We've got threads for personal joy, images, videos, whatever, but we need a seperate thread for things that are just stupendously over-the-top ridiculously awesome. Like this.
(http://c2.adoctane.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Darth-Vader-Lego-Spaceship.jpg)
Official Lego Super Star Destroyer
3,152 pieces
50 inches long
8 pounds
$400
Biggest standalone model that Lego has ever put out. Bloody awesome.
WOW.
I actually have a X-Wing and The Sith-Infiltrator 7151 made out of legos that I made when I was younger, whos pieces were around 300 each if i had to guess, and at the time found those frustrating.
I can't imagine the amount of hours, and let alone patience that has to go into that thing, but goddamn do i want to try!
This really could become a star wars thread.
(http://blastr.com/assets_c/2011/05/boba_fett_lamp-thumb-330x465-62948.jpg)
This (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/e762/?icpg=Carousel_iCade_1) has come closer than anything else to making me buy an iPad...
(http://media02.hongkiat.com/geek-products/iCade-iPad-Arcade-Cabinet-geek-product.jpg?v=20110218)
And I would love to make one of these (http://captn-sideburns.livejournal.com/2706.html) at some point. I use my cutting board everyday, and this would make cooking that much more awesome. 8-)
(http://media02.hongkiat.com/geek-products/Space-Invaders-Cutting-Board.jpg?v=20110218)
(http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/9052a6ff-4f72-4f62-a086-ea18c639317c.jpg) (http://twitpic.com/5fstf3)
My money's on Bill.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DZTJRQ/?tag=047-20 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DZTJRQ/?tag=047-20)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Vv4HOJUBL.jpg)
Haha what the fuck? That's REAL? That's awesome.
Quote from: doomsayer on July 21, 2011, 11:54:29 PM
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DZTJRQ/?tag=047-20 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DZTJRQ/?tag=047-20)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Vv4HOJUBL.jpg)
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No way. There is just no way. Just...no way.
I never can justify spending money on toys. I just have no business doing it. But I have been wanting a Nerf Vulcan in a bad way. The college where I work had this Humans VS Zombie competition and the students all had Nerf guns. Since then, I've just really, really been itching to get one of these. It's fully automatic.
(http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/11/16-22/nerf_vulcan.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N8MsL.jpg)
@Nadia: That Vulcan is fucking awesome.
@Goose: Okay, that made me laugh. Hard.
Quote from: Nadia on July 22, 2011, 02:47:44 AM
Nerf Vulcan
My brother's ex gave him one of those when they were still together. It's pretty impressive.
Yeah my son has one of those too, or maybe the gun that's a step down from that one.
Speaking of awesome things you can do with LEGOs:
(http://cdn.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lego-minimoog-synthesizer-546x461.jpg)
...and it works (reportedly).
Holy crap. Whether or not that works, that's amazing.
:o
http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/221428/the-next-great-star-wars-game/
At first I was like, "Is the Star Wars: Galaxies emulator FINALLY being launched?", but then I actually read the article and I was like FUCK YEAH. That could and should be an utter blast to play.
Quote from: rynne on July 26, 2011, 03:22:54 PM
My brother's ex gave him one of those when they were still together. It's pretty impressive.
someone posted a mod of that on Wired a year or so ago where they hacked it to fire something like 400 rounds/minute.
edit: found it http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/fixing-and-hacking-the-nerf-vulcan/ 500rpm!
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lor1t8V4gT1r0nexeo1_500.jpg)
NEED
THIS
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9he3d9NQ1qgmy9fo1_500.jpg)
Quote from: doomsayer on August 01, 2011, 12:26:22 PM
THIS
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9he3d9NQ1qgmy9fo1_500.jpg)
<3
depending on your allegiance:
http://htcru.bigcartel.com/ (http://htcru.bigcartel.com/)
Some God among men working for Air Canada's baggage department tracked our lost luggage down to Chicago where it was found on a United Airlines flight (we were on QANTAS/Air Canada, but whatever). Now I just have to get his name and see if I can reward his good work for being willing to do what nobody else apparently could for two months!
Quote from: doomsayer on August 01, 2011, 12:26:22 PM
THIS
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9he3d9NQ1qgmy9fo1_500.jpg)
What? John Locke wasn't in Babylon 5
Quote from: rokken like dokken on August 02, 2011, 11:38:04 PM
Some God among men working for Air Canada's baggage department tracked our lost luggage down to Chicago where it was found on a United Airlines flight (we were on QANTAS/Air Canada, but whatever). Now I just have to get his name and see if I can reward his good work for being willing to do what nobody else apparently could for two months!
wow! good news that you are getting your luggage back
and that there are still people in that industry that will actually go the extra mile to help a traveler with bad luck.
Quote from: r00 on August 03, 2011, 07:53:25 AM
wow! good news that you are getting your luggage back and that there are still people in that industry that will actually go the extra mile to help a traveler with bad luck.
