So finally due to popular demand, we’re making some t-shirts. Here’s the deal though, we need to figure out which one to make! So please click here and vote on the T-shirts of your liking. Voting a 5 means you’d buy it, voting a 1 means you’d burn someone alive if you saw them wearing it. Click here to vote! And thanks for your help. Pretty much all the proceeds of this shirt will go directly to the season 2 budget, and help make it just that much more kick ass!
Visiting the website of Canadian company Split Reason is like opening the doors to a geeky dream closet. It’s hard to pick just one thing to wear, as there are so many winning selections.
Linked
“Inspired by that dude with the pointy ears, and we don’t mean Mr. Spock,” Split Reason’s line of Zelda-based apparel will enchant Nintendo fans on a quest to tap into the power of the Triforce, and tide over followers of web series The Legend of Neil who are currently waiting on poll results for official show t-shirts to be made. The Linked design, available as a men’s hoody and t-shirts in men’s and women’s baby tee sizes, incorporates all the iconic images associated with The Legend of Zelda video game and is printed on a thick, Link-green fabric that’s double-stitched for extra durability. The t-shirts are soft, pre-shrunk, 100% cotton, while the sweatshirt is a warm cotton-polyester blend with a double-lined hood that helps hide pointed ears on travels outside of Hyrule. Split Reason also offers a Hearts Mug to sip your favourite re-energizing potions out of while playing Zelda or watching The Legend of Neil. Final score for Linked: three out of three healing hearts.
If Mario is the franchise that makes you jump for joy, Split Reason has a bunch of related garb featuring the Super and 1-up Mushrooms. Get set to power-up and earn extra lives when you wear these stylish and brightly-coloured threads!
Grow UpGet a Life
The Grow Up and Get a Life t-shirts, like the Linked design, come in men’s and women’s baby tee sizes made of pre-shrunk, double-stitched cotton. A snuggly Grow Up hoody is listed only in men’s sizes but will fit women who order a size smaller than they normally would.
Tree of Lives
Greedy gamers who think one mushroom just isn’t enough have the option of laying claim to the entire Tree of Lives. “It does exist!” Split Reason insists, “and if you can only ascertain its location, you can ditch the fountain of youth and simply feast on its fruit and 1UP your way to immortality!” Whether this fabled tree of the Mushroom Kingdom really exists or not, it makes a peachy image that proclaims to the world that you are the master at cheating digital death.
“Every day you wake up and have to get dressed, why not get dressed with a little geek and gamer pride!” Split Reason enthuses. “Now go forth young Jedi and spread the word about the geek and gaming haven that is Split Reason.com!” Split Reason’s playful attitude, coupled with first-class customer service, is why it pwns its competition. That, and an interactive website, more playground than place of business, where geeks congregate to compete in weekly contests, earn rewards by submitting pictures of themselves in their new gear, trades ideas and feedback for Gold Pieces that can be redeemed on future purchases, and submit ideas and designs that their peers are then able to vote into actual production. The company even has a 30-day money-back guarantee on the loot you drop your hard-earned coin on, so what are you waiting for? Go do some retail damage!
Order directly through the Split Reason website. For all the latest news and special offers, follow Split Reason on Twitter, join their Facebook group, friend them on MySpace, add them on Flickr, subscribe to their newsletter and RSS feeds, read their blog, and listen to their Paused podcast.
Evening Arwen at Etsy provides unique, customized costumes and corsets for roleplaying or fancy dress events. You can choose from premade designs or draw up the blueprints for your outfit completely from scratch. Either way, you will get a costume that wows all who see it.
How many out there love Halloween? Or have themed birthday parties? Maybe even there’s a huge movie premier that you want to dress up as your favourite character to? If you agree to any of those things than you and I have something in common… costumes. We clearly love to dress up and be something that in real life we probably never could, such as an elf or a jedi.
