Weekly links
February 19th, 2007
- I’d written this draft post before Stef sent in the same link. Robotperson:
Oh dear Stef, your YT-1300 is looking like a piece of junk next to this, the Ultimate Collectors Edition Millennium Falcon… “Every detail of the modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 freighter is here, all constructed to scale with LEGO minifigures”. It’s attention to detail like this that really makes me froth with geekly excitement. £350; or £50 deposit now, £500 when you reach Alderaan.
Stef replies:
Excellent… But my MF has got it where it counts, kid
- Interesting reading for certain Robot friends and colleagues. You know who you are 😉
- Aha! Finally, somewhere to get hold of those USA Footscape Woven I’ve been after
- It’s Chinese new year, and it’s a special one: children born this year will be golden pigs, an auspicious conjunction that comes only once every 60 years. Terry helps us celebrate with some great Chinese proverbs.
When there is no fish in the sea, the shrimps reign supreme
Readers will nod sagely in recognition with the revelation that Robotperson is a water rat.
- A Wired correspondent gets face-scanned at toy fair. This is the future of action figures: a million bedroom enthusiasts knocking out freeware designs for fans to 3D print on their fast prototyping machines.
- Pete chips-in with some late Star Wars Valentines. The very first one cracked me up.
Stef also digs:
- Rosemarie Fiore’s hot rod mower. Update! – Stef reports it was the open-shutter photos of vector coin-ops that caught his eye, not the souped-up Hayter Hobby. Oh yeah, I remember now. Quantum is one game I actually played quite a lot when I was into MAME
- Rubic Kubism. Time to start sweeping up cubes at the boot sale.
- Battle! tee. We all know who’s gonna win that throw-down. Also, anything featuring an AT-AT as a dog (q.v. Eelus) gets the Robotperson thumbs-up.