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Desert Bus Drive Your Own Adventure Trilogy: Las Vegas or Bust – Tucson or Bust – There and Back Again, set 3
“It is early morning, you’re arriving for your shift at the main bus depot in Tucson, Arizona.” So begins the gripping tale of a bus’ 45 mph journey across the shimmering desert expanse between Tucson, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.
The narrative invites the reader to experience in full and seemingly endless detail the adventure of Desert Bus, in over 1,000 glorious pages of sand-covered monotony. Get this 3 volume set and choose for yourself how the adventure will end. The books stand 10.25″ tall and 7″ wide, a proud and gleaming addition to any collector’s shelves. And just how does one create a trilogy like this?
-Play Desert Bus at hyperspeed to obtain screen shots required
-Create a flowchart for each book, to keep track of which pages link where.
-Save out all pages individually in photoshop changing the screen shots and text so the pages link together (Book 1 & 2 took 10+ each, Book 2 took 5-6 hours). In this part Elomin was checking four different programs at once to make sure there wasn’t a mistake (though one or two still snuck through).
- Have printed by Ka-Blam! Digital Printing
NOTE: Elomin Sha is sweetening this pig! If this lot auctions for over $1000, the winner will have input in Elomin Sha’s Desert Bus 6 project.
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laser-cut acrylic Desert Bus MtG card holder – Magic All Up In This Bus!
The making of this item brought about not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR laser-induced fires… for the children, of course. And now this pyromaniac of a bus can be yours. Just to make the whole thing even more awesome, it’s been cut to perfectly fit Magic cards (or any kind of cards). We haven’t actually counted how many cards will fit into the holder, but we can confidently say that it will hold a busload.
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Counted Cross Stitch Pac Man Map, framed AND cross stitched Pac Man buttons
There’s an aesthetic delight to a nice Pac Man map, all those yummy dots and tidy blue lines. It’s the sort of thing you might just want to put on your wall… and now you can. This perfectly detailed, painstakingly stitched piece is fully framed and ready for display. Amanda – the crafter – has been doing fiber related crafts since the age of 5, so no wonder this looks so perfect! And for even more Pac Man display possibilities, the winner of this piece will also recieve a set of five cross stitche Pac Man buttons, made by crafter Rebel Katx, who has also been cross stitching for most of her life. The buttons are fully function ready to be sewn onto bag or garment and proudly displayed. Materials (framed map): Black 14X14 Aida cloth, DMC 100% Cotton Floss; Materials (buttons): 14 count Aida, Sewing Floss, Hemline Buttons
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NCR 1st Recon Beret
Never sure what to wear when you get up in the morning? We’ll give you a helpful hint: ANY outfit will be improved by this snazzy beret. Made of red wool, with the patch and leather trim beautifully hand stitched in place, you’ll be the envy of everyone not wearing this beret. Which… will be everyone who’s not you. And did we mention that it’s been on Paul’s head? There’s really no way to lose in this jaunty cap. Materials: wool, leather, cotton, thread
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Majora’s Mask laptop bag
Last year she gave us those remarkable Ramona Flowers starbags, this year crafter Toenolla gives us this incredible match up between applique, quilting and doing a jigsaw puzzle. As she describes it, “The front of the bag is a felt mosaic. Each piece was cut from felt or fleece, using the laser cutter at Dallas Makerspace, the hackerspace in Dallas, Texas. I edged and assembled around two hundred pieces by hand to construct the design.” LASERS, you guys. This bag was made with lasers. Toenolla also mentions that she’s been waiting quite some time to do something craftsy with the Majora’s Mask motif, one of her favourite pieces of game art.
As well as what you see on the outside, the bag contains the following interior pockets:
zippered laptop pocket (14″)
netbook, tablet, or ebook pocket (8″)
smartphone pocket
pen pocket.
Materials:
Front: Laser-cut felt and fleece.
Bag: Felt, fleece, cotton, heavyweight interfacing
70″ adjustable strap
Photos courtesy Nicole Greeley
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glass Aperture Science coasters
We do what we must because we can, and what you can do is bid on this fabulous set of coasters, featuring the Aperture Science logo. They can be used for any and all beverages, but we particularly recommend them for tea… with cake.
The coasters are lovingly crafted by Helen Cowart, who enjoys making art glass that is both functional and beautiful. Her work incorporates precious metals, glass, enamels – whatever she can fire in a kiln.
