July 10, 2009
This one brings back memories. If it doesn’t for you, here’s what Wikipedia has to say:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car is a children’s book written by Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond) for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was first published in 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London and Random House in New York, and later made into a successful film. It starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious. The film was directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli, best known as co-producer of theJames Bond series of films, also based on Fleming’s novels.
You can download a fun model of the car here. Now, I’m off to add the movie to my Netflix queue.
Posted in Movies, Paper Models, Papercraft | Tagged Broccoli, car, Caractacus Potts, card model, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Van Dyke, flying, Ian Flemming, James Bond, magical, paper model, Papercraft, Papercraft Friday, Truly Scrumptious | Leave a Comment »
July 9, 2009
Liked Morrowind? Couldn’t get enough of Oblivion? Well, Elder Scrolls fans rejoice! Bethesda Software is celebrating the 15th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls franchise by releasing The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall for free. Free is good. Be sure to read the instructions on how to get it to work on modern systems.
The Elder Scrolls: Arena, which was made free for their 10th anniversary, is also still available on the same page.
Posted in Gaming | Tagged 15th anniversary, Bethesda Software, Daggerfall, free, game, Morrowind, Oblivion, software, The Elder Scrolls | Leave a Comment »
July 4, 2009
It’s been a long but fun ride since my clumsy first beginnings on July 4, 2007. My blog readership has grown bigger than I ever expected, and I want to thank everyone who stops by to see what’s new.
Posted in General | Tagged Happy Anniversary, ZarkSeven.com | 2 Comments »
July 3, 2009
In honor of Independence Day here in the United States, today’s papercraft is a new one from Paper-Replica.com. It’s a 4th of July Nutcracker! Fun little patriotic build, not too complicated but some challenging round bits. Enjoy and Happy 4th of July!
Posted in Paper Models, Papercraft | Tagged 4th of July, card model, Independence Day, July 4th, nutcracker, paper model, Papercraft | Leave a Comment »
July 1, 2009
Posted in Funny | Tagged Correspondents, Dinner, Geek, Jock, john hodgman, Nerd, obama, Radio, television, Test, TV | 1 Comment »
June 30, 2009
Posted in Gaming, LEGO | Tagged arcade, asteroids, frogger, LEGO, pac man, tron, video game, videogame, Youtube | Leave a Comment »
June 26, 2009
When pursuing DPileggi’s papercrafts last week after choosing last week’s model, I saw this little number and knew I had to pick it. It’s a Regult Class Zentraedi Battlepod from the anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross, a.k.a Robotech in the U.S. Ah… fond memories. You can download it from DPileggi’s website. It’d go great with the VF-1S Valkyrie from Papercraft Friday #34.
Posted in Paper Models, Papercraft | Tagged Battlepod, card model, DPileggi, Macross, paper model, Papercraft, Robotech, Zentraedi | Leave a Comment »
June 26, 2009
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June 20, 2009
When you’re vacationing in a town with a 3-screen movie theater, your selection of movies to see with da wifey on a night out on the town is pretty limited. This week our choices were: Up which we are seeing with the kids in a few days), Imagine That (which also would be a shame to see without the chillins), and The Hangover. So off we went to the evening showing of The Hangover.
I see so few movies each year in the theaters that I’d probably never pick a movie in the style of The Hangover over other genres, but I checked out the trailer online before we went, and it looked pretty funny. So we grabbed some popcorn (Reel Mountain Theater has one of the best concession stands I’ve ever seen – soooo much to choose from) and settled in for some laughs.
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Posted in Movie Impressions, Movies | Tagged Bradley Cooper, comedy, Ed Helms, Heather Graham, Mike Tyson, Movie Impressions, review, The Hangover, Todd Phillips, Zach Galifianakis | Leave a Comment »
June 19, 2009
As you can imagine, there are a ton of different Star Wars paper models on the internet. I’ve seen many of them, but I’m always on the lookout for things that are unique, not just your standard Death Star or R2-D2. DPileggi has some very interesting models, including this week’s pick, the Star Wars Trade Federation Battle Droid. I think it’s fun because it’s both detailed and very very skinny. Head on over to DPileggi’s site to download it.
Posted in Paper Models, Papercraft, Star Wars | Tagged battle droid, card model, DPileggi, paper model, Papercraft, Star Wars, trade federation | Leave a Comment »
