We’ve seen and heard about these at before, but now you can finally get your hands on the Han in Carbonite and Artoo ice trays via the always-awesome web store ThinkGeek.
Wacky merchandise: Star Wars moleskines
Wacky merchandise du jour: Artoo Operation
Select members of Club Jade have long been creating custom Star Wars board games – it’s why we have a Games Night at every JadeCon – but no one has yet approached the game of Operation… But now there’s going to be an official version. Alas, perhaps in deference to the youthful audience, the ‘victims’ are droids. A lost opportunity!
Someday, we hope, some brave Wild Karrde or Star Lady will find it in them to create the game as it should be: With Extra Crispy Anakin Skywalker. Consider the gauntlet dropped.
Wacky merchandise: Lightsaber lip balm
Laser pointer? Cigarette lighter? No… It’s lip balm. French (Canadian?) lip balm. (NOT A SURPRISE.) Available in Vader, Anakin, or Yoda. (Yoda?)
I am without words, so I’ll just borrow this from our own Knitress: “Now I know why Steve Sansweet can leave LFL; the Star Ladies’ work is done.”
The Original Trilogy coming to Build-A-Bear
Build-A-Bear Workshop launched a Star Wars line last year with a Darth Vader and several Clone Wars offerings. This poster Eliz spotted yesterday reveals this year’s selections: A Star Wars bear and outfits for Han Solo, Threepio and Princess Leia.
Wacky merchandise: Ewoks vs. Stormtrooper
Damn, Sideshow… Just damn. From the melodramatic title (‘Fall of the Empire’) to the crazed looks in their little glass eyes… This is hilarious.
More wacky Star Wars stuff coming from ThinkGeek!
Is your tauntaun sleeping bag lonely? Hold out a few months and you can get him a wampa rug or C-3PO backpack pal!
Wacky merchandise: Cookie cutters and pancake molds
These products aren’t wacky in and of themselves: Who doesn’t love cookies and pancakes? It just seems a bit strange that they appear at a place like Williams-Sonoma. (Though they are a sister brand to Pottery Barn, so it’s not totally out of the blue.) Sure, $20 cookie cutters are mildly ridiculous, but we’re tremendously jaded, and at least you get Vader-shaped food out of it.
Wacky merchandise du jour: Darth Vader GPS
Yes, TomTom is actually offering a Darth Vader voice for their GPS, with Threepio, Yoda and (seriously?) Han Solo coming soon.
Unauthorized (and probably fake) merchandise du jour: The Darth Vader condom
“Luke, I will not be your father!” proclaims this French condom package discovered by Geeks Are Sexy. Sure, it’s most likely a Photoshop job, but at least it’s a funny one.