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Have you made your robot yet?

Rick — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:26:05 +0000

I am enamored with the notion of 3d printing. Basically, you take a 3d model, and using the latest and greatest technology, “print” it out. The tech can be used for practically anything from making furniture to precision instruments to custom made robots.

Yes, robots. In perhaps the most useless application of 3d printing, web site MyRobotNation enables users to build a bot from pre-built pieces and stickers. You can pose it, color it and size it as you see fit. In the end, you get the robot of your dreams, or as close as you can get with the pre-built pieces that are supplied.

I already ordered my death machine…

I AM TOBOR! (It's Robot spelled backwards! He he!)

Halloween fun

Rick — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:56:45 +0000

I love Halloween. My favorite holiday. Did the usual this year. Pumpkin carving and trick or treating with the kid.

Another day, another Dalek

Rick — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:57:26 +0000

Adding to my photographic collection of Daleks is this WWII war Dalek. If you can believe the sign, it’s one of the Daleks uses on the show. It was sitting next to the actor who played Winston Churchill in the Doctor Who series. Oddly, I was more interested in the Dalek than the actor. Too much time with my iPhone I guess.

Egyptian Museum

Rick — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:05:08 +0000

I have lived in the SF bay area 15 years and didn’t know until today that there was actually a really good Egyptian museum in San Jose.

Halloween decorating, day 1

Rick — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:09:29 +0000

The Mummy and Spiderman

Rick — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:07:46 +0000

Today is the official start of Halloween season for me, despite the fact that stores have had their wares out for weeks.

Today I added two new denizens to my Halloween menagerie, a five foot tall mummy and a cocooned
man covered in spiders. I was nervous they would turn out to be shit, bought them via mail order, but they are awesome.

Pez Museum

Rick — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:33:33 +0000

One of the big tourist attractions here in the Bay Area, bigger than the Golden Gate Bridge, better known than Lombard Street, is the Pez Museum. They have every Pez ever made. Totally worth the visit.

Buckaroo Banzai Model

Rick — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:45:42 +0000

Buckaroo Banzai is one of my all time favorite movies right up there with Big Trouble in Little China (the movies share a writer).

To my ongoing dismay, there isn’t a lot of merch associated with BB that a mega fan like myself can glom onto. That hasn’t stopped some other enterprising individuals from making their own. Today I was doing a task completely unrelated to BB when I stumbled across the model below of the Red Lectroid ship. It was so cool I just had to post it.

Matthew L. Johnson of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Red Lectroid "Living Scout Ship" from Buckaroo Banzia

San Diego ComicCon 2011

Rick — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:29:59 +0000

SDCC From the DC Comics Green Room

Another year, another great ComicCon.

I’m always a little depressed when I leave San Diego. I have a bunch of friends I only get to see once a year – at SDCC. Most of whom are working a lot more than me at the show so I don’t get to see as much of them as I’d like.

For me, SDCC is part vacation, part marathon, part work. But all fun.

This year I was promoting the comic book I wrote based on Alganon, the free-to-play mmo game and Gods of Justice, the anthology of original super hero fiction to which I contributed a story. I was also there to suck up to comic book editors to try and score some more writing work! Still, I got to hand out with a bunch of people I affectionately call “con buddies.” Many of whom I met at SDCC.

There’s always tons to see and do, but below are some highlights.

Doing signings for the Alganon comic

Doing signings is always fun. Especially when I am giving away free comics. This is me at the DC Booth supporting the comic. It seemed to get a pretty good receptions. I love that this is a picture of somebody taking my picture…

Another Dalek

Daleks seem to follow me wherever I go. This wasn’t the best Dalek I’ve ever seen, but I respect the effort. Especially trying to get something that ginormous into SDCC.

Gods of Justice at SDCC

Gods of Justice is the other project I was pimping. This is me at my good friend Joel Gomez’ table promoting the book. He actually did the picture that accompanies my story.

My favorite costume...

There are always TONS of great costumes at SDCC. Last year I got a picture with a full line up of Leias…But this year, my favorite is this absolutely perfect Tinker Bell. The woman in the picture is probably just 5 feet tall and so petite. Mostly. Ahem. Anyway, she is exactly the way I like to think Tink.

Jedi Elvis

No trip to San Diego is complete without a stop at the House of Blues. To my delight, the house band the evening I was there was none other than Jedi Elvis and the Rebel Alliance. He’s a Star Wars themed Elvis impersonator who is absolutely brilliant. He changes the lyrics of Elvis songs to match up with Star Wars lore. My favorite? Suspicious Minds, his tribute to General Akbar…

We’re caught in a trap
There’s no flying out
Because they built a second Death Star baaaaaby!

I like all things derivative of Elvis generally, but this may well be my favorite.

The Outer Space Men

Then there are all the toys! Man I love toys. Don’t believe me? Look here. Anyway, some of my favorite toys are the old Colorform Outer Space Men. In particular, Orbitron, who is the unofficial mascot of my toy site. These are repros. I don’t usually buy repros, but I may have to get these.

Dr. Grordbort's Guns

If you have a thing for steam punk or retro ray guns (and I do) then Dr. Grordbort is the hands down go to place for your fix. They always have some great stuff to show at SDCC and this year was no exception. If I were rich (which I’m not) I would have a wall of these bad boys…

Comic-Con Schedule

Rick — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:31:26 +0000

Will be promoting both Gods of Justice and the Alganon comic at SDCC. For those that care, you can find me in these locations, promoting these things:

Gods of Justice
Find me in Artist Alley CC-21 at the table of Joel Gomez (one of the artists in GoJ)

Thurs.11:30am-12:30pm
Thurs. 2pm-3pm
Sun. 1:30pm-2:30pm signing at DC Booth

I will have copies of Gods of Justice at the table if you’d like to get one!

You can also find me at the DC Comics, I mean DC Entertainment, booth. Times TBD.