While I love the main characters of our blockbuster films I also love some of the side characters that you never seem to see costumes of. I’ve also found that nothing is worse than spending a lot of money for a costume that feels like it was made out of something that maybe resembles cotton and was made one size to basically fit all. And that’s where I come in…
My goal is to create movie replica costumes for almost any character out there that you could possibly want to be. On my page you will see costumes that inspired me to want to create them and they are listed up here to give you an idea of what I can do. But the purpose of this site is so you can contact me with who you want to be and then we will discuss in detail what your budget is, the colors, material and accessories that you would like to include with the costume. My prices I know are on the more expensive side but a lot of that is due to the fact that the materials I use are very high quality and the outfits made require quite a lot to create it as a whole. All pieces though can be sold/made seperately and if you only have under $100 dollars to spend then I will do my best to create something for you that’s still beautiful and will fit like a glove for that price.
I’m here to help you be the talk of the party… in a good way. = )
Becky
Becky’s most talked about creation at the moment is the Star Trek Inspired Corset, based on the Star Trek: The Next Generation jumpsuits.
The corset is available in red, blue, and yellow, so you can get decked out in your Star Trek uniform of choice. No need for shore leave on Risa when you’ve got this sexy little number hanging in your closet!
LOTS to share today with the finale of this season!
Please check out the last installment in the Guild Season 2 saga, Guild Episode #12 “Collision Course”
“Guild characters collide — literally.”
View it streaming on MSN Video:
Download it in HD or SD off of Xbox Live Video Marketplace under “Independent Videos”
Download it off the Zune Marketplace for your portable needs!
A few people made outstanding contributions to the finale, including special effects guru Doug Luberts (@dougluberts on Twitter) and uber band “The Main Drag” who allowed us to use the last song in the show “Love in Wintertime”. Check out their website.
Thank you so much to all of their time, effort and expertise, we are honored!
Thank you so much for taking this wild ride through Season 2 with us. We really hope you had as much fun as we did! Tune in to our live chat tonight on our Ustream channel, 7:30 pm Pacific!
To celebrate the final episode of Season 2 tomorrow, we’re going to (attempt) to live stream an hour with some cast and crew members!
Tomorrow night, Tuesday the 17th from 7:30 to 8:30pm, we will be in our Ustream channel, chatting and video casting with anyone who’s interested!
On another note, actors Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh and Jeff Lewis will be performing improv in Los Angeles Wednesday, Feb 18th along with many other funny performers. If you’re in town please come by!
INFO:
Theatre Asylum 6320 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Plenty of Street Parking, meters free after 6
10$ cash only at the door!
Call (323) 463-2942 for reservations!
Girl Genius, by Phil & Kaja Foglio: Adventure, Romance, MAD SCIENCE!
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World… with mixed success.
At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay is a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually works, she seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant.
But when the University is overthrown, a strange “clank” stalks the streets and it begins to look like Agatha might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.
The award-winning Girl Genius, a Gaslamp Fantasy that started as a comic book series then turned into a webcomic, is currently available online and in graphic novel collections.
In the future the number of views equals the number of dollars you get, right? RIGHT? Assuming that is so, I’m a future millionaire because today The Legend of Neil season 1 reached 1,000,031 views on atom.com (technically it does have some tens of thousands of views elsewhere on mydamnchannel.com and xbox live, etc but this is the only count I’ve followed). Anyway, I’m really proud that we were able to reach a million views and my deepest thanks go out to all my cast and crew who made the show million worthy and all the 1,000,000 viewers out there (its a 1-1 ration right?) who’ve taken in Neil‘s exploits.
It was especially gratifying to tabulate that today on my apple calculator, because we just had our first major production meeting for season 2 of The Legend of Neil which we’re shooting in March. Looking forward to bringing you all many more R-rated exploits through Zelda!
Now that I’m a future millionaire I’m going to feel free and build up tons of credit card debt. Forever 21 here I come!
Add a little whimsy to your interior decorating with Streamline, the New York-based company that specializes in funky décor and accessories, and “dedicates itself to the design of all things wonderful for those who are fashionable and fun at heart!”
