Nestle Japan will be releasing a limited edition Star Wars version of its Gold Blend coffee maker next week. But it has to be one of the laziest tie-ins ever to cash in on the Star Wars name. Available in two versions, it looks like Nestle’s just slapped a sticker on the side of each one with a random quote and called it a day. More »
Like an intergalactic Swiss Army Knife, R2-D2 has an untold number of tools and accessories hidden away inside. But unless you’re piloting spacecraft through asteroid fields, battling Sith Lords, or intimidating Ewoks, they’re all useless compared to what this R2-D2 skinned flask is stashing away. More »
Anything to do with the Star Wars franchise seems to be a winner, never mind that there are irritating characters from time to time like Jar Jar Binks. Now that Disney owns the whole Star Wars stable, here we are with the second instalment of the Angry Birds Star Wars game, which incidentally, the game itself has already arrived at the pinnacle of the iTunes charts in a record 2.5 hours right after it was launched. In fact, from tomorrow onwards, Rovio will introduce new levels that will see battles take place on the Ice Planet of Hoth. Enjoy the trailer above, and check out the rather porcine-like looks that the AT-AT Walkers have.
We do wonder whether Rovio is keen to explore an Angry Birds Star Trek expansion, now that would be interesting, and will the Borg assimilate them Federation birds?
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If you have a bunch of beer cans lying around and no money for Star Wars toys, you can always go on an alcohol-fueled toy creating bender. That’s presumably what happened here, since this X-Wing Fighter is made out of recycled beer cans. Though the end result doesn’t look like drunken art at all.
It was made by Tamás Kánya almost entirely from Kaiser beer cans and even has a little Astromech droid behind the cockpit. Forget making a run at the Death Star, make a beer run and see if you can make one of these yourself.
Pro Tip: Don’t drink and DIY at the same time. Always wait at least an hour afterwards – otherwise your creation will look like something from a Jawa salvage camp.
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Now that you’re done recovering from your Thanksgiving food coma, you’re probably be ready for some more delicious carbs, right? Well there’s no better way to get your sugar fix than with some of these Millenium Falcon truffles.
They’re made by Nikki’s Treats, and when ordered in the default grey (white chocolate) shell, look exactly like Han and Chewie’s trusty ship. Unlike the actual Falcon, these ones can be filled with Cadbury-like creme, caramel, peanut butter, marshmallow cream, peppermint cream or yummy Nutella. What’s not to like?
Grab a pack of three edible Millennium Falcons over on Etsy for $7.50(USD) before Chewbacca hoards them all for himself. While you’re over there, be sure to grab up some sugary Darth Vader and Han Solo treats.
Chewbacca always seemed a little high-strung to me, but if this image is to believed, he had enough patience to sit still for his portrait to be painted by the great Leonardo DaVinci.
This hilarious mashup of Chewie and Mona Lisa, entitled Chewconda after the painting’s Italian name La Gioconda, was created by Stefano Gentile, and would look great hanging up on your wall alongside your prized Carbonite-framed Han Solo.
You can grab an 8″ x 10″ ($14) or an 11″ x 16″ ($18) digital print of Chewconda over on Etsy for $14(USD), or really splurge and grab the framed original 18″ x 24″ acrylic painting of Chewie for $469.
Though divided by the infamous prequels, it’s hard for any Star Wars fan not to get excited for the holiday season. Thanks to Lucas’ marketing efforts, there are more Star Wars gift ideas than there are stars…in that galaxy far, far away. Here are some of the best ways to put a Wookiee-sized smile on your giftee’s face. More »
If you are a huge Star Wars fan, then you would definitely love what fifth grade teacher Morgan has done to his Vespa scooter – by slapping it with Star Wars decals on the vintage luggage case, in addition to decking out the entire old school scooter to look similar to the world’s most famous astromech droid – R2-D2.
According to Morgan, “I am a fifth grade teacher/SW nerd, and I recently converted my Vespa that I ride into work every day to look like the one and only R2. This was done with adhesive vinyl, some meticulous cutting and a 12-pack of beer. It gets a lot of looks and thumbs up, and often times while I am sitting at a stop light someone crossing the street will pause to take notice. The rear trunk is a real vintage piece and I removed the original faded travel stickers and replaced them with various retro style Star Wars art and posters that I found on the internet.”
Definitely one of the more eye stopping DIY work done, and while this R2-D2 Vespa scooter is unable to save the galaxy, it will ferry you from point A to point B in style. No one said anything about hyperspace travel though, so don’t go eyeing the Ferrari at the red light for a challenge.
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If you think about it, Han Solo frozen in carbonite was Boba Fett’s piggy bank. He turned him in to Jabba The Hutt for a tidy sum of money. Now you can be like Boba Fett and store your money in this Han Solo in Carbonite bank.
This 12″ tall vinyl bank features Han Solo frozen in carbonite on a freezing-chamber base. Instead of trading Han in to Jabba, just open the bank and take your pennies and nickels out. No need to make the flight all the way to Tatooine and attend Jabba’s lame parties. Jedi Rocks, my arse.
You can pre-order now for $24 (USD), and start saving for that new landspeeder in March of 2013.
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Everyone loves R2-D2, right? There’s really no reason not to – even if he is made out of cans. That’s right, R2-D2 has been built out a bunch of cans of what look to be sweet corn, Star-Kist tuna and tins of sardines on his chest. Mmm… just what droids like to eat.
This giant R2-D2 can sculpture was part of this year’s San Francisco Canstruction exhibit, which took place at One Market in San Francisco. C-3PO was nowhere to be found, but it’s possible that R2 ran off without him as he’s been known to do.
In addition to everyone’s favorite little droid, the exhibit included a giant shark made out of cans, tributes to Inception and UP and and what appears to be a red Death Star.
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