These pieces are made with Bullseye glass and a dichroic metal coating that gives the glass a unique optical property. It was fired 2 times, the first time to a temperature of 1450 degrees F to fuse the glass pieces together and a second lower temperature firing (slumping) to soften the glass into the mold. See? Throwing things in a searing furnace only makes them stronger and more beautiful in the end. So what do you keep shooting us for?
Materials: fused glass and dichroic coating
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Doctor Who Tom Baker scarf
A crafter for life, Arafly taught herself how to knit 2 years ago when she decided her boyfriend needed Tom Baker’s scarf from the original Doctor Who series. This donation is her 3rd scarf, and it took just over a month of knitting nights at work to make. You can wrap it around yourself and possibly several of your closest friends to stay warm (and keep from losing each other). Just be sure not to catch it in the Tardis door!
Materials: Lion Brand Wool-Ease yarn (knitted). Pattern from http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/
Added bonus: in addition to the scarf, you will receive a cross stitched K-9 bookmark made by crafter Sarah Overall. To help you remember the good old days.
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Failed Mama apron
This eye-catching (and fully reversible!) apron features the “failed” Cooking Mama image, eyes flaming with rage in rather the same way that the chicken you forgot about dancing with fire. We don’t guarantee that this apron will help your cooking skills, but It IS certain to improve your food prep wardrobe. As long as you remember not to let it catch fire. Speaking of fire, this would be a good time to put out the flames on that chicken and call for pizza…
Julisana is a programmer in the Twin Cities who loves doing all kinds of crafts. Her current obsession is needlework in honor of her late Great-aunt Marianna (Auntie M), who, along with Julisana’s mother, got her hooked on crafts involving yarn, sewing, and needlework.
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Atlas in Pieces – mosaic breakfast tray
Given that you’re watching Desert Bus and forcing us to keep playing this awful game, we know that you delight in the pain of others. Well when you eat off this stunningly detailed tray, you can joyously contemplate the anguished cries of the artist as she searched for just the right colour for the next mosaic piece, or while she peeled up a bit that didn’t look just riht and went searching through magazine after magazine for a better replacement. Yes, the tray was decorated using magazine ads and other coloured paper, cut up and applied piece by little piece! It is very very thoroughly coated in a protective finish for maximum durability. The tray is approximately 20 inches long, 13 inches wide and stands 9 inches tall. It has folding legs for easy storage when not in use. Materials: bamboo bed tray, acrylic paint, recycled paper and magazines, Mod-podge
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Think Geek Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Pack
It’s a Tauntaun Sleeping bag! Your love of Star Wars no longer has to hold you back from a warm night in a tent! This prize comes with 5 Think Geek T-shirts: Geek, I’m With Genius, You Read My T-Shirt, I never finish anyth, and Keep Out of Direct Sunlight, all size XL, and a Magic D20 of Destiny.
We’d like to thank Johnie Sublett, as he was instrumental in getting us in touch with Think Geek. This lot is in memory of Johnie’s friend Rhateekon Robert Antrim.
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Russ’s Ultimate Gears of War Pack
Do you just LOVE Gears of War? Well you should, it’s a solid series. If you do, this is the set for you. Culled from the personal stash of Russ Pitts, the Ultimate Gears of War pack contains more meaty men than you can shake a stick at, a copy of the first game, signed by Russ, The Gears of War 2 Ultimate Edition (sealed, with book and metal case) and the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition (with book, collectible metal gear and a super rad Marcus Phoenix statue!
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Bulletstorm Christmas Pack
Need something seasonally appropriate? Nothing says Christmas like a limited edition Bulletstorm nutcracker. Yup. We’re not kidding. Also comes with a copy of the game.
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Atlus’ OMG Superlot
If you like Atlus, this is the lot you want to bid on. Junpei’s cap, a Catherine pillowcase, a Luminous Arc business card holder, Persona 4 and Neo Steam t-shirts, the rare Persona 4 Soundtrack side B, and 10 Atlus games: Knights in the Nightmare for DS, Naruto Shippuden: Naruto vs. Sasuke for DS, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for the DS, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure for the DS, Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade for the Wii, Catherine for Xbox 360, The Cursed Crusade for Xbox 360, Divinity 2 for Xbox 360, 101 in 1 Sports for the Wii and 3D Dot Game Heroes for PS3. Phew!
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Kathleen’s Persona Lover’s Superpack
Hand selected by Atlus fangirl Kathleen, this pack is all about Persona! Comes with Junpei’s hat, a Persona 4 t-shirt, a copy of the rare Persona 4 b side soundtrack and a copy of Persona 3 for the PSP. Awesome and essential if you like the Persona series even half as much as Kathleen does
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50 Word Stories Books and T-Shirts
Fans of Tim and microfiction won’t want to miss out on the 50 Word Stories auction! Comes with volume one and two of Tim’s 50 Word Stories books, and a 50 word stories t-shirt. We’ll even get Tim to personalize them for you!
