I just emailed Santa my wish list:
Star Wars Han Solo Carbonite Chocolate Bar ($11.99, ThinkGeek.com)
Remember in “The Empire Strikes Back,” when Darth Vader seals Han Solo in carbonite and hands him over to Boba Fett to deliver to the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt? This is that, only smaller and made of dark chocolate.
Rocket-shaped salt and pepper shakers ($48, UncommonGoods.com)
Used to, kids dreamed of becoming astronauts. Today, not so much. Space flight has lost a lot of its romance, and rockets are just another budget item for politicians to haggle over. (We’re bumming rides from the Russians these days, for crying out loud.) These sleek salt and pepper shakers are a nice reminder of when the future was bright and anything seemed possible. Plus, they’re cool-looking.
Speaking of rockets….
1/48 scale model of the Lunar Excursion Module ($141.81, Amazon.com)
This isn’t a model kit or a toy. This is one of those sturdy things guys used to put on their desks. OK, geeky guys, but still, guys. Here’s something you might not know: The real LEM didn’t have seats. Seats would’ve made it too heavy, so Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed standing up.
Tin robots (various)
I love these things. I want an army of them guarding my desk. Vintage tin robots would be best, but I’d settle for reproductions. I love the colors and the clunky design and the fact that they’re mechanical, not digital, and that they’re completely impractical. I don’t think there’s really a need for a giant mechanical man with a human face and machine guns its chest, but, I have to say, that would be kind of cool
Star Trek Starship Enterprise Pizza Cutter ($29.99, ThinkGeek.com)
I’m not much of a Trekker, but I am a geek, and this is pretty cool … so cool, in fact, that I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be too embarrassed to use it, probably, depending on who’s around.
1966 Batmobile ornament ($17.95, Hallmark)
What I really want is a real Batmobile. There’s a guy in Indiana who makes them, life-sized and street legal, but they’re $250,000 each, so I’d settle for this. Plus, it plays the “Batman” theme. Nothing says Christmas like the “Batman” theme.
I love Think Geek! I can’t believe I missed that chocolate bar!
It had a tough time avoiding making this post a giant ad for Think Geek. There’s so much there I like!
Ah, ThinkGeek! One of my favorite Internet shopping destinations.
If Thing 2 were more of a Star Wars fan, I’d get him the Tauntaun sleeping bag from Think Geek. Remember in Empire, when they’re on the ice planet, and Han slices open the dead Tauntaun and stuffs Luke inside so he’ll stay warm? The sleeping bag looks like a dead Tauntaun, and you unzip it with a little lightsaber, and the inside looks like Tauntaun guts. When I first saw it, I thought it was disgusting, then I wanted one.
The Hans bar is great. Going to order a few of those.
Hard to believe it took 31 years for someone to invent them, isn’t it?
Swap out the Batmobile with the Monkeemobile and this could be my same exact Christmas list.
And probably the robots for zombies, right?
I love the Batmobile and the lunar module! I can totally see those under my Christmas tree, yeah. Good suggestions!
This is interesting: Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission to the moon, was in 1972, 39 years ago. The median age in the United States is 36.5. This means most Americans weren’t alive when we were on the moon. Isn’t that weird?
Here I am trying to control my consumer impulses and you come along with a iist of must haves!
Sorry.
You only need to apologize if I lose it and get a real Batmobile. But I assure you that isn’t going to happen.
If you needed something for your office walls you might try: http://www.etsy.com/listing/81350686/star-wars-minimalist-characters
I love your list, Todd!
I think they make a life size replica of Han in carbonite, too. But that chocolate bar is more within my price range.
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I love the look of vintage tin robots too! There is a shop on etsy that sells the vintage robots and is fairly reasonable. I think it is called VToysFever. If you like tin toys it is a great place to browse.