Random Encounters

From the cover of LamePro (GamePro #115, Apr. 1998)

Think Big! store - 2-9-9, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (late 1980s)

This store sold over 100 oversized versions of everyday objects. Though they went out of business in 1994, the concept was revived as the website, 'GreatBigStuff' in 2001.

Designed by Takehiko Yanagisawa

Scanned from the book, Excellent Shop Designs - Store & Showroom (1988)

Place: store that sells really big versions of everyday objects

-Nintendo Power September/October 1990-

Encounter: a cool ghost

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Encounter: the robots from Robot Wars but they’re lesbians

Encounter: Juanita the degrading nightmare dope octopus

Source details and larger version.

Is it a nightmare or is it really happening? You be the judge of my collection of vintage nightmare imagery.

Encounter: the Nightmare Babies, a swarm of strange edible homunculi

Twinrova ‘The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’ Nintendo 64

Encounter: two weird little Elemental Witch Hags that can fuse into a Double Elemental Witch Gilf

Place: Temple of Pointiness

70′s “Cosmic Candy” Packaging Design Illustration by Doug Johnson (via: traci*s retro)

Encounter: some Flavor Elementals

In the toy server I’m in we talked about cursed safari-ltd figures and this gnome dragon was so goofily designed it inspired me enough to do a redesign.

Gnome dragon

Gnagon

It’s the j-, the ji-… it’s the j,hmm

The joly Grail, the jortserers stonewashed jeans ,jagic jotions

Jeanie in a bottle

The fabled Jortlock

// the company’s team is more than usually open about how excited they are to be designing killer robots for war use, but not above PR stunts to gain public appeal

Encounter: military killbot that took a level in Bard