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T3 Tactical Auto Rescue Tool

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StatGear’s T3 tool has everything you need to escape a car wreck, including a 3.25″ stainless serrated blade, a seatbelt cutter, a spring-loaded window punch, and an LED flashlight. Comes with a belt clip and nylon sheath. Save 25% in The Awesomer Shop.

Adam Savage Meets the Original Johnny 5

Adam Savage Meets the Original Johnny 5

1980s kids, Johnny 5 is alive! Adam Savage got to geek out over one of the original screen-used models of the friendly and inquisitive robot from Short Circuit. This particular Johnny 5 was never functional but it still looks amazing. It’s one of the many amazing props and artifacts headed to Prop Store’s 2022 London auction.

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LEGO x Marvel Iron Man Hulkbuster 76210

LEGO x Marvel Iron Man Hulkbuster 76210
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This isn’t the first LEGO Hulkbuster, but it is the biggest and the best. With 4049 pieces, this 20.5″ tall model is the biggest LEGO Marvel set yet. The mech suit has a fully-articulated upper body, light-up arc reactors, and unique gold and glow-in-the-dark pieces. It also opens up to hold an optional LEGO Iron Man figure.

She-Hulk Honest Trailer

She-Hulk Honest Trailer

She-Hulk season one is over, and while it isn’t the greatest Marvel show ever, we got some good laughs from its self-referential humor. Screen Junkies offers up their smart-alecky critique of the show, including its lack of courtroom drama, Tatiana Maslany’s improbable dating problems, and its Deus ex Kevin Feige.

Making a Tiny Helicopter from Popsicle Sticks

Making a Tiny Helicopter from Popsicle Sticks

Modelmaker 3JWings made this miniature replica of MD 530F helicopter using popsicle sticks. He cut and layered the sticks together, then sanded them smoothly to form the chopper’s body. After cutting and attaching details like its skids and rotors, he applied a yellow and black paint job to bring it to life.

Puddles Sings Black Sabbath

Puddles Sings Black Sabbath

Puddles Pity Party absolutely crushes it with this emotional cover version of the 1970 Black Sabbath classic War Pigs. The unique and creative new piano and guitar arrangement only serves to emphasize the song’s powerful anti-war message.

Tiny Circuits Pocket Arcade

Tiny Circuits Pocket Arcade
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This arcade game is as small as they come. It runs on an Arduino-compatible 32-bit processor and has a tiny full-color OLED screen, a D-Pad, two pushbuttons, plus a built-in speaker. It comes pre-loaded with three homebrew games, and can be expanded with more games via a MicroSD card. Takes about 10 minutes to assemble.

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The Existence Forecast

The Existence Forecast

Most forecasts focus on weather stats like temperature, winds, and precipitation. But exurb1a’s forecast takes an all-encompassing approach by predicting what will happen to every living thing on Earth, the Solar System, and throughout the observable universe. A fun watch for data and trivia geeks.

Flaming Heart Blended Scotch Whisky

Flaming Heart Blended Scotch Whisky
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“The flaming heart can’t get his fill / But the flaming heart will try as he will.” M. Ward’s song has inspired seven editions of Flaming Heart whisky, with the label art a nod to classic rock posters. The peaty 2022 release is a power trio of whiskies from Laphroaig, Talisker, and Caol Ila distilleries.

Making a Kanabō

Making a Kanabō

It’s rare that we come across a weapon we haven’t heard of, but this is the first time we’ve seen a kanabō (金棒). This ancient Samurai war club was basically a spiked or studded baseball bat. Diesineveryfilm created a replica of the Japanese weapon, and it appears highly effective based on the melon and coconut carnage.

Fire-breathing Bowser Diorama

Fire-breathing Bowser Diorama

After watching the trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie, Boylei Hobby Time was inspired to recreate the fire-breathing Bowser scene as a diorama. He started by making the buildings out of wood and foam, added a 3D-printed Bowser, painted everything, and created the fire effect using LED filament lights and cotton.

Driving an Analog Tank Simulator

Driving an Analog Tank Simulator

These days, the military uses powerful computers and high-end graphics cards to simulate missions. But in the 1970s, one of the ways to simulate driving a tank was using a miniature city, a motion camera rig, and a remote screen that displayed the first-person perspective to the pilot. Tom Scott took this vintage sim for a ride.

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The Best Cosplay @ Comic-Con 2022

The Best Cosplay @ Comic-Con 2022

It’s been a while since Sneaky Zebra have attended New York Comic-Con, but they made it this year and shot this great video featuring some of the best cosplayers strutting their stuff. It’s one of the few spots where you can catch She-Hulk, Din Djarin, Doctor Strange, and Buzz Lightyear in the same place… except Disney+.

Gato Short Stubby Screwdriver

Gato Short Stubby Screwdriver
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This palm-sized screwdriver from Gato Tools is great for getting into tight spaces. It has both flat and Phillips drivers set into a stainless steel holder with a knurled grip. It’s compact and inexpensive enough that you can keep one each in your backpack, toolbox, junk drawer, and glovebox.

32 Stepper Motor Orchestra

32 Stepper Motor Orchestra

A 32-piece orchestra needs need a pretty big stage for all of those musicians and their instruments. Jonathan Kayne has solved this problem by replacing those pesky humans with stepper motors. The members of his band never talk back, and they play everything from All-Star to Piano Man to The Mandalorian theme.

It Came from the Fridge

It Came from the Fridge

After a man gets he gets a new refrigerator installed, he finds a surprise lurking inside. Joel Haver, Trent Lenkarski, and Justin Roiland teamed up for this hilariously warped animated skit about a misunderstood creature not unlike a Gremlin, E.T., or Johnny 5. Strike that; it’s nothing like any of them.

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