UK Artist George Townley honors the city of Los Angeles through his vibrant illustrations of the city’s architectural icons. His coffee table book Golden Hour presents more than 100 original works, from LAX airport to the Griffith Observatory to Bob’s Big Boy. The 220-page hardcover book is also available in a Kickstarter edition signed by the artist with a nighttime dust jacket.

Nitecore’s palm-size tactical flashlight is designed for maximum performance. The lightweight MT1C Pro outputs up to 1000 lumens and packs a powerful 18350 rechargeable battery. It has an aluminum body with a hard-anodized finish and is fully sealed to achieve an IP68 waterproof rating. A rim guard ensures its power button won’t accidentally get pressed.

One of the world’s most popular super-premium sipping rums, award-winning Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva is noted for its superlative smoothness and balance. It begins with sugar cane, locally sourced in Venezuela. A unique combo of batch kettle, pot still, and column distillations are at the heart of the refined Diplomatico style.

This jumbo-sized Mario Kart LEGO model has a whopping 1972 pieces, and comes together to build a 12.5″ long version of Mario behind the wheel of his standard racing Kart. Mario has a poseable head and arms, and his kart sits on an angled stand to give it a sense of movement. Pre-orders start shipping 5.15.2025.

We’ve never seen a slingshot as powerful as the one that Cam Engineering built. His shoulder-mounted machine packs an electric winch that draws its 32 latex bands into position with a force of 1100 lb. The resulting firepower from its 1.2 lb. projectile is incredibly destructive. We’d be afraid to hold the thing with all that energy stored up.

No self-respecting sneakerhead would dare miss reading A Pocket Guide to Adidas by Josh Sims. His deep dive into one of the world’s most iconic brands follows the company’s extraordinary rise from a small town in Germany to a three-striped symbol of high performance, design, and influence in the global cultural zeitgeist.

Inspired by local newscasts from the 1990s, Andrew Ball created his own amusing version of the hyperbolic news programs. Ball portrays all the characters, embellishing the newscast with retro graphics and old-school commercial breaks. If you don’t pay attention to the ridiculous stories (and wigs), you might mistake it for an actual broadcast.

Gadget maker MetMo dusts off a vintage vise design and turns it into a product you can buy. The fractal vice’s curved jaws slide on rails, allowing them to grip oddly shaped items with ease. MetMo’s miniature version is available with long (1.2″ max opening) or short jaws (3.2″ max opening), and is made from aluminum with stainless steel or brass jaws.

Many bookshelf speakers have built in amplifiers, but if you want the best sound, pick up a pair of unamplified speakers and connect them with an external amp like the Douk Audio H7 Pro. This compact Class D amp peaks at 300W per channel, and drives 4 or 8 ohm speakers. It has RCA and XLR analog inputs, banana speaker jacks, and retro analog VU meters.

There is irrefutable proof that rats love pizza. Embrace the natural relationship between a rodent and his dinner with this vinyl and plastic toy from Archie McPhee. Mr. Rat rides in a 5.5″ long slice of pepperoni pizza that rolls along the ground when you pull it back. They also make a smaller version for rat racing with friends.

This modular storage system from Klein Tools lets you build your perfect toolbox. Its small, medium, large, compartment, and cooler boxes stack and click together. The biggest box rolls on heavy-duty rubber wheels for easy transportation. Side-mounted add-ons include hooks, racks, bins, and a magnetic tool holder. There’s even a cupholder option.

This music video came out in late 2023 but is too good to ignore. Directed and animated by Everfresh and accompanied by Caravan Palace’s neo-swing track MAD, the hilariously weird clip drops us into a 1930s-style cartoon world where musical cockroaches live in a secret world inside our bodies.

Coffee fiends will go to great lengths to fix the perfect cup of joe. Why hide it in a ceramic mug? Snaw’s elegantly modern coffee cups are made from smoked glass with a mountainous 3D sculpture at the bottom and finished with a walnut wood handle. Holds a hearty 15.2 oz./450 ml of your favorite hot beverage. Sold individually or in discounted sets of 2, 4, or 6 mugs.

Franz Ferdinand is one of our favorite bands, but we never expected the rockers to perform a Britney Spears song. The Scottish showmen dropped by the BBC’s Maida Vale studios in London and brought their unique style to the 2003 hit Toxic, accompanied by a full orchestra.

This weather-resistant travel bag is like a hobo sack for your EDC gear. Its travels well thanks to its drawstring design, and lays flat for easy access to tools when opened. On its 20″ wide surface, you’ll find a zippered pocket and two mesh compartments for organization. Outside, it’s got a hook-and-loop surface for attaching a patch of your choice.

A big part of making a convincing animatronic is giving it eyes that move realistically. In this video, engineer Will Cogley explains how he’s refined a design for an electromechanical set of eyes that look creepy on their own but bring life to puppets. Documentation to make your own is available on Will’s website.