Donald Kennedy put his custom toy building talents to good use creating this concept Mario Mech which is made from a vinyl figure and a Mario keychain. He eventually plans to build Mechs for a variety of characters in Marioland so they can wreak havoc with giant versions of themselves. However, Mario’s not going to earn any intimidation points if these things are built to scale. At this rate, it looks like him and his Mech will only be the size of your average human.
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Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of February 1st-7th, 2010:
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Formula One Chair: For living room speed.
Drop Stop: Keeps you from getting stuff caught in your crack.
Carabiner Keychain: Reminds you how much you sucked at Simon.
Iron Man Decal: Applying the Iron Man decal is an exercise in precision.
As the product page illustrates, the Instant Beach Ball is the cure for everything. It’s that awesome.
Meeting dragging on a bit too long? Instant Beach Ball! Awkward first date? Instant Beach Ball! Waiting in line at the grocery store? Instant Beach Ball! This colorful 12″ round, vinyl beach ball will turn any boring or uncomfortable situation into a rollicking funfest!
Cancer? Instant Beach Ball? Incarceration? Instant Beach Ball! Too few cats? Inst…er…actually this would be better for that problem.
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Move your Simpsons and Star Wars figures, to the side. You need a little space to show your Google allegiance with all 12 Android toys. Though not equipped with Kung Fu grip, the Androids do have movable heads and arms, and isn’t that the next best thing?
I have no idea what’s going on here, and chances are these vinyl stickers will confuse the hell out of everyone else as well with their nonsensical maze of wires, lights, clouds, keys, kites, a weather vane thingy and what appears to be a tuft of grass on the lower right hand side of the sticker. I’m sure it all comes together somehow, but for now I’m with that fuzzy thing perched on the string.
Product Page: (£25, or about $40.40)
These personalized his/hers coffin vinyl wall decals can hang above your bed as a reminder in case you ever forget the way of all flesh. Of course, you’ll either be immersed in the goth lifestyle and happy to display them, or you’ll receive them as a wedding or housewarming revenge gift from someone who’s single and bitter, and from that day forward you’ll be bound by your sense of obligation to display them whenever that person comes to visit… Which would suck. If that happens you can always hope they’ll come out with a huge personalized middle finger vinyl that you could gift to that person later on, with the assurance that it has no hidden meaning.
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It’s time you hooked yourself up with some vinyl stickers to help decode the rat’s nest of wires that is your entertainment system. The only problem being if you want to use the labels to identify what goes where, you first have to figure out… what goes where. Follow? Once that’s done you can work on figuring out what the hell an “organisator” is.
Product Page: (£15, or about $25.50)
Not that there is anything particularly funny about our 401(k)’s going up in smoke, but the best we can do is to make light of it. These two characters obviously just opened up either their monthly retirement statement or brokerage account statement. Either way, that look on their faces is probably born out of the realization that this means many more years of work instead of an early retirement.
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These highly detailed 8″-10″vinyl figures designed by artist Tsuchiya Shobu portray a group of skaters taken abruptly in a horrible half-pipe accident. Now they walk the earth as zombies desperately trying to land the trick they missed. Additional figures are available after the break.
Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of January 26th-February 1st, 2009:
Contest: Win delightfully absurd toys from Archie McPhee.
Baldness Mousepad: A mousepad ode to male pattern baldness.
No Spill Mobile Spittoon: The grossest way to utilize a cupholder.
DUB Wheels Yo-Yos: Rollin’ on some 30s.
Batman And Nemeses Nutcrackers: Who is tough enough to be a nutcracker?
The next five gadgets are available after the break…
