Travel Gear with Pilot & Captain

P&C_MainLogoIf you find yourself traveling the country this summer by bus, car, plane or train and in need of getting gifts for family and friends, or just yourself, then make sure you check out this Philly outfit Pilot & Captain.  From the award-winning design house The Heads of State, the founders Dustin Summers and Jason Kernevich stamp their own design touch to Pilot & Captain.  Just dropping into Pilot & Captain are new molded souvenir magnets, postcards, mugs and notebooks.

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Pilot & Captain Magnet – MSRP: $4.99USD each

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Pilot & Captain Postcard Pack – MSRP: $15.00USD

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The Doodle Artist – WalgDP

doodle00It’s all about textures and layers for this doodling artist.  Currently living in Singapore, artist Dhanedra, Dhan aka WalgDP gets his ideas from film, comics, and games.

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BE@RBRICK x Transformers

bbxtakara00Just hitting the retail shelves is a collaboration between Medicom and Takara.  The popular toy brick bears meets the transformerable robots in this neat merchandising product line.  The 4 figures:  Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream and Bumblebee figures can transform into their BE@RBRICK form or G1-style robot form.  Now that is cool, so just take my wallet and credit cards now!

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Eva Maid Outfits @ FanimeCon 2014

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If you’re an experienced ‘con-goer then you know it’s a mad blitz of fun all day all night.  Like at Fanime – you never sleep!  Our Ramen & a Half crew roamed around the late evening around the convention floor and our cosplaying host Jonelle spotted these 3 interesting cosplayers.  Meet cosplayers Ashley Fee, Christine Deatrick and Jessie Blaufus as they get inventive with their cosplay outfits.  These custom French Maid-inspired costumes are from the hit anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Chicago Mobsters meet Lord of the Rings: Hot Lead, Cold Iron

hotleadcoldironThe “Underworld” of trench coats and Tommy guns meets the “Otherworld” of magic and the supernatural.  This is 1930s Chicago, where the mobsters run the town and Mick Oberon ain’t no ordinary dick, this P.I. got special powers.  Instead of a revolver to pump hot lead, he uses a magic wand, really, I’m not joking.  His wand of choice is the Luchtaine & Goodfellow Model 1592.  Worlds collide in Hot Lead, Cold Iron by author Ari Marmell.

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