The above creation, from Kotaku tipster and sculptor Jaime (aka "Kalapusa"), fits in wonderfully with the previously featured realistic—and equally disturbing—Piranha Plant. Oh, and alongside the similarly realistic Blue Shell, it's for sale.

Yes, it's a little tiny. But tiny enough to hang comfortably from a Christmas tree branch, if you have such a thing.

Potentially the most exciting news to come of this particular post is Jaime's plan to create a "realistic Baby Metroid in formaldehyde" for a future product. Uh... awesome?

The attention to detail put into this thing is simply mindblowing. For the cards, Baxter took photos of the cards from Pub Games, imported the images into Adobe Illustrator, recreated them there, added distress marks and imperfections to artificially age them, and had a print shop specially order a parchment card stock to print up three decks.

But wait, there's more. The chips. Made of wood in the video game, Shawn got his father, a Chicago artist, to create ceramic chips by hand. Shawn redrew the Fable guild seal and had a special stamp created for his father to emboss the chips. Then they were deliberately underglazed to make them also appear old and worn. Then comes the box. Shawn's cousin is a furniture maker, so, boom, he built that to specification, included an old oiling technique to finish the wood and give it comparatively aged appearance, too.

In all, the materials cost $400. That's not what raises my eyebrows; it's the fact this was only a two-month project.

Anyway, Lionhead, Microsoft Game Studios, Molyneux, whomever, now you have your prototype. Make it happen. I don't think Shawn's dad and cousin are taking orders for the rest of us anytime soon.

My Hand Made Fable Fortune's Tower Set [Capcom-Unity, thanks Noah L.!]

Owens' built his"Avatar Machine" costume to "[replicate]the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface."

Which means...yeah, you guessed it. "The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment."

That's all well and good, but we just want to know one thing: can you make us one, Marc?

Avatar Machine [Marc Owens, via GameSetWatch]

That, dear readers, is a blue flannel custom made Pokémon-themed menstruation pad. Don't worry, Pikachu won't end up like Sissy Spacek in Carrie, he's on the other side of the battle. I think.

I think. Hell, I'm less qualified to talk about menstruation than I am about Warcraft. I haven't had a serious girlfriend in four years, and she preferred tampons. Handmade, washable menstrual pads seem to be a green alternative to buying up Stayfree and chucking them in the landfill. But Pokémon?

Unbelievable.

Flannel 10.5in Regular Cloth Menstrual Pad - Pokemon w/ Navy Blue [Etsy, via Kreemzeek]

Materials: "His gloves are made of plastic vinyl, his clothes cotton, his body is canvas and linen, his rooster hat is fleece and the star is foam."

There are many more pictures at the link below. Travale says, yes, he is for sale - $150. So this qualifies as a big free ad, but the work is so well done, it also qualifies as art.

Scribblenauts Plush [Rosemary Travale]

European PlayStation forum user Pudgeeagogo post instructions on how to make your own catnip-filled BOY, with yarn color recommendations, in case you or someone you know is skilled enough to make this work. Just - oh noes! - overlook the fact that's a Wiimote in the pic posted to PlayStation.com

FYI, this cat looks strangely like mine. And hell yes I babytalk my cat.

Pudgeeagogo's Noby Noby Boy DIY Amigurumi Boy Cat Toy [Community.EU.PlayStation, thanks Spastic Kewpie]

Unfortunately, UpKnitCreek's not making this available for general sale, as are most homespun game/geek items like this that we usually post. But look at the craftsmanship - and the fact it's accompanied by a Triforce baby blanket, to be packaged up and delivered in a wooden treasure chest. Whichever newborn gets this, he or she is the luckiest baby of 2009. Or ever.

Baby Link [Craftster.org via Geekologie]

Artist Laura Swingle makes the charms; her page features Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt, Zelda, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3, Metroid, and Final Fantasy. She asks that you specify which game you want, but it's not clear if that's from the catalog photo, or from all available NES games. I'm thinking "PICK ANY GAME" means what it says. If you don't pick, she gives you SMB/Duck Hunt.

The charms are about the size of a penny - tasteful and inconspicuous, but great conversation pieces once they're noticed. $12 gets you one, $18 gives you the silver upgrade.

Nintendo NES Game Cartridge Necklace PICK ANY GAME [Etsy via Aeropause]

Sure, this is a big free ad - but Heza's not exactly fish food, and she's got a history on weekends. She's hand-made a Reaver plushie that is just dawwwww-adowable, and she's selling it on eBay for $30 OBO, plus $6 shipping.

So if you dig Starcraft, engines of devastation, fluorescent yellow Ceti eels, or just want to touch something that's touched Heza, run right out and bid it up.

