I’m really a big fan of the Canon 5D DSLR and here’s why. On a trip to Africa this March 2013, Benjamin Dowie took a video glimpse of Uganda and Tanzania.
A City Made of Paper
A metropolis and landscape of paper transform, fold, twist and turn. The animation is amazingly smooth and must have too a lot of time to animate. This “Paper City” animated short is by Maciek Janicki.
Starbucks Coffee Perfection
How does Starbucks get that nicely brewed coffee in your hands? Rogier Wieland tells this animated story for Starbucks Coffee Asia Pacific Ltd.
Frankie’s Garage: 1994 Mazda Roadster
Kreon Action Sports
Toys’R’Us Hong Kong releases some funny and LEGO busting Kreon mini-figs in stop-motion action.
The Transformers soccer match features the Autobots crying foul when the Constructicons form Devastator.
Hot Toys and action star Byung-hun Lee
Hunky international action star Byung-hun Lee drops by Hot Toys Tokyo to take a look at his own Storm Shadow figure. Byung-hun has played Cobra villian Storm Shadow for the past two films and also look for him in Red 2.
Frankie’s Garage: Retro Car Tuning in Japan
Wreck-It Ralph Deleted Scene: Extreme Easy Living
Pacific Rim Robots
Android Mini Collectible Figures
Like Apple-addicts, if you can’t get enough of the Linux-based Android OS platform, show your support by buying these cute little Android Mini-figures by DYZ Plastic. This Rainbow Set features a collectible display box and 10 different colored Android figures. The heads are removable too, so that you can store things.
LEGO Ewok Village 10236
It can get very expensive collecting LEGO Star Wars toys, but this LEGO Star Wars Ewok Village playset looks like fun to build and best of it comes with 16 LEGO minifigs which include Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, 2 Rebel Soldiers, 5 Ewoks (Wicket, Teebo, Chief Chirpa & Logray), 2 Scout Troopers and 2 Stormtroopers. Look for this LEGO Ewok Village in September 2013. Check out this video by LEGO designer Marcos Bessa:
RETRENDERS highlight trailer for Big Wow Comicfest & FanimeCon
Continue to check back with RETRENDERS for upcoming segments from Big Wow ComicFest and FanimeCon!
Nooka x Tokidoki x Sanrio
Do you like Sanrio? Do you also like Tokidoki? This Nooka collaboration “Love Through Design” brings Sanrio and Tokidoki together for a cool and cute limited edition watch. Only 300 pieces will be available worldwide and the exclusive Zub Zirc 38 Tokidoki watch was designed by Simone Legno. And the sales of these watches raises money for the Sanrio Foundation and EMERGENCY.
Viral Video Friday: Hong Kong is Home
A Collection of Science Fiction by Comic Greats – Simon & Kirby
Since the beginning of comics, superheroes have dominated the comic book pages, but the creative team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby didn’t just do superheroes, they also put science fiction genre onto the comic book format. Titan Books has collected various science fiction stories by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s featuring the likes of “Solar Legion” and “Blue Bolt” in The Simon & Kirby Library – Science Fiction.
Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer is back in Complex 90
P.I. Mike Hammer is back with some unfinished business. This hugely popular character has sold millions of books over the years and was created by acclaimed mystery author Mickey Spillane. When Mickey passed away in 2006, he still had a couple of Mike Hammer manuscripts that weren’t finished or published, and Spillane’s frequent collaborator Max Allan Collins known for his award winning graphic novel Road to Perdition, added the finishing touches to this Mike Hammer adventure.
Ramen at FanimeCon 2013
Ramen and a Half was video recorded before a live convention audience for their podcast as they talked about what FanimeCon is all about and discussed a serious topic on how some Cosplayers can be uncomfortably handled by costume admirers and sometimes get perverse images taken of them without one’s consent – then get posted on the internet.
Custom Munny Valkyrie VF-1J
The Ong-brothers from the Philippines are well-known as Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica where they customize Munnies, like Gundam robots and superheroes. Here’s their latest creation – the Valkyrie VF-1J MegaMunny.
Spacebound
BitCoin or Big Wow! Comicfest?
It was hard for me to decide which convention to go to when Bitcoin the future of currency and Big Wow! Comicfest 2013 happened at the same time at the San Jose Convention Center. The nerd in me wanted to find out more about this new form of cryptocurrency called Bitcoin (BTC) created by Satoshi Nakamoto. But anyways, I’m probably boring people now, let’s get on with another episode of Ramen from Big Wow! Comicfest:
Batman & Robin Inker Mick Gray!
Viral Video Friday: Pig Box
FanimeCon 2013 This Weekend!!!
Where is the Retrenders team going to be at this Memorial Day Weekend? We’ll be at FanimeCon from May 24-27 taking place at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA.
For more info, go to: fanime.com.

