Toadstool Table and Toadstools
The storybook-inspired Toadstool Table and Toadstools set, a 100% organic design cast in solid resin and painted in naturalistic colours, looks like furniture pulled straight from a fairy garden or the world of Alice in Wonderland. Just like real toadstools, these jumbo versions are weatherproof, so they can be planted either indoors or out in the yard. The Toadstool Table is the “perfect table to throw a tea party at or doodle daydreams with friends”, its matching stools providing a place to “enjoy reading a good book upon”. Sure to become a cherished childhood heirloom, the Toadstool Table and Toadstools will also appeal to adults seeking to bring a little magic into their living space. The table makes an ideal end table or display stand for fantasy books and art, and the stools are small enough to serve as accent pieces in the kitchen and anywhere else toadstools seem likely to crop up.
Navy Blue Intergalactic Juicer
Streamline’s Intergalactic Juicers are gadgets for those who like a little science with their fantasy. Touted as a “modern accessory for the kitchen capable of making morning moon juice”, they come in four stellar colours: Navy Blue, Lime, Bright White, and Posy Pink. Except for the minimalistic Bright White, each style has a design printed around the edge of the saucer ring, the most fitting of which is the Navy Blue’s Space Invaders pattern. The plastic juicers pop apart into four pieces for easy cleaning and, instead of a messy pouring spout, they have a hole in the bottom of the saucer that allows juice to drain straight through into any container the UFO hovers over.
Yellow Submarine Radio
For a bit of retro kitsch, there’s the Yellow Submarine Radio, which will be an immediate hit with fans of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine song and animated film. This rubber bath radio has scan and volume buttons, and produces very clear sound in AM/FM. It’s waterproof, but is labeled “do not immerse in water”, so children should be supervised when playing with this little musical sub. In summer weather, the radio can travel from the tub to the wading pool on the deck, where, as Streamline suggests, you can “relax in the pool and listen to your favorite team at play”. Music and news are just more fun when broadcast from a novelty radio.
Order directly through Streamline’s online retail website, Karma Kiss.
The items mentioned in this article are distributed by Streamline and its associated Representatives.
In the near future, man has begun to address the economic and environmental issues plaguing the early 21st century. Rapid technological advancements have changed life dramatically, especially the creation of advanced humanoid robots who have begun to play an integral part in everyday life. Takumi Kenji, the reclusive CEO of Kenji electronics, and father of all things A.I., has announced the first ever “companion” bots, a model of humanoid whose interactive capabilities are remarkably natural. As robots continue to evolve, their place amongst us must evolve as well, and as it does society carries the responsibility of answering the moral questions that come.
Retro sci-fi and steampunk fans, rejoice! Weta, the company best known for creating the sets, costumes, armour, weapons, creatures, and miniatures in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, presents Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators & Other Marvelous Contraptions.
Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators is a line of 1:1 scale antique styled, sci-fi hand weapon props, conceived by Weta designer Greg Broadmore and meticulously built by master model maker David Tremont. With charming 1900s contraption styling and finish, the Rayguns evoke the nostalgia of a lost age of exploration and discovery, and possess an intentional sense of humour and fun in their design.
Six years ago, Greg started illustrating classic Rayguns, and after creating a series of nine full-size illustrations on canvas, he showed Weta Workshop’s Richard Taylor, who, in turn, asked for a painting of his own. Greg agreed and tentatively suggested launching a range based on these drawings. And the rest is history.
“Dr. Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory plays to all that Sci Fi imagery I love”, grins Broadmore. “It’s full of bizarre inventions and man-melting weaponry. The three Rayguns are featured alongside many others including Servile Automatons, War Wagons and even Mass-mo-trons. Almost all of them are capable of accidentally crippling the user or worse. That’s one of the things I loved about the classic Science Fiction machinery. They all looked like death traps. Just as likely to kill you as your enemy.”
