Ebi’s custom Kamen Rider Danki.
Based on the Souchaku Henshin Hibiki figure.

Tamabase’s custom Microman weapons and backpacks.
Based on the 500 yen Armored Core Nexus Second Series figures.

Your mother as a metaphor.
“Picture the scene: your mum falls prey to the dubious charms of an ageing businessman, who has only got eyes for her assets. He pawns your toys to pay for the wedding, halves your pocket money, moves his own kids in upstairs and then announces he’s taking her to Florida every bloody summer – for work.” Good grief. Now every Manchester United fan will have the mental image of Malcolm Glazer in flagrante delicto with their mothers.

HRP-2: taiko-drumming robot.
Oni Kamen Rider are going to be obsolete soon.

Busted.
Let’s see the Sun Photoshop itself out of this one.

“Want a piece of me, bub?”

Tempest Blue conquers Mount Ophir.
Very nice pix.

Yusuke’s action figure photos.
Fantastic CG-enhanced pictures.

The Pirate Bay site admin interviewed.
” …some sort of IP laws are probably needed, but that the current ones are well past their due date, and so are the business models of the music/movie/software industry.”

Ninja City, Japan.
“In Ueno City which is about half way between Nagoya and Osaka there is a town called Iga which is famous for it’s rice and sake, but also, for it’s history as a major Ninja training site … All the souvineers in the area are Ninja related. Ninja Senbei. Ninja KeyChains… And Ninja Hello Kitty.”

A Mugenbine take on GaoGaiGar.
LauncherZaurus + MachPtera + OverLigan + MugenBuilder.

Kamen Rider the First official site. [via]
This remake of the original manga is due this November. The bike design is stunning.

Pornography drives technology. [via]
“Far from viewing cyberpornographers as pariahs, society would do well to view them as mountain men and women in the mold of Jedediah Smith, who discovered and opened the passes of the Rockies for entire families to follow west. These early rogues were scruffy and smelly, perhaps not fit for polite society, but they did good service. Though uncivilized, they showed the roads for civilization to follow. We need not let the cyber-pioneers into every home, but society will benefit hugely by letting them roam free.” Eh?