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Larger than Life Wil Wheaton Poster
If you’ve ever looked around your house and thought, “hrm, you know what my decor lacks? A larger than life size recursive Wil Wheaton Poster!” boy do we have the lot for you. Signed by Wil Wheaton and donated by Liz Smith, aka the amazing Dammit Liz, there is an incredible, secret story behind this poster that we’ll only get from Liz in person.
Donated by Liz and by w00tstock!
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JoCo Prize Pack #1
All the CDs and two t-shirts! This pack contains: Artificial Heart (signed), Thing a Week, Best. Concert. Ever, JoCo Looks Back, Smoking Monkey, Skull crusher shirt (large), Code Monkey shirt (2XL)
- This item will be shipped after the event it over. We do not have it here.
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Molly Lewis will write a song for you!
In the spirit of the fabulous Molly Lewis, she will write a song about a subject of your choosing. It will be catchy and entertaining and you will want to share it with ALL of your friends. Molly will post your song to her website and tweet to the world your brilliance, unless of course you are afraid to share your brilliance with the world.
An example of Molly’s work. A commissioned song about“Beards”
http://mollylewis.bandcamp.com/releases
Fine print: We will put you in touch with Molly to discuss the song topic. She will then craft a short song within 30 days (depending on schedule availability). You are free to post and repeat the song, however Molly would still own creative and be able to perform this song at future shows, etc.
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Signed w00tstock Poster – San Diego 2011
A parody of the iconic Abbey Road cover. Donated by the w00tstock crew! Brokered to us by Liz Smith and signed by: Paul & Storm, Adam Savage, Wil Wheaton, Molly Lewis, Amy Berg, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett and MORE!
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Signed MegaCynics Poster
A 17″ x 24″ poster-size print of MegaCynics #50, “Teen Idols”. It is signed by Ken Levine, Tim Schafer, Tom Hall, Chris Avellone, Ash Vickers (the artist), and me, Steven Dengler (the writer). It’s a truly unique piece, one of only eight in existence. One belongs to each the people featured in the comic. One is being auctioned off for DB, one at the CPCA dinner in December.
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The “I hope you like the Guild because this lot is awesome” Lot – 4 Guild Comics signed by the cast of The Guild
What better way to celebrate finally getting Felicia Day to call back into Desert Bus by auctioning off a ton of awesome stuff that Steve Dengler has put together. From an evening Steve spent with The Guild, we present The “I hope you like the Guild because this lot is awesome” Lot… A set of four (4) separate “The Guild” comic books by Dark Horse comics, signed by cast members: 1. “The Guild” Comic, signed on the outside cover by Felecia Day, Jeff Lewis, Sandeep Parikh. Signed (inside) by Sean Becker. 2. “Vork” Comic, signed by Sandeep Parikh and Jeffrey Lewis. 3. “Clara” Comic, signed by Felcia Day and Robin Thorsen, and Kim Evey. 4. “Tink” Comic, signed by Amy Okuda.
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The Obsidian Lot
Everything in this lot is signed by a ton of people who worked each title!
Planescape Torment, “big box” version – PC – VERY RARE – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
Fallout New Vegas – PC – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
Knights of the Old Republic 2 (KOTOR2) – PC – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
Neverwinter Nights 2 – PC – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
Mask of the Betrayer (Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion) – PC – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
Alpha Protocol – PC – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
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The Irrational Lot
System Shock 2 “bog box” version – PC – VERY RARE – signed by Ken Levine; Bioshock – PC – Signed by Ken Levine; Freedom Force – PC – Signed by Ken Levine; Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
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The Brütal Legend Lot
Limited Edition Eddie Riggs Statue – RARE AND EXPENSIVE – Signed by Tim Schafer
Brütal Legend – Xbox 360 – Signed by Tim Schafer
Brütal Legend strategy guide
Brütal Legend T-Shirt (XL)
Brütal Legend Promotional Vinyl Record (Track: “Tainted Coil”)
Set of 7 Brütal Legend stickers
4 different sets of 5 Brütal Legend notecards (20 cards total)
Brütal Legend baby onesie
Brütal Legend mini poster – Signed by Tim Schafer
- please note that the signed statue and posters will be shipped to you separately!
