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Frankie’s Garage: MiniVan Time!

April 18, 2013 by SW biko Leave a Comment

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Honda Odyssesy Touring Elite, Image via Car & Driver.

Guess what’s the biggest news at the New York Auto show. No, it’s not the new Ferrari or a new Lamborghini. And no, it’s not about how fast a car is going from 0 to 60mph, but instead, it’s the vacuum cleaner installed inside the new 2014 Honda Odyssey. The HondaVac is going to be included in the Odyssey Touring Elite and can run for eight minutes when the car is off and longer when the engine is running. This is also a dry vac, so as long as your kids don’t spill their favorite soda on the way to Costco, you’ll have a very clean interior.

Filed Under: AutoStyle, Geeky Tagged With: 2014, family, Honda, minivan, Odyssey, soccer mom, Touring Elite, van

Boxo Iron Man 3 Papercraft Playset

April 17, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Have your very own Iron Man 3 movie playset with this Boxo Papercraft Iron Man 3 Playset.

Filed Under: Collectibles, Toys Tagged With: Boxo, Funko, Iron Man 3, Iron Patriot, Mark 7, Marvel Comics, papercraft, Tony Stark, War Machine

Solid Gray “Bass Pack”

April 17, 2013 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Did you ever get that feeling that when you first discover a great song track and you just want to share it with everybody? Well, strap one of these backpacks on and let the world know what you’re listening to – just be careful with annoying the people around you because you’re playing the music too loud. The design was a collaborative effort with Portland’s wonderfully imaginative portable sound system makers Case of Bass and the progressive backpack company Solid Gray. The backpack is still in the works and should be coming out in the next few months – you can see more pics of the backpack on Case of Bass’ blog here.

For more product info, go to: Solid Gray.

Filed Under: Design, Fashion, Geeky Tagged With: backpack, bag, Bass, carry case, Solid Gray, speakers

Portable Grill with Fryer

April 16, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Our staff member SW Biko likes burgers and making burgers with the Burger Stomper, but you still need a grill – and this grill from Blacktop is neat. The Blacktop 360 is portable, a BBQ grill and the best part, is in the middle of the unit – the fryer. Now you can deep your very own corn dogs, fries, nuggets, just whaterever …

Filed Under: Food, Geeky Tagged With: BBQ, Burgers, chicken, deep fryer, french fries, fryer, grill, onion rings, portable, tailgating

SEGA: Castle of Illusion back this Summer 2013!

April 15, 2013 by Stephen Jang 1 Comment

Way back in the 1990s, SEGA released a neat little 2D platformer game with Disney character Mickey Mouse. The Castle of Illusion side-scroller was a hit game for the Genesis/Mega Drive and found it’s way onto the Master System and Game Gear consoles too. Two sequels would also come – Land of Illusion (1992) and World of Illusion (1993).

Filed Under: Games, Geeky, Videos Tagged With: 2D, Australia, Disney, Gamer Gear, Genesis, Master System, Mickey Mouse, platformer, Sega, side-scroller, video games

Batman Underwear with a mini-cape

April 15, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

This ain’t no joke. If your mom still dresses you, tell her to buy you this – Batman Black Caped Boxer Briefs.

Filed Under: Comics, Fashion Tagged With: Batman, boxers, briefs, cape, DC Comics, Hanes, underwear

LEGO Duplo “Pulp Fiction” toys

April 15, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Aren’t LEGO’s Duplo toys for little kids? Not anymore – it’s Duplo’s Pulp Fiction series. Your kids can play build and play with these foul mouth hitmen – Vincent Vega & Jules Winnfield.

Filed Under: Collectibles, Toys Tagged With: Bob Uyttendaele, DUPLO, films, Jules Winnfield, Lego, Miramix, pulp, Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega

Custom built “Fallout” Monopoly board game

April 15, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Check out this nerd kudos gift.

A custom “Fallout” Monopoly-style board game as a birthday present for the wife. It’s not easy, since it took 8 months to make this.

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Toys Tagged With: board game, fallout, imgur, monopoly, video games

Kidrobot Street Fighter 2-packs!

April 12, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

We are at the Kidrobot Release & Swap party in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury store. Kidrobot launch their new Street Fighter 2 packs! Our Ramen hosts Edward Ballar & Ramon Angel check out the Kidrobot SF 2-pack party.

Also visit and like us @ Ramen and a Half’s Facebook.

