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New York magazine breaks down the menu at Balthazar, with help from author William Poundstone, to show you how tricks of typography make a difference in what you choose to eat (and pay for).
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Man, I am all over these $45 space-marine "Bertie" robots from Tenacious Toys -- rusted and beat up and full of character, designed by Ashley Wood.
Bertie
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Couldn't they be doing something other than carrying guns?
Punkerpan B-7, fully equipped.
Designed by Vaughn Bode for Junkwaffel.
Armed by Ashley Wood?
"Now with free tetanus booster!"
$45, hmm..
$45 by Ashley Wood? I'm in!
I don't know from Ashley Wood, but may I suggest you'd be better off spending your $45 on some original Bode work?
I think the original of the one pictured is from either Junkwaffel or Cobalt 60, but I could be misremembering... the tacked-on arms are a little disconcerting.
Why build a robot if it can't kill another robot?
Anonymous[#3] reminds me of my former roomate who wouldn't use carbon steel kitchen implements (knives,graters, et c.), because he thought anything rusty would give him tetanus. That's not the deal. The potential for infection comes from sharp implements (old dirty nails, barbed wire, et c.) that have the tetanus bacillus on them. If the metal is clean, it doesn't matter whether it is rusty or not.
Aargh! I think they're sold out. That sucks enough, but it looks like their site is programmed to remove them from the catalogue instead of sticking a little "sold out" graphic next to it. Lame, if that's the case.
Yup, it's listed under "preorders" and brings up their 404 page. Sad.
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There are some hi-res images of them on this toy website:
http://www.grumbletoy.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=75_95
Also, these aren't from Tenacious Toys, they're just a reseller. They're from threeA.
Ito, nah.. go find out who Ashley Wood is :)
Magnifique !