Jul 23
The real-life Tatooine may not have two suns—but it has unlocked the secrets of a geomorphic mystery.
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Jul 22
It seems they have a Mr. Potato Head for everyone now. Many superheroes have one in their likeness and even some of the Star Trek crew, but I never thought I would see a Doctor Who version of the toy. It’s crazy, but awesome. Or is it terrible! I honestly don’t know.
Doctor Spud has eight removable parts, and as you can see he has his fez and sonic screwdriver. He can’t be without those. You can pre-order him now and he ships this August. I suppose it’s just a matter of time before we see the other Doctors in potato form too.
You can find it at Bigbadtoystore for $24.99(USD).
[via Nerd Approved]
Jul 21
While you’ll need a TARDIS (or maybe a DeLorean) if you really want to travel through time, these new watches will help you keep track of time, regardless of what dimension you find yourself in.
There are two new analog watches in the collection from Zeon, and both of them are officially-licensed designs. The first one has a TARDIS theme, complete with police box leather watch strap.
Each collectible watch comes in an official Doctor Who blue watch box (which I can only imagine someone will decorate as a TARDIS as soon as these come out), along with a unique serial number and certificate of authenticity.
The second design has a Dalek design, and is guaranteed not to exterminate your wrist – though it will exterminate any excuses for you to show up late to meetings.
Both designs look really substantial – and are coming soon from Zeon. You can keep tabs on them over on their Facebook page, where you need to click their Like button 100 times.
Jul 19
While Slave Leia has been the official sex symbol of the Star Wars franchise for three decades, she’s about to get a run for her money from her own mother, Padmé Amidala.
Yes, what you’re looking at is the Queen herself, devoid of ridiculous headgarb or facepaint – instead dressed in a skintight snowsuit, fringed with fur and slinky tall snow boots. Reow-reow. You’re looking good there, Mom.
The 10-1/2″ tall, hand-painted collectible figure was inspired by painting by Adam Hughes called Snowbunny Padme (sans Yoda) and is coming in a limited-edition from Gentle Giant. You can pre-order your own Snowbunny Padme statue over at Entertainment Earth for $248.99(USD) – though you’ll have to wait until June 2014 to enjoy her up close and personal.
Jul 19
Here, Adam Savage builds one of the best known guns in the universe. Han Solo’s Baster. I mean Blaster. Although, come Thanksgiving, Han is pretty handy with a baster too. He’s an awesome cook, with a fear of getting too close to the freezer.
Adam has already made a Blade Runner pistol and an Indiana Jones revolver, so I’m pretty confident he can do it. Hell, is there anything this guy can’t do? Spoiler alert! He fires first and kicks this project’s ass!
This is a serious replica too, with some super nice detail, courtesy of the guys over at The RPF, who did much of the of detective work to figure out the parts needed. Now we just need to figure out how to get it to fire blaster bolts.
[via Laughing Squid via Nerd Approved]
Jul 19
Holy Wrath of Khan, this is an amazingly detailed ship! QMx has created a replica of the U.S.S. Vengeance in honor of the 2013 blockbuster Star Trek Into Darkness. This Dreadnought is a 1:1600 scale model and the largest replica starship by QMx to date.
This limited-edition collectors model measures in at 36 inches-long, 18 inches-wide and 8.5 inches-high. The height is 14 inches when mounted on its stand. Not that size matters. This thing is awesome no matter what. The display base is mirrored too. It is outfitted with 100 LEDs that are remote-controlled, along with weapons, warp, impulse and running lights. It also plays sounds.
It takes about 200 hours and six model makers to create just one of these. Only 100 will ever be made, and each one is available for a whopping $9,995(USD). QMx is also planning a collector’s model, which will be a true replica, though smaller in size and with less features. That will cost you $100(USD).
[via The Trek Collective via Damn Geeky]
Jul 18
In “Firefly Online”, those of you crossing your fingers and your toes hoping for Joss Whedon to reveal a Firefly TV show revival at this years’ SCDD get a half-treat this afternoon. Those in charge of holding the torch for the long-lost cult classic science fiction show have found the developers and backing they need to create none other than a high-flying mobile video game, appearing in 2014 for both Android and iOS devices.