Filed Under: Art, Collectibles, Ramen and a Half, Toys Tagged With: Capcom, Haight, Kid Robot, SF, Street Fighter

Custom built LEGO Castle Grayskull

April 11, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Wowza. This is pretty neat. From the He-Man Master of the Universe world, here’s a custom built LEGO Grayskull Castle by David Frank (AKA Fraslund).

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: 1980s, cartoon, Castle, David Frank, Grayskull, He-Man, Masters of the Universe, Mattel, tv

Geek Out: Sega Master System Sofa

April 10, 2013 by Stephen Jang 1 Comment

The Sega Master System (SMS) didn’t get the props or sales numbers like it’s rival Nintendo Entertainment System during the 1980s, but I thought it had great games and graphics. And I still have the system and it still works!!! Here’s a one-off tribute by French video game blogger Subby-kun and his wife Subbinette. The sofa is the main unit while the pillows make the two joysticks.

Filed Under: Art, Design, Geeky Tagged With: 1980s, France, French, furniture, Master System, Sega, SMS, sofa, Subbinette, Subby-kun, video game blogger, video games

Fun with a Pencil by Andrew Loomis

April 9, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t want to draw comics like Jack Kirby, Will Eisner and Jim Lee? Nobody starts off the gates drawing comics, cartoons and creating iconic characters without the basics. The A-B-C’s of drawing is what gets you from Point A to Point B. In our day of digital technology we can find art instruction on-line. I learned my cooking & cocktail recipes and Photoshop tutorials on YouTube. Sometimes, you need a little old school instruction and we’re going back to the early 20th century with commercial artist Andrew Loomis (1892-1959). Mr Loomis was well known for his various instructional art books and many of these books are not in print anymore. Fun with a Pencil was published back in 1939 and thanks to Titan Books, this instructional art book is in bookstore shelves.

Filed Under: Art, Books, Comics, Design, Reviews Tagged With: Alex Ross, Andrew Loomis, art book, drawing, instructional, Jack Kirby, Jim Lee, Titan Books, UK

Frankie’s Garage: Leno taking the Focus RS for a spin

April 8, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Jay Leno’s likes hot hatches too! He test drives the Euro-spec 2010 Ford Focus RS. Please, Ford bring the next RS to the USA.

Filed Under: AutoStyle, Geeky Tagged With: Ford Focus RS, garage, hot hatch, Jay Leno, Jay Leno's Garage

Introducing the Cosplay pop outfit: the Super Dolls

April 8, 2013 by GuestContributor Leave a Comment

What happens when you put together a World Famous Cosplayer, a World Cosplay Summit Grand Champion, and Cosplayer/Singer/Voice Actress together? You get the – Super Dolls featuring Alodia, RiE, and Fujaara with their first single: “アジアの変身（Asia no henshin)” The album drops May 2013 in the Philippines and June 5th, 2013 in Japan.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Music, Otakudom, PopAsia, Videos Tagged With: Alodia, cosplayer, Fujaara, Japan, Jpop, otaku, RiE

Hot Toys: Cosbaby Iron Man 3 Series I

April 7, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Hot Toys is H-O-T! Another cool Cosbaby series, this time from the upcoming Iron Man 3 film. This super cute Iron Man figures stand 3″ tall and they ship out this month of April 2013.

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: action figures, figures, HK, Hong Kong, Hot Toys, Iron Man 3, Mark, Marvel Comics, Tony Stark

Portal 2 Chell Action Figure

April 5, 2013 by Stephen Jang 2 Comments

Any Portal 2 fans here? The Chell action figure is here standing 7″ tall, with 20 points of articulation, display base and light-up Portal Device. The figure is limited to 15,000 units, so you might want to pick up this collectible figure.

MSRP: $24.99USD

For more info, go to: ThinkGeek – Portal 2 Chell action figure.

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: action figure, Chell, doll, Portal, Portal 2, Portal Device, thinkgeek

New Captain Harlock Animation from TOEI

April 4, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Captain Harlock is back from TOEI Animation and will be released this Autumn 2013. The animation will be directed by Shin Aramaki. Here’s the teaser trailer:

Filed Under: Movies, Otakudom, PopAsia, Videos Tagged With: animation, anime, Captain Harlock, Japan, Shin Aramaki, TOEI

Digital Clapperboard: MovieSlate

April 4, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Whoever work on a short or film project knows having a slateboard can be expensive and a hassle. As a P.A., I hated always looking for a Eraseable Magic Marker or chalk depending on the slateboard being use. Well, now – you can just download MovieSlate an app from the Apple Appstore by PureBlend Software and magically have a digital slateboard for your iPad, iPhone or iTouch. The latest version of MovieSlate was just updated a few weeks ago.

