Are you looking for that vibrant fun bag for these winter months ahead? Well here is the A/W 2016 bag/purse collection from JumpFromPaper. The Taiwanese accessory brand has been making distinctive pop-color backpacks, bags, wallets and purses since 2010.
JumpFromPaper A/W 2016 Collection
September 12, 2016 by 1 Comment
Making Artwork from Real Food
September 8, 2016 by 1 Comment
That KFC painting looks like it was made with watercolors, but it’s not. It’s a mix of honey and ketchup. Artist Aya Hany combines her two loves – food and art into one.
Gundam Virtual Reality Battle
September 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
What is it like to watch a battle between a giant Gundam Mobile Suit and Zaku? Well, Bandai Namco in Japan will take you there VR-style with there experimental VR Zone Project iCan in Odaiba. The Gundam VR attraction is located in the Divercity Tokyo Plaza shopping mall right next to the giant Gundam statue.
Transformer Combiner Wars: Victorion
September 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I have bought a couple of Hasbro’s Transformers Combiner Wars toy line, well the ones I like so far and here’s one on my list, Combiner Wars Victorion. This is the first all-female robot combiner team features 6 figures: Voyager Class Pyra Magna, Deluxe Class Dust Up, Jumpstream, Skyburst, Stormclash, and Legends Class Rust Dust.
Interview with Fashion Designer Jason Wu
September 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Fashion friends interview each other at Google, model Martha Hunt and designer Jason Wu talk about the changes in the fashion industry. Jason discusses the future of not just the design elements, but using social media, the fast changing technologies and the future of the brick & mortar retail segment.
Reebok Classic x BlackPink
September 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Reebok signs up new K-pop girl group BlackPink to rep the Reebok Classic brand. The YG Entertainment pop group features Kim Ji-soo, Jennie Kim, Roseanne Park and Pranpriya Manoban. BlackPink has released two tracks: Whistle and Boombayah.
Batman Cosplay Outfit with Lots of Bat-Gadgets
August 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Special Effects guru Julian Checkley is not just your ordinary Batman cosplayer, he makes working Bat-gadgets as well. Inspired by the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, he designed the Bat-costume with working Bat weapons, like LCD video screen, smoke bombs, flashlight, communications unit and more.
Fan Contest with Star Wars Rogue One Toys
August 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In a new effort to PR the new Rogue One film and push out the toys, Lucasfilms and Tongal have teamed up with fans to create a series cool stop-motion shorts using Rogue One toys from Hasbro, The LEGO Group, FUNKO, JAKKS Pacific, Mattel and the Disney Store.
Custom LEGO Gundam RX-78-2 Mobile Suit
August 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I always find it amazing what LEGO builders can do with LEGO bricks. I remember as a kid buying those Bandai Snap-on Gundam models and this custom LEGO Gundam RX-78-2 Mobile Suit looks just like those model kits. This huge mecha unit is highly detailed with articulation built by LEGO builder JAN LEGO.
Hot Sauce USB Power!
August 29, 2016 by 1 Comment
Besides Tapatío hot sauce, my other favorite hot sauce is Sriracha. Sriracha fans get a dose of USB charge with this BAIT x Sriracha Bottle External Power Bank.
ALIENS – The Set Photography
August 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
One of the huge blockbuster movies that made a strong impression on me growing in the 1980s was James Cameron’s ALIENS. It was scary with kick-ass action, had a memorable cast of actors and just a great science fiction storyline. With a collection of artwork, on-set location pictures and behind-the-scenes photographs, author Simon Ward takes us ALIENS fans on a journey with ALIENS – The Set Photography by Titan Books.
Tarzan on Film by Scott Tracy Griffin
August 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Here’s a good Trivia-pursuit question, what is the longest running film franchise? The James Bond series or the Godzilla monster movies? Nope. It’s Tarzan! Tarzan on Film by Tarzan fanatic author Scott Tracy Griffin explores the over 90-plus years of Tarzan films, from the Hollywood silent film era, the animated versions, the made-for-TV films and network television runs.
The High Ground by Melinda Snodgrass
August 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
When you have Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin giving praise about this book, it got my attention. The High Ground – The Imperials Saga is the first book in an epic science-fiction trilogy by author Melinda Snodgrass. The heart of the story, a handsome lower-class boy Thracius Belmanor aka Tracy working his way up the class-system falls in love with Princess Mercedes Adalina Saturnina Inez de Arango. It’s mix of BBC drama and a Kdrama love triangle set in outer space worlds.
By year 2100s the Earth is mostly uninhabitable and humans have conquered other worlds in galaxies far away. In Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek when Warp engine technology was discovered it was about the search of new worlds and exploration, but here in this universe, when Fold technology is discovered, humans created a backward class-system hierarchy to control the galaxy and subjugated all the aliens they have conquered like the Haijin, Isanjo and Cara’ot races into “servants”. The Imperial Family, the father and king Fernan Marcus Serverino Beltran de Arango has a dilemma on his hands. His 5 wives only gave him daughters and no sons to inherit the throne. He wants his eldest daughter Mercedes to inherit the kingdom. The Princess has other plans like attending the military school – The High Ground. She will be the first woman admitted to school on a large city-port space station. On the other side, is Tracy whose father is tailor to the “rich” and while Tracy wants none of the class system BS, he is “forced” to go to the High Ground military school.
