Steve Coupe, a woodworker in New Zealand, created this wonderful children's rocker in the shape of an X-Wing fighter, complete with an R2-D2, working for about 40 hours to complete the piece for a charity auction to benefit a children's hospital.
Thoren's $140 (+$65 SH) Apollo 11 sweatsuit is modelled on the A7-L Pressure Suit, and features fantastic levels of gorgeous, 1969-vintage detail. (via Bonnie Burton)
A mere $2000 gets you this suit of Imperial Snowtrooper couture armor, suitable for fighting asymmetric warfare on Hoth or chilling at a con.
Here's a great tutorial for using ribbon, baubles, and googly eyes to honor the Christmas Spirit intrinsic in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with your festive Krampusbush.
The downloadable PDF pattern for making your own droidel comes from Bonnie Burton's excellent Star Wars Craft Book.
The $20 R2D2 measuring cup set decomposes into four measuring cups and his legs turn into four measuring spoons.
— Read the restThis set of R2-D2 Measuring Cups disassembles into 4 measuring cups plus 4 measuring spoons and reassembles in a snap (fortunately, it's not as complicated as C-3PO).
Ryan Bowen and his baby son Geraint dressed as a mech warrior for Hallowe'en in an awesome effort that turns the child into a brave mecha-pilot.
On the most excellent TableTop web-show, a two-part episode on the RPG Fiasco, which Mordicai Knode on Tor.com sums up perfectly:
— Read the rest…a game in which you capture the dark comic confusion of the Coen brothers, where snappy Tarantino dialogue in the midst of mounting carnage is provided by the players, where the good-hearted charm of Simon Pegg's bumbling runs smack dab into the harsh realities of a Greg Rucka spy comic.
Former Boing Boing guestblogger and all-round* happy mutant Craig Engler sez,
— Read the restWeighthacker.com is a new site for geeks who want to lose weight and
get fit. It takes the latest science and research about nutrition and
weight loss and translates it into practical, daily advice that geeks
can incorporate into their existing lifestyles.
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff.
My co-hosts on episode 043 are Dean Putney, Boing Boing's coding and development wizard, Michael Pusateri, a lifelong tinkerer and former television tech executive for Disney, and Veronica Belmont, the co-host of three great shows: Tekzilla, Sword and Laser, and Game On! — Read the rest
GirlieMac, aka Tomomi Imura (Twitter) just won the internet with her deftly conceived and Photoshopped series of HTTP status message "motivational poster" images, featuring cats. A bunch of them are featured above and below. The full set is here at Flickr. — Read the rest
It's both Hemp History Week and "May the 4th Be With You" Day (a celebration of all things Star Wars and pun-related). Perhaps this relationship is causal? I'm not sure. But I do know that you can download and print a celebratory mask that is probably appropriate for either holiday. — Read the rest
Artist unknown.
Our pal Bonnie Burton has a new book out, the The Star Wars Craft Book. It includes this swell cephalodic puppet: "By reusing a paper lunch bag, you're recycling while making a cool puppet of Admiral Ackbar from Return of the Jedi. — Read the rest
"Jabba is made of chocolate cake, chocolate fudge, and fondant." Photo series, and more about the person whose birthday this cake celebrated. (via Bonnie Burton)
80 years ago today, the first ever science fiction fan group, the Scienceers, met for the first time at organization president Warren Fitzgerald's apartment in Harlem (Fitzgerald, the first-ever big name fan, was black). Happy 80th, fandom!
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Our thanks to Rob Hansen, author of the formidable history of British fandom Then, for reminding us of this anniversary.
Bonnie sez, "Bonnie Burton at Lucasfilm tries on the Jabba the Hutt inflatable costume to give it a test run by doing the Hutt Strutt around the Lucasfilm campus, to the ILM cafe Javva the Hutt, and to Starbucks down the street. — Read the rest
The 59-year old director died in Manhattan of a heart attack. He brought us such iconic eighties films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink. IMDB, Wikipedia, Slashfilm, TMZ, Variety. Above, a montage of scenes from his films, created by a fan to the tune of the Who's "Baba O'Riley." — Read the rest
Can't believe I missed this on Coast To Coast. So, I don't know what your plans are for September 12 and 13, but you might want to change them. The 11th annual "Bay Area UFO Expo Celebration Event" takes place that weekend in Santa Clara, California. — Read the rest
BB pal Bonnie Burton of Lucasfilm and all things Star Wars says, "If Boing Boing readers want to see a REALLY retro Wookiee family photo, check out the Star Wars Holiday Special which aired once 30 years ago — just in time for the holidays. — Read the rest
