goblin' Stuff," which was created for Fefe magazine and which "depicts an old lady blindly being led by a goblin that has grown out of all the junk she owns. It entices her with a brightly wrapped gift. Her curiosity, greed and obsession keep her pedaling. In a trance she follows the present into a strange and desolate land." Don't miss her two-headed, squid-wearing, bird women. She describes her work here.

*Previously: Metal animal sculptures.

*Buy "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins" at Amazon.

King Kong and triplane Lego

King Kong and triplane made out of Lego by Matt "monsterbrick" Armstrong.

*Previously: Polish King Kong poster.

*Buy King Kong toys at eBay.

Godzilla/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mashup

Godzilla/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mashup by David McDowell for the Kaiju Monster Invasion show opening December 3 in Miami. He's posted a desktop wallpaper sized version here, and don't miss his three-headed Jack Nicholson. Via.

*Previously: Cthulhu/Napster logo mashup.

*Buy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory toys at eBay.

Sensor-activated shadow monster

Jerry-Rigged Piezo from Aaron Amodt on Vimeo.

Sensor-activated shadow monster created by Aaron Amodt. Via.

*Previously: Shadow puppet contest.

*Learn how to make shadow puppets with these books at Amazon.

To err is human, to arrrr is pirate

Via.



Bottled Fairy Necklace. $15 at Etsy. Via.



Stylized kanji. Many more here.

*Previously: Legend of Zelda cat.

*Buy Legend of Zelda toys and collectibles at eBay.

Burn-E papercraft

This looks absurdly complicated, but it's probably the closest you're going to come to getting a Burn-E toy any time soon. You can download the Burn-E paper toy here. Via.

*Previously: Axiom Starliner t-shirt.

*Buy WALL-E toys at eBay.

Airship engraving by Myke Amend

This is the "Airship Sabicu" by Myke Amend. Prints are $8 at Etsy, and you can buy the original here.

*See more of my Etsy picks here.

*Buy zeppelin toys at eBay.

Girl on a Motorcycle

Girl on a Motorcycle movie poster spotted at Flickr. The movie's also called "Naked Under Leather" and features a young Marianne Faithful. Here's the trailer in which she really enjoys riding her motorcycle:



There's several versions of the poster on sale at eBay and MoviePoster.com.

*Previously: Monster Motorbike from hell.

Ultraman goes for a ride in the big red car

Today's TeeFury t-shirt, featuring Ultraman and friends, is by Jeff Lamm.

*Previously: Ultraman takes a lunchbreak.

*Buy Ultraman toys at eBay.

Robot Toys

Two fabulous, highly posable new models by Kotobukiya expected to go on sale in June for $40. Snap-fit assembly is required. The pieces are cast in different colors, so painting is not required. Follow the links for lots of photos:


Linebarrels of Iron Apparation.



Super Robot Taisen: Sladegelmir.

*Previously: Super Robot Wars Dygenguar.

*Buy Linebarrels of Iron robots at eBay.

Nihilist Mints

"Nihilists don’t believe in flavor! Each sleek, black 3" x 3/4" x 5/8" tin contains sixty completely flavorless mints." One tin of Nihilist Mints is $5. Via.

*Previously: Hangman's noose lamp.

*Buy Thanos toys at eBay. Or don't. What difference does it make?

Fallout perks you'll need to tolerate the new game

Shamus Young didn't much care for the perks in Fallout 3 and decided to create some that better reflected the game experience. You can see five more here. It's just one of a series of Fallout-related strips by Young. Here he points out just how hard it is sometimes to choose the "good" path, and here he explores the pitfalls of playing a low-charisma character. Via.

*Previously: Vault Boy desktop wallpaper.

*Buy nuke-related memorabilia at eBay.

No one can bring me down quite like Chris Ware

Cinefamily organizes classic movie showings at a movie theater in Los Angeles. Tonight they're showing "Tokyo Story" and "Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family." Chris Ware illustrated the cover of the latest Cinefamily program, which I believe is inspired by Tokyo Story. Three panels, no dialogue, and almost no movement, and yet it's tremendously depressing:



Here's the trailer for Tokyo Story, which does seem to be pretty depressing:



You can download a pdf of the Cinefamily program here, and view the calendar of events here. They're showing Alice in Wonderland tomorrow. Via.

*Previously: Batman papercraft by Ware.

*If you've been a little too cheerful, buy Chris Ware comics at Amazon.

Demon-Vomiting Bunny

I'm not sure I'd wear it as a t-shirt, but it's a terrific illustration of a bunny vomiting up demons. You can vote for this design by yajerus at Design By Humans.

*Previously:
-Vomiting demon
-Vomiting Statue of Liberty
-Vomiting panda
-Rainbow-vomiting avatar

"Rock You" papercraft

Download this rock and roll fan paper toy here. Via.

*Find dozens of papercraft projects here.

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

Threadless winner and gift idea roundup

The winner of the $25 Threadless gift certificate is Jess, who should have received an email. Thanks to everyone else. You can see the gift recommendations everyone made here.

My Black Friday bargain purchases from Amazon were:

Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure [$4]

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 [$15]

BioShock [$10]

Coraline Box #11

The creators of Coraline sent out 50 handmade boxes to some of their favorite bloggers. Each box is unique and includes items from the movie. Box #11 belongs to emmyymme:



In addition to the letter, key, and autograph by director Henry Selick that is in each box, box #11 features the monstrous arms of Coraline's other father.

You can see the rest of the boxes I've found to date here.

*Buy "Coraline: A Visual Companion" at Amazon.

Carrie Fisher's "Wishful Drinking"

This is the cover to Carrie Fisher's new book "Wishful Drinking," which is based on her stage show of the same name. There's a funny photo of her in costume here. The book is 32% off at Amazon.

*Previously: Slave Leias in a pillow fight.

*Find Star Wars Happy Meal and cereal toys at eBay.

T-Shirts by GrottoBombr

Mounted Boba Fett, Soudwave reenacting his favorite moment from Say Anything, and a less optimistic version of Obama's logo star in t-shirts on sale at GrottoBombr's store.

*Previously: Ravage stars in updated Jaguar logo.

*Find vintage and brand new Transformers at eBay.

Evolving Darwin action figure playset

The Evolving Darwin action figure playset is $10 at Entertainment Earth.

*Previously: Darwin fish joke.

*Buy "The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form" at Amazon.

Professor Layton vinyl toys

Prop Plus Petit Professor Layton PVC figures. Looks like $37 gets you eight random figures.

*Previously: Macross capsule toys.

*Buy gashapon at eBay.

Post-Thanksgiving link roundup

Lego Turkey Mech by Adrian Drake. It's extremely well-armed. Via.



Thanksgiving desktop wallpaper by David Lanham.




Foster's Home For Imaginary Monsters gets rickrolled by the man himself on Thanksgiving. Via.


And:
-A Bizarro Thanksgiving.
-Gruesome Sesame Street Thanksgiving.
-And a well-hidden turkey.

*Find more desktop wallpapers here.

*Buy Foster's toys at eBay.

Coraline Box #1

The creators of Coraline sent out 50 handmade boxes to some of their favorite bloggers. Each box is unique and includes items from the movie. Box #1 belongs to Tomopop:



In addition to the letter, key, and autograph by director Henry Selick that is in each box, box #1 features a Coraline doll.

You can see the rest of the boxes I've found to date here.

*Buy "Coraline: A Visual Companion" at Amazon.