The Rayguns have exploded onto the web, featured in collectors’ Christmas and birthday wish lists, and have been featured on International Directory BoingBoing.net and Gizmodo.com, who dubbed the Rayguns “your weapon of choice… a Raygun that’ll blast away giant monkeys… or evil wizard dudes”. WIRED Magazine recently featured a six page spread on the making of these weapons and New Zealand daily newspaper The Dominion Post dubbed the heaviest of the Rayguns, the Goliathon 83, “Weta’s Alien Buster”.
Creator Greg Broadmore, a self-confessed gun nerd, says the contraptions have been a long time coming in his mind. “I clearly and fondly remember watching the old black and white serials on Sunday afternoons as a little kid and the classic Sci Fi imagery has always stuck with me”, says Greg. “The swept shapes, spikes, fins and beautiful forms that are all jammed together with boiler plate and extraneous mechanical detail. That’s how I saw Flash Gordon, Tarzan, King Kong and others. But what I’ve [always been] fascinated by is the macho idiocy of the ‘hero’ in science fiction. The ‘heroic’ attitude of killing anything and everything in sight, especially if it’s jeopardizing the swooning heroine.”
The guns are limited edition pieces. There will be only 500 of each gun made worldwide, except for the Victorious Mongoose, of which there are only 400. All of these are handcrafted and made out of metal with some glass parts. Every Raygun comes with its own Moon-velvet lined pressed tin case, Certificate of Authenticity and an assortment of implements and crafting tools. Not only that, these bad boys will be a decent punch of metal — with each gun weighing in at over 7 pounds, these are no light investment.
“The original three Rayguns were previewed at Comic-Con San Diego 2006, and went on sale the following year at Comic-Con 2007, each limited to an edition size of 500. In under two years, 1000 of those original three high-end collectible Rayguns have sold, and a further three Rayguns have been released,” says Tim Launder, General Manager of Weta Limited. “We sold more than half of the Ray-Blunderbuss guns within the first month of release — including edition Number #1. Since Dr. Grordbort’s launched in 2006, we have had an overwhelming response to Greg Broadmore, the Rayguns, and to the world in general. This includes the Rayguns being voted #1 Best Toy in 2007 by Figures.com; Greg Broadmore being featured as ‘Tomorrow’s People’ on the cover of Idealog [September 2007] and a four-page spread in Wired — all about the Rayguns, Greg and Richard. We’ve even popped up on YouTube in an online ad in Australia.” The online viral campaign for the Rayguns has also been greatly successful, garnering several international awards:
NZ Direct and Interactive Marketing Awards 2008: Winner (Gold)
Caples Awards 2008, in New York: Winner (Gold)
ECHO Award 2008: Winner (arguably the most coveted award in global direct marketing, the presentation takes place in Las Vegas on October 14, hosted by Jay Leno of The Tonight Show)
Cannes Lions Advertising Festival 2008: Product Launches Finalist
Cannes Lions Advertising Festival 2008: Direct Response TV Finalist
Doctor Grordbort's Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory
Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory cleverly uses the style of old Victorian advertising leaflets to showcase the Dr. Grordbort’s line, all the while maintaining, with a wink and a nudge, that everything within the faux catalogue’s pages is real. The full-page artwork is printed on heavy cardstock, and each page is laden with information and humorous asides about the many types of rayguns and other improbable inventions attributed to Dr. Grordbort and his cohorts, including the rayguns that Weta has already released as props. The Destroxor Labs Pearce 75 Atom Ray Gun, with its glossy red accents and stabilising fin, is the classic image of a Buck Rogers-era weapon, and will hopefully will be next up on Weta’s production roster. The Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory also contains a page of testimonials from “customers” who have tried the catalogue’s products (and survived to tell the tale); a short comic portraying a typical day in the life of the stereotypicallly English, world famous naturalist, Lord Cockswain; and postcard art. It’s pulp fiction at its sly best.
