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You can consider this to be a bit of a belated fall fashion awareness, but really, “Tis now the season for a Cape!” As a guy, I wear a wool coat, but I noticed women wearing some of the most fashionable capes and it’s not because it’s Halloween, it’s because winter is now kicking up, and the cold candle lit holidays are just around the corner.
If you are rained in and it’s too cold to go Trick or Treating tonight, then how about a Resident Evil-style undead shoot-out board game? This board game came out a couple of years ago by Twilight Creations – Zombies!!!
Can’t find Hawkeye or Black Widow action figures just yet? Well, this Target only set from Marvel collects the whole team. This action figure gift set includes: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury and the villian Loki.
Eggs Benedict Burger via Werd.com
You only live once and you should probably eat this at least once. It looks delicious with the egg benedict, bacon, and hamburger. It includes a poached egg (chicken!) plus bacon (the other white meat), and a dollop of hollandaise sauce that slides right down. To be honest, my cholesterol level just shot up just looking at it.
For more info, go to: Werd.com – Eggs Benedict Burger.
Fujifilm has just launched the XF1 – their line of sexy stylish point-and-shoot digital cameras. It has all the basic bells and whistles of any typical point and shoot digital camera, so you are basically paying for the fake leather … I mean the faux leather.
What do you get when you blend two companies who are masters at their craft? You get the new Paul Smith for Leica X2 Camera. The simple beauty and functional design of Leica was never compromised when Paul Smith added his magic touch to design this camera. Leica’s look and features are unmistakably present and anyone knowing Paul Smith’s colorful designs will be able to recognize and appreciate this wonderful collaboration. This is slightly out of my price range (USD $3,025 + State taxes and delivery), but if you are a camera enthusiast, you are probably drooling right about now.
Dude, if my dad built me this Power Loader from the Alien’s film, I would be a rock star at school! Ellen Ripley would love this. Totally cool.
On September 15th, 2012, the annual Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS) took place in Long Beach, California. The show features classic JDM rides like Toyota’s AE86 and cool Datsun cars from a bygone era. Here’s a video highlight of what took place at the event. Videography and editing by Richard Sze for Project 760 Productions.
Contributed by Ray Nagar, Executive Producer, Project 760 Productions
I need some hot chili sauce to go: Sriracha Packets!
Artist Yulia Brodskaya brings together all the things she likes most – paper, typography, and hand-made craft objects, then created some amazing paper-art pieces. The vibrant color is what initially struck me but there is so much more. It’s as if she is able to give her creations life from the paper she uses.
DC Comics fans may feel left out with all the recent Marvel Japanese-style art by Alex Mitchell, but don’t fret. Here’s Chambara Justice League:
For more info and images, go to: Alex Mitchell – Chambara JLA.
Here’s 2 interpretation of the Marvel’s X-Men Nippon-style. Which is better?
This is the Marvel and Madhouse collaboration which featured 12 episodes. It was a hit and miss, but I’d actually had a fun time watching this series and hey, it’s Madhouse that did this!
Or check this Alex Mitchell version – the Jidaigeki X-Men:
For more info, go to: Alex Mitchell – Jidaigeki X-Men.
Please comment and let me know which is cooler!
Alex Mitchell did his homework when he created these drawings of Avengers as Japanese warriors and gods. It would be great to see Alex taking these “Japanese Avengers” and make it into some kind of full-length anime film. How about a Seven Samurai-like adventure? Now that would be epic.
Check out more of Alex’s artwork @ DeviantArt – Genesischant.
My wife is always on the look out for a new purse and I’m always on the look out for a new man-purse, I mean, messenger bag. Recently found this awesome bag by Jack Spade. Living in San Francisco, you pretty much need a sweater or some kind of outerwear in the morning, but in the afternoon, you always end up carrying it in your hands. It can be a big hassle. With this, you can leave the house without lugging a huge bag, giving you that slim look. Once the weather turns out nicer, just unzip the side and a bigger bag appears, ready to carry your jacket or sweater.
MSRP: $225.00USD
For more info, go to: Jack Spade – Nylon Canvas Expandable Day Bag.
From the Dark Knight Rises film, this is the Gotham Rogues Hines Ward action figure from McFarlane Toys. The figure has a great color scheme and looks sharp.
