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Lego Photo Art

The Runs — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:16:49 +0000

Mike Stimpson takes photographs of Lego. And they are really good. Even better, he has staged recreations and reconstructions of some famous scenes

Mike Stimpson at RedBubble – Go here to see all of his photos. Ther acna all be purchased as prints, too.

io9 has a brief post on Stimpson, with links to one of the original photographs he recreated.

io9: Famous Vietnam War Photographs, with Stormtrooper Legos

ASCII Star Wars

The Runs — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:07:35 +0000

The other night I was cleaning up an old computer so that I could give it away. On the hard-drive was an old text file with a bunch of websites I has noted down 8 years ago. And of course, I had made sure to record the telnet address of ASCII Star Wars.

Here is the website. You need to check this out.

Star Wars Asciimation

Now, for the fun part, try out the telnet feed of ASCII Star Wars. The telnet address is:

telnet://towel.blinkenlights.nl

If that doesn’t work from your browser, then open a cmd prompt (windows: start, run, cmd), type ‘telnet‘ to launch the telnet app, then type ‘o towel.blinkenlights.nl‘ to open the telnet site. Sit back and enjoy.

Drunk Man Assaults Jedi

The Runs — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:12:59 +0000

Its good to see that someone is willing to put those uppity Jedi churchgoers in their place. Even if their Darth Vader costume consists of a black garbage bag. This article is pretty funny.

Drunk Darth Vader’s Jedi assault

Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, from Holyhead, Anglesey, admitted assaulting Barney Jones and cousin Michael with a metal crutch. They suffered minor injuries.

Hughes, who was drunk and dressed in a black bin bag, shouted “Darth Vader!”

I’m not sure how wearing a trash bag qualifies as ‘impersonating’ Darth Vader. I honestly could quote the entire article. Its all good.

Muppet Star Wars

The Runs — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:24:53 +0000

On EndorExpress.net they have some links to ‘alternate’ Star Wars toys. There are Muppet version (see below), and Disney-as-Star-Wars characters. Definitely worth 30s of your time.

Muppet and Disney Star Wars

Plan Your Star Wars Trade Route

The Runs — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:31:29 +0000

It seems like it was a long time ago, far away, when I loaded up my wood paneled space wagon with Amway goods and literature to go on a star-hopping sales trip. Woe was me when I didn’t have a friggin map of the galaxy. I’m all set now. Check it out:

Large Version of Star Wars Galaxy Map

via: 20/20 Filmsite

New York Jedi Club

The Runs — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:35:00 +0000

A Jedi Order Establishes a New Temple — in Lower Manhattan

“In the Star Wars universe, a Jedi fashions a lightsaber by packing Adegan crystals into a handle with a power cell. In the New York Jedi galaxy, knights order them for $150 to $700 a pop from a guy upstate.”

You can say what you want about these guys, but it still sounds like fun to hang out in Starbucks with your buddies, all armed with fake Light Sabers.