Club Jade

Shamelessly indulging in melodramatic space trash since 1995

Eye Candy: Tilt-shift Star Wars

January 24th, 2009 by Dunc · No Comments

Bonnie ran a whole collection of photos through the Tilt Shift Maker, transforming the realistic into toy-like miniatures. Not surprisingly, the effect is particularly impressive when used on Stormtroopers!

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Eye Candy: Mildly thrilling collection of Vader art

June 28th, 2008 by Dunc · No Comments

io9 includes Darth Vader in The Greatest Art Featuring 6 Iconic Scifi Villains. Some of it is fairly old hat (The Vader Project? So 2007!) but there’s always someone shocked by it. Besides, they have a brand-new spiffy robot chart as a consolation prize for those of us a bit too jaded for our own good.

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Went to C4? Check your inbox!

July 14th, 2007 by Dunc · 2 Comments

GenCon has sent out a survey to C4 attendees, and it includes a question about attending C5. I don’t have many doubts that there’ll be a C5, but I gotta agree with TFN: Highly likely! Highly!

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Prepare for wheeled assault

June 29th, 2007 by Dunc · Comments Off

The Official Blog tracks down the creator of the internet-famous CIV AT-AT Baby Stroller, Rick Russo.

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$950 for an empty box?

June 22nd, 2007 by Dunc · Comments Off

Not as strange as you may think… Well, okay, maybe a little.

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Dear god, why???

June 20th, 2007 by Dunc · 3 Comments

A piece of the Opening Ceremonies Birthday cake on eBay. If anyone is stupid enough to bid on this, I might bemoan all the cake that got thrown out… (Thanks to Liz!)

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A stroller that wins the internets

June 20th, 2007 by Dunc · Comments Off

One baby had the coolest ride at CIV – an AT-AT stroller! Now everyone wants one.

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Celebration IV breaks records

June 14th, 2007 by Dunc · 5 Comments

Last month’s mega-con had more than 35,000 attendees, making it the biggest Celebration ever.

Line for CV starts here!

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Nice buns

June 12th, 2007 by Dunc · 1 Comment

One man’s mission at Celebration IV… (Yes, it’s safe for work!)

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Out this week

June 12th, 2007 by Dunc · Comments Off

Wednesday is a big day for comics – your local shop should be getting Legacy #13, Rebellion #7 (according to the DH website, this is early,) Volume 8 of Clone Wars Adventures and the third Rogue Squadron omnibus.

Speaking of Dark Horse, check out their CIV press release.

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