Brütal Legend Zippo Lighter
Brütal Legend Beast Poster – Signed by Tim Schafer
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Astro Boy Original Comic Pages
Two original pages of the Astroboy comic book, from Ken’s time as both artist and writer c.1988. Both pieces are 10” x 14.5” on card stock.
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Marvel Trading Cards – Original Art
Two pieces of original art for an unproduced Marvel trading card set. One featuring Magneto disguised as Professor X, and the second featuring Wolverine and others. Both pieces are 10.5” x 13” on heavy card.
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Space Above and Beyond – Original Cover Art
Original art for Space Above and Beyond Issue #1, unused because it deemed “not spacey enough” and replaced by one with more aliens. 11” x 16” on heavy card.
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World of Warcraft Trading Card – Original Sketch and Artist’s Proof
Original art for the card “Krol Blade” from the WoW Trading Card Game. Also included is the artist’s proof card, identical to the real card, but with no printed card back. 11” x 13.5” on card stock.
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Star Wars MasterVisions Trading Cards
Two giant Star Wars trading cards from the Star Wars MasterVisions set, and 8 Ken Steacy Star Wars cards, all autographed. Including a self-portrait of Ken as R2-D2. Large cards are 6.5” x 10.25”.
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Spider-Man Original Art and Kid’s Book
A page of original art from the Spider-Man book The Chameleon’s Many Faces, with bonus art for the book’s rub-on tattoos. Also includes the book itself!
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Spider-Man Original Art and Kid’s Book 2
A double-page spread of original art from the Marvel “Shimmer” book Ghosts, Ghouls and the Hobgoblin. Also comes with the book!
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Harry Potter Trading Card Original Art
Original sketch for the Harry Potter trading card Through the Trapdoor, and the card itself, signed. 8.5” x 11” on paper.
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World of Warcraft Trading Card – Original Art and Sketch
The original sketch, and the final original art for a WoW TCG card. If we can find the card, we’ll include it too! Sketch and art are 11” x 13.5” on paper and card, respectively.
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Aurora Borealice Book, Print and Original Art
Aurora Borealice is a graphic novel autobiography by Joan Steacy, this lot includes a signed copy of the book, a signed print and a page or original art.
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Spider-Man Original Artist Proof Trading Card
An original art Spider-Man artist proof trading card, from Marvel Beginnings. The size of a card, but an actual, full-colour airbrushed piece.
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Ken Steacy Trading Card Set
Featuring a variety of Ken’s cards. Spawn, The Maxx, Marvel Wildstorms, and even Ken’s own from the 1992 Famous Comic Creators set.
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Original Joker/Harley Print 1 of 2 (IN THE WORLD)
This original print, layout by Alex Horley and pencils by Ken Steacy, is 1 of only 2 made. The other one was painted for the final product. 11.5” x 17.5” on card.
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Original Manga Pages by Kamui Fujiwara
Presented to Ken by the artist, these are original inked pages from a Kamui Fujiwara (the artist of Bastard! and Dragon Quest) manga. 10.75” x 16” on card.
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Uncut Sheet of Marvel Trading Cards
An uncut sheet of Marvel trading cards from 1993, featuring an “Original X-Men” card by Ken Steacy. Also featuring Cyclops, Cable, Wolverine, Professor X and Dark Pheonix; 3 copies of each card’s front and back visible on each side. 19.25” x 26”
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Uncut Sheet of Marvel Masterpieces Trading Cards
An uncut sheet of Marvel Masterpieces trading cards from 1993, featuring every Marvel hero you could ever care about, and many that you don’t. 1993-era representations of each hero on the front, and their first appearance and bio on the back. Pretty amazing. 26” x 38”
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Star Wars Celebration V Poster
Ken’s fantastic Gone with the Wind-inspired Star Wars poster from Celebration V, full poster size. 22” x 34”
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The D&D Mega-Minis Pack!
Do your players need to experience the taste of real fear? Do they need to be dwarfed? Well, if the 5 piece Dragon Collector’s Set of D&D Minatures wasn’t doing enough, this lot also includes the gargantuan Orcas, Prince of Undeath. He’s to scale. A terrifying scale. No longer will your players dare to mock your DM prowess. Also includes a size L D&D T-shirt. Jeremy Petter would approve of this lot.
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From the Vault: Complete… as in all of the From the Vault sets.
For the true magic collector. All four From the Vault sets, three of which are out of print. You get: From the Vault: Legends, From the Vault: Relics, From the Vault: Exiled and From the Vault: Dragons. All foil. Oh yes. So spicy.
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Uncut Foil Uncommon Sheet from Innistrad.
