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The Brothers Brick
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 30th, 2009 

lego-gun-shipNow that’s a big gun. Oh, and lookee, there’s a boat underneath!

Who doesn’t love LEGOs? Commies that’s who! Seriously though, The Brothers Brick is a damn fine LEGO fan site. Besides the sweet gunship you see here the site also showcases plenty of LEGO-goodness including a Star Wars LEGO Chessboard, one cool ass tank, robots, and so much more. Take a minute or two and peruse their site. I think you’ll be glad you did.

Now, where did I put my LEGOs?

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Transformers Tuesday
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 23rd, 2009 

transformers-top-10-optimus-primeMr. Sparkle and I attended a screening of Transformers: ROTFL last night. You’ll have to wait until tomorrow for our thoughts on Michael Bay’s second attempt to make a good Transformers movie. To help tide you over for the next 24-hours or so here’s a little Transformers love from Transbuddha’s past (oh, there’s more if you have time to search). If you ever wanted to see Optimus Prime throwdown with Bumbleebee this vid is for you. Not too far back I took a swipe at a Thursday Top Ten Best Transformers. Why do Transformers need to be made out of metal, it seems paper Transformers are really cool. Fans of old school Transformers should enjoy Stan Bush - The Touch. And, finally, we look back at the last Transformers film and give you One More Reason to Hate Michael Bay.

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Oh what a feeling, modifying that Toyota!
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 18th, 2009 

toyota-logoThis one’s for Toyota owners looking for information on modifications to their cars. ToyotaModifications covers everything from the simple (reverse hood, mirror paint-job, custom gages), to the odd (Ferrari doors, angel eye headlights, floating trunk), to the absurdly awesome (smokescreen, flame thrower, and even transforming into a robot).

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From the Utility Belt: Empty Alphabet Soup Batcontainer
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 18th, 2009 

As seen in “Batman’s Satisfaction” from the Batman TV-series. Yes, it really does have everything.

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 :: From the Utility Belt: Counterhypnosis BatpelletsKnow your alphabet? Think you’re fast?The Emo Alphabet :: 

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When travelling near Raleigh, NC, beware of Barrel Monsters
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 17th, 2009 

barrel-monsterOkay, as pranks go making a giant monster out of construction barrels on the side of the road is pretty inventive.

The 22 year-old North Carolina State student responsible for “Barry” (that’s what I’m calling him, let me know if you’ve got a better name) faces charges for damage to property, larceny, and awesomeness. You can find out more about the story here.

Barry was murdered after only a single day of life by a mob of city and state employees bent on destruction who couldn’t fathom the gentle nature that lurked behind his monstrous visage. His memory, however, will remain with us forever.

Barry the Barrel Monster, R.I.P.

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Now that’s an iPhone I might buy
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 16th, 2009 

iphone-nesSure the regular old iPhone looks cool, but wouldn’t you consider this iPhone SNES an improvement? I wonder if it would come with Super Mario Bros., or maybe Zelda?

The pic is courtesy of Everaldo Coelho’s photostream. And if you’re looking for some free new Iron Man, Back to the Future, or Star Wars icons (for both PC and Mac) you might want to check out his official site. He’s even got a few TMNT and Care Bears icons, too.

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Top 10 Tueday - Rock Star Cameos!
posted by  Scene-Stealers on June 2nd, 2009 

billy idol wedding singerThey say all actors want to be rock stars and vice versa. There are a select few who are able to do both, but for the most part, we don’t want musicians in our movies and we don’t want our movie stars on our stages. That’s why the rock star cameo is a fun and harmless little way for our favorite rockers to appear for a short time (sometimes as themselves) and disappear before they can do any real harm to the movie. Many times, the rock star cameo sounds way cooler on paper (Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow’s daddy “Pirate,” for example) or just plain fizzles out (Neil Diamond in “Saving Silverman”).

This list is proof that there is a way, however, to have rock star cameos that actually … well … rock. I know I missed some, so please leave comments below! If you have an idea for a Top 10, email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Click here to see the Top 10 Rock Star Movie Cameos.

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Infinite Monkey Comics
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 2nd, 2009 

Infinite Monkey Comics takes a random image from Flickr, a tweet from twitter, and mashes them together to create a random generated comic. It still needs some fine-tuning, and the search isn’t as broad as I’d like, but the concept has some possibilities. Here’s what I got when I searched for “Gobots.”

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IBM meet MightyGodKing
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on June 1st, 2009 

mightygodking-ibm-spoofThese are too good not to share. This collection of hilarious slides (as you can from this example definitely fall into the NSFW category) was inspired by this 1975 IBM presentation, which isn’t nearly as funny, but still worth a look (if only to better understand the reference of the joke).

Honestly, I couldn’t stop laughing. Thanks MightyGodKing!

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You GoGirl, somewhere else please
posted by  Cap'n Carrot on May 27th, 2009 

gogirlYou know you’re in trouble when your product sounds like something advertised on Saturday Night Live. The GoGirl is “a female urination device (sometimes called a FUD) that allows you to urinate while standing up. It’s neat. It’s discreet. It’s hygienic. GoGirl is easy to use. Just lower your panties, and put GoGirl against your body, forming a seal. Aim and, well, pee.”

And then you put your pee funnel back in your purse and go back to the table where your date spends the rest of the evening wondering what smells faintly of urine and restroom soap. This, um, amazing product can be yours for the low, low price of $5.99 (plus shipping & handling, and the loss of your remaining dignity). And if you want to advertise your shame you can market your use of the product on a t-shirt, hat, or a pair of panties. After all, who wouldn’t want to celebrate the fact they keep a vagina-sized pee-cup in their purse?

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