It took Patrick Acton 420,000 matchsticks and the best part of three years to create this scale model of the city of Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings.
Meh.
It’s not bad.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
(Escalated by Diddley)
Kidding.
“Bono could have been a president or prime minister standing on his head. He had an absolutely natural gift for politicking, was great with people, very smart and an inspirational speaker … motivated by an abundant desire to keep on improving, never really content or relaxed. I knew he would work with George [W. Bush] well, and with none of the prissy disdain of most of his ilk”. (Tony Blair: A Journey, p555)
Blair: Bono Could Be ‘President Or Prime Minister’ (Spinner.Ca)
So it’s come to this. Fifteen hardy bucks from Tipperary (one of their more svelte candidates above) against the unstoppable stick-fighting supremos from Kilkenny.
Search us. Do we look like Marty Morrissey?
Who’s sick and tired of Beanie Babies? Designer Patricia Waller, for one. Check out her range of morbid plushies here.
Wait till you see ‘slaughtered-Bambi’ and ‘meat-grinder-Miss-Piggy’. Nice.
From Rolling Stone’s rather excellent behind the scenes Mad Men photoshoot. Check out the whole set here: none of which – mercifully – landed on the desk of the photo-editor who created the now famously mong-tastic front cover.
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ba1BqJ4S2M&feature=player_embedded
Sylvester Stallone had his fun with YouTube recently. But these guys have their ‘sticky marketing’ technique finely-honed.
Plus, it’s fully interactive.
Proceed with caution: extreme risk of time-wasting.
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