Redefining DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME (or do, it's cool.)

June 5, 2014 4:48 PM

Fabricator, garage inventor, and enthusiam personified, Colin Furze decided to make some of the neater aspects of the X-Men universe a little more real. [previously]

Links include

Wolverine's Claws
Walking in Magneto's Shoes
Pyro's Flames

posted by quin (15 comments total)

This guy is one of the greatest people in the world. This and this... and hell, this are some of the greatest things to ever be created or posted online.

Well, at least as far as "i have to pause it because i'm laughing so hard i can't breathe" goes.
posted by emptythought at 5:01 PM on June 5, 2014

That may be the single most annoying human being I have ever seen. Here's someone a little more human doing a truly portable wrist-mounted flamethrower back in 2009.
posted by Ryvar at 5:03 PM on June 5, 2014

The music is a bit of an off put

Everybody look at me...
You couldn't do this if you tried...

But yes, entertaining. I came across his Ramjet video some time ago. Very good.
posted by mattoxic at 7:11 PM on June 5, 2014

in fairness, if any (well, most) of us had these toys (let alone build them ourselves) we'd be cackling like maniacs as well.
posted by el io at 7:19 PM on June 5, 2014

That tie has seen some shit.
posted by orme at 7:22 PM on June 5, 2014

Less painful than having adamantium grafted to your skeleton.
posted by arcticseal at 8:13 PM on June 5, 2014

That tie has seen some shit.

that tie is a horrible accident waiting to happen around rotating machinery
posted by Dr. Twist at 8:43 PM on June 5, 2014 [7 favorites]

that tie is a horrible accident waiting to happen around rotating machinery.

Now that's the video I want to see!
posted by Paul Slade at 12:57 AM on June 6, 2014

Also, ear defenders.

And don't do Joey Deacon, fellow Britons!
posted by alasdair at 1:08 AM on June 6, 2014

The build a jet engine out of toilet accessories video would be even better if he actually intercut the horrific burns video in the correct timeline (i.e. in between building the jet engine and getting it to work).
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 3:41 AM on June 6, 2014

that tie is a horrible accident waiting to happen around rotating machinery
As are his eyes. Shit, man, wear some safety glasses.
posted by plinth at 6:47 AM on June 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

posted by Dr. Twist at 11:43 PM

Eponysterical.
posted by pajamazon at 7:32 AM on June 6, 2014

It's probably a clip-on Safe-Tee-TieTM.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 8:36 AM on June 6, 2014

Say what you want about the obnoxious music and the end of his videos, he's exactly my sort of madman! My dream one day is to build a rocket powered baby pram and smoke Colin's world record. You heard me Colin, I'm coming for your world record... as soon as I build a rocket.
posted by flyingfox at 10:42 AM on June 6, 2014

so, this guy's shit is cool has hellllll, but there is some antisemitism that pops up in his videos occasionally. I chalked it up to cultural differences.

I was a huge fan of his jet bicycle, and it has caused me to redouble my efforts to get a mig welder for the office. Because boss, we really really need it!
posted by jonbro at 12:06 PM on June 6, 2014