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Why feature a boring ordinary Jack O'Lantern, when you can confront trick-or-treaters with Khan? Or a Xenomorph? Or the incredible cuteness of Totoro? Here are some of our favorite science fiction and fantasy icons, immortalized as glowing pumpkins, to help inspire your own Halloween decorations. More »
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My pumpkin will have the traditional smiley mouth and triangle eyes this year - just like every other year. But those of you who want to get creative can head over to ThinkGeek, and check out their yearly geeky pumpkin template contest. There's a Pac O' Lantern, a Death Star, and Iron Man's glowing chest thing (help me out, here, Marvel folks). Should you be inspired to create a template of your own, there's one more day to go before the deadline passes. More »
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Here's another incredible cyborg pumpkin to inspire your Halloween envy. A Doctor Who fan spent seven hours crafting a Dalek O'Lantern that will have the neighbors hiding behind the couch. And it's just as impressive with the lights on. More »
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One Portal fan created this jack o'lantern based on the talking turrets. This turret even pans left and right in search of targets, although there's no word on whether it politely asks you not to smash it. [via Nerdcore] More »
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This is one astromech droid that will keep you flying. This incredible R2D2 pumpkin is the work of Noel Dickover, the undisputed champion of science-fiction pumpkin carving who gave us the Death Star pumpkin. And check out pumpkin Darth Vader! More »
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If you really want to scare off those jerks who are coming to egg your house, you need a pumpkin with a little more menace than those usual jack o'lanterns. Luckily, you've got just enough time to carve your very own pumpkin replica of the killer robots from Battlestar Galactica, the Cylons, if you start now. EvilMadScientist has painstaking instructions on creating your own dark robo-pumpkin, complete with the trademark back-and-forth glowing eye, thanks to a set of LEDs. But we've also seen some other great villainous pumpkins in the past few days, including a Predator and the Death Star. This Predator pumpkin, from Villafane Studios, is a total work of art, and really intense. You wouldn't want to get your hand too close to this one. And then there's the Death Star pumpkin, which looks pretty doable for the less artistic carvers out there, as long as you can measure and cut in a straight line. Fantasy Pumpkins has a super-detailed set of instructions, so your pumpkin can end up looking like this: [Cylon Jack-O-Lantern, thanks Marilyn] More »
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