Boba Fett Glass Pipe Helmet

 This is just for the smoking-inclined Star Wars collector. A handblown glass pipe Boba Fett wearable helmet that is actually fully functioning and smokeable!!! Made by eccentric torchman, Kevin Murray...

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R2D2 Print by Kevin Tong

Kevin Tong’s amazing rendering of R2D2, titled “A Linch Pin Droid”, is a 24″ x 36″ screenprint with glow in the dark ink, has an edition of 400, and will cost $50. Actually, its already sold out!



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R2D2 Swimsuit

Australian fashion designer James Lillis has become an instant geek hero with the launch of an swimsuit inspired by the Star Wars droid R2D2. According to James, "there has been thousands of dollars worth of orders in just a few hours."
Expect a surge of geeks to the beach with cameras soon!




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Aroe AT-AT Wall

AROE (HA, MSK) kills it with this speaker-laden AT-AT themed piece in Brighton....

The Vader Project

Freeman’s presents
The Vader Project
Los Angeles Auction Preview
See 100 customized Darth Vader helmets of The Vader Project before they go up for auction!

Opening Night Party
Friday, June 11 6pm - 10pm
With DJs The Crystal Pharaoh and
The Sucklord from BAND of the LOST

Saturday, June 12 2pm
Catalog signing with over 20 participating artists.

Open Daily from Noon - 6pm June 12 - 20.
6812 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles CA 90036

order the catalog here.

more here.

TIE Fighter Bramblebot Custom

Kirkland Jue of the infamous Toybot Studios Blog has created a sick-looking TIE-Fighter custom Bramblebot for the new show at Super7 entitled, 'It came From Skullbrain II"....

Backstory: A Tie-Fighter crash-landed on the World War Robots planet.

A band of Tomorrows Kings were scavenging the ship for parts and felt sorry for the pilot who was dying due to his injuries.

Just like the Six Million Dollar man, they decided to re-build him using parts from a Bramble and re-cruited him to fight against the Robots!

The original TIE-Fighter by Medicom.

The original Bramblebot by 3A Toys.

Snatch VS Star Wars

Darth Vader is really an East London gangster.

R2D2 Tissue Cover....Scraping The Barrel

The R2D2 tissue cover. Yes, the R2D2 tissue cover.

I love Star Wars merchandise, but this is really scraping the barrel.

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Vader customs

Whilst searching images online for a new painting project, I stumbled across this neat little exhibition that was held in LA in 2007 at the LA Convention Centre.. 66 different artists customized their very own Darth Vader helmet! (soooo jealous!)

Hoth Base Diorama Lego Custom

I know I know. This is the millionth lego custom I have posted but they just seem to be getting better and better!
The 5' x10' Hoth base diorama consists of 60,000 pieces and has cool features such as 50 real LED lights and a remote controlled mechanism that deploys troops from the AT-ATs. Created by Mark Borlase, he spent about $3,000 and over 4 years in the making to complete this diorama. What a beautiful loser!
(Click to enlarge and see that he has also added footprints to the snow!!!! WTF!)

Overall view of interior of Echo base. Lights from "Life Lites"

He tried to match some of the interior views that I found in the book "The Art of Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back".

Interior view with custom down lights, runway lights, custom walkway.

Sick bay with cutom medical droid and bacta tank.

Hoth battle with 2 custom ATAT walkers

See more of Brickplumber's custom works HERE.

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Meteor Crash in Peru

Eyewitnesses watched a fiery ball fall from the sky and smash into the remote Andean plain near the Bolivian border on Saturday, local media reported.

The crater left by the object is 65ft wide and 20ft deep
When villagers went to investigate, they encountered fetid, noxious gases, according to local health officials.

Jorge Lopez, director of the health department in the southern state of Puno, 800 miles south of Lima, said at least 200 people had become ill after inhaling "toxic" fumes emanating from the resulting crater.

It [the object] is buried in the earth," local resident Heber Mamani told the BBC.

"That is why we are asking for an analysis because we are worried for our people. They are afraid. A bull is dead and some other animals are already sick," he said.

Three geologists from Peru's Geophysics Institute are on their way to the site to determine whether it was, in fact, a meteorite, and are expected to present a report on the incident on Thursday.

Sounds scary to me! It's like War Of The Worlds and Independence rolled into one. I just hope that on Thursday, they tell us it was just a cow that exploded due to an overload of methane gas and that's why everyone's feeling sick.



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Star Wars lightsaber headed for the stars

Original Words by: Joshua Topolsky

According to recent news out of NASA, the next time the Discovery crew take their ship into orbit, the "force" will be with them -- because they're taking Luke Skywalker's lightsaber along for the ride. That's right, for the film's 30th anniversary, the original lightsaber prop from the first Star Wars film is taking a ride into actual space... but that's not all. Apparently, Chewbacca will be on hand to pass the saber to officials from the Houston Space Center, and then together with Jango and Boba Fett, he will help push a plane back on the tarmac (for reasons unknown to us). But wait, there's more. When the Discovery lands in Houston after its space travels, the crew will be greeted by a group of Stormtroopers and other "Star Wars notables," including the much-loved R2-D2, who will then deliver the lightsaber to a waiting line of Hummers. Afterwards, there will be a party at the Mos Eisley Cantina, where Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes will play a set of their greatest hits.


Dkoda's Thoughts!:

I love the idea of sending this icon piece of future-inspired technology prop into space but I wonder what an Alien life-form might make of it if it were to encounter the lightsaber.

Maybe it will think we are a species of great intelligence and wisdom...or when it turns it on and a couple of lights dazzle them, and not much else...they'll think...hahaha...pewny Earthlings and their primitive toys! AhH..hahaha!!!

With this thought in mind I motion for a life-size Terminator robot to be sent with it...just to cover any angles which might make us look like an easy planet to over -rule. I mean, lets face it...meeting the Terminator as a peice of space JUNK from Planet Earth would give anyone second thoughts about invading our sweet homeland!

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Star Wars Geek Chick

Got an email from Greg The Bunny this sunny morning that read like this:

Selph,

100% work safe.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bla bla bla

That's my friend Sable licking the AT-AT I gave her.

I don't know what the criteria is for gaining a mention on your blog
but
I would think licking an AT-AT should be worthy.

~Greg

Made me smile........This ones for you Greg!

Pic Posted on Violent Indigo.