I'd hammer that...

... me too! No wonder Thor and Loki look so... interested. :p Gotta say, Black Widow is looking hawwwttt.... can't wait to see what her 1/6 counterpart looks like :D

MR Stormtrooper Helmet

Got this as a present from wifey ( thanks dear! :)), but didn't have time to get the pics up for it! This is the Master Replicas limited edition "Hero" ANH Stormtrooper Helmet, 1:1 scale. It's cast of the "Hero" i.e more detailed helmet used in the ANH movie which had more details for closeups. MR cast this helmet off a "Stunt" version, as Lucasart wouldn't allow them to tear down the original Hero version helmet of course. But both versions had the same moulding way back then.











The helmet comes with two pairs of lenses (grey and green) and can be swapped out. Interior of the helmet is fully padded too. There were supposed to be 2,500 copies of the helmet made, but only 1,048 finally made it to the market. Interesting to note is that the helmet is asymetrical, much like those used on the screen. (the left side of the helmet seems to be smaller than the right). But this is as the helmets were cast back then. The ABS releases later from MR and eFX were the idealised versions, i.e symmetrical versions. I'm not a purist, so it doesn't bother me! :p








The first 500 pieces also came with a limited lithograph which is pretty cool.... :)









Later eFX also released a same LE version which was identical to the MR version, only major difference was the stand supplied with the helmet.

The Mission to get Osama

Pretty good read here, although it's pretty tough to say what's legit and what's not, since everything's "Top Secret" and hush hush! At most it makes a good script for the next Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer movie, or maybe a side mission in Battlefield 3! ;)
An excerpt :

"Three SEALs in front broke off to clear the guesthouse as the remaining nine blasted through another gate and entered an inner courtyard, which faced the main house. When the smaller unit rounded the corner to face the doors of the guesthouse, they spotted Kuwaiti running inside to warn his wife and children. The Americans’ night-vision goggles cast the scene in pixellated shades of emerald green. Kuwaiti, wearing a white shalwar kameez, had grabbed a weapon and was coming back outside when the SEALs opened fire and killed him.

The nine other SEALs, including Mark, formed three-man units for clearing the inner courtyard. The Americans suspected that several more men were in the house: Kuwaiti’s thirty-three-year-old brother, Abrar; bin Laden’s sons Hamza and Khalid; and bin Laden himself. One SEAL unit had no sooner trod on the paved patio at the house’s front entrance when Abrar—a stocky, mustachioed man in a cream-colored shalwar kameez—appeared with an AK-47. He was shot in the chest and killed, as was his wife, Bushra, who was standing, unarmed, beside him. "

RC Shadowhawk

Ooooo! I'd like to get my hands on this.... and blast people from the sky with Taser rounds, grenades and shotgun blasts! Nyahahaha! :p

" Variants have the option of turbine or piston engine, basic CCD TV optics, FLIR capability, thermal cameras, “fully autonomous avionics” package, laser pointers, illuminators and range finders and—wait for it—37mm or 40mm grenade launchers. There’s also an insert for 12 gauge shotgun rounds with a laser designator. Other options are limited to military users.

Shadowhawk is 7 feet long and weighs 49 lbs with a max speed of 70mph. The turbine model can stay up for 1 hour, the piston model 2 ½. It can launch in 25 knot winds, sustain flight through gusts of 45 knots and keep the camera stable at up to 25 knots"

Read more about this baby here.