In terribly God-awful news, Korea’s proposed Robot Land , a robot themed amusement park, has now received initial investment and a first round of conceptual drawings. *gulp* I haven’t been more scared of an amusement park since one of those animatronic dolls from ‘It’s A Small World’ tried jumping in my boat to grope me. According to Plastic Pals , a group of private investors recently met with the city council (probably Masan’s city council, as Robot Land’s city council has yet to be built) to hash out details, with the result of the government ponying up some $229 million of a promised $600 million. But not everyone is happy about all this — indeed, organizers of Incheon City’s robot theme park are unamused by the thought of a similar attraction competing for those hard-earned tourist dollars. Wait — two competing robotic theme parks? What the hell’s the matter with you, Korea? You think I won’t boycott you? I will boycott you. Korean Geekologie operatives, report in! Okay, now this is important: are any of you comfortable smuggling kimchi in your pants? Robot Land theme park gets investors, conceptual renders [engadget] Thanks to CoinOperatedBoi, timpeva, Raul, patvince, NeoAaron and XorKaya, who wonder why they sell season passes when all the rides are designed to kill you.

Maybe you already knew this because you’re a Hogwarts graduate but Universal Studios is opening a Harry Potter themed section of its Islands of Adventure park in Orlando this spring. Magic! From what i can tell it’s gonna be like three rides ( NSFW ) and twelve ridiculously overpriced restaurants and stores. Whee! (Get me a new wizard hat) Speaking of Harry Potter, you know what I saw the other day? Some grown-ass adult driving around with a ‘My Parents Blatantly Hid My Hogwarts Acceptance Letter’ bumper sticker on his car. So you know what I did? I honked to get his attention and then waved my own little wand at him. Yeah, it was pretty magical. Official Site Thanks to evan, who cast off his wizard robe and hat and was subsequently banned from all amusement parks.

If you thought the 59-foot Gundam statue in Japan was large , boy were you wrong. Because South Korea is erecting a massive 364-foot statue (twice as large as the Statue of Liberty) of Robot Taekwon V (aka Voltar the Invincible). Scared? It gets worse. You see, the statue is being built for a new amusement park called Robot Land . Geez, talk about scarring your children for life. This is worse than coming downstairs on Christmas hoping for a Nintendo, only to find your mom gangbanging the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny underneath the tree. Nobody even ate the cookies! giant robot taekwon v statue will be six times as large as giant gundam statue [technabob]

Geekologie Reader Fitz and his friends, inspired by the post we did a while back about playing chess on roller coasters , decided to put a different spin on the pastime and make a house of cards on a coaster . This is the resulting shot. We went to the amusement park yesterday, but we wanted to make it a special day, and after seeing your post with the checkers trick in a roller coaster, we though we could do something even more awesome. I really hope you’ll enjoy it, we putted a lot of effort into it (building a card castle in a water coaster, even with tape is freaking hard!). Plus my friends would be really happy to be on the Internet Good lookin’, Fitz. Of course, it would be even better looking if that little Asian girl in the front was puking all over you. What can I say, I like action shots. Picture (high res) Thanks Fitz, now how about a game of Risk next time?

German extreme sportster Dirk Auer strapped on a pair of specially designed lollerblades and, with roflcopter hovering overhead (but not really), skated down a roller coaster at a German amusement park . He undoubtedly soiled his speedsuit. Spending two months planning the outrageous stunt, Mr Auer also designed and made the monster skates, which took him a total of 110 hours’ work. Mr Auer, from Gross-Gerau near Frankfurt, is considered to be the most extreme in-line skater in the world. He already holds the world record for reaching speeds of 190mph as he was dragged along behind a Porsche GT2. Travelling at speeds up to 56mph, Auer skated the entire length of the roller coaster - 860 metres (~2820 feet) - in just over a minute. Nice one, Dirk, but I could have done it in under a minute. BECAUSE I WOULDN’T USE THE BRAKES. Brakes, like crash helmets, are for unprofessionals and children. Did I? I did — consider the gauntlet thrown! Now, take off those silly skates and fight like a man. Hit the jump for several more shots and a video of the WHEEEEEEEEE!

Typically I don’t post movie posters because that’s IWatchStuff’s job, but I’m making an exception in this case because DISNEY STOLE GEEKOLOGIE’S TAGLINE. You think you can just change “awesome” to “guinea pigs” (which, incidentally are a synonym for awesome) and get away with it? THINK AGAIN, YOU DIRTY RODENT ! Now, which one of you wants to call Disney and pretend to be a lawyer? Somebody with a deep voice. G-FORCE movie poster [disneydreaming] Thanks to Ben, who pleads guilty to dead sexiness.

You know how there’s a camera that takes a picture of you on the steepest drop of a roller coaster ? And then the park tries to peddle said photo after you get off the ride? Yeah, well Disney used to have boob-scanning personnel that would look at all the pictures before they appeared to patrons so no child would catch an eyeful. But now, thanks to the economy, not any more! So get out there and flaunt it! Boobs. I’m talking boobs, not penises. And, since I love you, I included the NSFW NSFW NSFW uncensored version of the picture above after the jump.

So some guy proposed to his girlfriend at LEGOLAND in Las Vegas, apparently because every other place in Vegas was too crowded. With hookers. Crowded with hookers. *booking flight* Cobb proposed to Williams with the help of a “Lacey Will You Marry Me?” sign hand-crafted by one of the park’s master model builders and displayed as a part of “The Strip” Lego site. “I wanted to do something special,” Cobb said, “and this idea just popped into my head one day.” Unfortunately, Williams walked right past the sign, which was mounted on a mini replica of Paris’ Eiffel Tower and decorated with two four-inch bride and groom models of the couple - twice - before Cobb got down on one knee. That’s romantic as shit , Cobb, good looking. And you know what they say: a couple that LEGO’s together, eventually winds up experimenting with them in the bedroom and having to make a late night visit to the ER. Medical bills, folks, I have them. Fort Collins man proposes at Legoland [coloradoan] Thanks to Aaron, who proposed to his girlfriend at Six Flags like a normal person.

We already discovered cats have a penchant for Roombas , but who knew the little fish-loving shit machines love riding subwoofers as well? Not me. But, as is evident from the video, its like an amusement park ride for the little furballs . Toss some catnip into the mix and it’ll be just like that time I got high and puked in Space Mountain. Fun! Cat Gets Good Vibrations From Subwoofer [gizmodo]

LEGOLAND California has a new scene on display from now until Memorial Day — the 56th Presidential Inauguration featuring Barack Obama and a thousand other plastic figurines that only slightly resemble who they’re supposed to! More than one-thousand mini-figures have been created out of thousands of LEGO bricks to be a part of the festivities. Mini-figures include President-elect Obama and his family, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Jill Biden, President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynn Cheney along with former President George Bush Sr. and Barbara Bush. Other mini-figures depicting ceremony participants include: Senator Dianne Feinstein, Dr. Rick Warren, Aretha Franklin, John Williams and performers Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo-Ma, Gabriela Montero, Anthony McGill, the Unites States Marine Band, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Park guests can also find Oprah Winfrey in the crowd witnessing this momentous event… Wow, sounds like some real eye-candy. Too bad I’m going to the actual inauguration. Look for me — I’ll be the one carrying the ‘Geekologie Writer In 2011′ sign. I know, I was drunk when I got them printed. Obama’s Inauguration, in Legos [themeparkinsider] Thanks to Bryan, who, for the tip, gets a spot in my cabinet. My liquor cabinet. HIYO! Kidding Bryan, hands off my booze.