Tuesday, November 10, 2026

A designer vinyl toy of the dog alien from The Thing (also some cute blindboxed Ewoks) up for preorder

Spider Dog is suitably gross, and the Ewoks by Hot Toys are quite quite.

Today's news and jokes















"‘Largest jewelry heist in U.S. history’ suspect agrees to plead guilty"

LAT:

Three of [his] co-defendants are set to go to trial in March. Another...was deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as he awaited trial. Prosecutors said they were unaware of the deportation and still hope to bring Flores to trial. Two others who face charges in the case have so far managed to avoid being arrested.

The Matriarch custom action figure

Monday, November 9, 2026

Red Bull's human catapult stunt is very funny ("The most intense part is when you get into the catapult because you know what is coming")





Red Bull:
Pulling off something like this doesn't happen overnight. The Human Catapult project took two and a half years to develop, with Slovenian stunt and engineering team DD Squad building the enormous launch system inside Europe's tallest chimney. At full power, it subjected the athletes to forces of up to 4.2G.

New Humble Bundle featuring "Karate Survivor" and others from the Alawar Collection of Game

Starts at $5 for 12 games (I like that they're designated as "Steam Deck Verified" or "Steam Deck Playable").

Today's news and jokes

Apparently the equivalent of eating roughly 13 donuts