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DIY Iron Man Suit Is Beer Belly Ready, Wrong
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | We have covered quite a bit of DIY Iron Man components–including arc reactors, masks and repulsors–but never an entire DIY suit (unless you count Tony Stark minifigs). Thankfully, we only had to wait to this year’s Comic-Con for it. I was going to headline this “Iron Man: the Retirement Years,” but I’m sure you will come with better options in the comments. Updated: if you thought this was horrible, nothing–and I say nothing–will ever prepare you for the worst nightmare Comic-Con 08 had to offer (Warning: Not Safe for Lunch.) More »
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Halo 3 Scarab Toy is the Best Stroller Ever
9:20AM jenneth | If playing with Halo replica guns is quite beneath you, then check out this battle-damaged Halo 3 scarab. It measures 24 x 24 x 20 inches (large enough to put a small baby on), is covered in Covenant-purple paint, and is the biggest miniature that WizKids has ever made. In the game, it’s “highly resistant to human and Covenant weapons”, so don’t go trying to use that replica gun on it. One lucky Comic-Con attendee got to walk away with this $250 replica. We could recommend using this as an actual stroller, but if some stroller company made one just like this, it’d make baby-having that much more enticing. [WizKids] More »
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Halo 3 Toy Weapons Have Realistic Light, Sound, Recoil, and Vents When Overheated
4:00AM jenneth | Playing make-believe Halo 3 with your friends in the backyard is fun enough with cardboard boxes for helmets and aluminum foil for guns, but what if you had a real replica plasma rifle? Jasman Toys is bringing its line of Halo 3 Covenant (bad guys) weapons with Laser Pursuit technology to Comic-Con this week. Each weapon will have an infrared beam that registers hits on an LCD counter, lights, recoil, and a heating vent that opens up when the thing “overheats”. Very awesome, until you come to the MSRP of $119 for the Plasma Rifle and $79 for the Plasma Pistol. We’ll train our kids to use their imagination. That’s free. [ActionFigureInsider via Xbox360Fanboy] More »
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Xbox 360 HD DVD Price Cut, Free Movies Added
12:20AM jenneth | Today at Comic Con, Microsoft announced that their Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on would drop $20 to $179. We guess they mean “at all retailers” because we’ve seen that price before. In addition, buyers between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 will be able to pick five free movies—though out of a collection of just 15 popular titles. This new deal is similar to the existing $299 player with five free movies offer that’s been out for some time, though obviously the combination of this “price drop” and some free flicks makes for a reasonable upgrade. Personally, I’d rather see Xbox LIVE get a decent downloadable movie collection that consisted of more than Beerfest and Beerfest II: The Hangover. [press release] More »
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