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BloominHappy2009 – Attack of the Etsy!

One fun thing I like to do is browse Etsy for weirdo stuff. And though there are whole sites dedicated to mining the worst of Etsy, I instead will be focusing on stuff I think is pretty cool, even though it will probably be weird. So to start out, here is some cool weird stuff from an Etsy seller named BloominHappy2009:

Air plant in black hippo animal planter
Black Hippo Planter

Air plant in black hippo animal planter. Perfect gift for him. Great decor for your office. Be the envy of all your office colleagues when they see this adorable planter sitting on your desk. This repurposed toy hippo has been primed and hand painted by me in black and sealed for protection. He measures 6″ long x 3.5″ tall.

He comes with the message “Go Against the Flow” around his neck but you can change that. You may want this as a housewarming gift, a college dorm gift, to say thank you, or maybe a get well gift. I can personalize it to say what you want.

Air plant display. Lion animal planter in Neon Pink with air plant
Pink Lion Planter

This adorable planter with air plant is a re-purposed lion toy figure and would look so cool sitting on your desk or anywhere in your home that has a window. Leonard has been primed and hand painted by me in 3 coats of electric pink and sealed with a special waterproof sealer. He measures 8″ long x 4″ tall.

Air plant nestled in fabulous little fish
Fish Planter

Air plant nestled in fabulous little fish. Get well gift or girly office decor. As soon as I saw her lips I just knew that this funny little fish would be a perfect display for an air plant. Very brightly colored and measures 3.5″ long x 2″ tall and the plant is 2-3″ tall. This plant is named Ionantha Rubra and will blush red just before blooming with spikes of purple as seen in last photo.

T Rex dinosaur planter for sale in metallic purple with personalized message and live air plant
T Rex Planter

T Rex dinosaur planter for sale in metallic purple with personalized message and live air plant. Great gift for him.

This adorable planter is a re-purposed dinosaur toy and would look so cool sitting on your desk or anywhere in your home that has a window. He has been primed and hand painted by me in 3 coats of metallic purple and sealed for protection. He measures 9″ long x 5″ tall. NOT A TOY FOR CHILDREN.

He comes with the message “Attitude is Everything!!” around his neck but you can change that.

Large crab planter with air plant
Crab Planter

Large crab planter with air plant. Would look great on your office desk. Great gift for plant lover. This planter is created from paper mache, hand painted by me in bright tropical colors and finished with a few coats of varnish for protection. He would look so cool sitting on your desk or anywhere in your home that has a window.

Lady GaGa inspired Dinosaur planter. Fabulous Lady Ra Ra with air plant.
Lady Gaga Dinosaur Planter

Lady GaGa inspired Dinosaur planter. Fun birthday gift. This adorable dinosaur planter is a re-purposed dinosaur toy complete with faux fur stole, tiny handbag (may be a different color) and bright pink mohican hair-do. She has been primed and hand painted by me in 3 coats of turquoise and sealed for protection. She measures 8″ long x 6″ tall. Fun gift for a special friend.

Bisque pig doll with air plant
Pig Doll Planter

SALE. Vintage planter. Bisque pig doll with air plant. Unique gift for collector of plants or pigs. I found this very unusual planter at an estate sale and loved the idea of how it would look as an air plant display.

The pig has moving arms and legs and is in very good condition for something that is so old. There is a small chip on the back of the neck which I have shown in the last photo. She comes complete with large eyelashes and measures 11.5″ long by 6″ wide.

There are more, much more, at the BloominHappy2009 Etsy Store!

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - February 28, 2012 at 11:25 pm

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Rise of the Beasts

Rise of the Beasts

UPDATE: THE PROJECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! And that’s not all. The Kickstarter was far beyond the goal prize, but the fund raiser was still canceled within the last few hours. At first we were given some junk about a “fantastic opportunity” that made it sound like they killed the fundraiser because someone came in and bought them out, but later it has been revealed that they just had factory troubles and decided to kill the project instead of telling people they might be a month delayed. I am not mad about a delay, I am mad because they lied to us at first about why the line was canceled. I’m mad I wasted time and effort promoting the project and getting excited about it, when the first move they make is to cut out the community around it and not play straight with us. Although the toy line is still going forward, I am glad the Kickstarter was canceled because now I won’t be giving my money to people whose first instinct is to lie to me. Good riddance.

Rise of the Beasts is a new toyline produced by fans of toylines like Battle Beasts and M.U.S.C.L.E.s, in the same vein as the Muscle-like fan set from October Toys, O.M.F.G. (so ticked off I missed this project!) Similarly, Rise of the Beasts features four figures that look vaguely-Battle Beastian in their design. In any event, they’re cool enough that I pledged to the Kickstarter raising funds for the project (at the $45 level) The company behind this is Plastic !magination and the initial project promoter is JKaris from the LittleRubberGuys forum, though I am not certain who Plastic Imagination is.

