Motorcycle Rocking Chair

More for my Milwaukee Harley-owning friends, here's a way to get your kid started young - "Because hes got no drivers license and because of his own room being the only safe district, he needs a hybrid of chopper and rocking horse. With this machine he could learn to keep his balance and most of all to sit on it in easy position. So he closes his eyes and his arms broad."Made by Felix Götze

Chipmunk Jedi

Few creatures of burden were of more use to the Empire than the Giant Chipmunk. It's too bad those parts of the movie were cut. Better than those damn Ewoks.


The above photo is not a photoshop. Photographer Chris McVeigh, rather than doing his laundry or solving world peace, devoted his spare time to training his neighborhood wild squirrels to tolerate being photographed with toys. When almonds are involved, a squirrel will put up with all kinds of crap.

Big Bird Record Player - Battery Powered!

This is an awesome little find from RetroThing: a Fisher-Price battery-powered, Sesame-street themed record player. The little bird on the tone arm appears to play with his beak, a'la Flintstones. The parts are remiscent of the standard Fisher-Price record player of the time; I can't remember if it was battery-powered, too. I've got one of the standard FP players (amongst others) -- RetroThing recommends using it as a 'tester', when out and about buying record albums. Good thinking!

Star Wars Figures That Look Like Celebrities

Reproducing an actor like Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford in a tiny, tiny plastic head is tough, as these examples of Star Wars figures that look like somebody else attests:




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