StarCraft Reaver Plushie Toy - Custom Made [eBay]

Coming from a gamer, nothing could say "I Love You" to a mother more than this homemade handbag, which is only $39.99. And if she's a gamer, even better.

Come on, mothers carry around all kinds of silly-looking stuff their kids made. Sure, someone else made this, but you would have too if you thought of it first. And could make handbags.

NES Controller Purse for 8-bit Fashionistas [Technabob via Engadget]

For those who want to say so, yes it is a slow news day. Feel free to point that out in the comments without fear of reprisal - just this once.

What to Do When You are Painting Pottery with Your Girlfriend and Not Playing TF2 [imgur]

Say, if you have a baby, toddler or infant — or simply know someone with extremely tiny hands — and you have some knitting skills, why not whip them up some Mii mittens? The details on how to do something like this are available at Knitty — and look to have been for some time. Why weren't we informed?!

We're sure that a few of you out there gifted with needles and yarn can do the math required to tailor designer Michelle Hotchin's "Miittens" to regular sized human hands. If so, let us know.

Miittens [Knitty - thanks, Greg!]

The pattern has been created by "hugely popular" knitted toy designer Alan Dart, and will produce a sackperson accurate down to the fingers. It looks far better than the official toys we've seen so far, plus it's got love in it.

Debora Bradley, Editor of Simply Knitting said, “Sackboy will be tremendously popular and this is the perfect time of year to knit the little chap. Knitting and customizing him means that he will be utterly unique and a very cool accessory. We’re very lucky to have him in the magazine and we hope that he’ll help to increase the already sizable crossover between the great communities of gamers and knitters, online or not.”

The pattern can be found in issue 49 of Simply Knitting. For those of you worried about being seen buying a knitting mag, fellow Future titles Official PlayStation 4, PSM3, and GamesMaster will also carry the pattern. I plan on snagging a copy myself for my mother, who I will then force into heavy-knitting labor in order to build my eBay empire. Insert evil laughter here.

LittleBIGPlanet gets the Simply Knitting treatment

Alan Dart brings Sackboy to life!

09/12/08

Simply Knitting, the UK’s leading knitting magazine has ventured into new territory, and in a flash of cross-genre inspiration is bringing the star of LittleBIGPlanet ‘Sackboy’ to life!

Perfect for both gamers and knitters, the cute star of LittleBIGPlanet has been given the full treatment by Alan Dart, the hugely popular designer of knitted toys – described as “the Grand Theft Auto of knitting” by Dan Dawkins, Editor of Future games magazine PSM3.

Tying in with the launch of Sony’s groundbreaking new PlayStation 3 game, the unofficial pattern will help you bring to life the knitted hero, building on the game’s near limitless potential for players creating and sharing their own custom-designed objects, ideas and levels.

Sackboy can be completely customised and accessorised within the game, so once you’ve got your knitted Sackboy all sewn up you can photograph your finest creation with your PlayStation Eye to put it into the game itself! Simply Knitting’s very own Sackboy can be seen indulging in a spot of the woollen craft!

On sale now, the knitted toy matches the digital version right down to the fingers, so there should be just enough time to knit a Sackboy for the gamer in your life!

Future’s sister titles Official PlayStation3, PSM3 and GamesMaster will also be featuring Simply Knitting’s knitted wonder in their issues, on sale in December.

Debora Bradley, Editor of Simply Knitting said, “Sackboy will be tremendously popular and this is the perfect time of year to knit the little chap. Knitting and customising him means that he will be utterly unique and a very cool accessory. We’re very lucky to have him in the magazine and we hope that he’ll help to increase the already sizable crossover between the great communities of gamers and knitters, online or not.”

Issue 49 of Simply Knitting is on sale now, priced at £4.49.

ENDS

The Portal Stein [via Geekologie]

What the Armor is made out of is Poster board, what was used was Hot glue gun, masking tape and alot of paint. I started making it 6 days ago, and wanted to be best i can make it.

i just wanted to make it for the movie release and for children to have a hero they can actually see in person :D. I done it because i been a fan of Iron man. I noticed that there nor plans or blue prints to make the armor of Iron man so i made one.

I was looking for something new and unique to crochet, and so I thought "Hey, why not make a little Prinny?" A few hours of mad crocheting and accidents later, I had a Prinny from the popular video game series Disgaea. Then I thought, "Hey, why not make it into a Witzbold?" Another hour of messing around with different yarns later, and I had a little replica of the infamous "Banhammer Wielder" from Kotaku.com, the most popular gaming website on the internet.

And there's even a crocheted ban hammer to go with it. Awwww. It can be yours for the current low low bid of $5.99, which is way, way cheaper than most of the crocheted curiosities we post.

Crocheted Prinny/Witzbold - HANDMADE!