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The likes of Kenner, Hasbro and various third party companies have made action figures, plush dolls and other Star Wars-related merchandise, now the Disney Store will take its turn with their own new exclusive line of action figures, plush toys, mugs, PVC figurines and die-cast vehicles.
At the recent Sydney Brick Show (April 24-27, 2014) in Australia, LEGO announced a new release the LEGO 10244 Fairground Mixer. If you like county fairs and like to build LEGO cities, this is another wonderful LEGO addition. The Fairground Mixer will cost around $150 bucks and look for a June 2014 release date.
The Vauxhall VXR8 GTS versus the BMW M5 Competition Package, basically big V8 sedans going sideways in this episode of AutoCar UK. The cheaper VXR8 GTS uses a supercharged V8 pumping out 577 horses and the M5 Competition Package uses a twin-turbo V8 producing 567 horses. It’s all about drifting in this challenge battle between these two V8 brutish sedans.
It seems like everybody wants in on Sanrio’s iconic Hello Kitty. Well, this is Hello Kitty’s 40th Anniversary and McDonald’s in Singapore has released a limited edition plush doll 6-piece set – Hello Kitty Bubbly World Collector’s Set.
Eggs by Versace
Around the world over, many consumers like to buy “luxury brands” and it says many things about our consumer buying culture. Artist/Designer Peddy Mergui takes at look at trend with his “Wheat is Wheat is Wheat” exhibition at the Museum of Craft & Design San Francisco. The art series focuses on “What If” high-end companies made regular food item packaging.
Flour by Prada
When the James Cameron’s ALIENS flick hit the theaters in 1986, it blew me away and it made go back to take a look at the first ALIEN (1979) film by director Ridley Scott. Now, if you don’t have the DVD or Blu-ray handy, or cannot find it streaming somewhere, then how about you go old-school and check out the official novelization of ALEIN with author Alan Dean Foster based on the screenplay by Dan O’Bannon.
From city blocks far away you can probably hear this car rumble and roar down the street. The sounds of the 2015 Aston Martin Vantage S sounds amazing. Xcar takes a look at this 6.0 V12 Vantage S beast of a machine.
For more great car reviews, go to: YouTube – Xcar Films.
For details, go to: Aston Martin Vantage S.
Pop singer Avril Lavigne gets in on the Hello Kitty celebration.
A couple of weeks ago a full-size AV-98 Ingram mecha from the live-action series Patlabor created a buzz in the crowd and caused a ruckus of a traffic jam.
Yeah or Nay? The new-look 2015 Subaru WRX STI 4AWD sedan is looking to dominate the streets. A new aero package and revised turbo 2.5 liter 4-cyclinder pumps out 305 horses. Carlos Lagos from Ignition takes a look at WRX STI.
DC Entertainment celebrates Batman’s 75th anniversary this year and has kick the party off with various animated shorts. This Batman Beyond animated short is by artist/writer Darwyn Cooke.
Iconic hip/hop rapper and leader of the G-funk movement Snoop Dogg is now “Dunnified” with this Kidrobot 7″ vinyl figure. Our Ramen host “The Eddie” takes an in-depth look at this Snoop Dogg figure.
Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight with Sony Pictures is kicking off a super 30th anniversary celebration of the 1984 Ghostbusters film that starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and late Harold Ramis. The famous pop-culture art hangout Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight will do a 4-city traveling art show exhibiting original artwork, prints and apparel.
The setting is the 2014 Blanc Pain Endurance series. The NISMO team started the opening lap at grid 32, that’s 32 of out 44 cars in the race. In this one lap, Al Buncombe climbs 17 places for the 13th position by the second lap. Now that’s just crazy.
This maybe just a Clarion USA ad, but it’s a cool drift vid with Chris Forsberg. He drives a classic 1975 Datsun 280Z powered by a Skyline engine, the RB25DET. And that’s all you really need to know, just watch the car-porn.
As the world looks to “green” technology for the future, one city in Germany, Hamburg has for the last 7 years (2006-2013) been part of an zero-carbon building experiment, the International Building Exhibition (IBA). In the suburb of Wilhelmsburg, you will find many eco-housing developments.
Marvel today released more detail images from their Marvel Legends: Guardians of the Galaxy movie line-up. These detailed and well-articulated 6″ action figures features 6 figures: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket, Nomad and Iron Man. Collect all 6 figures to build the Groot action figure.
I have two fellow Retrenders bloggers that are health freaks namely Johnny Moreno and Kelly Ann Brooke, and yeah I’m calling you guys out. They always tell I’m eating way too much carbs, or don’t eat this, don’t eat that, or you can cook this or that! Okay, I get the message. Simple and quick – the Sweet Potato Sliders & BBQ Turkey.
What would the city of Venice and it’s waterways look like in a harsh winter? With some photo retouching and super imposing this is what Venice would look like.
Vacation time is approaching and like my fellow Retrenders super-blogger Stephen Jang, we did the backpack of Europe adventures and hit-up certain parts of Asia, but I think it’s time to look to South America. When you’re in the record books for “the longest and highest urban cable car in the world,” well that certainly peaks my interest and I definitely need to go to Bolivia to ride this.
Titan Books collects various art pieces done by artist Ian Miller in this book, The Art of Ian Miller. You might be asking who is Ian Miller? Well, if you ever find yourself in the fantasy section at the bookstore, most of those Ray Bradbury and HP Lovecraft book covers of wizards, monsters, castles and alien worlds were illustrated by Ian Miller.
The documentary is “Europe In 8 Bits” takes a look at “chip” music and how it’s growing in Europe. Many musicians are looking back to old school videogame hardware like NES, Amiga, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, etc and using them to create new sounds. What catches the eye is the animated 8-bit opening to the documentary. Here’s a look:
Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Black Swan, The Fountain) is known for making movie controversy and he does it again with his 2014 movie film Noah taken from the Bible. Titan Books releases two novels based on the movie, the official novelization by Mark Morris and a YA (Young Adult) book titled Noah: Ila’s Story by Susan Korman based on the screenplay by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel.
The world has turned more dark and sinister, and Noah has a vision from the Creator that a great flood will come to wipe out the world. He must build an ark to save his family and all the animals. In the mist of all this, warlord leader Tubal-cain who killed Noah’s father Lamech comes back years later to try to take over Noah’s Ark with his army of soldiers. The official novel by Mark Morris follows Noah’s journey like the PG-13 movie.
With tasteful bareness, cult articles and a bit of kitsch comes BelleSf, today’s epoch magazine that uniquely celebrates art, culture and nudity in a vintage style that is edgy and very San Francisco!
The magazine will have a foundation of thought-provoking and insightful articles to stories relating to the world and San Francisco life, and of course nude photography that is akin to Playboy magazine’s soft-lit and sensual style of the 70s.
London commuters get creative Pepsi ads at a London bus stop. You will find this Pepsi bus shelter on Oxford Street. This is not your typical bus shelter, as BBC News takes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Pepsi bus shelter.
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