Bill Lin snapped this picture of a ice-sculpture AT-AT in Bend, OR, made with chisel and chainsaw. This is just a little thumbnail, click through to see the full image at Kotaku. AT-ATs make surprisingly good fanac fodder.
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This gingerbread AT-AT Walker is on display at Orange County's Discovery Science Museum. It's the creation of Black Market Bakery, and a fine addition to the AT-AT remixes we've featured over the years.
Another view of the AT-AT of gingerbread at the Discovery Science Museum…
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Here is the original T-shirt depicting an At-At Walker wearing a cone of humiliation! From our friends at Go Ape Shirts!
Laika the dog is seriously styling in this AT-AT costume, created by Katie Mello.
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Jim, the resident genius at Jim's Pancakes, has made an AT-AT Walker OUT OF PANCAKES! PANCAKES!
— Read the restTotal time to create it was about 15 minutes, mostly because it took a while to get the legs "crispy" enough to hold up the body.
At Innovation News Daily, science journalist Jeremy Hsu explores what it would take to make Mike Koehler's AT-AT For America dream a reality.
— Read the restMaking a modern-day robotic walker is not impossible, said Heiko Hoffman, a robotics expert at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, Calif.,
Mike Koehler dreams of restoring America to greatness. He plans to do this by galvanizing a community of "nerds, makers, geeks, motorheads, sportos, dudes, steampunks, Jedis, halfwits, greasers and geniuses" to build a full-scale, functional Imperial AT-AT Walker. He calls the project AT-AT for America. — Read the rest
"Mystery Machine AT-AT" is one in a series of pop-culture AT-AT redesigns from Seven_Hundred; others in the series include the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee and Quentin Tarantino's "Pussy Wagon."
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Some disgruntled Wisconsonites have produced this handy visual guide to understanding the imperious approach of Tea Party governor Scott Walker, who handed $137M in tax breaks to the wealthy, declared an emergency budget shortfall of $140M, and decided to cover it by gutting the state's unions. — Read the rest
Etsy seller TGNsmith's $450, 12-inch AT-AT walker sculpture was built out of recycled computer junk. It's not posable (the joints are welded), but it betrays its origins in delightful ways: "The main body is composed of power supply boxes from old computers, the head from floppy drive housings, legs and feet from various scrap metal. — Read the rest
eBay seller Komanac is flogging this 4' high, 5' long AT-AT model made of wood, cardboard, duct-tape and Sharpie: "This was created for an art show: 'Star Wars 33&1/3 anniversary' during Art Walk here in Lethbridge Alberta. I would love to keep it but not enough room. — Read the rest
Rebecca Dudeiros had her pastry chef friend Teresa Ulrich whip up this fantastic AT-AT wedding cake and matching Ewok cupcakes — a sweetly nerdy way to begin a long and happy marriage, I'm sure.
Awesome Star Wars Wedding Cake
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This old AT-AT Walker jungle-gym looks like it would be so goddamned fun! I don't care how unsafe and overbalanced it is: plummeting to the cold hard ground is a small price to pay for something this wicked.
Artist Franco Brambilla is selling this sweet AT-AT race-day painting ("AT-AT Lido Cup") as a post-card on Zazzle.
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This video documents the creation of a fabulous homemade Star Wars AT-AT walker loft bed, built by a father for his son. It's made from everyday, easy-to-source materials and includes a hide-hole loft (in the AT-AT's body) with trap-door access. This fills me with feelings of fatherly inadequacy and makes me start plotting something equally elaborate for Poesy once she's big enough to enjoy a trap door. — Read the rest
Roger sez, "My new tee features an x-ray image of an At-At walker. 'Since the Dark Side started using genetically modified walkers, they found many had to visit the Imperial Veterinary Clinic of Osteology suffering with acute pain in their hip joints. — Read the rest
FIickr's NickIsConfused has a great set showing the secret lives of Star Wars AT-ATs, reminding us that these adorable little critters aren't just for Xmas.
Update: Bonnie sez, "I interviewed the photographer over on the
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James Lillis made a series of fun Star Wars t-shirts designs like the one above, titled the "Evolution of the AT-AT." It's available from RedBubble. AT-AT t-shirt (RedBubble)
This stroller modded into an AT-AT Imperial Walker was spotted at the Star Wars Celebration IV last month in Los Angeles. Thingamababy is reverse engineering the build based on photos, but the father and baby's identities remain a mystery. If you think you know these two, post your comments on Thingamababy. — Read the rest
These downloadable PDFs for a papercraft AT-AT model are insanely detailed and amazing. One thing I never understood about the AT-ATs: if they've got AT-ATs, why do they need the Death Star? After all, the AT-ATs make it clear that when the Empire finds the Rebels, they can handily kick their asses. — Read the rest
