Cute and steampunk are not normally words I’d put in the same sentence. Artist and designer Joseph Drust makes the combination work. These toys, called minions, are made from bits and bobs like light bulbs and magnets. One even has a working LCD screen! They are bulbous, and even though they are made of metal, I want to pick them up and hug them.
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Richard “Datamancer” Nagy is known for his intricate steampunk devices, and has decided to offer custom laptops for sale with Victorian designs and engravings, a key-shaped USB drive, real wood and brass styling, and tons of attractive clockwork. Each laptop will carry a PC-based OS, with the first round expected to sell for $5,500. However, he says that future laptops could go for as much as $7,500.
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Dr. Grordbort has designed a new raygun that will stop you in your tracks. Especially if you happen to be on the business end. The Saboteur 66 – Ultra-Wave Equaliser™ is purported to be “a finely balanced tool-of-the-trade for murderous bastards across the solar system.” You write the definition of murderous bastards.
Besides being deadly, this beauty is also relatively compact and lightweight. It’s always a good thing to have a weapon you can hide. It’s also a plus to have a weapon that you can wear on your holster at a convention without worrying about it making your pants fall down. Just something to think about.
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If the Iron Man storyline took place in the Victorian era, the armor may have looked something like this. Then again, if Stark was really ambitious it might look something like this action figure from toy modder Jonathan Kriscak.
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A new steampunk themed bar opened in Brooklyn last week, and it has upped the ante for all future steampunk bars. You see, The Way Station installed a TARDIS. Yes, their very own Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space machine. At first, I thought it was just the front panel. That would be geeky enough. It looks like it’s at least two sides of the TARDIS though, and it gets better. It’s actually a bathroom. Insert joke about it being bigger on the inside here.
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Even if you’ve had your fill of steampunk stuff over the years, it’s hard to deny the awesomeness these Star Wars figures from artist Bjorn Hurri.
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If you thought the original Pac-Man was retro, get a load of the Pactuator. The creator hopes to expand on the concept to create an entire working game called Pac Machina.
I call it the Pactuator. I kind of fell in love with the little guy, but it’s going to be a (long) while before the game is ready. In the meantime I wanted a nice way to display and play with it (and keep myself inspired to finish the full project). To that end, I drew up a feeble pastiche of a Victorian frame with a Pac-Man motif, laser engraved it in some wood, and made a little display, complete with a hand-crank.
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From Fashionably Geek: This Steampunk Iron Man, was the Marvel Costume Contest Winner at NYCC.
I can definitely see why. So. Very. Cool.
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Peter Montgomery has developed something of a reputation for building mind-blowing Halloween displays in front of his home in Glendale, CA. However, he has an idea for this year that goes above and beyond anything he has attempted before—and he needs your help to make it happen.
Basically, he needs $2,200 to dig up his driveway and build a giant steampunk boring device from the center of the Earth. Seems like a bargain to me, and he is already about halfway there. Interested parties can head on over to Kickstarter to make a donation and check out a video showcasing his previous work.
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If Steve Jobs’ personal iPhone 4 had to be confiscated for Warehouse 13 because of its demonic antenna, this is the steampunk dock they would put it in.
The dock charges and takes calls of course, but the whole thing is cast in copper—so this is a serious piece slab of steampunk technology we’re talking about here. And, naturally, it commands a serious price as well.
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