Awesome Leisure

Over the years, we’ve seen all kinds of interesting vehicles built from LEGO bricks. Build It with Bricks made this LEGO Technic drift car, which moves around using a fan blade. Its propeller is driven by a powerful BuWizz motor module geared to maximize speed. An additional motor lets its driver steer the blade’s direction remotely.

Some of Conan O’Brien’s funniest shows were the ones where he traveled to different countries. On his new series, the comedian and talk show host visits fans around the planet and embarrasses them by defiling their local traditions. Along the way, Conan stops in Norway, Thailand, Ireland, and Argentina. It debuts 4.18.24 on Max.

These beautiful playing cards from Neversleep Co feature imagery of cats dressed in samurai armor. Each face card illustrates a different feline warrior, equipped with swords and other accessories surrounded by flourishes. The number cards have unique geometric patterns. Add-ons include poker chips, enamel pins, and a red deck as a stretch goal.

You don’t need to be Ranni’s lackey and trek all over The Lands Between to get your hands on this bad boy. Though you may need to farm for its cost and the shipping fee. Panda Studio’s officially licensed life-sized resin replica of the Dark Moon Greatsword from Elden Ring is a crazy 59″ long. Limited to 88 units.

Yolopark’s upcoming Transformers G1 action figures are way too good for their price. The AMK Pro Series Optimus Prime and Megatron action figures have sweet battle-damaged paint jobs on their metal and plastic parts. They’re both about 8″ tall and come with lighting effects, weapon accessories, and a display stand.

In 1987, Disney Imagineering teamed up with George Lucas to create Star Tours. The Star Wars-inspired thrill ride took passengers on a misdirected flight to Endor. While it’s not the same without the motion simulator, it’s still fun to see this digital remaster of the 70mm film that was created for the ride. A new version of the ride has more than 250 story variations.

The latest version of the Boox Palma is shaped like a smartphone, making it easier to take with you and read one-handed. It has a 6.13″ 824 x 1648 eInk touchscreen, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, a microSD card slot, a USB-C port, a built-in speaker, and connects via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0. It runs Android, making it equally great for listening to music and podcasts.

Director George Miller returns to the wasteland with a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road. The captivating Anya Taylor-Joy plays a young Furiosa, and Chris Hemsworth portrays her captor, the evil Warlord Dementus. As he battles Immortan Joe for supremacy, Furiosa turns up the jets to fight her way home. In theaters 5.24.24.

Steve Martin has been making people laugh since the 1970s. This two-part documentary from Academy Award winner Morgan Neville starts looking at Steve’s early struggles and rise to fame as a standup comedian and movie star, then shifts focus to his rich and satisfying later years as an actor, artist, musician, and writer. Coming to Apple TV+ 3.29.2024.

Writer G. T. Karber is the mastermind behind Murdle, a series of logic puzzles that challenge amateur sleuths to solve murder mysteries. You’ll need to suss out the suspects, identify what weapon they used, and where they committed their evil deeds.  Volume 1 and Volume 2 are out now, with Volume 3 pre-orders shipping in April 2024.

A gravity well is a cone-shaped device that pulls marbles or other small balls into its center like a vortex. JBV Creative built a version of a gravity well connected to an elevator, so as spheres drop through its middle, they head back up to the top and start their journey all over again. It’s incredibly satisfying once he drops thousands of steel balls into it.

To celebrate the release of his new album Everything I Thought It Was, Justin Timberlake and 14 musicians from The Tennessee Kids crammed into the NPR Music offices and turned in this fantastic short concert. The seven-song R&B set includes Señorita, Rock Your Body, Pusher Love Girl, Until The End of Time, Selfish, What Goes Around, and SexyBack.

This stunt combines three thrills in one. After bouncing on a trampoline dangling from a hot air balloon, a team of skydivers jumped off and headed toward Earth. Jay Alvarez teamed up with Yasmin Xavier, Emilliano Ribeiro, FFRacoon, Mainara Fontanella, Ar Quente Balonismo, Igor Bauer, Gabriel Rocha, and sponsor EvoSim Universe to pull it off.

The new Hopara 2 hiking sandals combine comfort, green materials, and rugged construction. They have an adjustable heel strap and quick-toggle lace for ease of use, a water-repellent recycled knit upper, a recycled Cordura mesh overlay to block debris, and a grippy outsole paired with a comfortable sugarcane topsole.

There are a few items you should always carry in your pack when camping or hiking, among them a multitool, duct tape, a firestarter, and paracord. Bryan Lynch’s book offers 60 projects that can help you survive, along with creative ways to carry paracord wrapped around tools, worn as a bracelet, or woven into a pouch, and more.

Here’s a fun winter activity – a tractor that pulls 28 people on innertubes around a frozen lake. This ride can be enjoyed in Heihe, China, a popular destination for tourists from nearby Russia. We see no reason the same can’t be done anywhere you have a tractor, a frozen lake, and a bunch of rope – the more powerful the tractor, the more people you can pull.