Tentacle yarn: cutely crafted Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max amigurumi

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Every once and a while it's well worth it to dip your toes into the Flickr photo pools of geek and videogame crafts. Browsing today to see if Perler bead fan art had taken its post-impressionistic course, I was instead thrilled to find snorkmaiden's tiny crocheted Day of the Tentacle amigurumi. Crafted with keen detail, take note that Purple Tentacle is properly poised with two arms and a unibrow in opposition to his much less mutated Green Tentacle comrade.

As long as it's a good day for LucasArts craft work, don't miss out on karaimame's intricately designed Max amigurumi, which looks just as four-fingered and maniacal as the original hyperkinetic rabbit thingy himself.

Green and Purple Tentacle and Amigurumi Max [flickr, via Sprite Stitch, thanks John!]