This is it, Bus-fans! The very last chance to win a Desert Bus silent auction! You guys have been incredible and made so much money for the Children, but we can still go further! Keep bidding, keep giving, and twirling, always twirling!

All of these auctions come from the perilous vaults of Ken “Added Value” Steacy!

• First, Ken’s  donated this sublime geek prize: an ILM commemorative Iron Man pin ONLY given out only to employees who worked on the Iron Man film!
• Next, the tremendous Ken Steacy offers up a junior soccer team pin featuring Spawn! Apparently Todd McFarlane made these for a friend’s kid in the early 90’s. What a guy!
• Finally, Ken is putting two binders full of concept art for Star Wars Episode I, which Ken used as a reference for numerous projects. These are binders to make Mitt Romney blush.

The CERN Awesome Pack goes up for auction in just 30 minutes! OMG.

Also known as the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN has donated some amazing items that are an absolute must for any nuclearphile or aspiring mad scientist!

This pack includes the following items:

• 1 CERN baseball cap
• 1 bracelet inspired by the geometry of the magnetic field surrounding the Large Hadron Collider beam pipes
• 1 keychain containing an ACTUAL piece of LHC superconducting cable
• 2 CERN pens
• 1 CERN lanyard
• 1 CERN compass
• 1 CERN tote bag
• 3 unused CERN punch cards (not available ANYWHERE)
• A Science t-shirt
• A Prestigious Discoveries at CERN book
• A copy of the Flight of the AMS’ Photo book about the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• A copy of “Voyage to the Heart of Matter” pop-up book of the ATLAS experiement
• “The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at the LHC” book
• An adorable plush Higgs Boson particle!

WHEW! HOLY CRAP THAT IS A LOT OF STUFF! GO BID FOR SCIENCE AND THE CHILDREN!

Prepare yourselves! The auction begins at 4:00 PM PST!

Hey Desert Bussers!

Here’s another batch of silent auctions to keep you happy and getting more monies to THE CHILDREN:

• Know that it’s time for murder and whale oil with this Dishonored Clock donated to us by the Escapist! This is a one-of-a-kind game journalist exclusive!
• Radoon has created an incredibly detailed Metroid Cross Stich from Super Metroid on the SNES!  Perfect for the wall of any aspiring Mother Brain!
• We all love Felicia Day, but now you can take her home with this QMX limited edition “Penny” maquette from Dr. Horrible, signed by Felicia, as well as a signed 8×10 of Felicia in full Codex regalia!
• Ken Steacy has donated a set of set of 7 Silver Snail posters which included art by Paul Rivoche, Simon Bisley, Mike Mignola, Peter Moehrle, Michael Kaluta, and of course Ken himself!

Only 29 more minutes until we open bidding on the original Magic the Gathering card art for Fleeting Aven!

The challenge was to depict the true story of Bill’s mom putting Bill on a leash and tying him to a clothes line as a kid. Bill was a weird kid, he ate a frog at some point.

The winner was Morwenna!

Runner up was K.V1NN4!

And here are the rest of the entries!

Man, do you love Desert Bus? Do you want to express your love of Desert Bus with… a shirt? How about a soft, super awesome looking shirt designed by the good folks at Fangamer? Turns out we can meet those very, very specific needs!

We are thrilled to unveil the official shirt of Desert Bus for Hope 6!

Designed by the illuminous Jon Kay and printed on Creme or Brown American Apparel 2001 shirts (2102 for the ladies) by the road warriors over at Forward Printing in California, these shirts bring to mind the iconic signage of Las Vegas to really capture the “busperience.”

Available by pre-order only, all proceeds from the sale of the Desert Bus for Hope 6 shirt go directly to Desert Bus — it’s a great way to prolong our suffering and fill your closet!

Remember, this shirt is available for a limited time only, just like the Desert Bus! Orders must be placed by 8:00 PM EST on Nov. 22, 2012. After that, this shirt will be gone forever.

Please note these shirts will not ship until early to mid January, and won’t be available in time for Christmas.

For Morgan’s driver challenge he really wants to troll the show Dragon’s Den (or Shark Tank in the United States). For this challenge create a business proposal that may sound good on the surface, but is actually a terrible idea.

The winner will get a copy of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition signed by the development team http://desertbus.org/giveaway/256

The deadline for submission is 6pm PST (9pm EST)

Email your submission to [email protected]. Subject line: Morgan wants fun

In just 2 hours Grant Imahara will be calling in to the Moonbase.

Grant Imahara is most famously known for busting myths as a co-host of the Discovery Channel show, Mythbusters. As a robotics and electronics specialist his work has been seen outside of the show in films, television and commercials. He is one of the handful of official operators of R2-D2 and also developed the custom circuit to cycle the Energizer Bunny’s arm beats. During his time at Industrial Light and Magic, Grant worked onJurrassic Park: The Lost World, the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He has additionally competed on the television series BattleBot, with his robot Deadblow.

Grant will be calling in on Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:00pm PST.

Please add all your questions to the comments section below.

In 30 minutes we’re beginning the live auction of this one of a kind DB6 stained glass suncatcher!

“One of a kind,” you say. “What about the one from last year?” You say.

Yes, you may recall the beautiful stained glass suncatcher we auctioned last year, a piece much like this one, but that one had the number 5 in the center. NOT a 6.

6 is the magic number for this year’s commemorative Desert Bus suncatcher. This inspired piece of DB memorabilia is a collaboration piece between TsukiakariUsagi (also known as Emily) and another DB Crafter, Helen Cowart. Emily used the same design as last year’s Desert Bus 5 piece, and sent it to Helen, who cut the glass and fused the main plates for the top and bottom halves of the centre piece. Helen then shipped those to Emily, who put everything together in its final design for this year’s Desert Bus 6 logo. So this suncatcher is not only beautiful and vibrant, but also well traveled! The piece is approximately 18.5 inches in diameter, and the chain for hanging gives it another 3 inches in total height.

This is Emily’s second year doing pieces for Desert Bus – she did the LRR Logo and DB5 Logo last year and was absolutely dumbfounded at the amount of money they went for. This year she’s excited to do more pieces to reach more people and help raise even more money for the children!

The auction goes live at 10:00 AM PST!