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- Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit
- Black Ops Zombies Comes to App Store
- Best Tree Topper Ever?
- Revolving Doors Of Heaven
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:00 AM PST Here’s a cool find for all of you LEGO fans out there. Whether you are a still a kid (for real) or you are an AFOL, this LEGO kit just might be on your wish list for Christmas. Now, if you can’t get enough of all things LEGO, and you are also into animals – taxidermy, at least – then you definitely will want to get your hands on this kit. Introducing the Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit.  Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit Isn’t that a cute little mounted deer? Okay, I am probably earning the ire of the politically correct brigade right now, but each to his own, right? If you don’t like hunting and mounting deer, then you might have a different opinion. Still this Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit is cute. More so it avoids the need to actually go hunt. ;) The Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit is “homegrown” and made from standard LEGO bricks. Most of them are new, although some are not. It is being sold by David Cole, who also throws in a diagram – instruction guide – which can help you figure out which piece goes where, just in case you need some assistance.  Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit Diagram If you do it properly, you are going to have a tiny thing, though, so do not expect a ginormous deer head on your wall.  Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit Mounted To give you a clearer idea of the size of the deer head, this is is how it compares to a human hand.  Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit Size Reference You can buy the Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit at David Cole’s shop for only $12. And in case you have lots of people to give gifts to who will appreciate this kit, you can get a lower price for wholesale order. Unfortunately, there are no kits available right now, but you can monitor the product page or drop David a note.
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| Black Ops Zombies Comes to App Store Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:54 PM PST  Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies launch screen Activision is bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies to iPhone, iPod, and iPad tomorrow. And by all indications, it’s going to be a blast. Kotaku brings the full intel, but here’s an abbreviated version. Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is a brand new, highly polished app based on the Zombies mode from Call of Duty: Black Ops. It was adapted by Ideaworks Game Studio, who built it specifically for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. There are three difficulty settings, a slider for graphics performance (newer devices will support the full effect), and what sounds like a very slick presentation that uses comic book style menus. You can play solo or multiplayer with up to four players, and in an especially cool touch, it even supports voice chat. There’s also a full port of the popular Dead Ops Arcade top-down shooter from the console version of Black Ops, while the primary game utilizes the original game’s “Kino der Toten” map. The game is expected to retail for $6.99 in the iTunes App Store, and Activision is promising to update it in the future with DLC and additional gaming maps — all for free.     
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| Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:46 PM PST
It’s that time of year: time to string up the lights, deck the halls, and all that jazz. So when you’re picking out the family tree (or putting together the artificial — hey, no judgment here, my family uses a fake every year) and considering the most optimum placement of your decorations, I humbly submit what may be the geekiest tree topper of all time: Master Yoda. Yeah, it sells for $60. But this is next-level geekdom here, people. It’s priceless. Plus, Yoda’s lightsaber actually lights up! Come on! Yoda stands one foot tall, and is tapered in shape to perfectly fit the top of any Christmas tree. And it would go great with your collection of Hallmark Star Wars Christmas ornaments.
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| Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:04 PM PST  FF 12, the children go to save the day! Well, now we have seen what we all knew to be the case, Johnny Storm the fabled Human Torch is alive and well. Not that we couldn’t see that coming, but I am pleasantly surprised as to how the youngest of the original Foursome was able to survive. Of course, if you have read Fantastic Four #600, then you will know that survived is a very strong term. If you haven’t, I won’t spoil it for you, except to say GO READ IT! I am pleased (and somewhat disappointed) to see that I was wrong, assuming that Lyja was going to pull Johnny’s fat out of the fire. (I’m sure that is the wrong metaphor somehow.) Meanwhile the FF title continues with the tale of the children. Now if there are sections of the history of the FF that you have fond memories of even though really they should make you cringe? (Or that you cringe anyway, but you still like them?) The current season of the FF is the antidote to all of that. Remember the Hyperstorm saga? Erm, saga is a strong word for it. What about when Franklin hung around with Power Pack? The Johnny/Crystal/Quicksilver love triangle? Try adding Ronan! We have Inhumans and Celestials, Kree and the Dire Wraith, Moloids and children everywhere. Even Kristoff Vernard is getting a look in. This is Marvel at its very best, one eye on history and two more on the future. So, this lead me to thinking who else deserves a resurrection? Obviously time has come round again that Jean Grey must surely be on her way back sometime soon. Yet resurrections can take many forms, and I really wonder about some of the properties that Marvel have let languish over the years. Can we see another Starbrand please? Or the return of the Ultraverse? After all, is the Night Man (one of him) supposed to be wandering around the Marvel Universe. How about the Dark Angel of Marvel UK? (Whose original name none of us must mention, even when selling those early issues apparently as I discovered putting mine on sale on eBay. They became ‘the comic later known as Dark Angel’ due to legal emails I received. Possessive or what?) We could look at some of the other properties as well. Is the industry really better off without the DNAgents or the Elementals? I for one insist on their return. So, who would you like to see return?
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