But wait, there’s more! This is an entire uncut sheet from Innistrad. This is uncommon run #1, in foil. The value, priceless. An uncut sheet of Magic cards is incredibly rare, a foil one doubly so. The sheet is 11 cards wide and 11 cards high and measures approximately 28” wide by 39” high. Only suitable for framing on account of how incredible this is. Will be auctioned on Tuesday, November 22nd.
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Fangamer Lot 1
This first lot donated by our good friends at Fangamer features a Pipe Mug (sold out!), a Star Man Hoodie, a Bitboy t-shirt, a Chronmeter shirt and Chozaglyph shirt. Shirts will come in whatever size the winner requests. Please note Fangamer is shipping this prizepack to the winner.
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Magic Cards With Hand Painted Full art by Marshall Sutcliffe
If you play commander at all, you’ll be familiar with staples like Sol Ring, Solemn Simulacrum, Command Tower, Lighting Greaves and Karn Liberated. They’re colourless, they’re great and they’ve been hand painted by our good friend Marshall so they have incredible full art. Wow! These babies will be auctioned at about 6:30 pm on Tuesday, Nov 22! To see more go to http://marshalters.blogspot.com/
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The Escapist “So You Want to be a Games Journalist” Lot
Wow. This is a LOT OF SWAG. This lot includes, but is not limited to: 7 tshirts (Donkey Kong, L.A. Noire, PS3 Kevin Bulter, Sackboy shirt, Cabella survival signed by wrestler Shawn Michaels), a Protoype 2 sweater, a PlayStation Move Sharpshooter, a bliged out gnome that shits money (yes, really), 3 versions of SingStar for PS2, Rift for PC, a pair of ZP imps, 3 import Japanese Blu Ray movies, a guild wars novel, the Red Faction Aramgeddon Soundtrack, DS game collection pouch, an inflatable sword, a super monkey ball banana guard and LOTS LOTS MORE. Oh, also Duke Nukem’s Balls.
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custom built Lightsaber
The lightsaber is an elegant weapon for a more civilized age, and this one is no exception. Custom made by Ian Horner, the Perihelion Dynamics Model 001 is his first custom lightsaber to roll off the line. Powered by 3 AAA batteries, this lightsaber’s blue LED blade lights up, while motion activated swinging and clashing sounds excite the ears.
But the main feature of this device is its hilt, crafted from a genuine Graflex flash handle, the same basis used by the original lightsaber constructors for their designs. And remember, fear of losing this auction leads to bidding. Bidding leads to winning. Winning leads to happiness.
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LRR logo stained glass suncatcher
Remember sunlight? That stuff that shines down from the sky in a bright, yellowish kind of a way during certain hours of the day? That stuff you used to see before you became a hermit, glued to your computer screen watching us dance around like freaks to make money for kids? That stuff. Well, this item will be a beautiful reintroduction to sunlight once the bus has stopped. Featuring the LoadingReadyRun logo, it will catch that amazing sunlight and cast it around the room in beautiful blue fragments, possibly moving you to tears, though that may just be due to the sleep deprivation.
The crafter of this item has been doing Stained Glass since 2006, after taking at course at his university’s Craft Centre. This piece took approximately 40 hours to complete from design to in the box, and was handcrafted from start to finish. The design was taken straight from the LRR logo, with a “random” background based on Photoshop’s Stained Glass filter. The final design size is approximately 18.5” (47cm) and includes pre-installed hangers. Materials: Zinc Came, 60/40 Lead Solder, Copper Foil, Stained Glass, 16Ga Wire (for the hangers)
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Hark! A Vagrant – Signed by Kate Beaton!
Man, do you love Canadian comics? Do you love history? Do you love beautiful books with jolly drawings of Napolean on them? If you do, you’ll love this. A delightful tome that collects some of the funniest comics drawn today! Personalized for Desert Bus!
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11 x 17 Live Sketch by Ken Steacy
Shuster Award winning cartoonist Ken “value added” Steacy draws your choice of subject, live, on camera! I
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Captain America Artist’s Proof Card Original Watercolour Painting
Done in 2011 for Upper Deck!
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The Adam Savage Pack
Contains a mythbusters baseball cap, an Adam Savage talking bobblehead and an autographed picture of Adam & Jamie
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The Jamie Hyneman Pack
Contains a mythbusters hat, a Jamie Hyneman talking bobblehead and an autographed picture of Adam & Jamie
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PA Prize Pack
Donated by the generous folks at Penny Arcade. Contains a copy of the sold out PA board game Gamers vs. Evil and the PA 11th 1/2 anniversary book.
