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Ray-Blunderbuss Available: It's What The Refined Astronauts Use
We're all familiar with the sexy-as-hell ray gun collection from Weta. Well, now your very own ray-blunderbuss is available for pre-order. This ray gun is packing one hell of a muzzle, and if it's anything like its ancestor, this thing is going to spray death rays all over your enemies' faces. Prices for the “The Unnatural Selector" range from $4,500 to $7,900. [Weatanz]
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Why Nature Prefers a Small Man to Mate with a Big Woman
If you watch enough TV, you get the idea that the ideal mating combination is a skinny little woman and a burly man. But a new evolutionary study published in American Naturalist shows that's not what nature intended. In fact, the humble New Zealand weta (a relative of the cricket) demonstrates that evolution often pushes in the other direction: Only the smallest and most nimble weta males get to score with the sexy weta ladies who are twice their size. How could tiny males impress the weta females? More » -
Kiwi Togs For Justice Leaguers
Producer Barrie Osborne let the news slip that the New Zealand based WETA Workshop will be designing the costumes for the upcoming Justice League movie. Additional WETA Digital will be working on some of the digital effects, if they have time. While the costume part should lead to some awesome results (we can't wait to see what the new Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman costumes will look like), it's the "if they have time" for the digital effects part that alarms us.
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