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As we get older, free time is harder to come by. When our free time arrives, most of us spend too long trying to figure out how to spend it. Should we lounge? Dust the cobwebs off of our creative gears? Learn something new? Or should we combine them all and keep our minds young? Lego created a jigsaw-style solution to combat your free time woes, integrating learning, relaxing, and building into one.

Lego is an iconic household name that designs interactive kids’ toys and gives young minds a way to explore their creativity.  That exploration shouldn’t have to stop once life slaps us with some adult responsibility, however! Lego created the Lego Art series catered towards adults who need to wind down while integrating creativity. Integrating our favorite pop culture icons doesn’t hurt, either.

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The Blonde Bombshell

This artwork is perfect for decorating your home, giving you the chance to admire and reflect upon your youth’s famous icons in a fun and funky format. Lego chose to represent Andy Warhol’s famous contemporary artwork and his recognizable portrait of Marilyn Monroe. The artists at Lego wanted to integrate more than just a jigsaw puzzle into each set; a podcast accessed by a QR code allows you to tune into the subjects’ history or creators.

The Fab Four

Few bands are as recognizable as The Beatles. Their music, style, and the hope they represented are far from being forgotten. Lego chose The White Album cover as the inspiration for this Lego Art set. It’s easy to recreate the album cover in your home against a white wall with these four sets. Listen to a podcast while stacking together Ringo Star, or put on their lively music and let the Beatles inspire your own creativity.

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Take a Step into the Dark Side

You can’t miss the iconic red and black of the Sith, from Darth Maul’s face to Kylo Ren’s lightsaber. Lego has a history of its own with the Dark Side. Along with the informational podcast, the instruction manual also tells the history of the Sith. It outlines the Dark Side’s evolution in the Star Wars saga and Lego’s role in the series franchise. Lego worked with Lucasfilm to create brand new artwork capturing each Sith, perfect for display in your home.

Suit Up

Tony Stark’s story is well known — a cocky businessman turned charismatic superhero who went on to save thousands and make millions chuckle. Marvel fanatics can delve deeper into Stan Lee’s vast universe with this hero-centric Lego Art set. Learn about the origins of Iron Man while building the most memorable of Tony Stark’s suits — the Mark III, the Hulkbuster, the Mark I, and the Mark LXXXV.

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The Specs

For $119.99, you can pick up one of these incredible portraits today. Each set includes all the Legos you will need for one piece of artwork. Take note that each portrait is sold separately, rather than as a full collection. Each portrait includes its own instruction manual for the build, and a QR code will redirect you to the historical icons’ informational podcast.

The portraits come with an assembled black frame, hanging elements, and a handy brick separator — to save your fingernails — if you want to change up the artwork. Nine individual squares make up the complete 40 by 40-cm frame. The instruction booklet breaks down the build into the nine separate parts so you can work one section at a time.

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Lego Art: Reigniting Your Youth

Reignite your passion for the creativity of Lego builds and pop-culture phenomenons in a calming, kinetic fashion. This a project that keeps on giving, whether you chose your favorite Sith to display in your home theater or Marilyn Monroe’s portrait in your front hall. Pick up a Lego Art set today, and next time you find some downtime, you’ll know exactly what’s on the agenda.

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Jordan Jonas Signature Card https://improb.com/jordan-jonas-signature-card/ Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:03:33 +0000 https://improb.com/?p=41727 Jim Jonas Signature Card is a handy one to have around in a pinch.

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If you are lost in the woods and relying on a multi-tool to keep you alive until help arrives, the last thing you want is a tool designed by an engineer in a New York cubicle. You want something conceived of by a survival expert and field-tested by that same expert. You want a tool designed by someone who can live off of mice and who’s felled a moose with a homemade bow. In short, you want a tool developed by Jordan Jonas.

Jonas climbed to fame in the bush-craft world by winning season six of the History Channel’s hit show Alone. Surviving for 77 days by himself on a tundra deep in Canada’s Northwest Territories, Jonas had to rely on homemade tools and knowledge gained from living with the Evenki people of Siberia to win the contest.

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He brought this same ingenuity to the design of the Jordan Jonas Signature Card from Grim Workshop.

The Jordan Jonas Signature Card is made in the USA, includes a sharpener, and features:

  • Net making shuttle
  • Paiute deadfall trigger
  • Sewing needle
  • Arrowhead
  • Awl
  • Complete deadfall trap
  • Four fishing hooks
  • Two hook/lure combos

The card slides right into your wallet (it’s the size of a standard credit card) and also slips easily into a glove compartment, emergency kit, or anywhere else you want to stash it. You can even stick it to a surface thanks to a removable covering that reveals a powerful adhesive. After use, each tool snaps effortlessly back into the card – no losing tiny tools on a pine-needle covered forest floor.

The arrowhead and fishhooks are wonderful ways to provide yourself some much-needed meat in a survival situation. But any survivalist will tell you that passive food gathering is the way to go. Save your calories; you are going to need them. That’s why the net making shuttle and trap tools set this card apart.

Jordan Jonas Signature Card

A net is the best way to catch fish without wasting time sitting on a riverbank, and the shuttle included in the card will help you make one with reduced effort.

There are two trap tools included: a standard deadfall trap and a Paiute style trigger. Deadfalls can be finicky and tricky to balance, especially if you are hungry, have cold hands, or any of the other dozens of conditions that can arise in the wild. The deadfall tool on the Jordan Jonas Signature Card has three pieces (including the trigger) and assembles in seconds. You can adjust the sensitivity, and the trap is large enough to help you catch mice and other small rodents. You get bonus points for adding your arrowhead to your deadfall weight as a spike to prevent larger rodents from squirming away.

A Paiute style deadfall is a little more complicated to set but less prone to blowing over in the wind and rain. Once you’ve gathered the necessary components (a Y-stick, two support sticks, some string, and heavy rock), the Paiute trigger takes the guesswork out of setting the trap.

Jordan Jonas Signature Card

Once you’ve gathered some food and you’re sitting around your fire (assuming you’ve been able to build one), you’ll need something to occupy your mind and hands. That’s why Jonas has included an awl and needle in this multi-tool. The needle is a must for making delicate repairs to clothing and footwear, while the awl is handy for punching through heavier materials like rubber and leather.

Of course, we recommend practicing with all of these tools before you need to rely on them to survive. Knowledge, skills, and experience are more valuable than tools in the backcountry. But tools help – and the Jim Jonas Signature Card is a handy one to have around in a pinch.

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