Hasta La Gadget!

As if hanging out with videogame characters wasn’t cool enough, Mickey Mouse and his Disney pals are connecting with geeks even more with the introduction of this awesome Bandai Chogokin action figure.

As with other super robots, this one is made of smaller robots: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto. It’s possible that there are other elements to the uber-robot that are not included in the gallery below. Either that or Pluto’s doghouse pops out of his butt.

I wonder if it has a huge keyblade. Kotaku says the action figure will sell for ¥13,440 (~$168 USD). It won’t be available until March 2013, but Bandai will show off a prototype of the action figure at Akihabara UDX from October 26-29, 2012.

[via GetNews via Kotaku]

This is deviantART user dragonlorefury’s engagement ring. As you may have guessed, she’s an avid role-playing gamer. What you might have not guessed is that the ring was made by her father, who is a jeweler. You guessed that? How about the fact that the die can be removed and replaced with a gem? WHAT! You’re dragonlorefury aren’t you? Or her dad.

dragonlorefury posted this picture on deviantART last May 2011, so there’s a good chance that she and her fiance have tied the knot by now. May you trek through the dungeons of life and overcome its dragons – metaphorical and literal (you never know!) – with love as your saving throw.

[via Boing Boing]

Minecraft Forum member Rumsey made a full-scale replica of the World of Warcraft map made of Minecraft blocks. He wrote a custom application that automatically voxelized every bit of WoW, “down to the last tree stump”, to create a Minecraft map made of 68 billion blocks. I’m still struggling to comprehend how this is possible.

Rumsey said his program took about 24 hours to complete the conversion. Even though the process was automated, Rumsey still had to do a lot of work to prepare for it, saying, “Prior to the conversion process, I needed to match textures from World of Warcraft to the appropriate material in Minecraft. For example, an object with a wooden texture might be converted into wooden planks, while an object with a mossy texture might be converted into mossy cobblestone. I created a special program to help do this assignment, but selecting materials for all 10,000+ textures in the game still required many hours of work.” I can imagine. Actually no, I can’t.

As you might have guessed, the map files are also huge. They’re in a 2.17 GB zip file that balloons to nearly 24 GB when unpacked. YouTuber svmgaming has a guide for Windows users on how to install them if you’ve got the available space. You can see footage of the map about 5:30 in:

Head to the Minecraft Forum for more information and pictures, as well as the link to the torrent file needed to download the map. I’m not sure which is more impressive – this or LEGO Middle-Earth.

[via Nerd Approved]

If you watch Ben Heck’s online show you’ll notice that the master modder has branched out beyond the gaming mods that made him famous. For his latest episode, Heck shows us how to make a very practical gadget: sunglasses that automatically raise or lower a pair of polarized clip-on shades depending on the ambient light.

Heck used an ATtiny board, a photo cell and a servo to modify his own sunglasses. Lesser mortals not versed in tinkering and programming will most likely zone out within two minutes of the clip; you can skip to about 11:55 in the video below if you’d just like to see the finished product.

I guess now we know what Dwayne Wayne could look like… in a different world. YEEEAAHHHHH

The species of legendary Jedi master Yoda is one of the mysteries of Star Wars. Whatever he is, all we know is that he’s small and green. If you ever wondered what he’d look like if he had more or less the same skin as humans, sculptor Andrea Eusebi has a possible answer. Also, you wonder about strange things.

Like child of elf and hobbit, Yoda bust looks. Hmmmm.

Eusebi finished this particular bust way back in August, but if I’m not mistaken he’s still willing to make more if you want to buy one from him. Head to Facebook to contact Eusebi and to browse more images of his amazing work.

[via Andrea Eusebi via Endless Geyser of Awesome]