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Smaller, Fake, AND More Expensive!


This is a 1:8 scale model of a Lamborghini Aventador , built by Robert Gülpen (pictured), and being auctioned at Sotheby’s with a starting bid of €3.5 million (about $4.789 million) . The model is encrusted with $2.7 million worth of precious stones and metals, and it took Mr

 

 

Hans Solderer


Prolific hacker Craig Smith digs up a toy from his childhood: About 1983, when I was fifteen, I dropped my dad’s red Bakelite soldering gun and broke the casing. Of course he was upset, so I did my best to “fix it.” So I took my original Star Wars Han Solo pistol and gutted it to hold the soldering gun components. I even ran the lightbulb up into the scope on top