Figures:
1 – Lion figure
2 – Gorilla figure
3 – Horny Toad figure
4 – Squat Komodo Dragon figure
Rise of the Beasts Komodo

Here are photos and a fan video of the proposed figures:

The Kickstarter site is here if you want to pledge or get more information

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - February 24, 2012 at 2:40 am

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Capture Creatures are awesome

What are Capture Creatures? Think Pokemon meets kids books, created by two cool artists, Becky Dreistadt – who does the art, and Frank Gibson – who creates the encyclopedia bio for each Capture Creature. When all 151 creatures are finished, they’ll become a traveling art show. This is the type of zany stuff I like, world building, voluminous encyclopedia entries and bios, and lots of pictures of cool things.

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The blog is packed with a bunch of cool creatures such as Cuttler:

Cuttler Capture Creatures

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Cuttler generally congregate in feudal packs. Utilising the shedded antlers of the creature Budu as a sword, they attempt combat with Cuttlers boasting larger swords. Upon defeating a Cuttler, smaller weapons are often eaten to absorb the owners power and larger weapons are taken as their own.

Or Tarrawatt

Tarrawatt Capture Creatures

Pika-WHO???


The Tarrawatt is a solitary creature until it reaches adolescence and is subsequently accepted into a tribe. Its physical appearance gradually changes to mimic the features of its pack. This is also when it becomes a biped. Its dormant electric powers are jumpstarted by ambient electricity emitted by its companions.

These are neat and I’ll be sure to Capture Them All or whatever as the series progresses!

via io9

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - February 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm

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Don’t Hug me I’m Scared

A new Film by This Is It

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - January 30, 2012 at 9:20 am

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Hamilton’s Invaders

Hamilton's Invaders

Hamilton’s Invaders were a toy series in the 1960s where blue army men fought giant bugs with movable parts. They were inspired by the 1950s giant insect movies, which by that point had begun their long foray into reruns on tv. In addition to the giant bugs, you could also get a Hamilton’s Invaders helmet and grenade gun to wear while you play, for total immersion or something.

The main giant bug was Horrible Hamilton – a large green bug with legs that moved when it rolled. There were additional bugs – Spooky Spider and Gruesome/Brutal Beetle – along with smaller nameless bugs. The blue army men (called Blue Defenders) were meant to represent the United Nations, because only the combined might of the world’s armies could defeat Horrible Hamilton and his bug crew!

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Hamilton's Invaders
Hamilton's Invaders
Hamilton's Invaders
Hamilton's Invaders

Why are we talking about Hamilton’s Invaders? Because the helmet wore by the Golden Skeleton gang in Golden Skeleton is the Hamilton’s Invaders helmet with a gold skull glued on top of it! B-movie inspired, B-movie used.

Hamilton's Invaders

Images via here and here and here

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - January 24, 2012 at 3:11 pm

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Your daily dose of WTF puppet wuxia – Pili Bing Xian: Conquest of the Middle Land (問鼎天下)

Here is something awesome that I stumbled across on YouTube, filled with puppets kung fuing the living crap out of each other. This has the highest bodycount of a puppet show I’ve ever seen. Basically, it’s like The Lost Crystal meets Chinese Opera meets kung fu. What is below is clips of episodes 39 and 40 (the latest two, I believe), but there are plenty of full episodes online at this tudou account. This is Pili Bing Xian:Conquest of the Middle Land (問鼎天下) The blog pilicreateworld has a ton of information about this series. In Chinese.

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - December 27, 2011 at 10:44 am

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Christopher Hsu is the guy in the scandal with Miss Korea 1995 Han Sung-Ju 한성주

Taiwanese-American businessman Chris Hsu (Christopher Chung-Yi Hsu) has been identified as the mystery man in the now infamous leaked “sex tape” with Miss Korea 1995 Han Sung-Ju. He is the mysterious Person B, while Person C has been identified as a Korean-American female friend of his who is helping translate everything into Korean. Christopher Hsu has filed a lawsuit against Han Sung-Ju for kidnapping, but he’s being sued by Han Sung-Ju over defamation of character. This is becoming a clusterfrak of epic proportions, where the only winners will be lawyers and people who like to watch bad sex tapes. Since Chris Hsu is Taiwanese, this has also lead to some hilarious ultra-nationalistic posts on a few Korean boards I read. But since Han Sung-Ju’s pictures are plastered all over the place, turnabout is fair play, and now Christopher Hsu will be splattered all over the internet.

Christopher Hsu
Chris Hsu of Kilometre Asian Growth Fund

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Posted by Tars Tarkas - December 23, 2011 at 11:07 am

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