‘Celebrity’ by Chinese retouch artist Chunlong Sun – portraits of controversial leaders (Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and Mobutu Sese Seke) gleaning adorable solace from plush toys.
Playdate!
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Ivanovich’s favourite toy, a rubber chicken, has fallen into the sink.
The bin has no lid.
Ivanovich has poor short-term memory.
It’s a story old as time.
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TST Advance, which sells these cuddly peracarid crustaceans on Amazon for €25.75 (plus shipping from Japan) sez:
Giant isopods (daiogusokumushi in Japanese) are passionately loved by some people now in Japan. This giant isopod doll has become less grotesque than real ones. The doll has cute round eyes and is very soft and comfortable to the touch.
Quite.
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UK vehicle builders Attitude Autos’ adult sized, drivable version of the classic Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, constructed on the chassis of a Daewoo Matiz, stripped, remodelled and repainted in the trademark red and yellow livery of its plastic progenitor.
Unlike the original, this one is capable of what one can only assume to be an utterly terrifying 70mph.
Possibly not official merchandise.
Here.
Stop that.
Spotted in the window of shop on Mountpleasant Avenue, Rathmines).
(Thanks Mick Flavin)
Mrs McGettrick o fMrs McGettrick‘s Fuggler Emporium adds glass eyes and fake human teeth to her handmade cuddly plush dolls (€20 – €40 each) for the express purpose of haunting your nightmares.
She explained to Reddit how she was offered real children’s teeth by friends, but drew the line there.
Youtuber MikeDiva‘s version of the most terrifying Furby commercial never made.
