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Downloadable Origami Motorcycles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the somthing-completely-different dept.

gse writes "This is too cool. Yamaha has a series of very realistic origami motorcycles, freely downloadable from their website. There's also a cool little article on how the models are made. I knew the office dyesub would come in handy someday!"

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  1. not really origami by dakkar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "origami" means something like "folded paper". The Yamaha models are made by cutting and pasting paper, not folding. So they're not origami.

    They're cool nonetheless...

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  2. Too bad by Poilobo · · Score: 5, Funny

    My mom won't let me use scissors.

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  3. Easy Folder by MountainMan101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Born To Be Mild

  4. Origami Webserver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    folded :-)

  5. no better way to piss off a teenage boy by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    on christmas morning:

    "do you want to see your new yamaha motorbike?"

    "really!?"

    "yes, and it's origami to boot! see? isn't that amazing!"

    (child commits suicide)

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    1. Re:no better way to piss off a teenage boy by krist0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      wouldn't it be more appropriate for the child to commit seppuku....

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  6. lol.. by REBloomfield · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is only cool because I'll never own a real V-Max. *sniff* My mate convinced my other half there really dangerous (in the cool way), and now she thinks I'll kill myself. So I have to stick to the CBR....

    1. Re:lol.. by morganjharvey · · Score: 4, Funny

      My mate convinced my other half there really dangerous

      Oh, on the contrary. The bikes themselves are perfectly safe.

      It's the sudden and abrasive stop that you come to when performing an "emergency exit" that's the dangerous part. ;)

  7. BMW paper cars by geirt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Something to do in the Christmas holiday: BMW paper cars

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  8. What the hell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First we have a IE patch, that's not really a patch.

    Then we have a Linux-compatible music store, that doesn't actually work with Linux.

    Now we get oragami that's not even oragami!

    1. Re:What the hell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      And we have a server, that isn't even serving!

    2. Re:What the hell? by the+uNF+cola · · Score: 4, Funny

      oragami that's not oragami...
      patches not patching..
      servers not serving...

      5 golden rings!

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  9. If you're interested in this sort of thing... by jcr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Have a look at 'Paper Models International'. I've been buying models from them occasionally for over ten years, and they've got some amazing things in the catalog.

    Check out the JS Schrieber models of the Chartre Cathedral, and the first German locomotive, "Der Adler". The detail is fantastic.

    -jcr

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  10. Hmmmmmmmmmm by The+Green+Skeleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Origami motorcycles = good
    Origami webservers = bad
    When will they learn....

  11. More paper fun by FunkyRat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've always been fascinated by origami and paper models. Perhaps that's because I am so very bad at both. Anyway, here's some more paper goodness.

    • Star Trek paper models. There's a fantastically detailed Enterprise 1701 (refit) there.
    • Origami and Math. My calculus teacher in high school had a whole array (pardon the pun) of paper polyhedra.
    • Origami dinosaurs. I love the paper Tyranosaurus. Now if I only had paper Marshall, Will and Holly's to go with these I could play Origami Land of the Lost!
  12. Re:not really origami - but this is! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://home.earthlink.net/~fredwarning/moto.htm

  13. More links by scratchbuild · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oooh! Be sure to also check out this site: SF Paper Craft Gallery. Highlights include:

    • Loads of ships from Star Wars
    • 4 versions of the Back to the Future Delorean
    • The USS Enterprise Constitution Class Refit

    Also, check out ALIENS Papercraft. Highlights include:

    • 1:1 scale Space Marine Pulse Rifle!
    • Very nifty lightcycles from Tron 1.0 (look in the "Bonus Models" section)

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