Ever wanted to build your own plastic shoe like a modern Geppetto? Well you’re in luck, thanks to this official Adidas Original Superstar LEGO set. The build-a-sneaker, available on Amazon (product link), features 731 pieces to build either a left or right shoe (but not both, you’ll have to buy
These are a couple videos of a potter creating two different ceramic mugs with integrated counting dials so you can turn them to keep track of how many cups of coffee you’ve had so far. Me? I don’t keep track, I just drink coffee until I start shaking and my
This is a video of ‘Stairway To Heaven’, a collaboration between South African artist Strijdom van der Merwe and Taiwanese artist Chou Sheng-hsien. From just the right angle, it looks like a three dimensional stairway reaching ever skyward. From almost every other angle, it looks like a flat ladder rising
This is a Guinness World Record video about Paul Ufema, who recently set the world record for fastest build of the 7,541-piece LEGO Millennium Falcon set, then disqualified himself after realizing he failed to include a single piece. Talk about a complete waste of 16 hours, 10 minutes, and 29
What will undoubtedly be considered the greatest opus of Australian artist Jason Sank, these life-size catmen were made using actual cat hair he collected from a groomer. Some more info about these modern Davids while I hack up a furball: Sank sculpted the fur over chicken wire forms he built
Dream it, and you can achieve it. Case in point: this video of Youtuber and LEGO maniac PuzzLEGO successfully constructing a fully functional 3 x 3 Rubik’s Cube entirely out of LEGO pieces. How about that! Plus this cube has the added benefit of the colors being easy to remove
These are a couple of shots from retailers (from the looks of it, one Walmart, one Target) where the soda reps have constructed giant Boba Fett helmets out of 12-packs of soda, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Dr. Pepper, and Sprite. Clearly, Boba is not a big Pepsi fan.
These are several videos of flipbook style animations created by tattoo artist Phil Berge of Tatouage Royal in Montreal using still shots of tattoos that, when ordered sequentially stop-motion style, create movement. How about that! And how about all the people that were willing to get Snoopy or some other