First time author Jack Streat is sharing his experience building LEGO weapons with a new book entitled LEGO Heavy Weapons: Build Working Replicas of Four of the World’s Most Impressive Guns. Included in the book are step by step instructions for building 1:1 LEGO replicas of a Desert Eagle handgun with working blowback action, a AKS-74U assault rifle with folding stock, a bolt-action Lee Enfield sniper rifle (a.k.a. Jungle Carbine), and a pump action SPAS combat shotgun.
Each set of instructions includes a complete parts listing, so you can find (or special order) any hard-to-find bricks. The book’s illustrated, step-by-step building instructions will be clear to anyone who’s ever played with LEGO bricks, and the biggest models will challenge and delight even the most serious builders.
Hit the jump to check out a promo video with demos of the various weapons included in the book.
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It’s still months before San Diego Comic Con but cool merchandise is already appearing on sites like QMx. Today they unveiled two exclusive maquettes that everyone is going to want to own. There’s Admiral Adama from Battlestar Galactica in 1:10 scale and measuring 5.9″ tall and Book from Firefly at 4.5″ tall. Both are limited editions of 1,000 pieces. Sign up for the waitlist now and you’ll get a chance to preorder these beautiful maquettes before Comic-Con and have them shipped after the show.
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If you want your kids to know how to do the Vulcan Salute correctly and be prepared to detach the saucer section of The Enterprise in an emergency, then you need to start them young. Crafter Julie Gillrie has created The Star Trek Quiet Book to help you with your mission. You can only purchase the PDF for this adorable book, not the book itself, so you still have to break out a needle and thread. Hey, no one said parenting was easy.
And if you’ve chosen the other side in the eternal Star Wars vs Star Trek debate, don’t worry. There’s a book out there for burgeoning Jedi Knights, too.
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If you’ve always wanted to pull a book on a big bookshelf and instantly gain access to a secret room, your dream is now one step closer to reality thanks to this secret passageway switch, which is basically an electrical switch that can be loaded and operated with your favorite hardcover book. If you don’t have a revolving bookcase and a secret room, you can always use this for the much more boring task of turning on a lamp.
Product Page: ($50 via B.LightDesign via Uncrate)
Goodnight Force
And goodnight blum fruit
And goodnight to the old Sith whispering “shh”
Goodnight Forest Moon is an utterly fantastic Star Wars-themed parody of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon. And the best part is that the ebook is a free PDF dowload.
(PDF Link via Super Punch)
The way technology is advancing you may actually have to bitch slap your own clone one day, but you shouldn’t need a book to do it. Since it is a clone you’ll still share the same thought processes and body chemistry, so the defeat will come by knowing your enemy. For example, let’s say that everyday around noon you have to take a dump. You know your clone is going to be on the toilet, and you’ll know he won’t be defended because you normally hum the Star Trek theme and pretend you’re about brown bomb the Gorn and save Captain Kirk. That’s the moment you squeeze your cheeks together and kick some clone ass.
Update: Sean had some problems with my logic. Check out out our IM conversation after the break.
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This tiny book can be the first item for your miniature library, or the automatic letter opener for which it was designed. If you are opening more than a couple letters a day then you know that the odds of getting a paper cut is very real. And no matter how much of a man you are, just the thought of a paper cut can make you cringe. So get this book, a couple batteries and save yourself all that hassle.
Product Page ($15)
If you ever wanted to keep a journal entitled “What The Hell Was I Thinking?” These hand-sewn beer books are perfect for logging your uninhibited musings so you can find out how you tick in moments of drunken inspiration. You’ll probably discover that your writings are less like Hemingway and more like those of a dude who can be liquored up enough to be attracted to his own Mom.
Product Page: ($8)
You always read about how people began their million dollar business by a simple business plan they wrote down on a cocktail napkin. Presumably because they were broke and drinking, but that is not the point. The point is that you can quadruple your chances of having a great idea of your own if you already have the Napkin Sketchbook. No need to wait for divine intervention, you can force the issue a bit by giving you the tools that others have come upon accidentally.
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People may really believe that you are really carrying a book around, if only you knew how to read Russian. Regardless, you may be able to sneak this Japanese gadget into camera free zones to get that perfect shot. And for those of you that are not over the age of 25, it uses an old technology that puts the picture onto film rather than a memory card. Call it retro if you like.
Product Page ($55)
