Thursday, May 28, 2009

"Racially segregated proms have been held in Montgomery County — where about two-thirds of the population is white — almost every year since its schools were integrated in 1971"

NYT:
When the actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for last year’s first-of-its-kind integrated prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi, his home state, the idea was quickly embraced by students — and rejected by a group of white parents, who held a competing “private” prom.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Big Trouble in Little China t-shirt



Big Trouble in Little China neon sign t-shirt on sale for $45.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Emma Frost as drawn by Roger Hargreaves



Emma Frost drawn by Steven Anderson in the style of Roger Hargreaves' Mr. Men and Little Miss series. Just part of a series by Anderson, who has also drawn the Watchmen and other comic book heroes.

Custom Metroid Wii



Custom Metroid Wii by Morpheon Mods.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Little door of mystery



Little door spotted at We Love You so.

Plush Tauntaun with frozen Luke Skywalker




Plush Tauntaun with frozen Luke Skywalker by Heidi Kenney. Luke can be removed and inserted into the Tauntaun's belly, which has a zipper. More photos here, and here's Heidi's store.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009

"We used to call [Hugh Jackman] Chicken Legs."

When we were building Hugh up for the Wolverine movie, we got a call from Baz Luhrmann who was directing Hugh in the movie Australia. Baz said, ‘Come on, guys, back it off! He’s getting too big.’ And you can see Hugh getting bigger in the film.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Golgo 13 sleep mask



Golgo 13 sleep mask on sale for about $12 here.

Krang and his android papercraft



Krang, nemesis of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, inside his android body. Download the paper toy here.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Gloomy Bear gauntlets



Gloomy Bear "arm pillows" on sale here.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Friday, May 1, 2009

New series from Genndy Tartakovsky



Sym-Bionic Titan.

The robot apocalypse will be flavored with lychee




Terminator toys and themed-slurpees at 7-Eleven: "Apocalyptic Ice is a blood orange-flavored Slurpee with a hint of lychee, a sweet, tropical fruit popular in Asian countries."