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Father And Son Build Giant Transformers Out Of Junk Parts

You can have your Michael Bay-directed Transformers. Even though I’m not a fan of the current generation of Transformers movies, I can still appreciate the Transformers themselves. Just like I can certainly appreciate the wonders that this father and son build together. They create huge and amazing Transformers of their own out of junk car parts.

Yu Zhilin and his son are quite the talented pair. They live in the Hunan province of China and have made a business out of building and selling these statues. You can see why. These statues have character and all the right details. They must be a real pain to transport.

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giant transformers built from car parts

giant transformers built from car parts

giant transformers built from car parts

via Geek Tyrant

Scifi Staff by — March 31, 2015 in Art 0
These Minimalist Star Wars Character Icons Are Delightful

Lisbon, Portugal based artist Filipe Carvalho created these flat minimal Star Wars icons. They are colorful and adorable. Instead of complex images that are full of detail Filipe uses just a few colors to create these characters.

I would love to have these hanging on my wall, that’s for sure. The force is strong with Filipe’s art. I don’t think you could make these characters any more simple.

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Scifi Staff by — March 31, 2015 in Art 0
1986 Leonard Nimoy Interview For Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

I still can’t believe that Leonard Nimoy is gone. He will live on though, on screen and in our hearts. This vintage 1986 interview with Nimoy was conducted to coincide with the release of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. You might remember that Nimoy also directed the film.

Among other things, Nimoy talks about the spirit of Star Trek, and how it has evolved through the years. It’s a fascinating interview and a reminder that this man was one hell of a human being.

Scifi Staff by — March 30, 2015 in Behind The Scenes 0
Superheroes Are Taking Over Hoerle-Guggenheim

Superheroes are now in Gotham where they belong. Well, at least some of them call it their hometown. They will be hanging out at the Hoerle-Guggenheim Gallery from March 20 – April 8, 2015 at 527 West 23rd Street in New York City.

Jason Dussault is a Vancouver and New York based artist who focuses on combining traditional forms of mosaic with pop-culture characters. This is the artist’s debut solo exhibition in New York and if these images are anything to go by, it will be well worth checking out.

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via Action Figure Insider

Scifi Staff by — March 30, 2015 in Art 0
Dogtor Who: The Doctors As Dogs

Some people will tell you that Doctor Who has gone to the dogs under showrunner Steven Moffat, but I don’t think that is entirely true. However in the case of this series from artist tee-kyrin, it is entirely true. I present to you Doctor Who as dogs!

The series is named “Dogtor Who”. Of course. All of the dogs match their timelord counterparts nicely. This is a fun series and the art is awesome.

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Scifi Staff by — March 30, 2015 in Art 0
Eyes Without A Face

Commercial illustrator Jason Edminston has a new exhibition at Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas. It is called Eyes Without A Face and you can se it up until April 4. It will feature one hundred and fifty pairs of eyes from movies, music and television, so that you can look into the windows to their souls. I could look at these all day long, even if they do appear to be looking back.

Below is just a small sampling of his work. You can check out his site to see more of his awesome work. It’s fun to see how many you can identify.

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via Neatorama

Scifi Staff by — March 27, 2015 in Art 0
Guardians of the Galaxy Visual Effects Breakdown

Guardians of the Galaxy showed that Space Operas can still be fun and epic. If you enjoyed the movie, you’ll like these videos. Visual effects and animation studio Framestore has released a few videos that break down the stunning visual effects work.

The Knowhere Reel details the decapitated head of an ancient Celestial that we visited in the film. The second video is all about Rocket Raccoon.

Scifi Staff by — March 27, 2015 in Behind The Scenes 0
Famous Cars If They Were Transformers

This series comes from artist Darren Rawlings. These are what famous cars would look like as Transformers! The results are pretty awesome. You can check out his page for more, but below are some of our favorites.

I love the Batmobile Transformer. This is an awesome idea that is well executed. Now if only I could buy toys based on these designs, I would be very happy. maybe one day.

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transformers famous pop culture cars

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transformers famous pop culture cars

transformers famous pop culture cars

transformers famous pop culture cars

transformers famous pop culture cars

transformers famous pop culture cars

transformers famous pop culture cars

transformers famous pop culture cars

Scifi Staff by — March 26, 2015 in Art 0
Fan-Made Star Wars TIE Fighter Short Film

This amazing seven-and-a-half-minute short created by a fan took over four years to complete, It should should help tide you over until the new Star Wars movies arrive. It was created by Paul Michael Johnson and animated in the style of 80s anime series’ like Mobile Suit Gundam.

The soundtrack is very 80s too and many of the sound effects from the classic TIE Fighter series of games from LucasArts were used as well. He did an awesome job.

Scifi Staff by — March 26, 2015 in Animation/Fun Videos 0
Chappie Scout 22 1:6 Scale Action Figure

This Chappie Scout 22 1:6 Scale Action Figure stands 12-inches tall and has LED light-up features! He is also fully articulated, right down to his fingers. Not only is this figure highly detailed, it also includes 2 interchangeable facial expressions, real cables on his neck and waist, and LED lights in the front eye shield and right side of Chappie’s face. He also has his highly detailed AKS-74M assault rifle.

This is probably the best Chappie figure you can buy right now and it is going to look insane in your collection.

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Scifi Staff by — March 25, 2015 in Toys/Collectibles 0