In other freaky deaky Pokemon bedding news, this is the Gengar sleeping mat available for pre-order from Bandai in Japan. Unlike those Pikachu centipedes, I’m pretty sure this is an officially licensed product, and its price reflects that at $250. *spit-takes Count Chocula* No wonder bootlegging is so popular. Speaking
These are the almost certainly unlicensed ‘Very Long Pikachu Insect Plushes’ available from Chinese online retailer AliExpress. They cost between $21 and $90 depending on length (available in 80cm, 1.1m, 1.4m and 1.7m varieties), and seeing one (or, even worse, one of every length) on a potential lover’s bed, is
This is a video from Chris Meyer, project manager at Turner Construction Company, which was hired to help with the renovation of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History on the school’s campus in Newhaven, Connecticut, of an excavator with its jaw attachment very appropriately painted like a dinosaur head
This is a graphic created by Carrie Patrick comparing the weights of various swords to common household objects like cans of chili, loaves of bread, boots, and children. Children thankfully not being that common a household object in my home aside, I learned a lot by looking at the chart.
These are two cat themed ear savers/strap holders for face masks. I tried to find where the first one came from without much luck (despite reaching out to some of the shiftiest internet spelunkers I know), but the second one is 3D printable for free with the file download available
This is a set of hand-painted gaming dice created by die maker Live And Let Dice, inspired by the cherry blossom covered minty cans of AriZona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey. A single D20 die will set you back $42, and a full set of D4,D6,D8,D10,D10%,D12, and D20 will
This is a video of Luna Lee covering Pink Floyd’s iconic ‘Wish You Were Here’ on a traditional Korean gayageum. As always with Luna’s covers, it was a joy to listen to. You know, I actually got to see Luna in concert…gosh, what feels like forever ago. It wasn’t forever
This is a video of The Action Lab’s James Orgill painting the entire interior of a room he made out of insulation board with the world’s blackest commercially available paint, Musou black, which absorbs 99.4% of light. He then turns on an overhead light bulb to see what it looks
