Each day in the Miniatur Wunderland, 900 trains with 12,000 wagons travel several hundred kilometers. There are 250 computer controlled vehicles that drive themselves around town. The Fire Brigade responds dynamically to fires that break out and the police pull over anyone disobeying the law. On top of all that, there are over 200 push-button actions that allow visitors to actively participate in the attractions.

But wait, there’s more! The staff of Miniatur Wunderland are currently at work building new sections covering France, Italy and parts of Africa. At this rate, they’ll have a scale model of the entire Earth within 10 years. Take a look at this amazing attraction in their official video or if you’re anywhere near Hamburg, stop in!

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Trapjaw by Dave Rapoza

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Donatello by Dave Rapoza

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Source – Dave Rapoza’s Blogs

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Skyrim by Stormbringer

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The piece is by Do Ho Suh, a contemporary Korean artist, and it shows 180,000 multicolored figurines holding up a glass floor that visitors are allowed to walk on.

Source – Laughing Squid

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At first glance, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. is a spoof website that fake superheroes can visit to “purchase” costumes, disguises, maps of the negative zone, bottled invisibility; you know, the usual stuff. So, I browsed around and added a few things to my cart only to find that all of these products are completely purchasable. So, if the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. is a real website that sells real products, maybe this is where real superheroes come for their real superhero supply needs.

Now, stick with me here, but a Secret Identity starter kit is just $20. I think it goes much deeper than that. I think the actual products are just a front for what’s really going on. Yeah, I’m sure they would gladly send some unknowing schmuck a wig and fake glasses for a bit of fun but with the right promo code at checkout they’ll give you a full workup. Birth certificates, social security cards, high school promo photos, financial history, the whole nine yards.

I think I’ve stumbled onto huge something here. If you’re reading this now, they’re after me. I’m sure of it. They know where I live, where I work and though they supply the good guys, I’m sure I’m just a speck in the grand scheme. A speck of dust, just waiting to be blown away. They’re here. Get out.

Save yourself.

Source – Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.

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What’s that? Not a fan of Transformers, Doctor Who, Star Wars or Back to the Future? Still have a soul? In special circumstances such as this they’ll do their best to “make almost anything from steel and reproduce ideas and or images to exact specifications.” They really aren’t afraid to talk themselves up, and with good reason.

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Source – Colossal

You can browse more amazing photos of his work on Dominic Alves’ Flickr

(Big thanks to Adam Malecki for sending this in!)

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The Archaia site lists all sorts of people involved, including “Roger Langridge (The Muppet Show comic, Thor the Mighty Avenger), Marjorie Liu (Black Widow), Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Artifacts), Jeff Parker (Thor, Thunderbolts), Francesco Francavilla (Detective Comics), Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards) and Janet Lee (Return of the Dapper Men). Plus: a never-before-seen story adapted from a screenplay by The Storyteller’s original author, Academy Award® winner Anthony Minghella (The English Patient).”

You can get a sneak peek of the first book on the Archaia website, and the set up they have lets you read it like you would a real comic. Katie Cook also gave us a sneak peek of her part, and says that she was asked to work in a very different style than she’s used to. “It’s not quite as cutesy-wootsy-shmootsy as I currently work. It’s different, I got a chance to branch out a bit and I had a great time doing it.” Here’s a small slice of her part, but you’ll have to pick up the book when it comes out to see the rest.

Source – Katie Can Draw

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Check out the full gallery over on imgur.

Source – Reddit

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