Thumbs up for These Awesome Fingertip Portraits

Artist Dito Von Tease creates hilarious, yet totally recognizable portraits of famous people and pop culture icons by dressing up and manipulating close-up images of fingertips – including his own.

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These clever images include everyone from Steve Jobs to Mr. T to Pikachu to Alex from A Clockwork Orange. Each one has its own unique charm, but at the end of the day, you’re simply looking at a close up of somebody’s finger. Click on the (literal) thumbnails below to check out some of my favorites:

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Gotta love that Spock. I wonder how he does the whole “Live Long and Prosper” gesture. You can see many more of Dito’s whimsical images over on his website, Ditology.

[via My Modern Met via iPhone Savior]


Disney Super Robot Chogokin: Defender of the Magic Kingdom

As if hanging out with videogame characters wasn’t cool enough, Mickey Mouse and his Disney pals are connecting with geeks even more with the introduction of this awesome Bandai Chogokin action figure.

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As with other super robots, this one is made of smaller robots: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto. It’s possible that there are other elements to the uber-robot that are not included in the gallery below. Either that or Pluto’s doghouse pops out of his butt.

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I wonder if it has a huge keyblade. Kotaku says the action figure will sell for ¥13,440 (~$168 USD). It won’t be available until March 2013, but Bandai will show off a prototype of the action figure at Akihabara UDX from October 26-29, 2012.

[via GetNews via Kotaku]


Softbank unveils Disney-themed Android handset in pink and white

Softbank unveils Disney-themed Android handset in pink and white

Softbank unveiled a bevy of new phones for its winter and spring lineup, and among the raft of new hardware is a Disney Mobile Android handset. Clad with a white or pink back, the smartphone's rear is emblazoned with the smooching likenesses of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, who also make an appearance on live wallpaper. A cutesy motif may pervade the cellphone, but its specs are a sign that the mice can hold their own. The waterproof device packs LTE connectivity, a 4.5-inch display (1280 x 720), 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 13-megapixel camera, 8GB of built-in storage and a microSD expansion slot. Currently, the phone runs on Ice Cream Sandwich, but an update to Jelly Bean is coming down the pike. Unfortunately for avid Mouseketeers in other territories, the mobile is only slated for a launch in the Land of the Rising Sun.

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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two to be unveiled at Comic-Con 2012


Disney Interactive today announced that Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two video game will be featured in a panel at the Comic-Con International 2012 show in San Diego on Sunday, July 15th. ...

Mickey Mouse Found on the Surface of Mercury [Mercury Mouse?]

MIC…KEY….MER…CU…RY. Yep, that stinking song is gonna be stuck in my head all day long now. NASA’s Messenger probe went into orbit around Mercury last March and has shot over 100,000 images of the planet since its mission began. Out of all those pictures, the most interesting is one it’s just been revealed.

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It doesn’t take a genius to realize that in this image, these craters look like Mickey Mouse, with his bulbous ears. Granted it looks like Mickey Mouse with one ear bigger than the other. Messenger is important because it’s the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, the planet closest to our sun. So far the images have been used to give scientists detailed information on the topography of the planet.

The images of also helps shed light on what the mysterious deposits in the permanently shadowed poles of the planet actually are. Some thought the deposits could possibly be ice. Messenger recorded its 100,000th image on May 3, and as far as we know, Mickey is the only Disney character it captured so far.

[via LATimes]


Classic Disney Characters From the Wrong Side of the Tracks

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The world isn’t what it used to be. Sweetness, nativity and everything that seemed so right when you were a child simply don’t carry the entertainment and shock value that darker portrayals and versions do. Like these classic Disney characters – Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Donald and Pluto, looking like they’ve been living ...
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