Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy premieres in theaters tomorrow, August 1st, and I strongly feel that Rocket Raccoon is going to rocket in popularity. The alien is already featured in toys and merchandise for the film, and he’s got an interesting personality that I think will reel people in. Cyber Bunny Cosplay put together a great Rocket costume earlier this year, and she looks amazing as the gun-toting creature. She used fur, modified motorcycle gear, an orange prison-style jumpsuit, and a creepy plastic raccoon mask that she covered with faux fur. That giant gun? Made with a prop weapon base and four water bottles. There’s plenty of creativity on display in her work in progress album for the costume.
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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