This game will allow you to fly Serenity through space, creating your own adventures as you do so. It’ll be up to you to create the ship from the show – or whatever ship you do so desire to create, while you “explore the Verse”, as they say. This game will feature “cross platform, cross device” support, meaning we’ll be able to pick up where we left off from one device to the other, too.
It’s Fox Digital Entertainment that’s footing the bill on this one, working with mobile game developer QMX Interactive behind the scenes. Those aiming to roll with the game in either mobile or desktop web browser format are able to access updates from the development crew through their official “Keep Flying” website. Upon signing up, the following message is delivered:
“On behalf of QMx Interactive and Spark Plug Games, we want to say thank you.
Together with you, our fellow Browncoats from around the world, we’re about to do the impossible. And that makes us mighty.
FIREFLY ONLINE is going to be a game unlike any other and 99.9% of that will be due to fans like you who are already making it so incredibly special. As a registered FIREFLY ONLINE player, you will receive exciting news updates and be entitled to future discounts and exclusive offers. You’ll be the first to know when our new website features are unveiled, such as the blog, where you’ll be able to track live progress of the game and ask questions of the developers, and the FFO store, which will be absolutely chock-full of shiny virtual loot (and real loot, too).
It’s going to be one mighty fine shindig, if we do say so ourselves.
Again, we humbly thank you for your support. Keep flying!”
– Andy Gore (QMx) and John O’Neill (SPG)
Stick around as we follow the creation of this game and see how it fares in the ever-expanding world of MMORPGs and the like. Until then – Find a Crew. Find a Job. Keep Flying.
NOTE: This game will be out for smartphone and tables initially, but the crew has made it clear that “we’ll see how things go :)”. They followed up to an off-hand question on if the game will appear for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8 with a “just ’cause you asked 🙂 We’ll make it so.”
The PR team behind this game is clearly underestimating the interest they’re about to have with half-announcements such as these, bless them. They’ll wise up quick!
Firefly returns as a cross-platform cross-device multiplayer game is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 18
We’ve seen some impressive Star Wars cakes, but this AT-AT takes the proverbial cake. This thing looks amazing and the details are super nice – so nice that it doesn’t even look like a cake. It was made by Cake Central member ChrisTheCook for a friend’s wedding and it stands at over two feet-tall.
If the Imperial March isn’t playing in your head at the sight of this cake, I will need to revoke your geek credentials and lock you up in a dark cell without the internet. With a very talkative Jar Jar!
The cake board is covered in snow to look like Hoth of course, though there’s no signs of any edible snowspeeders or tauntaun.
[via Between the Pages]
Jul 17
I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe that there’s one all-powerful bottle opener that can open anything. Until now.
This Darth Vader bottle opener uses the force (applied by your hand muscles) to open your drinks. Make sure that when you open your bottle you always say “You have failed me for the last time!” and force choke that bottle cap off.
You can pre-order it now from Entertainment Earth for $15.99(USD) and it will be released in January 2014. Best bottle opener ever? At least until they release the Rancor.
[via That’s Nerdalicious]
Jul 17
If George Lucas were born in the Elizabethan era along with William Shakespeare, what would Star Wars have been like? I’d like to think the story would have the same characters and elements, although it’d clearly be written in very different prose.
Ian Doescher had similar ideas, and it was those ideas that pushed him to rewrite the script of ”A New Hope” in iambic pentameter.
It reads like William Shakespeare’s typical work, although there’s nothing typical about this. It’s especially amusing to read R2-D2′s “beeps” and “meeps” amid all those “thous” and “arts” throughout the script.
Even the Sith Lord himself wasn’t spared, as the cover features Darth Vader decked out in Elizabethan-themed armor.
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars is available from ThinkGeek for $14.95(USD) and in the UK from Firebox for £11.99. Check out a 16-page excerpt here (PDF).
[via Geekologie]
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