Video link. Mattel’s Tommy Burst toy machine gun — so realistic you can use it to scare off prowlers! (Via Vintage Ads)
So how’s this for awesome: in 1933, animator Roland Crandall singlehandedly animated a seven-minute Betty Boop cartoon (a version of Snow White) in only six months. In 1994, animators voted the…
“Whatever weird instrument your great-grandson will be playing, the Sony TC-377 will capture it.” From National Geographic, April 1973. (Via Vintage Ads)
This video by YouTube busker DeStorm Power is a year old. How’d I miss this magic? Theme songs include cartoon Fat Albert, Pinky and the Brain, Reading Rainbow, Gummi Bears, Fraggle…
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Gardiner Expressway seen from Closer avenue.
Shot with a normal zoom lens, Tilt/Shift effect is achieved in post.
This image, published on Gizmodo shows a comparison of the Shanghai city skyline in 1990 and 2010.
Circa 1910′s Pike Place Market shot.

Team America lives on.
Jeff Koyen sends this along and asks, “Anyone remember Evil Bert spotted alongside Osama in Bangladesh?”
Indeed. At left, a snapshot of the original…

Team America lives on.
Jeff Koyen sends this along and asks, “Anyone remember Evil Bert spotted alongside Osama in Bangladesh?”
Indeed. At left, a snapshot of the original…

Tonight for the Late Movies, we take a look at some incredible time lapse videos—everything from a banana aging in a minute to a quick trip across the United States. Have a favorite of your…
I admit it. When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors, sanctioned by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, I laughed. I mean seriously, $50k to the winner…
It’s best to watch Samuel Cockedey’s beautiful “floating point” time lapse movie of Tokyo skylines and landmarks in high-definition and full screen. (Via Pink Tentacle)

C.G.Conn Gideon’s entry at Budget Rayguns is this wonderful trumpetgun, suitable for arpeggioing the Bug-Eyed Monsters into paste.
C.G.Conn Gideon (Thanks, Keri666! via Submitterator)
Just business …