tron's paper light cycle

this is for all you TRON fans: go make your own Light Cycle by downloading the paper template here [via mrchops]now if this could be made 1/6th-scale, i might consider kitbashing a 1/6th Flynn in the driver's seat! ... altho somehow it also reminded me of Automan .... gawd im showing my age -but i dun care LOL"A world inside the computer where man has never been. Never before now." = CG from

bionic woman 2007

replacing Lindsay Wagner (circa late 70's) as "Jaime Sommers", aka: The Bionic Woman, is Michelle Ryan, in NBC's new upcoming re-imaging of the "classic" tv-show = read more on Access Hollywood [via]in an attempt to sustain their (ratings) success with the superhero / super-powered HEROES, NBC has given the go-ahead for this retro-revivial, but instead of $6-million dollars (oops, that was the

street fighter: the later years part two

in part two: Zangief and Dhalsim goes looking for Bisonand bumps into another "old friend"... [via] not as farnie as the first one, but still it brings backa little retro-joy, dunnit? *heh*._.

speed go go go

the rumor is now truth, the Speed Racer live-action movie (adaptation) is a go go GO! [via][original Mach5-image via]"The Wachowski brothers (The Matrix Trilogy) are writing and will direct the movie, which will be produced by Joel Silver. Based on the classic 1960s series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida ... the big-screen "Speed" will follow the adventures of the young race car driver

byebye halo and hello street fighter

and so they dropped postponed HALO [via] and picked-up Street Fighter [via]... and so goes the trend of videogame-adaptation from current to retro goes? STREET FIGHTER: "Pic will focus on the game's most popular female fighter, Chun Li, but the exact storyline is being kept under wraps." [via] = so they actually thought Elektra did good, eh? (*snicker*) ... now, Chun Li's hot (as hot as an

of comic book covers

from vintage to current, from the golden-age to the cyber-age, Cover Browser "showcases over 5000 comic book covers" [link+info via Drawn!] = from alternative and indie-comics to the big two, seems they've expanded quite a few (ongoing expansion, it states) since last night/this morning when i was prepping this post = *schweet*currently they are listed in no particular order (neither genre nor

bandai museum

t'was with great interest and joy when i'd just discovered the existence of a Bandai Museum, with images of my childhood favs, captured in this flickr-set [images via]with promises of a Gundam Museum and Character Museum - with classics like Ultraman, Masked (Kamen) Rider, Godzilla, Mazinger-Z, Power Ranges and even a life-sized-Gundam, all housed within a 9-storey building! *woot*and then the

toysrevil's greatest hits : cassette generator

< am having mondo-retro-fun withthe online Cassette Generator.you should too :)or better still: Vinyl Record Generator!*heh*

sam fout's secret squirrel and atom ant

am just lurving Sam Fout's rendition of Secret Squirrel and Atom Ant ~ *juz cuz*illustrated for Saturday Morning Forever (i like me my retro-cartoons) *heh*

retro cassette tapes

yet another fine selection of cassette tape images archived @ tapedeck.org [via]yes, this'll sit very nicely indeed with the Not Wild Style-collection i mentioned yonks back :)and of coz how could i resist but make my own tape-icon for my flashback80s-blog, innit? *nudge-nudge*

3 dev adam

i first came across this webbie (from Warren Ellis, no less) a long whiles back, but couldn't really make anything out of it (the bright colors hurt my eyes), except for the hilariously dodgy imagery of a Turkish Spiderman provided me a chuckle-n-a-half ~ until i found the trailer for this instant cult-classic-to-be:*bwahahahahahahaha~WTF?*what is 3 Dev Adam?:"3 Dev Adam loosely translates to "3

go speed racer go

The Wachowski Bros to remake Speed Racer?heck, even if tis just a rumour, tis gotten me excited and all (not the "hot'n'sweaty" variety, mind) not least the realization of a childhood cartoon dream of seeing a live-action Mach 5 tearing down the tarmac! whoo-hoo! ... and of coz who could resist the mystery that was Racer X? (click here to go search under "characters") - coz i've always liked

shaw brothers movie posters

catalogued from A to Z ~ the trick is to know or find out the English-translated names / titles to the vintage movies in the Shaw Brothers Movie Posters archive! [via] < recognize any modern day rip-offs homages? ... heck i might do the same it's all good in da hood! *kewl*

vintage toy rayguns

:: RETRO / TOYS :: found: Justin Pinchot's Toy Ray Guns has a uber-cool gallery of images and descriptions of vintage toy rayguns; from american 30's to 60's, european and japanese styles = designs > in tin, plastic and even cardboard! plus loads of cool info! (would loveta see a gallery of china-made ones tho *nyuknyuk* ;p)"From the exuberant Art Deco disintegrator pistols of the 1930s, to the

cowabanga!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back and in full CG-animated form! [via SuperheroHype] and mayhap they are more suitable for animation (altho the image in the teaser poster looks more like a lizard/gecko, dunnit? :p), rather than live-action (which i liked!) ... inclusive of the sequel (*blah*) and a third (missed it completely) in the Turtle-Trilogy :p ... *muahahahaha* - and who would've

i *heart* Cylons

i've always thought that Cylons were real kickass moforobos, in their chrome, sleek-black outfits, and even the "skirt" (!) and the (Knight Rider/KITT-ish) red-moving eye-lights! heck, i like them slightly even more than Stormtroopers...*slightly* ;pokay, and maybe also i *heart* Colonial Vipers. Colonial Vipers *RAWKS!* = *both new and old skool* ... heck, i remembered vaguely building one out

and the stifling continues

"simplicity thru nostalgia"a line that popped into my mind, tis wretched tuesday afternoon; as i found this serious collection of cassette tape images, created by Not Wild Style [via Cool Hunting]harking back to days of yore and opening the flood gates of nostalgia once again ... and i suddenly feel so ... stifled; creatively ... have i over-thought too many a things? have i looked too deep