MSRP: $12.99USD
For more info, go to: Entertainment Earth – McFarlane Toys.
We all know that BMW knows cars. Just test drive a car from the BMW M Series and you will be convinced that this company knows what they are doing because it is one sweet ride. But BMW designing a computer mouse? From what we can see, The Level 10 M Gaming Mouse seems to borrow features from their car engineering brethren – a focus on functional elements, creative design, and innovative aesthetics.
Strangely, this Behind The Scenes Painted Human Motorcycles reminds me of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon Turbo Teen on ABC!
The Momentum is the latest from Sennheiser and this is definitely one of their higher end headphones. From the first look, it does remind me of the interior of a luxury car – from the tough, breathable, sweat resistant leather headband, to their soft, leather earcups for wearing comfort, this headphone is elegantly designed.
MSRP: Est. $350.00USD
For more info, go to: Sennheiser Momentum Headphones.
I am more of a coffee drinker but this will definitely give me an excuse to drink more tea – a Death Star tea infuser. It’s so cool that it even comes with a Tie Fighter at the end of the chain – as if it is guarding the Death Star. Can you imagine the hours of fun you will have playing with this…..I mean while drinking your favorite brand of tea of course.
MSRP: $19.99USD
For more info, go to: ThinkGeek – Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser.
I’ve learned math and how to make a good burrito today. Word of the day: Hexaflexagon.
I think this is one of the coolest LEGO minifigs – The HULK!
For more on the Hulk minfig, go to: LEGO – Marvel Superheroes.
These days, blood suckers are everywhere in popular culture – you’ll see vampires, zombies, and werewolves on the tube, in films, and in comics. One of the most popular horror characters of all time is Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula and critically acclaimed novelist Kim Newman, takes the Count into an alternate universe where Van Helsing and friends failed to kill the famous vampire. As a result, Dracula eventually takes over England, where vampires become part of the society at large.
Dracula Cha Cha Cha is the third book in the Anno Dracula series (Anno Dracula & Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron) and the setting is 1959 Italy, where Count Dracula is to wed the Princess of Moldavia Asa Vajda in Fregene, Italy. Journalist Kate Reed intended to visit old “friends” Charles Beauregard and Genevieve Dieudonne in Rome, but gets wrap up in a murder mystery with secret agent Hamish Bond, where vampire elders are being murdered. And the like the Anno books before it, Kim Newman is known for using historical settings of the time to move the plot, and the characters meeting famous historical people and popular fictional characters from that era. The book has an added bonus short story – Aquarius with protagonist Kate Reed trying to solve 2 murders in London 1968. Journalist Kate plays detective and meets an enemy from the past. And I liked the fact that there is also a chapter of Annotations explaining various references in the story. If Twilight films are not your cup of tea, then you should definitely pick-up this bloody vampire book and may I also suggest reading Kim Newman’s first book Anno Dracula.
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Paperback: Anno Dracula – Dracula Cha Cha Cha
Author: Kim Newman
Publisher: Titan Books
MSRP: $14.95USD
Available: October 26, 2012
You’ve probably seen his artwork floating around the World Wide Web, email links from friends saying take a look at these cool movie posters, or seen his box art for the PS3 video game Resistance 3. If you don’t know who Olly Moss is, well you should take notice now with his first collected art book by publisher Titan Books – Silhouettes from Popular Culture.
This book collects Victorian art of silhouette portraits with Olly’s own style, with a sense of fun and wit. Flipping through the pages, you will be amazed at the various silhouette portraits of pop culture characters from comics, films, TV, cartoons, anime, and videogames. Olly started this small project as a way to put up nerdy art that his girlfriend would like in the house and since ballooned to around 300 “paper cut” silhouette pieces. With only 144 pages in this book, Olly picked his favorite silhouettes to be in this collection. When you look at the various silhouette art pieces you might be wondering to yourself, how the heck did he get so precise with just scissors? Well, he admits to using industrial laser cutters.
A video time-lapse of the space shuttle Endeavour traveling through the streets of Los Angeles.
Furnish your bachelor pad with this collab collection from mastermind JAPAN and Herman Miller. The Eames Furniture features two items – a chair and table. It’s a tad expensive but it looks geek cool.
Wire Base Table LTRT
MSRP: $1,609.00USD
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