Food: Hipster Chinese American Cuisine
August 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I have spent a couple of years of living in SF and all I remember is late night dive and karaoke bars in Chinatown next to North Beach. Now a hipster Chinese-American fusion style restaurant has opened up – Mister Jiu’s. Chef’s Night Out check outs owner/chef Brandon Jew about Mister Jiu’s eatery, historic SF Chinatown and eating round the neighborhood.
Kidrobot Yummy World
August 22, 2016 by 1 Comment
The love of toy food art is here with Yummy World. There are 14 wacky food character designs to collect like Chezzy Pie and Flaco Taco. Fans who like the Seth Rogen’s Sausage Party flick will probably enjoy collecting these too!
Toast Sculptures for Eating
August 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This is some incredible eatable toast art. The creator behind all this is Adam Perry. It all started when his daughter Scarlett who has severe food allergies a few months back. Adam saw how lame her breakfast was and decided to make it entertaining. Each sculpture takes about two bread slices, then he snaps a picture and serves the toast breakfast to her daughter.
Poe Dameron X-Wing Prop Replica Helmet
August 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Early this year, Disney announced a new line of official authentic film replicas of props from the Star Wars franchise – the Star Wars Collectibles: Ultimate Studio Edition. This ain’t know Burger King-style run and gun operation, these are made to order (takes around 16 weeks) with custom display pedestals and packed into wooden crates. Different helmets, lightsabers and weapons are available to order. These props are for the high-end Star Wars fan collector and likely used for display purposes. Expect premium prices.
Music: Stranger Things Soundtrack Vol 1 & 2
August 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Have you watched Stranger Things yet? Well, get a Netflix subscription! A few weeks ago, our Retrenders colleague Johnny Moreno binge watched Stranger Things and wrote a review on it (Stranger Things review). He then called me in the middle of the night to tell me to watch it! So I did and it was well worth it. Like many 80s kids, I had fond memories of movies and music from that era. And one of the many important factors in the success of Stranger Things is the music made by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. They have just released 2 new tracks to preview for the upcoming Vol 1 and Vol 2 releases digitally and CD format.
Medicom Toys Be@rbricks Series 32
August 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The popular toy-art figures Be@rbricks are back with another series. Medicom Toys releases the Be@rbricks Series 32. The 3″ bear-like LEGO mini-figs feature 12 base designs and 10 “chase designs.” This year’s collection features company designs like the Suicide Squad, Terminator, One Punch Man and artists like Shoko Nakazawa and Fujio Akatsuka.
Figma Virtua Fighter Figures
August 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Do you remember playing the classic Sega 3D fighter Virtua Fighter in the arcades? Relive the video game fighting magic as two popular Virtua Fighter characters Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant get the Figma action figure treatment. The 6-inch action figures get the polygon look from the first Virtua Fighter video game. Each figure comes with various interchangeable hand accessories and display stand.
Escapology by Ren Warom
August 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The post-apocalyptic future Earth is unkind to the masses. It’s little like Kevin Costner’s ill-fated Waterworld and Mad Max: Fury Road, well kind of. The world is more of a mix between anime Garganita on the Verdurous Planet without the mechas and Brian Wood’s comic The Massive as an environmental disaster destroys most of the Earth. Land dwelling places to live are scarce the exception of mega-cities or large ship-cities that rule the seas. And the internet is run by one gatekeeper, this is the first novel by author Ren Warom – Escapology.
Vinyl Pulp #18: SDCC 2016 BAIT Oni Akuma
August 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Vinyl Pulp takes a look at all the 7″ Kidrobot Akuma’s. This is the SDCC 2016 exclusive BAIT Oni Akuma. The limited edition figure features a purple colorway and translucent arms.
Labyrinth Board Game for the World!
August 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The iconic fantasy adventure 1980s flick Labyrinth comes to board game world. Just like the film, the mission is to save Toby. Euro game company and The Jim Henson Company have put together a solid board game experience with dices, cards and game figures. Players can take on the task being Sarah, Hoggle, Ludo or Didymus to stop the Goblin King.
The Smartphone Spacecraft Toy – Space Hawk
August 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This spacecraft toy looks like it’s from the 1980s’s Silverhawks cartoon show, remember that? But, this is Space Hawk from Ravensburger. Space Hawk combines the toy element, while adding the smartphone (sold separately) interactivity and board game aesthetics into one. Fun for kids and adults trying to save the galaxy!
Converse x PatBo Kicks Collection
August 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The classic Chuck Taylor gets a feminine touch with bright floral patterns. Converse collaborates with São Paulo fashion brand PatBo for this collection of sneakers. Along with colorful designs, it features embroideries, molded flowers and metal studs on the kicks.
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