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Child’s Play Charity Dinner 2 Tickets (Lot 1)
Two tickets to the Child’s Play Charity Dinner and Auction in Bellvue, Washington! A truly magnificent black tie affair! Meet Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade, browse and bid on silent auction items while you enjoy hors d’oeuvres, wine, and good company. Dinner and the live auction will commence at 7:30.
The Meydenbauer Center, First Floor Ballroom (11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004)
Date/Time: Silent Auction begins at 6:30 PM, December 8th, 2011, ending between 10 and 11 PM http://store.penny-arcade.com/products/childs-play-2011-auction-dinner-dec-8th
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original Sam Logan artwork & Tanuki Plumber t-shirt
During his call-in to Desert Bus (at 1pm PST on Monday, Nov. 21), we’ll be live auctioning this 11×14 colour drawing by Sam Logan of the wonderful webcomic Sam & Fuzzy. The winning bidder will also get one of these sweet Tanuki Plumber shirts, in their choice of size, style and colour: http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=SNF-TANUKI&Category_Code=SNF
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Signed copy of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a “nerdgasm” – At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed. Signed by the author!
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The Bad Astronomy Live Auction Lot
Holy moly, Phil Plait – the Bad Astronomer himself is calling in and talking about SCIENCE and doing a live auction of some incredible things. In this live auction you will be able to take home: An official NASA Hubble Space Telescope mission patch & sticker, a real meteorite (OMG!!), a Bad Astronomy Surlyramic necklace, a James Web Space Telescope deployable t-shirt AND a copy of Bad Astronomy in Korean
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w00tstock Boston Signed Poster
Signed by Grant Imahara, Adam Savage, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Paul and Storm!
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Who Would Win in a Fight – original art by Leelee Scaldaferri
Here we have two full colour original drawings by the adorably talented Leelee Scaldaferri, creator of the webcomic Name Game. Depicted are Batman and Mr. Freeze in one drawing, and a Cyberman and Iron Man in the other drawing, all duking it out. Who will win? Hang these on your wall and enjoy the everlasting suspense of not knowing how these conflicts of irresistable cuteness resolve.
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Personalized Chuck Taylor Shoes
A blank pair of chuck taylors in your size, sketched on, with a sketch of your favourite character on each shoe!
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ceramic Tardis necklace with Tardis cross-stitched bookmark
The surly but infinitely talented Amy of Surly-Ramics has donated this stunning ceramic pendant displaying the noble blue Tardis flying through space. To make these beautiful pieces, Amy draws an image into the clay. The piece is then fired in the kiln, then colours are added with ceramic glazes, after which the piece is fired again, cooled, strung onto a cord or chain and modeled by lovely ladies.
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The Borderlands Lot of Excitement, Adventure and Surprise!
Our very good friend Mikey Neumann of Gearbox software has coordinated a spectacularly special lot of Borderlands stuff! Comes with: A signed print of the Pandora map only given to Gearbox employees drawn by the Borderlands art team. Only 160 printed, and no one has these at all. It’s also hugenormous, AND a Signed artbook/strategy guide. Can be personalized to the auction winner, which would be pretty sweet.
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Silly Rhymes for Belligerant Children and Geek a Week Cards
Silly Rhymes for Belligerent Children is a book of beautifully illustrated poems and ditties with dark themes and subtle warnings for troublesome kids. It also teaches important vocabulary to youngsters, such as “bryozoa” and salmonella.
The lot also includes two sets of Geek a Week trading cards, cards #1-8 and 9-16, depicting an array of notable and admirable geek personalities. See more details about the cards at http://geekaweek.net/trading-cards/
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Uncut Foil Rare/Mythic Sheet from Innistrad.
But wait, there’s more! This is an entire uncut sheet from Innistrad. This is rare/mythic run #1, in foil. The value, priceless. They’re all there, Snapcaster, Charmbreaker Devils, the Geist… An uncut sheet of Magic cards is incredibly rare, a foil one doubly so. The sheet is 11 cards wide and 11 cards high and measures approximately 28” wide by 39” high. Only suitable for framing on account of how incredible this is. Will be auctioned on Wednesday, November 23rd.
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Nouveau Chell
The art nouveau style is reclaimed in this piece, featuring our favourite potato-gun-wielding heroine in full and vibrant colour. She’s bold, she’s vivacious, and she doesn’t bussing well need your cake anyway.
arch4ngel is a recently graduated graphic designer who likes to combine her predilection for playing way too many video games with all those things she learned in art history class.
