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« Previous EntriesWeren’t Cookies Already Pretty Exciting?: Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Between these Ninjabread Men cookie cutters and the Star Wars sandwich cutters, you’ll never have to worry about your children being under-stimulated while eating, ever again.
Because this was something you were worried about. The lack of stimulation of your children. For lack of electronics and after-school activities and such.
Via bb-blog, who appreciates my lazy sarcasm almost as [...]
Musky Like A Space Slug: Slave Leia Perfume
Friday, August 20th, 2010So here’s the $39.99 Slave Leia perfume that materialized as a Star Wars Celebration V “exclusive” this month.
I use the quotes around “exclusive” because, for one, I’m literally quoting the LucasFilm propaganda, and two, the term “exclusive” is used very loosely. As in, “it’s exclusive insofar as you can very much buy it online while not [...]
Thanks, Keys!: Star Wars Talking Plush Keychains
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010I went all testosterone-y there in the last post, so here’s something soft and adorable to lull you back into a more Zen place.
‘Cause it’s more fun pulling the emotional rug out from under you when you’re in your happy place.
Via The Neatoshop, who has a delightful emotional rug made from 100% pony hair.
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Now Featuring Real Wookiee Stank: adidas Chewbacca Boots
Monday, August 9th, 2010I don’t know if the adidas Star Wars collection has been a commercial success, but nothing short of a celebrity starlet nipple slip in a Slave Leia costume has been more guaranteed over the past several months to get linked by geek bloggers.
Indeed, you can visit Super Punch to check out the collection’s latest geeky sneakers, [...]
Real Job, Much?: Designers Build Analog Video Game Powered by Elaborate RC Car Race Track
Thursday, August 5th, 2010I’m not sure exactly what it means to be in a German design collective called “sputnic”, but it apparently involves:
Dressing up like a contemporary version of the Sprockets guys from Saturday Night Live.
Committing hours and hours to frivolous projects with no apparent commercial value, but with plenty of appeal to geeks with a taste for creative, [...]
Slave Leia PB&J, Please: Star Wars Sandwich Cutters
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Do you know how it is that Star Wars sandwich cutters weren’t conceived until just now, in 2010? Well, I figured it out.
Because, clearly, my mother didn’t love me enough when I was a kid in the 1980s. Which is when these should have been invented. By someone who cared about my well-being. Which depended in [...]
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