New shows??

Hey there! I've been getting a lot of questions about when new shows will be out. Have no fear, Discovery has lots of shows saved up for a whole new set of shows starting in late July, including an awesome 2-hour Shark Week special. There will also be a huge marketing push with billboards in some areas, commercials on other channels, and print media. Be patient, we'll be back with all new episodes soon.

Grant

UPDATE: 2-hour Shark Week special premieres Sunday, July 27, and new episodes start August 6. Eleven new shows in a row!!!

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T-shirts and bobble heads

Wow, has it been that long? Yeah, okay it has. Kari and I have designed some T-shirts and bobble heads. You can buy them at:

CORRECTION ---> http://allgooddesign.net/store/mythterns/

Okay, that's all. More updates soon about my recent LASIK surgery....

Cheers,
Grant

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Where have you been?

The real question here is where haven't we been! In the first three weeks of this shooting block, we've been to South Carolina to see if we could beat the FMRI lie detector, BusterCon 1.0 in San Francisco, Chandler, Arizona to try and cut down a tree with a minigun (gatling gun), skydiving in Union City, CA (indoors) and Davis, CA (out in the real blue yonder), and now we're in Washington exposing cockroaches to radiation to see if they can survive a nuclear blast. Needless to say, we've been off and running for a while... More updates to come!

UPDATE: During my break before this shooting block started, I returned to the modelmaking world and went back to Kerner Optical to help out for a week on a model for a gigantic hotel on the water in Dubai. I also completed an article for ROBOT Magazine reviewing the cool new Vexplorer robot from Revell. AND Jamie and I are going to the DARPA Urban Challenge in Victorville, CA as special correspondents for the Science Channel live webcast. We'll be talking to teams and reporting on the event live!

Cheers,
Grant

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DragonCon Merchandise Preview! UPDATED

Hey everyone!

We're looking forward to seeing you at DragonCon in a few days. Just wanted to give you a little preview of what you can buy:

Put the Build Team on your desk! Bobble Heads $30
These limited-edition, hand-painted, individually numbered bobble heads are going to be available for the first time at the convention. Have Tory, Kari, Grant and Buster bust myths on your desktop! $30 each, or set of all four (Tory, Kari, Grant, Buster) for $100. Forgot to mention, this run is limited to 50 PIECES EACH, so be sure to get in line early!



New T-Shirts! $20 - NEW PRICE
Kari and I have designed new T-shirts for sale at DragonCon. By popular demand, a Zombie Dog T-shirt has finally been produced. Also, the brand-new "Mythtern" shirt for Mythbusters-in-training, and the Mythfits shirt (designed by one of Kari's friends), which is a play on the Misfits. $20 each. Sizes S M L XL 2XL 3XL (but limited quantities of S and 3XL).





Other stuff!

FHM magazine featuring Kari Byron $50 each.


Kickin' Bot book by Grant Imahara $25 each.

As usual, pictures will be $20 each, except for the group shots, which are $30. - NEW

Hope to see you there!

Grant

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Superhero pictures!

There's lots of excitement about tonight's episode, Superhero Special. Just thought I'd post a few behind-the-scenes pics for you. Enjoy!

Grant



Tory's about to give "Porkholio" a little headache....



Kari describes the Mythmobile's capabilities.



Grantman, Mythgirl, and SpazMan are here to keep you safe...?

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Convention Update

So just to clear up our coming convention schedule:

Unfortunately, we won't be going to GenCon this year, but we're looking at doing 2008. However, we will be going to DragonCon. We'll be doing a massive 2-hour panel discussion with all-new behind-the-scenes footage, and we'll each be judging a costume contest.

Hope to see you there!

Grant

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Another new interview!

Hey everyone!

I've got a new interview up, from Brian at Skeptoid. You can find it at:

http://skeptoid.com/1000questions.php?q=grant-imahara.shtml

Enjoy!
Grant

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New interview!

Hey everyone!

I've joined Jamie and Kari and completed an interview with Joe Mammy.com! You can find it at:
http://www.joe-mammy.com/pages/features/features.htm

Cheers,
Grant

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Tools!
Current mood: amused

Here's an awesome email I received from Cricket(http://www.myspace.com/the_dixie_cricket ). Forgive me if you've heard it before, but I thought it was so funny that I had to share it with you all. Enjoy!

Tools:

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for
suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your
hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings
your beer across the room, splattering it against that
freshly-stained heirloom piece you were drying.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws
them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of
light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned
guitar calluses from fingers in about the time it
takes you to say, "Yeouw ...."

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop
rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs
too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used
in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to
convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing
jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the
Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into
a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you
attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your
future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely
round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available,
they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat
to the palm of your hand.

WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to
prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the
palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting
various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also
handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you
want the bearing race out of.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used
to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile
to the ground after you have installed your new brake
shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the
bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 4 X 4: Used for levering
an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack
handle.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire
wheel wires.

RADIAL ARM SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily
used by most shops to scare neophytes into choosing
another line of work.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum
tensile strength of everything you forgot to
disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry
bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined
screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth.
Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of
vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not
otherwise found under cars at night Health benefits
aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light
bulbs at about the same rate that 105 mm howitzer
shells might be used during, say, the first few hours
of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than
light, its name is somewhat misleading. The accessory
socket within the base, has been permanently rendered
useless, unless requiring a source of 117 vac power to
shock the mechanic senseless.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum
seals under lids, opening old-style paper-and-tin oil
cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be
used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw
heads.

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced
in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and
transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose
to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty
bolts which were last over tightened 30 years ago by
someone at Ford, and instantly rounds off their heads.
Also used to quickly snap off lug nuts.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding
that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to
replace a 50 cent part.
(see CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER)

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the
hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to
locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we
are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the
contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front
door; works particularly well on contents such as
seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles,
collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or
plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work
clothes, but only while in use. It is also useful for
removing large chunks of human flesh from the user's
hands.

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw
across the garage while yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of
your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that
you will need.

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Kari's Back!

Just to clear up a few things for everyone:

The profile formerly known as www.myspace.com/karibyron or "Red" was a fake. Regrets to anyone who was communicating with this person. As I've mentioned numerous times, Kari did not have a MySpace account. The more disturbing thing is that the impostor was soliciting suggestive photos from his/her friends, which is something that real Kari would never, ever do.

Well, Kari recently decided to get her profile back and sent a salute, getting rid of "Red". If you believe I'm me (and over 8,000 people do), then believe that www.myspace.com/karibyron is indeed the REAL Kari, finally.

Cheers,
Grant

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