When I was a kid, my room was adorned with Star Wars posters and action figures. I also had some pretty awesome Transformers sheets if I do say so myself. Not bad, but some people choose to go the extra mile and make more elaborate themed rooms and beds. Just imagine the kinds of dreams you would have sleeping in places like these.
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It’s hard to beat a fast car with a rich guy behind the wheel, and when the guy is Batman and the car is the Batmobile it’s sure to make all the girls swoon. Probably more than a few of the guys, too. If you were lucky enough to be hanging out at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, California last weekend, then you got a look at the Batmobiles in all their glory. Warner Brothers broke out the cars from Adam West through Christian Bale to film a segment for The Dark Knight Rises video release. This makes me think I should be spending more time hanging out at burger joints.
Check out the Batmobiles in action after the jump.
Winter is coming (well Season 2 anyway), and Game of Thrones is even better with adorable dolls. This set of amigurumi features the House Stark. Ned, Catelyn, the kids, Jon Snow, and three of the direwolf puppies. The best part about these crocheted dolls (besides the direwolf puppies) is the details. Arya comes with her sword, Needle, and the cloaks are removable.
This set sold, but the seller, LunasCrafts, does take custom orders!
(via Must Have Cute)
Arthur Yet Lew’s second TARDIS-themed guitar is appropriately titled “Patrick Troughton”.
(Arthur Yet Lew via Nerd Bastards)
We’ve seen steampunk NERF guns in the past, but modder vansbangerburger’s rifle is among the best. He managed to slap it together using an old NERF gun and variety of spare parts—including pressure gauges, an old fuse holder from high voltage wiring and some K’NEX gears. Hit the jump to check out some additional photos.
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
This geek likes to travel. Road trips, long flights, or short jaunts just down the road – I take what I can get. When I can, I try to combine travel with activities and sights that make my inner fangirl squeal. Those trips are my favorites. Film and TV locations, museums, old cemeteries, and sites with urban and rural decay top my list of “places I will detour to see.” The small stuff is just as enjoyable, too. It may not be possible for me to visit the actual castle used for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, but I can usually fit in a drive to see the oldest surviving American robot in Mansfield, Ohio. If you’d like to mix some geek stops into your next trip or even into your weekend, I have plenty of suggestions.
It’s common knowledge that the Internet is fueled by two things — pornography and cat videos. Needless to say, if a pet video goes viral it can be extremely lucrative. Maybe it’s time you and your pet got a piece of the action. The following gadgets make it easy to get your cat or dog to do something cute and stupid on camera.
Think about what it must have been like to live 100 years ago. Compared to our high-tech lifestyles today, it must have been like banging rocks together in a cave. In that time we have developed cellphones, computers, the Internet, space travel and more. On the flip side, we’ve also developed virtual kissing machines and portable watermelon coolers. Truly, we are living in a gilded age.
I did what any red-blooded American did over our holiday weekend. That’s right, I went to see a movie. This was after consuming roughly my own body weight in hamburgers and hot dogs while hanging out with friends all afternoon. I almost didn’t go to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon because it was getting a love it/hate it response from people and I was desperately afraid I’d fall into the hate it camp. There’s nothing as disappointing as walking in to a movie thinking it will be fantastic, but wandering out a few hours later wishing you could get a refund. [Minor spoilers ahead]
What do you get for the man that has everything? Usually I get him a gift certificate to the local golf store. Seriously, my father is the hardest person on Earth to buy for. However, if money was no object I might buy something from the list below. Though, I have to admit that, in my case, the Mobile Beer Bar and the VirtualGT racing simulator are more like gifts that you get someone that are really for yourself. My father doesn’t drink beer, he couldn’t make a bowl of cereal to save his life and he drives conservatively. Meanwhile, I would cook meat and drink beer while virtual racing.