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Limited Edition The Darkness II Darkling Statue
Lovingly crafted by Symbiote Studios this limited edition Darkling Staue is number 54 of an extremely limited run of 1800. These figures are not commercially available (ie, you can’t buy them anywhere) and will never be sold. They were created for promotional purposes only and on Desert Bus has one!
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Mario & Luigi pillows
When it’s time to go Goomba hunting, it’s important to be comfortable. Prop yourself up with these snazzy Mario and Luigi pillows to help your posture and your gameplay.
The pillows are made with cotton fabric, quilted together in lots and lots and lots of little squares. They each come with a removable pillow insert.
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Afternoon on Yoshi’s Island
You saw her work in last year’s Craft-Along, with her painting of Link fishing for treasure. Nicole is back this year with more classic video game art. This one captures any idyllic momet in soft pastel hues, with the Yoshis playing and cavorting and having fun. Says Nicole, “‘Afternoon on Yoshi’s Island’ is based on my love for the video game character Yoshi and the SNES game Yoshi’s Island. I think Kamek the Magikoopa just wants to hang out with the Yoshis.”
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Mario Mushroom pixel blanket
No one who watched Desert Bus 4 can forget the Goomba pixel blanket, which instigated an epic bidding war amongst several mighty chat figures. Heather is back again this year with another pixelated bedspread, this time in the form of the classic Mario Mushroom. Wrap this around your shoulders for super powers and the ability to tower over those lowly Goombas. Heather has, in the past, talked about just how arduous it gets putting all those little crocheted squares together in just the right way, and this project presented the same challenges. But making the blanket for the Craft-Along and, as Heather says, “Boom! It had purpose. It would be done! And so it was finished.”
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Uncut Foil Common Sheet from Innistrad.
Yes, you read that right. This is an entire uncut sheet from Innistrad. This is Common/land run #1, in foil. The value, priceless. An uncut sheet of Magic cards is incredibly rare, a foil one doubly so. The sheet is 11 cards wide and 11 cards high and measures approximately 28” wide by 39” high. Only suitable for framing on account of how incredible this is. Will be auctioned on Sunday, November 20th.
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The Mega Zero Punctuation Prize Pack
For the true fan of a certain fast-talking, hat wearing Englishman. Contains a signed ZP Poster, a mated pair of imps, a XL imp hoodie, an “im an assassin tshirt (size XL) a blue knowledge ZP shirt (size XL)!
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Space Sweet Space pillow (with glow-in-the-dark letters & numbers!)
We all want our children (or our nieces, our nephews, our wee cousins) to grow up big and strong, wise and clever and, above all, familiar the magic of classic video games. This pillow helps the little ones with their counting and their ABCs AND their understanding of Space Invaders. Or possibly it will help YOU with your counting and ABCs while reminding you of a favourite old game.
As an extra special feature, the alphabet and numbers are stitched using DMC glow in the dark thread. Once the lights are out, you’ll still be able to recite your ABC’s and 123’s!
The pattern used to make the cross-stitch is a one-of-a-kind designed by Carolyn. The High Score used is the total money raised by Desert Bus last year (info taken from the Desert Bus site) and the Score 1 is the date of this year’s event.
Materials: Black Cashel linen, DMC embroidery floss, black cotton fabric for back of cushion, poly-fil cushion insert.
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Desert Bus Fleece throw
Is one week of Desert Bus a year just not enough? Do you wish you could stare endlessly at that straight, flat road, those empty rows of seats behind you, that mesmerizing pine air freshener? Now you can not only stare at it, you can wrap it around you.
This fleece blanket features the view from the Desert Bus driver cam, fully – even insanely – detailed. You will notice that the driver’s name has not been added; the winner of this item will get to choose a name (up to 8 characters only – gotta keep it realistic!), which Tally will then add to the blanket before it is sent to you. Because, y’know, her mom likes to give her an extra crafting task here and there to make sure she’s keeping busy.
Materials: polar fleece (100% polyester) and other “secret ingredients.” Blanket measures 5×5 feet.
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Desert Bus 5 stained glass suncatcher
If a week of real live Desert Bus hasn’t bored you out of your mind enough, you can also hang this beautiful glass suncatcher in your window as a constant reminder of this week of seemingly everlasting tedium. Actually, the glass catches the light and splashes colour about very attractively – it’s far more interesting to watch than Desert Bus itself.
