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Happy Hols from Boing Boing tv! In this week's Friday Unicorn Chaser episode, Sculptor Chris Yates creates laser-cut robots for the holidays, based on the Diesel Sweeties webcomic by R. Stevens.
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8:31 am Fri
Dec 19, 2008
BBtv Unicorn Chaser: Diesel Sweeties Laser Robots
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