ZOMGWTFBBQ!!!! This may be the cutest astrometric droid I have ever seen. Rob Meyers of Rob Meyer Productions created a 1:18 scale R2-D2 that can be controlled by remote control. RMP is a metal fabrication, practical effects, and costuming studio located in Tucson, Arizona. His company designs and produces robotics and special effect machines that you may find at a museum exhibit or movie.
RMP designed this little Artoo and pimped him our with three Solarbostic GM13 page gear motors. Measuring at a teeny weeny 2.36″/6cm tall, this little astro-metic droid is controlled by remote which lets the user move Artoo wheels and his head. Mini Artoo is so adorable. He looks like a mini salt shaker. I’m pretty sure the mini R2-D2 would still make C-3PO his bitch.
Hit the jump to see a video of mini Artoo in action!
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Mal is back bitch! (well kinda…)
I think my brain just imploded when I found this little picture at ToplessRobot. At first, I did a double-take thinking that I was looking at some old set photo from Serenity/Firefly until I looked into it a bit further. Apparently, CastleTV.net caught a glimpse of Nathan Fillion (who plays Richard Castle) donning a familiar “brown coat” while shooting an upcoming Halloween episode of Castle. Looks like Richard Castle will be dressing up as a Browncoat this Halloween. Considering that I have been a fan of Nathan Fillion ever since I saw him play Malcolm Reynolds on Serenity (I even loved Slither and Drive), I have been a great fan of Castle as well. To know that I can get the best of both worlds (Serenity and Castle) in one, make me appreciate Nathan Fillion that much more. Mr. Fillion, you are one bad ass mofo. Ms. Katic, I’m in love with you (I had to add that there. I couldn’t resist).
Castle airs on Mondays 10/9 central on ABC. You can follow Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic on Twitter.
Source: toplessrobot via castletv
WTD’oh!
In an sad attempt to entice a younger generation of readers, Playboy magazine will be featuring the blue-haired Marge Simpson on the cover of their November 2009 issue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons (HAS IT BEEN THAT LONG?!).
Playboy said the cover and a three-page picture spread inside was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the “The Simpsons” and part of a plan to appeal to a younger generation of readers.
Scott Flanders , the recently-hired chief executive of Playboy Enterprises, told the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview that the Marge Simpson cover and centerfold was “somewhat tongue-in-cheek.”
“It had never been done, and we thought it would be kind of hip, cool and unusual,” Flanders told the newspaper. He said the magazine hoped to attract readers in their 20s compared to the average Playboy reader’s age of 35.
As much as I have been a fan of The Simpsons since season one, I don’t believe I can get myself to go and buy such an issue. All I can think of is Moe (Szyslak) spending a lot more “personal” time in the bathroom. Sick.
Source: yahoo news
While I was eating lunch, I was browsing through one of my favorite blog sites (toplessrobot.com) today to come upon an iPhone app that made me go “WTF!” and at the same time made me want to take a shower to get clean from the perverse nature of it. Introducing, Puff!. Originating from Japan, this little iPhone app lets the user interact with a pretty gal on the screen. Unfortunately, the interaction requires the user to either blow into the screen or rub the screen upward. Now you may ask, what exactly does these actions do? Well….errr…. I’ll let you find out for yourself. Hit the jump to see Puff! in action and make sure to turn the shower on before you do cause you definitely need it.
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If this Taiwan, you be dead.
Taiwan… Why are you so bad ass? In an attempt to promote and celebrate Taiwan’s Recruitment Center of National Armed Forces, Taiwan released a 60 second commercial featuring the country’s various armed forces such as the army, air force, and navy. To make it more interesting and “hip”, the commercial also features a ton of Transformer-like mechas. It is pretty obvious that this is a blatant rip-off of Michael Bay’s Transformers, but who gives a shit. I am only disappointed that the United States military didn’t think of this first. On a sidenote, if Taiwan DID have a fighting force of mechas, would they become a global military threat? I think not. If these mechas are anything like the toys or electronics Taiwan produces, most likely they will fall apart and crap out after two or three days. USA! USA! USA! Hit the jump to see this crazy commerical!
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