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AMC Unveils Double Sandworm and Working Thumper Popcorn Buckets for Dune Part Three

By Bill Smith October 29, 2026

AMC Theatres just revealed its next round of sandworm popcorn buckets for Dune: Part Three, and the designs pick up right where the last one left off. One version features two sandworm mouths rising from a sandy lid so two people can reach in at once. Another extends a single longer worm higher above the container and adds a small working thumper that moves up and down while the popcorn disappears. Both come filled with a large serving and will sit on counters at AMC locations across the United States plus Odeon theaters in Europe.

McDonald’s China Fry Mark Mouse Turns Recycled Happy Meal Toys Into Limited Desk Gear

By Bill Smith October 27, 2026

McDonald’s China and Lenovo just put a wireless mouse on sale that looks exactly like a carton of fries. The Fry Mark carries the familiar red-and-yellow box shape, with a top shell molded into a cluster of golden fries and the golden arches sitting on the base. Over sixty percent of that outer casing comes from plastic recovered from old Happy Meal toys.

DoorDash Air Drone Lifts Ordinary Restaurant Orders Over Northern California Streets

By Jackson Chung September 30, 2026

DoorDash spent years watching other companies fly food, then decided the aircraft should come last. On September 30, 2026, at its Dash Forward event, the company showed DoorDash Air, a six-propeller drone it designed and assembles in San Francisco, paired with kitchen loading gear and software that already sorts millions of orders a day. Early pilot flights are set for Northern California in the coming months, with reporting pointing to the East Bay. Chipotle, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and the local shop Momo N Curry are the first restaurants signed on.

Xbox and Prince Street Pizza Arm Gears of War Fans With a Prototype Lancer Cutter

By Bill Smith September 28, 2026

Fans who grew up sawing Locust in half and arguing over Sicilian squares got the same announcement at once. Xbox and Prince St. Pizza put a limited-edition Gears of War Prototype Lancer pizza cutter on sale Monday for $60, then watched it sell out the same day on their official merch store.

JSK-koubou Packed a Full Smart IR Blaster Into a Walnut Shell

By Jackson Chung September 28, 2026

Most snack bowls never see this kind of afterlife. Maker JSK-koubou split a walnut along its natural seam, finished the meat, and then spent at least a few hours of careful shop work turning the empty halves into a living room remote that talks to air conditioners, TVs, lights, and fans.

Luke Creatives Spent Eight Months Building a Voice Powered AI Soda Machine That Mixes Any Flavor You Can Speak

By Bill Smith September 21, 2026

Luke Creatives spent more than eight months on a soda machine that listens to a spoken request and mixes a drink from a bank of concentrated flavors. Ordinary fountain buttons give you one listed option. This cabinet aims at anything you can say out loud, from strawberry lemonade to a summer night, and it draws on roughly half a million possible mixes to do it.

Street Fighter’s Wearable Guile Hair Popcorn Bucket Turns AMC Concessions Into a Flat Top You Can Snack From

By Bill Smith September 18, 2026

Cody Rhodes posted the Street Fighter clip yesterday and immediately made the whole thing look inevitable. He wears a tall blond plastic flattop on his head, the exact silhouette Guile has carried since the early Street Fighter games, and talks about it the way old luxury car ads used to talk about leather and wind resistance. “It’s ergonomic and it’s aerodynamic. And it can be yours,” he says, while Noah Centineo and Callina Liang reach up and pull popcorn out of the hollow where the hair should be.

Dairy Queen’s First Robot Blizzard Counter Opens on Wujiang Road

By Jackson Chung September 5, 2026

Crowds on Shanghai’s Wujiang Road have a new reason to stall outside the Dairy Queen at No. 169, across from Louis Vuitton’s ship-shaped flagship. On August 29, Sharpa’s wheeled humanoid, North, started a daily shift behind a dedicated counter in that store, making Oreo Blizzards for paying customers on the same machines, cups, toppings, and blender a human crew already used. CFB Group runs the franchise. Sharpa and DQ call the setup the first live commercial kitchen where a humanoid works a full branded workflow without new fixtures, custom conveyors, or a rebuilt room.

Crumbl Builds Minecraft in Cookie Form, One Square Block at a Time

By Bill Smith August 31, 2026

Crumbl partnered with Minecraft for its first character license and put six square desserts on the menu for a single week. Treats inspired by mobs, blocks, and biomes are on sale at participating shops in the United States and Canada from today, August 31, through September 5, with in-app pre-orders having opened a day earlier. Every item is baked as a four-sided block, then finished with a non-edible Minecraft figure you lift off before the first bite.

Japanese Ramen Simulator Lets Players Experience Steam, Shuriken, and a Perfect Bowl

By Bill Smith August 28, 2026

Wild Dog just announced Japanese Ramen Simulator, a Steam management sim scheduled for September 2026 that puts as many as six people behind one counter. Players run the entire shop. Prep work, broth, noodles, toppings, service, conversation with guests, and cleanup all happen on the same shift. Orders arrive in a steady stream. Noodle texture, broth temperature, aroma, umami, and how long the bowl waits on the pass all affect the result.