Remember those wooden dinosaurs you would build yourself fom plywood? You’d end up with skeletal structures but that was okay because you had been building skeleton dinosaurs all along! Could those wooden skeleton dinosaurs be any better? Imagine if they had motors and could be remote controlled. That’s right; you could have your home built […]
Walk the dinosaur
This picture by Mykly Roventine was made famous by BoingBoing’s Maggie Koerth-Baker. The post is in theory answering a question from a 4 year old who wonders whether any dinosaurs ate both meat and plants. However, the opening comment about Jurassic Park inspiring homemade velociraptor escape plans tapped into an XKCD powered meme.
Primeval: Extinction Event review
I enjoyed Primeval: Extinction Event far more than I thought I would. This is not the case of me judging a book by the cover – that features the character Abby Maitland, played by the actress Hannah Spearrit and would therefore rate very highly – but me worrying too much about the troubled Primeval TV […]
Mini Squishable Cthulhu and friends
I’m a fan of Squishable. I had one sent all the way from the States to Scotland. There’s now a full sized squishable baby panda in the flat. It’s very squishable. It’s also very big. I can see why Squishable have started to do mini squishables. Which three Squishables got the mini treatment first? Why, […]
Axe Cop: the Movie (featuring Dinosaur Soldier)
In the middle of a strange and alien July, in the year 2010, this humble blog brought strange and interesting news. There would be a Doctor McNinja and Axe Cop crossover! Was that the end of the strange story? No! Not at all. Now it looks like we’re faced with the awesome truth of “Axe […]
The great Cthulhusaurus Rex
Some ancient creatures are scarier and rather more cool than others. Some of the most cool and scary creatures are not well known to science, not even to paleontologists. One such creature is the Cuthulhusaurus Rex. You could well say that the Cthulhusaurus Rex has its origins in the internet as it was discovered by […]
An interview with Dan Abnett
Warhammer and 2000 AD geek natives will be familiar with the name Dan Abnett. Marvel and Dark Horse fans will also know him. That’s an impressive tally of geek cred. It is little surprise then that Dan’s one of the big names reached out to by the masterminds behind the relaunch of Primeval. Dan Abnett’s […]
The Avengersaurs
What if the Avengers were also dinosaurs? I’m not entirely sure that’s a “what if” question that gets asked a lot. Geek Native’s traffic logs suggest that quite a few people ask “What if superheroes transformed into women” but I suspect that’s catering to a different mind set entirely! The artist behind this set of […]
Geeky Christmas gift: T-Rex Through Your Wall
How’s this for a Christmas statement? Nothing says “religious holiday” more than a dinosaur bursting its way through your wall. This wall peel and mural is, franky, awesome. Take that decorators! (Shoppy, shoppy, Amazon)
5 amazing marble runs
The marble run is both an art and a science. It’s often amateur carpenters or engineers who are responsible for some of the best creations too; all of them proud geeks at heart. 1. Perimeter Marble Run 2. Motorized Aero Marble Run 3. Magical Marble Maze > 4. Tournament of the Minds’ Marble Run 5. […]
