I've never been so jealous of a bottle-cap collector

I've been called a lot of things in my lifetime, but "bottle-cap collector" isn't one of them.

I'd gladly answer to that title, though, if it meant I could lay claim to even a few of the 30 or so Super Mario Bros. bottle caps Pepsi placed on its Japanese products in 2005.



Although I think my favorite (of the ones I've seen) is the Cheep-Cheep cap above, all of them are pretty cool.

To see more of these drool-worthy collectibles, check out this post over at famicomblog.blogspot.com.

Yoshi tastes like chicken, too?

Have you ever looked at a Cheep-Cheep, Chocobo or Yoshi and thought, I wonder how many meals I could get out of that thing?

I can't say I have either, but blogger, designer and illustrator Jude "The Jude" Buffum has, and this is the result of that thought:

To see more of Buffum's imaginative prints, produced for the Pixel Pushers show that's being curated by Giant Robot magazine, check out this blog post.

(Via doyoulovepuppiesido.blogspot.com)