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The External Combustion Kraftwagen

James Kelly — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:26:02 +0000

The External Combustion Kraftwagen looks like something that could be in the next Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. driving it down the streets of London chasing Professor Moriarty. That’s probably not going to happen since this fully operational car is only 6 1/2″ L x 3 1/2″ W x 5 1/2″ H, but [...]

Awesome Back to the Future II DeLorean 1:15 Replica

Robert Birming — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:01:52 +0000

This limited edition replica of the car seen in the Back to the Future Part II movie from 1989 is 13 inches long and features electronic lights and sound effects, gull-wing doors that opens and wheels that pop out for “flight mode”. The wheels spin, the doors open, and its plastic construction feels just like [...]

DeLorean USB Flash Drive

Robert Birming — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:01:12 +0000

Flash Rods, a company “constantly searching for the coolest die-cast cars to integrate flash drives into”, has managed to do exactly that by transforming an 1:18 scale model of the DeLorean DMC-12 car from the popular 1980s movie Back to the Future into a fully working 500GB USB flash drive. The highly detailed car features [...]

Awesome 50s Style Mecha Robot Models

Robert Birming — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:07:28 +0000

The talented Japanese 3D artist Kazushi Kobayashi has created the Chubu 01 – a line of beautiful mecha robot models described as something from “a parallel 50s where the robots are the most popular transport system”. These pasel colored creations are considered so unique that the famous Tokyo Cultuart design shop in Tokyo selected them [...]

Graffiti Star Wars AT-AT

Robert Birming — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:27:25 +0000

Maybe it was the famous Banksy Dolk AT-AT wall painting that inspired someone to do it the other way around, and instead decorate a Hasbro model of the All Terrain Tactical Enforcer with graffiti. Customized Hasbro Star Wars vehicle customized by professional Graffiti artists EASE and JK5 under the direction of SUCKADELIC. All tags are [...]

Awesome Star Wars Model: Abandoned AT-AT Walker

Robert Birming — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:14:10 +0000

The 1/32 scale AT-AT was created by scratch modeler Dimitri Kaliviotis. This entry is a heavily modified ATATRON kit. The ATATRON kit is a garage kit which is not commercially available but a few models have been made over the years. I managed to get hold of one because I was commissioned to put some [...]