Dr. Grordbort's Satchel
Once you’ve perused the catalogue, you’ll naturally want to set out and explore. Every adventurer needs a pack while out in the field, though, so Weta has thoughtfully provided Dr. Grordbort’s Satchel. It’s the perfect bag to tote your copy of the Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory around in, and, until February 28, it comes pre-stuffed with a Wave Disruptor Gun keychain, Goliathon 83 Infinity Beam Projector pin, four postcards featuring Dr. Grordbort art, and a Dr. Grordbort’s Laboratories Schemes & Schematics notebook, each lined page stamped with the Dr. Grordbort logo. Even with all these bonuses, the bag is roomy enough to hold the rest of your steampunky supplies. For ladies, the canvas satchel also makes a creative alternative to a handbag. This is an accessory that will get noticed, and coveted, by fellow steampunk geeks.
F.M.O.M. Wave Disrupter Gun, Miniature Version
Now that you’ve got your field guide and a kit, you need to invest in some self-protection. If you don’t have the pocket change to expend on a full-scale raygun, then the F.M.O.M. Industries Wave Disrupter Gun, Miniature Version, is the firearm for you. Released in a Limited Edition of 900, it’s an itty bitty clone of the standard Wave Disrupter Gun. As the package describes it, “You cradle in your limp mitts a marvel of modern miniaturisation; Dr. Grordbort’s F.M.O.M. Wave Disrupter Gun, impoverished in scale by one of his ingenious contraptions. Golly!” It may be small, but this raygun is crafted with every bit of the care put into its bigger sibling, down to the weathered aging. (It’s also more concealable at this size.) In another nice touch, the gun separates from the base it rests on, so you have a choice of displaying the raygun with or without its stand. The attention to details is simply tremendous, an example being the tiny, amusing notice on both the model’s base and box which reads:
Made on Venus*
*not actually
The sturdy cardboard case the mini Wave Disrupter Gun comes in is numbered to match the collector’s model it houses. Shaped like a book, it’s coated entirely with glossy paper and printed with sepia-toned art and photos of the enclosed figurine. The hinged lid fastens shut with a concealed magnet, so once the flocked tray and other padding materials are removed, the box makes an ideal storage place for Dr. Grordbort pins, keychains, and other small treasures.
Fans of Dr. Horrible‘s Evil League of Evil will thrill to the upcoming Goliathon 800 Moon Hater Death Ray, as nothing quite says “mad genius” like a lair equipped with an old-school weapon of mass destruction. Order one, and you’ll be the envy of all the other supervillians.
Once you’ve stocked up from Dr. Grordbort’s catalogue, head on over to the official website to leave a testimonial and assert your bragging rights in the forums. The site carries full descriptions of all the raygun collectibles currently on the market, an image archive, and web comics, as well as a bestiary that describes and illustrates the many alien creatures you’ll be chasing down with your new raygun. According to Weta, there’s much more in the works for Dr. Grordbort fans to look forward to, such as designer t-shirts, pins, key-rings, postcards, limited edition art prints, and, one would assume, brass goggles. New pieces will be launched every few months.
For product details and purchasing, please visit WetaNZ.com and Dr. Grordbort’s. Select items are available through the Dark Horse Comics website (search keyword: “weta”).
Amanda Tapping of Stargate SG-1 and Sanctuary will be raising funds for charity this weekend on eBay
Actor/Executive Producer Amanda Tapping of Sanctuary and Stargate fame is sponsoring a very special online auction to help raise funds for North Star Montessori Elementary School in Vancouver, BC.
Amanda has always been a champion of charitable and good causes. She has a particular interest in lesser known causes which ordinarily have no access to mainstream fundraising. This is a small local school that could really use the support.
This auction will serve as a template for a larger fundraising initiative that Amanda plans to launch later this year, which will support children’s charities and not-for-profit organizations.
Date: Friday, February 6th – Monday, February 16th, 2009
Time: Auction opens at 9pm (PST) and closes at 9pm (PST)
2. Arm sling worn by Samantha Carter, in Stargate SG-1. Amanda wore this for a number of episodes. This piece is signed by Amanda and other cast members.
3. Behind the scenes set visit and lunch with Amanda during the filming of her new series, Sanctuary, in Vancouver, BC
