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Did you know that Detroit, MI is getting a giant statue of RoboCop? It’s a brilliant idea and, thanks to a successfully funded Kickstarter project which launched back in 2011, construction of the giant cyborg police officer is now nearing its final stage: bronze casting. 

Across The Board Creations has completed a 10-foot-tall RoboCop model out of foam, wax, clay and steel. It is now headed to Venus Bronze Works in Detroit for casting.

Follow the progress of the Detroit RoboCop statue project here.

[via Laughing Squid]

May
04

Meet Jeff Wright, a gifted balloon artist and (clearly) a huge fan of the Toy Story series. Jeff created this awesome Buzz Lightyear costume using nothing but an untold number of carefully interwoven balloons. Click here to watch a brief video of Jeff modeling his suit while impersonating Buzz Lightyear.  Jeff and his wife Rachel are moving to Bolivia to serve as volunteers at the Life Center Orphanage in the city of Cochabamba, where they’ll no doubt be entertain the children with awesome balloon creations like this. Visit their website to learn more about their charitable efforts. [via Oddity Central]

Meet Jeff Wright, a gifted balloon artist and (clearly) a huge fan of the Toy Story series. Jeff created this awesome Buzz Lightyear costume using nothing but an untold number of carefully interwoven balloons.

Click here to watch a brief video of Jeff modeling his suit while impersonating Buzz Lightyear. 

Jeff and his wife Rachel are moving to Bolivia to serve as volunteers at the Life Center Orphanage in the city of Cochabamba, where they’ll no doubt be entertain the children with awesome balloon creations like this. Visit their website to learn more about their charitable efforts.

[via Oddity Central]

Apr
29

Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft recently posted an amazing collection of awesome real life versions of the Catbus from the wonderful anime film My Neighbor Totoro, created by Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki.

If you aren’t familiar with the movie (in which case we highly recommend you seek it out), the Catbus is “a large creature, depicted as a grinning male cat with a hollow body that serves as a bus, complete with windows and seats coated with fur, and a large bushy tail.”

These homemade versions were photographed all over Japan and these are just a few of our favourites. Head over to Kotaku to view them all.

[via Kotaku]

Apr
13

Los Angeles-based sculptor Jordu Schell created this incredibly awesome hyperrealistic bust of our favourite Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy as Mister Spock. The Schell Sculpture Studio has been creating concept art and designing creatures and characters for movies and television since 1987. Be sure to visit their online gallery to view a lot more of their amazing work. [via Neatorama]

Los Angeles-based sculptor Jordu Schell created this incredibly awesome hyperrealistic bust of our favourite Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy as Mister Spock.

The Schell Sculpture Studio has been creating concept art and designing creatures and characters for movies and television since 1987. Be sure to visit their online gallery to view a lot more of their amazing work.

[via Neatorama]

Apr
11

As fans of awesome tattoos (and temporary tattoos) this playful forearm piece caught our eye and made us do a double-take. It depicts a character named Monkey D. Luffy from the anime/manga series One Piece using one of his special powers. This is this Gear Third state, in which Luffy “uses air inflated into his bone structure to attack with massive limbs and strength…” The clever use of the tattoo bearer’s actual hand is awesome. [via Geekologie]

As fans of awesome tattoos (and temporary tattoos) this playful forearm piece caught our eye and made us do a double-take. It depicts a character named Monkey D. Luffy from the anime/manga series One Piece using one of his special powers. This is this Gear Third state, in which Luffy “uses air inflated into his bone structure to attack with massive limbs and strength…” The clever use of the tattoo bearer’s actual hand is awesome.

[via Geekologie]

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