Wooded Kingdom
In the Wooded Kingdom, flower fields and trees grow amongst ancient rusted metal, tended to by friendly robot gardeners. It is a land where nature and machinery coexist.
#354 Banette
When Shuppet evolves into Banette, the doll theme continues, but this time it is based not on a teru teru bōzu weather charm, but on a marionette – with elements of a voodoo doll thrown in for good measure.
The Silmarillion Calendar 1978
The Silmarillion Calendar features images from The Silmarillion, a collection of myths and stories in the wider Middle-earth setting that covers the history of Tolkien’s fantasy world up to the Third Age.
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Coco and Lloid
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Coco is a rabbit visitor to your island, but she’s quite a perplexing one. She has three gaping black holes that serve as her eyes and mouth, and she appears to be made of hard clay and stone rather than flesh and fur.
Moder
Moder is a terrifying embodiment of the wild, untamed aspects of nature; a dark guardian deity of the forest; a fusion of man, elk, and tree.
Tyrant
One of Umbrella’s primary aims was to create a living, thinking killing machine, one with unmatched combat abilities and high durability, which could also understand and execute complex commands – in their minds, the ultimate bioweapon.
#353 Shuppet
Shuppet is a shadowy little sheet ghost that feeds on the negative emotions of people, such as anger, jealousy, resentment, and malice. It is inspired by a small, smiling, handmade Japanese weather charm.
Creatures of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Creatures of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Welcome back to the Star Wars galaxy to look at some of the creatures that inhabit it. Previously, we’ve looked at the animals in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, so it should come as no surprise to discover that it’s now time
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Chimera
Resembling grotesque, half-charred alien corpses, Chimeras are spindly, spider-like humanoids that scrabble around on the walls and ceilings in the secret laboratory beneath the Spencer Mansion, even scuttling through air ducts to get from one room to another.
History of Dudley Zoo (Part 2)
After a recent visit to the zoo, I became interested in the history of the site, not least because it contains a castle and the world’s largest collection of Tecton buildings. The Tecton structures give the site its own identity, and the zoo rightly celebrates these buildings.
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