A very nice custom made leather wallet commisioned by BioShock fan Josh McKinney from Steph of Sova Leatherworks. It has a detailed etching of Big Daddy and a silhouette of Rapture on the other.
I wonder if it’s waterproof.
Unfortunately Steph won’t be accepting any more commissions until after Christmas to catch up on her previous orders. Meanwhile check out her other game-themed wallets and her website while you think of a design for your wallet.
[via On The Level Gaming]
Unleash your inner Galactus with Vintage Confections’ “Planets solar system space ball style hard candy lollipop”. SEO-riffic! The lollipops feature images of the Sun and its planets, plus dwarf planet Pluto. It’s okay dude, we love you all equally, save for Earth. It just edges you all by a tiny bit, what with the oxygen and water and stuff.
My only complaint is that the most awesome-looking planet – Saturn – made for the lamest-looking lolly. Also I can’t differentiate the three bluish ones.
Vintage Confections is selling the lollipops for $17.50 (USD) per 10 pieces. You can specify the flavor of each candy, so be sure to make Earth extra delicious! Whoops, as Vintage Confections mentioned in the comments, you can specify the flavor per order of 10 pieces, not for each piece.
[via Svpply]
Do you still have Fisher Price’s toy record player from the 70s? Instructables member Fred27 figured out a way to play pretty much any tune you want on the toy, thanks to a bit of code and the wonders of 3D printing.
Fred27 initially printed his first batch of Fisher Price records using a CNC machine, but because his first Instructable became quite popular, he decided to write a second one that involves 3D printing. As Fred27 said, 3D printers are cheaper than CNC machines, and you can even outsource the printing for a relatively cheap price.
Here’s one of Fred27′s custom records, a short copy of the Star Wars theme. This particular record was made via CNC, but the 3D printed records should work exactly the same.
Head to Instructables to figure out how you can have print your own Fisher Price record. You can also buy Fred27′s records on Shapeways. As for the record player, you can find some on eBay and Amazon. I wonder if it’s also possible to scan and make .STL files out of vinyl records. That could be a great way of preserving them.
[via Daily Mail]
Apparently Trekkies love Monopoly so much that USAopoly has released not one, but two Star Trek-themed Monopoly sets. Unlike the first one, this particular set will let you play with your Klingon friends. Yeah, I know, I’ve yet to find evidence that this “friend” creature exists either.
As you might have guessed, the most unique thing about this set is that all of the English instructions also have Klingon translations. Aside from that, almost all the other names and aspects of the game have also been Klingonized. Instead of money, players use “Klingon Forces” as currency. The standard tokens have been replaced with the captain’s chair, klingon gavel, disruptor, bat’leth, K’k tahg and a bird of prey. The set also includes a small replica of the Klingon Chancellor’s Cane.
Sadly, all of this fan service only makes this set’s weak point more apparent. Look at the board in the gallery below and you’ll see that the four corners are still from the standard edition, albeit with Klingon translations. Kinda jarring once you notice them.
Order the Monopoly: Star Trek Klingon Edition from ThinkGeek for $40 (USD) or from Amazon for about $28. What’s next, Monopoly: The Borg Game?
The Inebriator will be everyone’s favorite party robot. It mixes cocktails while you wait, and because it’s a ‘bot it will do so with precision and without complaint. How’s that for a drinking buddy.
An Arduino Mega 2560 microprocessor controls the stepper motor that drives the drink shelf, the control interface that contains a small LCD as well as a few buttons, the valves that control the flow of booze and the robot’s many LEDs.
Head to The Inebriator’s website for more details, although one crucial piece of information that’s not there yet is whether this will be a commercial product or not.
[via Lifehacker]
We’re no stranger to robot drummers – or robot musicians for that matter – but StickBoy stands out for a couple of reasons. Make that four reasons. The rock and roll robot makes up for its seemingly immobile hips by having four arms.
Frank Barnes of Robocross built StickBoy back in 2007. The robot’s arms, two legs and awesome metal mohawk head are powered by compressed air. He uses a 14-piece Pearl drum set with double bass pedals. According to the Robocross website, StickBoy can rock out to 8 songs, including AC/DC’s TNT, Rage Against the Machine’s Bullet in the Head and the song used below, the Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop.
Was that punk, metal or robot rock?
[Robocross via You Bent My Wookie]
Gamers run on energy drinks and soda nowadays, but graphic designer Joe Grady remembers a time when he and his fellow imaginative adventurers relied on Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee and fried rings of dough and sugar to keep them up during marathon sessions of Dungeons & Dragons. Hence the mashup.
You can order the graphic on a T-shirt on Grady’s Redbubble store for about $25 (USD), but you can also get it for just $15 at FSC Tees until September 2. Imagine if there was actually a store where you could order a dozen dragons.
[via Laughing Squid]
If you’ve played or at least seen one of those games down at your local arcade, then you’ll immediately recognize and understand just how cool these Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plates are.
The plate is designed to cover your existing switch-type light switch. So really, all you have to do is uncrew your current blah-looking cover and screw this one on instead. Moving the joystick lets you turn the lights on and off. But the buttons aren’t there for show. Hit one and the ‘Power-Up’ sign lights up. Hit the other button and it emits arcade sound effects.
Pew! Pew!
The Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plates are available from ThinkGeek for $29.99(USD).
Hey Range, you wished for a taser-equipped quadrotor drone right? Hack a Day has served as your genie. The folks who run the site managed to modify a Parrot AR.Drone to deliver a shock on contact.
Hack a Day ran two strips of aluminum tape along the outline of the indoor variant of the Parrot AR.Drone. The tapes were connected to the capacitor of a disposable camera. When the parallel strips are connected – like when they come into contact with human skin – the circuit completes and electricity flows through the tapes, resulting in this:
That’s right: the current will turn you into a white dude’s forearm. Seriously though this thing can pack a punch, but fortunately not a Fist of the North Star caliber punch. Watch it chase and tase in the video below:
Head to Shock Hack a Day to find out how to build your own TaserDrone.
The Etch-a-Sketch reminds me of the days when I was a kid and didn’t have the day-to-day worries that I have right now (like how I’m going to find time to write two papers for this class I’m taking when I have to work for the most part of the day, among others.)
So when I saw this Playtime Belt Buckle on Etsy (aka the Etch-a-Sketch Belt Buckle), let me say I did more than just do a double take.
While I’m not in the market for a new buckle, you might be.
As its name obviously suggests, you can now wear a miniature and fully functional Etch-a-Sketch around your waist. It might be hard to draw stuff while you’re wearing it and it might be weird if someone else were using it to draw stuff while it’s around your waist, but hey, it’s still a pretty cool and funky belt buckle.
The Playtime Belt Buckle is available from iFind Industries’ Etsy shop for $80 (USD). Of course with a hot glue gun and one of these, you could DIY one for a whole lot less money.
[via Dude I Want That]
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