Let alone working for Air Canada - were it not for United Airlines I might think AC is the worst airline.
http://www.shapeways.com/model/64058/over_the_top___17x17x17____3500.html (http://www.shapeways.com/model/64058/over_the_top___17x17x17____3500.html)
I have to say, it wouldn't really be all that hard since you just have to solve the inside centers... With the edges being black, it wouldn't take long at all. (well it would, but just solving the centers wouldn't be to bad. and with as clunky? as it turns it would be a bitch to scramble and stuff... BUT if it turned smoother it wouldn't be bad to solve...)
The price tag makes it less awesome thought...
yeah, that price is a deal breaker but its cool
iam8bit Art show
http://iam8bit.com/the-art-show/ (http://iam8bit.com/the-art-show/)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150325488302853&set=o.200068713376182&type=1&theater (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150325488302853&set=o.200068713376182&type=1&theater)
:))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-i7WzCm4YI&feature=feedbul
Could hardly decide if this should have gone here or the comicbook geek thread...
yeah, i love those
tim:
I don't know that much about the product, and the article seems incomplete, but I know you've talked about the difficulties of charging equipment in areas without a stable power grid; is this something you might be interested in?
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/gadgets-electronics/blogs/japanese-company-develops-campfire-cellphone-charger
these cats are awesome.
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrk698vS6E1qbb77eo1_500.jpg)
http://www.morskoiboy.com/2011/09/now-i-can-taste-words.html
nice.
(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls6m9gx0Sp1qfyx1fo1_500.jpg)
That is indeed a cool shirt. I feel it is missing something though... maybe he should be screaming NOOOOOOOOO instead of just silently playing polo on an AT-AT. If I know that genius Lucas, he probably feels the same way.
george would put it under the collar, so you can look the coolest with it popped. he knows what people like as of late.
I came across this awesome site and it is triggering memories that I haven had for a long, long time. It is amazing how much of this crap I owned or had access to via a friend.
http://www.secretfunspot.com/
Quote from: doomsayer on September 17, 2011, 01:00:22 PM
these cats are awesome.
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrk698vS6E1qbb77eo1_500.jpg)
omg yais
Hells yeah, I got myself an authentic Victor coffee mug today! It is pretty much the best thing that coffee can be put into! :)
Victor Insulator is a company that makes ceramic insulators for power and phone lines. As a means of expanding their business, they hit upon using their ceramics machinery to make chinaware. Victor coffee mugs quickly became *the* iconic diner coffee mug of the 1940s onward. They've got the classic slight concave curve to the sides that fit perfectly in your hands. And 'cause they're made by a high-quality ceramics company they're solid, heavy as fuck and near-indestructible.
Victor stopped making the mugs about 20 years ago. You can buy new knock-offs, but they're nowhere near as nice. I've been idly looking in antique stores for an original; today I hit the jackpot.
*edit* Here's a picture of Victor coffee mug. Mine has green accent stripes at the top.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vitrified-China-Victor-Coffee-Mug-Restaurant-Ware-7-II-/00/$%28KGrHqEOKkME3r7BJGykBN+h1WoWB!~~0_35.JPG)
OMG YAIS, I remember going to this one restaurant regularly which used those type mugs. They are the best for sure.
WANT.
my brother sent me this one this morning and I knew it needed to go in this thread. 8-)
(http://cdn.bitrebels.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Star-Wars-Bass-Guitar-1.jpg)
Fuck yeah!
i almost thought you meant your brother sent you this bass.
:rock: :rock: :rock:
as cool as my little brother is, he did not send me that bass. 8(
Shit, I didn't even know you had a brother... But ya, that bass is awesome!
Wait, is that his or did he just take a picture of a bass he found? That thing is mindblowingly cool, either way!
dude. wicked bass. hahaha. even though lucas raped my childhood, i can still appreciate that.
no the bass isn't his. Just something he came across online.
Also in the awesome category (attention Aaron!)
this guy built a cube solver out of Lego NXT's and his Android phone (http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/dont-blink-lego-nxts-and-a-smartphone-just-solved-your-rubiks-cube/). Pretty amazing sub 6 second solve time!
Fuck him. And fuck that lego thing. I'm still rocking 48 seconds... However, I'm trying to get faster at my 7x7... That is still really cool though... Just bullshit. :P
...
NICE
this is just a place to start.
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11812
I just got this by mail today:
(http://www.bertramsinkwell.com/images/P/MV41137-S-R-01.jpg)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pg840i1p1qeacjlo1_500.jpg)
http://www.gizmag.com/engineer-proposes-uss-enterprise/22532/ (http://www.gizmag.com/engineer-proposes-uss-enterprise/22532/)
Dude proposes (and draws up general blueprints for) $1 Trillion USS Enterprise.
Wonder if the pizza will taste better!
http://store.space.com/gifts-gadgets/star-trek-enterprise-pizza-cutter/
:)