Power-ups for neighborhood trees

by Ben Zackheim { Jun 10th 2005 at 11:14AM }

power ups

This may be the next big thing in garden design. Or it could be the next big thing on the front page of your local paper. A Mario fanatic has posted a How-To article titled, "How to Make Your Own Totally Sweet Mario Question Blocks and Put Them Up Around Town." The Question Blocks are pretty snazzy, and should immediately set off Homeland Security alarms around the country, ensuring a place for Power-Ups in the annals of American history.

I think the blocks in the pic above are just a tad bit out of reach.

[thanks Jeff 'Koganuts' Koga]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Darren Cornwell @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

Love it! There's always someone willing to go that bit further, I'm sure that homeland security isn't looking for the fabled 'Magic Mushroom'. Power to the people.

Iced_Eagle @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

You gotta use that flying racoon power-up to get those :-)

chill @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

Wow that was really worth reading about! Insert middle finger here.....

Asz @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

chill needs to glance at his own username or choose a different one.

Thats pretty awesome as I see it, i'd love to be walking down the street and find mario question mark blocks floating around the street. I'd go insane trying to get to one.

Teh Rocks @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

Holy rockin...

one of thems gots to contain the tanooki suit

Samuel McConnell @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

Wow, this is quite possibly the best random art ever.

Myria @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM

From the web page -- "He [his idiot 'artist' friend] believes that our public spaces (sidewalks, parks, etc) have been taken over by ads, and so he battles this creeping loss of public spaces by placing his art in similar situations."

Uhhh... Fighting advertising in public spaces by putting up a commonly recognized symbol from a well known commercial product?

Next up, how to make your anti-advertising statement by placing giant Coke (tm) bottles all over town...