Fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas will enjoy this cuckoo clock from The Bradford Exchange. It is pretty creepy, and a bit busy, just like any Tim Burton production.
It has Jack Skellington and Sally in front of the Town Hall and Jack’s Tower. It also lights up. The windows of Jack’s Tower, the ghosts and pumpkins all illuminate. However, this is a cuckoo clock is without an actual cuckoo on the hour. Instead, it plays “This is Halloween” while Zero pops in and out of the doors on top. Crazy right?
It even has characters swinging on the weights. There are worse ways to spend $200. Display it all year round, not just at Christmas or Halloween.
It’s that time of the year again – a very long time before Thanksgiving – so we’re all getting ready to celebrate Christmas! This Nightmare Before Christmas Minecraft rollercoaster is the perfect way for me to kick off my celebratory events. I can only imagine how long this project took, as the rollercoaster has an incredible amount of detail and lasts for more than five minutes! Update: I stopped imagining and checked the YouTube description – several builders took two and a half months in order to complete this project! That’s three and six tenths of the time that it takes for a woman to go through pregnancy!
The kids sit ’round the fireplace, and you gather them near – yelling and snapping and flicking their ears. Watch a movie, you say, with the utmost delight – what the children believe, is a Christmas fright. – “Tim” Edgar Allen Amy Poehler
All of the design in this coaster is professionally done, and the characters are really brought to life. Not only that, but all of this is done on an incredible scale. The builders, of course, have stereotypical Minecraft-guy YouTube usernames: Rivergrl21, Nuro, WayHighMinecraftGuy, Vinny8Ball666, AnOldBum, Nycwatcherable, and DrWrebagzhoe. My bet: DrWrebagzhoe is nothing more than a dentist, if that. He can probably write prescriptions about as legally as these guys can build an X-Ray gun. Hint: you aren’t allowed to build lethal X-Ray guns. Anymore.
This Minecraft rollercoaster is an amazing creation in itself, and will be that much more special to fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas. And, now… the moment you’ve all been waiting for… I will attempt to hang 30 binder clips from my armpit hair the rollercoaster ride-in video is below!
Even if you did little more than get seasick and spit up during that video, you have to appreciate all of the work that was put into this creation. Think of how many blocks were placed! Think of how many dubstep versions of Halloween they had to sift through!
If you’re still hungry for more interwebz chow, check out the Minecraft version of Man of Steel! If you’re not into unrealistic superheros with bad rock allergies, then cuddle up with the life-size Creeper cushion, which (supposedly) will not explode. (It’s a marketing tactic – no one would buy it if they said straight out that it explodes.)
My favorite part of Tim Burton’s cult classic Mars Attacks! (besides every scene with Jack Nicholson in it) is the part where grandma’s Indian Love Call yodeling record is discovered to be the Achilles’ heel of the invaders, blowing their heads to smithereens. I always felt my head about to explode whenever that Slim Whitman commercial came on the TV too. Now you can have a constant reminder of those giant-craniumed aliens hanging on your Christmas tree.
Collectibles company Gentle Giant created this detailed, limited-edition holiday ornament based on the movie aliens, but also in tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Topps Mars Attacks trading cards which inspired Burton’s flick.
You can order the Mars Attacks! alien ornament over at Urban Collector now for $40.99(USD). It’s supposed to ship in 3 to 4 weeks, so you should have it in time for the holidays. Slim Whitman record sold separately.
I’m really looking forward to checking out Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie. Early buzz is that it’s pretty great, and I just love Burton’s dark humor and animation style for his latest Disney flick. While we wait to get to the theater to check it out, why not relax and enjoy some cupcakes? I think I will…
These truly impressive Frankenweenie cupcakes were made by Death By Cupcakes, and feature the likenesses of all the major characters from the movie, including Mr. Rzykruski, Nassor, Elsa, Edgar, Victor, Persephone, Toshiaki, Weird Girl, and of coruse, Sparky the dog.
Each cupcake was lovingly hand-painted with incredibly accurate detail, and if they taste 1/10th as delicious as they look, I’d eat the whole plate if I could. Then I’d try to bring them back to life by jolting them with electricity them so I could eat them all over again.
The following Tim Burton Pokemon re-designs stand as proof that creativity has not limits and that it can cross genres with great ease.
It is safe to say that Tim Burton has by now a recognizable style, at least as far as his animation movies are concerned. Therefore, following a few ... Continue Reading on Walyou
You all know Tim Burton as the only man on planet earth who can make an animated nine year-old child give a grown man nightmares. (Yes, I’m talking about Frankenweenie.) On an unrelated note, you probably also know a man named M. Night Shyamalan, who is the only guy who can put a (un-satisfying) twist ending into every single one of his movies. Anyone see that movie Devil? SPOILER: It was the old lady, who died almost halfway through the movie.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy these Pokemon characters drawn like Tim Burton would have imagined them.
These were done by a Tumblr guy named Hat Boy, who is currently drawing Pidgey in the style of Tim Burton. (He’s just going in numerical order.) The above is a rather mutated, frustrated Venusaur that the frightful person himself would approve of. I’ll tell you what, though: if that came ouf of a Pokeball, I think you could win most battles by default.
This Tim Burton-like representation of Charmeleon is one of my favorites that HatBoy has created. Why? It reminds me of the two little guys from the Hercules Disney movie. It also reminds me to plug in my nightlight, since I am now afraid of what I may find under my bed. Hint: my bum brother-in-law wielding a pack of opened matches.
Here’s our little buddy Squirtle, complete with creepy dot nostrils characteristic of Tim Burton characters. I’m done giving myself the heebie-jeebies, so you should probably go check out something else weird like the Q*bert Pillow. Or, if you’re drawn more to the Pokemon side of things, take a look at these custom Pokemon onesies. For adults.
This super awesome post was written by Jack, lead blogger at Cool Gizmo Toys. Jack puts together lists to help geeks quickly find the stuff that they love, and has a free eBook that you can get today!
