Hawkin’s Bazaar is a place to pick up geeky gadgets for gifts for friends or as a treat to yourself. They’re the sort of company you’d expect would have something to say for May the 4th be With You. They did. Check out the Star Wars Day Name Generator. To discover your own Star Wars […]
Articles by Andrew Girdwood
Recently, Andrew Girdwood has been covering topics like Geek Stuff, Anime, and Movies for Geek Native.
Star Wars Day: Free loot at Think Geek
The monkeys at Think Geek are marking Star Wars day again. This time orders over $30 in the US and Canada will get this free BB-8 pin badge. Not in North America? Fear not. The May the 4th event still includes over 200 Star Wars items with discounts ranging from 20% to 60%. To get […]
Adult Pokemon battles: A review of Blade Dance of the Elementalers
Blade Dance of the Elementalers begins with fan service – except we don’t know the characters yet so it’s more ‘service’ and less ‘fan’. That sets the tone for the series and suits the outro song about knee high socks. It’s easy to poke fun at Blade Dance of the Elementalers. So many of the […]
Terror dog shaming
So we know about dog shaming. We also know about dice shaming as that’s a thing too. What about terror dog shaming? Thankfully Jason Farmer has that in hand for us. These two Class 6 possessing spirits, Zuul and Vinz Clortho, are naughty puppies.
Incredible Black Panter sixth scale figure
[I need this!] Did Black Panther rock Captain America: Civil War for you? Just wait until he gets his own movie. In the meantime you can get ahead of the curve and book yourself a Black Panther model from HotToys before everyone else does. We’re talking about a figure that’s about 31cm tall, has 6 […]
They look like us! A review of the live action Parasyte movie
I rather liked the Parasyte anime, especially the start of the series when we were discovering all about the alien invasion and everything was going so badly wrong. I thought the ending was a bit luke warm but since the live action adaption of the series is split into two I knew I wouldn’t have […]
Mathematically this is as many sides dice can have
You can’t have more faces on a die without losing symmetry and becoming a broken dice. The d120 is as large as you can go. Opposite faces add up to 121. The dice is the creation of the The Dice Lab. A single die will cost you $12 whereas a set of five sets you […]
Flash offer: Marvel Zbox
At a guess Zavvi found success by making only 500 copies of their anniversary Pokemon Pokebox available. How can I tell? They’re doing even more, super limited, deals on ‘Marvel Day’ with Civil War zboxes. Okay, if the offer isn’t on the site by the time you’ve clicked through it means it’s already gone. Sold […]
5 incredible LARP costumes from Monster Bau
The German site LARP-Monster Bau has an impressive collection of LARP costumes on display. It’s possible to see how most of these Hollywood-level costumes were made too and that’s a lovely touch. As someone who’s tried to creep through a dark wood while in full LARP mode I can promise you none of these horrors are […]
Pokemon plant pots!
[I need these] Level 3 cute alert! Check out these 3d printed Bulbasaur planters. They’ll ship to anywhere in the world and look after your little seedlings while they grow this summer. Perfect for a window sill, right? These Pokemon plant pots are the work of Etsy retailer 3DUniPrint who has a collection of interesting […]
