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NASA’s tiny scale models

December 29, 2011 @ 1:53 am

Photo: NASA WIRED has a a slideshow of the cute NASA scale models the agency used to show how astronauts and hi-tech gear would operate in space. Check it out here.

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The New York Times on public art this season

August 19, 2011 @ 10:18 am

Photo: Andrea Morales/The New York Times The New York Times has a great article and slideshow about the wonderful amount of public art that is on display this summer and fall. Some of them are massive so if you’re passing … Continue reading →

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Mr. Jobs 1/6th scale collectible figure

June 29, 2011 @ 11:39 pm

This is weird and definitely for the insanely obsessed Apple fan. Nothing like having a miniature Steve Jobs looking at your every move from the shelf. [via] It’s reportedly a rare collectible priced at around $160 (if you can find … Continue reading →

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Slow-motion video of a cat climbing a fence

May 16, 2011 @ 8:59 pm

Watch this cat walk up a vertical wall. Imagine if humans could do this proportionally to their body heights. We’d have almost no need for elevators! [via]

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Comparing the sizes of 250 Walt Disney characters

May 22, 2010 @ 10:57 am

Juan Pablo Bravo is back again with a size comparison chart of famous movie characters. Last time, he brought us the Pixar scale chart and this time he’s made an even bigger chart of the sizes of 250 different Walt … Continue reading →

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Buzz Lightyear in movie packaging available August 3rd

July 23, 2009 @ 10:27 am

The Buzz Lightyear action figure that comes in actual movie packaging which I posted about earlier now has an official sale date of 12PM on August 3rd at MattyCollector.com. It’s still not exactly movie-size at 3-3/4″, but it’s the closest … Continue reading →

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