this new grand piano lego set (21323) is legitimately pretty frickin extraordinary.  it’s by scale identical to a grand piano (almost), and all the insides mirror a real one... but the kicker... it actually plays. and you can do neat stuff with the lego app on your phone and it will play it on the lego set automatically.  this is like a true piece of art. incredible stuff.  $350 buckaroos.  buy it HERE on lego.com

i love the art of nicolas delort.  he does a lot of these black and white etching style prints of movies and pop culture and stuff.  he is very talented and i’ve posted his stuff on this site a few times before.  his nosferatu movie poster is my favorite for sure: HERE.  unfortunately it’s hard to find at a reasonable price.  i still regret not purchasing it for like £70 or something way back when when it first got released.  anyway, he’s very talented and rarely does color prints.  but he did for this fifty nine parks prints program.  HERE’s the site.  not sure what this site is for specifically, but it has a lot of neat prints promoting different parks around the us.  other good artists include dan mccarthy as well.  anyway, get the arches national park ones by nicolas delort HERE (night) or HERE (day).

these street carving maps of cities are pretty cool, i think?  it’s hard to tell from pictures, honestly, but at first glance it seems cool.  and they are made individually one by one, so that’s cool too.  there are a bunch of cities available HERE, but the one pictured above is of seoul, korea and is available for purchase for $115 HERE.

this is pretty sweet.  laser 3d printed post-it notes?  where you just use it as a notetaker something, but then eventually reveals these badass paper art pieces!  it is pretty cool.  had to include the gif above to truly explain it, but my favorite is the piano, so i’m including pics of that one here as well.  buy the piano one HERE.

BEAUTIFUL!!!  SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS though!  but... beautiful!!  aaaugh.  buy it HERE on October 1, 2019!

these shirts are a great idea...  the old school upper left corner box on comic book covers.  pretty cool.  totally would get it... but at $25 and without knowing how good the quality of the shirts are...?  i don’t know, my cheap ass self is questioning.  anyway there are a shit load of these available HERE.  the pictures highlighted here are just some of my favorites of the bunch... the ones that yielded the most nostalgia as i scrolled down the page

this is pretty cool? i wish i could upload the video of the ad i saw on facebook, but i can’t figure it out.  anyway, it moves around and stuff.  there’s a spidey, cap, and iron-man.  buy them HERE for like $17!  what a steal?

i have to admit, this is kinda neat.  subscription model to receive a different country’s snacks every month... different countries each month, various selection of sweet and savory... looks like a deal.  subscribe HERE.

i’m not sure if this is cool or not.  definitely kinda pretentious and show-offy.  just like the “city-logue” thing they are selling on the same website.  like, “whee look at me, look at how cultured i am...!”  but on the other hand it is kinda neat to keep track of that stuff and to have little mini minimalist posters...  who knows.  anyway, buy it HERE.  the city-logue one HERE.  main site HERE

star wars themed empire strikes back christmas sweater.  need i say more?  buy it HERE.  also, check out more nerdy themed christmas sweaters HERE at merchoid

kinda cool, particularly if you want to show off to all of your poorer friends all the neat places you’ve been to.  buy it HERE (on sale!)

what can i say, i’m a fan of maps to hang on walls

this is badass!  $30 marked down from $200 on this random site: olrik.  

act fast people!  $20 for only 3 more hours!  magnets are cool!  buy it HERE

check out this video for the lego technic series’ mack anthem truck.  the level of detail on these legos are incredible.  if i could go back in time and redo my life, i’d probably pursue becoming a lego master builder and work for lego a such.  i wish i had the skillset to do that.  anyway seems to be priced around $180.  buy it HERE at lego store, HERE at target, and HERE at amazon.  learn more about it HERE

these vango paint by numbers kits are pretty darn cool, but will i have the patience, know-how, and expertise to actually finish it through?  looks pretty hard... and requires a lot of patience, even though it is “paint by numbers.”  i can’t even finish my “adult coloring books.”  anyway, you can buy these cool kits HERE on this paradigm goods site (which also sells other random neat things) or the direct vango paintings site HERE.  they are on sale currently!

sweet bed!  if the mattress is comfy, for sure i would get it...  buy it HERE for $600 or so.  though if you look at the comments (which i am always hesitant to do) and if you go to the buy it now link (which takes you to a random japanese page) and if you look closely at the photos (looks pretty shopped)... it could be a scam.  idk.  conceptually looks like it could be a winner

the first one, called “dragon hunter” is a lovely 150x75cm piece by super master artist kim jung gi.  you can buy it HERE for 500 euros.  pricey, but might be worth it?  or if not, get something more affordable (the second lovely print) HERE.  it’s called “tiger’s teaching” and is 30x40cm.  see more random prints and books and other stuff for sale HERE.

this guy is the man.  he has a lovely sketching style that is unique and his detail is impeccable.  the guy defies the “regular standards” of art “how-to’s.”  he doesn’t even sketch with a pencil first!  it’s like he knows exactly what he wants to draw before even putting pen to paper.  see his videos on his instagram HERE (imo his instagram account has the best timelapse videos).  see his youtube videos HERE.  learn about his workshops, books for sale, and original art for sale HERE.  worth the time to surf a little on the nets