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Terrifying ‘Realistic’ LEGO Minifig: Everything Is Not Awesome

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Because a pleasant night’s sleep void of nightmares is overrated, model builder and YouTuber North of the Border went and crafted this ‘realistic’ LEGO minifig, complete with a terrifying face and unholy finger and toenails. I think it goes without saying, but my wife is going to be annoyed that I insist on sleeping with the lights on tonight.

Those eyes. That mouth. Those nails! Nothing about this is okay, and I really wish North of the Border would have reconsidered the project before going through with it, and that the website I saw it at reconsidered before posting it. Yet here we are. I don’t like it here.

Well, at least it doesn’t move. At least there’s that. And don’t let that give you any new project ideas! Good lord – could you imagine this little creeper crawling out of your toy chest and sprinting across the room to the foot of your bed right when you’re about to turn the lights off for the night? Sweet dreams!

[via Neatorama]

Pikachu Centipede Body Pillows: Gotta Catch ‘Em Aaaaah!

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What has a Pikachu head, entirely too many body segments, and nobody asked for? If you answered a Pikachu centipede body pillow, then you’re correct. Available from Chinese online retailer AliExpress, falling asleep with one of these ‘Very Long Pikachu Insect Plushes’ can almost guarantee a poor night’s sleep filled entirely with nightmares.

Available in four sizes (85cm, 1.1m, 1.4m, and 1.7m), the Creepachus cost between $21 and $90 depending on length, and I have the sneaking suspicion they’re not actually officially licensed products from Nintendo. Or a product that should exist at all for that matter.

Who comes up with this stuff? ‘You know what the world needs? Pikachu centipede body pillows,’ somebody actually thought to themselves before going the distance and having them manufactured. I mean that’s something I wouldn’t imagine even in my wildest dreams, and let me tell you – I’ve had some wild dreams. The things I’ve seen! But never ever a Pikachu centipede body pillow, just so we’re clear.

[via ComicBook]

Disney’s Humanoid Robot with ‘Lifelike Gaze’ Is the Stuff of Nightmares

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Because sometimes you need to diversify your assets and Disney has decided it wants to add some nightmare fuel to its portfolio, they recently posted a video of a humanoid robot developed by its research division with a “realistic and interactive lifelike gaze.” Yikes. If that’s a lifelike gaze, I’m cool with a completely unrealistic robotic gaze from now on.

The purpose behind the development of the robotic system was to create “an interaction which demonstrates the illusion of life.” The humanoid bust is capable of perceiving people in its environment and identifying a person of interest to interact with based on their own actions. It then “selects an appropriate gaze behavior, and executes high, fidelity motions to respond to the stimuli,” using motors and mechanisms that mimic those in actual humans. I don’t know about you, but I’m terrified.

Obviously, Disney should have put some skin and lips and cheeks and eyelids and eyebrows and ears and a neck on this robotic bust first, because as lifelike as its gaze may be, it’s really hard to look past the rest of the killer robot to even notice the eyes, which, just for the record, I’m fairly certain never expressed anything but murder.

[DisneyResearch via BoingBoing]

Monopoly Longest Game Ever Edition Sounds Like A Nightmare

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This is the Amazon exclusive Monopoly Longest Game Ever Edition (affiliate link). The game doesn’t end for anyone when they go bankrupt; oh no, the game only ends when a single player owns every single property on the board – of which there are three times more than in a regular game. I can already feel my blood boiling and me flipping the board in rage.

Did I mention there’s only one die to roll, so there’s no more rolling doubles, and you’re stuck crawling around the board at a snail’s pace? I kid you not; my right eye started twitching when I read that it made me so angry. I think I’m going to be sick.

No word how long a game is actually expected to last, but I imagine about half the time it takes a plastic bag to fully decompose in a landfill. And as if regular Monopoly wasn’t already bad enough at ruining game nights for decades, they should just call this edition what it really is: Monopoly Ultimate Destroyer of Families and Friendships Edition.

[via This Is Why I’m Broke]

Tickle Me Elmo with Its Fur Removed Will Haunt Your Nightmares

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What in the unholy hell of puppetry!? I won’t be getting any sleep tonight after seeing this bit of nightmare fuel – and neither will you. To prepare for their upcoming summer camp, the Canada Science and Technology Museum Science Mobile team removed a Tickle Me Elmo doll’s red fur and proceeded to tickle it.


What sick bastards! So they skinned a helpless Sesame Street animal and then tickled it’s skeleton. Did they know it would be this creepy and weird? Did they know that they would be responsible for millions of nightmares worldwide? I’m pretty sure they did.

Warning, this can’t be unseen, so keep that in mind before you hit play:

I have no idea. I just know that watching his plastic skeleton uncontrollably giggle and wiggle around is something I need to wash from my brain. And it just gets worse, as skinless Elmo has now been joined by skinless Cookie Monster:

[via Digg via Laughing Squid]

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