MSRP: $24.99USD

Buy it @ Apple – MovieSlate.

For more product information, go to: PureBlend Software – MovieSlate.

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Filed Under: Movies, Tech Tagged With: app, Apple, films, indie, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, movies, MovieSlate, PureBlend Software, slateboard

The Misfits are BACK!

April 4, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

One of the hit cartoons back in the 1980s was Jem & the Holograms and the action figure dolls by Hasbro were pretty cool. Each character came with their individual musical accessories, the figures were poseable and it came with a rad cassette tape of songs from the cartoon series. With the approval from Hasbro, Integrity Toys has been making high-end Jem & the Holograms figures and just announced their line of the girl-band – The Misfits, arch-rivals of Jem & the Holograms.

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: 1980s, cartoons, hasbro, Integrity Toys, Jem & The Holograms, May 2013, Pizzazz, Roxy, Stormer, The Misfits

What if Star Wars took place in the 1980s?

April 3, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Here’s a What If? take of the popular sci-fi film series Star Wars. Artist Denis Medri drawings showcases Star Wars characters in 1980 settings and clothes. Cool.

Check more artwork from Denis Medri @ Deviant Art – DenisM79.

Filed Under: Art, Collectibles, Design Tagged With: 1980s, Denis Medri, DenisM79, Deviantart, Lucas, Star Wars

LEGO DUPLO Toy Story Pizza Planet Delivery Truck

April 1, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

This LEGO DUPLO is fun for everybody – kids and adults! From Disney animated film Toy Story comes the Pizza Planet delivery truck. It’s only 13 pieces, since the DUPLO line is for kids from ages 2 to 5, but it comes with a Buzz Lightyear and alien figure.

MSRP: $19.99USD

Buy it @ Entertainment Earth – LEGO DUPLO – Toy Story – Pizza Planet Delivery Truck.

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: animated film, Buzz Lightyear, delivery truck, Disney, DUPLO, Lego, Pixar, Pizza Planet, Toy Story, truck

The Art of a Video Store

March 29, 2013 by Johnny Moreno Leave a Comment

Most of us have probably moved on from stepping into a video store to using Netflix by mail if not by digital cable at the push of a menu button, but the truth be told is that we lose a great deal of social interaction, adventure and discovery about films first hand, because where else could you find unusual categories, collections, to even never before seen films that went nowhere but into a video store that exists for the interest of a cinephile, and of course operated by people who love the art of cinema and have made the video store their business to provide that missing, if not, hard to find film you’ve been searching for.

Filed Under: Art, Collectibles, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Movies, Videos Tagged With: A Cenephile's Labryinth, film, flicks, Michel Gondry, Tiffany Limos, video store

Pacific Rim Trailer – SWEDED

March 28, 2013 by Johnny Moreno Leave a Comment

A SWEDED version of the Pacific Rim trailer, a style obviously admired and mimicked from Michel Gondry’s 2008 film “Be Kind Rewind”. It’s hilarious!

Filed Under: Art, Comics, Culture, Entertainment, Videos Tagged With: Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry

Create your own Foldable Gift!

March 28, 2013 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Just found the perfect gift to give to my friends and family this year. Forget the jewelry for my wife, the Xbox games for my son, the rum cake for my friends, I’m giving them something that is special, unique, and memorable – a foldable me. Anyone can go onto foldable.me and download a pic of themselves and *Boom*, in two weeks you can give a little mini cardboard copy of yourself and have this next to them all the time. Personally, it’s be nice if these foldable.me figures came in different costumes like having one in an army fatigue outfit, or as Batman, Predator, or maybe even Luke Skywalker.

http://vimeo.com/49669508#at=0

For more info, go to: Foldable.Me.

Filed Under: Art, Design, Geeky Tagged With: cardboard, create, foldable, Foldable.Me, paper

G-Shock with Bluetooth

March 27, 2013 by SW biko Leave a Comment

One of the great things of owning an iPhone, is looking through all the available accessories and gadgets that work with it. One such gadget I came across, is this Bluetooth enabled G-Shock watch from Casio. I love G-Shocks for their durability and with this one, you can pair your iPhone with it and be alerted to Facebook and Twitter events, calls, or email. It can sync-up time to your phone’s clock and it even includes an iPhone finder feature just in case you misplace your precious smartphone on those “what was I doing again?” days.

Filed Under: Geeky, Tech Tagged With: Bluetooth, Casio, G-shock, iPhone, Japan, link, watch