The crafter of this item has been doing Stained Glass since 2006, after taking at course at his university’s Craft Centre. This piece took approximately 40 hours to complete from design to in the box, and was handcrafted from start to finish. The design was taken straight from the DBH logo, only slightly modified to make the tree bigger and eliminate the text. The final design size is approximately 18.5” (47cm) and includes pre-installed hangers. Materials: Zinc Came, 60/40 Lead Solder, Copper Foil, Stained Glass, 16Ga Wire (for the hangers)
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Steampunk Claw-hand Mk III
We really hate it when that beautiful Tardis cookie jar is juuuuuust out of reach on the highest shelf, don’t you? Give yourself that needed additional armspan and a whole lot of extra style and pizzaz by strapping on this extraordinary Steampunk claw-hand. Did we mention that it’s fully functional? As in, it mimics your own hand’s movements to open, close, grasp items, tap your buddy ever so gently on the shoulder to scare the bussing daylights out of him – all that sort of thing.
Holm informs us that virtually every last bit of the item was salvaged from something else. Bikes, shelves, kitchen blenders; it’s all been recycled.
This is the third in the series and Holm says it is by far his best piece yet.
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Steve Lot 1
Daikatana – PC – VERY RARE – Signed three times by John Romero: on the box, cover, and CD!
Planescape Torment, “big box” version – PC – VERY RARE – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
Anachronox (jewel case) – PC – Signed by Tom Hall
Bioshock – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
Freedom Force – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
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Steve Lot 2
Daikatana – PC – VERY RARE – Signed three times by John Romero: on the box, cover, and CD!
Doom Collector’s Edition – PC – VERY RARE – Signed three times by John Romero: on the cover, sleevr, and CD!
Anachronox (big box) – PC – VERY RARE – Signed by Tom Hall and John Romero
Bioshock – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
Freedom Force – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich – PC – Signed by Ken Levine
Planescape Torment, “small box” version – PC – Signed by Chris Avellone and a ton of the team!
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plush Starcraft II Zergling
In Starcraft, hordes of Zerglings are required to swarm the enemy and win the day on the battlefield. But in real life all you need is one plush Zergling to make your friends squeal in jealousy. This is that Zergling, made from felt, with needle felted accents. Its menacing eyes will make all visitors think twice about tracking mud onto your carpet, or drinking your last coke.
The Zergling is entirely handstitched, with bendable antenae and moveable arms and legs. It’s approximately 8 inches long from nose to tail.
Materials: fleece, polyfil, corridale wool, pipe cleaners
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iPad 2 w/ Scribblenauts Remix Preloaded
One of this year’s premium auction items, Seattle-based 5th Cell really wants you to play Scribblenauts remix on the iPad, and to that end they’ve donated an iPad 2 that comes pre-loaded with Scribblenauts Remix! Will be auctioned off Wednesday at 8:00 pm
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Harry the giant Creepy Doll, with Creepy Doll puppet
He’s big, he’s bold and he loves to make Graham whimper. It’s Harry the giant Creepy Doll, made for and featured in the Commodor Hustle episode Santa Secrets.
He’s made from an upcycled terrycloth bathrobe and a white sweatshirt, filled with approximately two metric bus tonnes of polyfil and some scraps of old t-shirting from when the polyfil ran out. He is named Harry because of a slight visible flaw in the middle of his face which looks a bit like a jagged scar.
Harry comes with a little friend, a Creepy Doll hand puppet, which was the crafted item in Tally’s “How to join the Craft-Along” post back in May. Both come in super handy for freaking out your friends and roommates, and Harry makes a fantastic pillow. In fact, one of his favourite things is to sit behind you while you play video games, and wrap his arms lovingly around your shoulders…
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The Official Desert Bus 5 Poster, the big version
*POSTER IS INCOMPLETE. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR’S DESERT BUS* — While this year we’re making the official poster version of Desert Bus for Hope available for all, we’re still doing a special limited edition 1 of 1 poster sized print. Measuring in at 24” by 36”, this will be the only copy of this poster made and will be shipped to the winner after the event is over.
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Desert Bus Road Scarf Mk. II
Chelsea’s husband has this super annoying habit of wondering aloud whether such and such an item can be made… thus leading Chelsea to feel that she must prove that the specified item can indeed be made, and that she can make it. So when we say “super annoying habit,” we actually mean “super awesome habit,” since it has now led to two of these awesome, epic scarves depicting the road and the colours of Desert Bus.
Chelsea’s aching fingers promise that this will be the final such scarf, though, so this will be your last chance to own one! A good portion of this scarf was actually completed while Chelsea waited in line for panels at PAX Prime, including the LoadingReadyRun panel. Materials: acrylic yarn
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