Digesting And Spewing Pop Culture Into Your Face

I came across this monstrosity in my internet wanderings today. It’s up for pre-order on eStarland.com for a cool $77.95 with a March 23 release. I’m not really sure what the shade is made out of though it looks almost like a shag rug type material. The base looks a bit off too as it’s chrome or polished aluminum. I think a PVC gray, like the controller would have been a better choice, maybe as a powder coat. Ah well. The price is a bit crazy as all I really would want would be the shade.

Here’s a sneak peak of an awesome picture that should win us a $1000 dollars. Awhile back I posted about our new sofa that we had ordered. It came in early August and I’ve delayed updating you about it because I wanted to spring it on you when we were in the midst of a contest involving it. You see, the Sofa Co., which is where we bought it, have customers submit pics of their new piece of furniture in it’s natural habitat. That just so happens to be in our living room. These pictures are then entered into a voting contest on everyone’s favorite social network, Facebook. Anybody who is a member of Facebook can “Like” the Sofa Co.’s page (they don’t spam you). If you could please follow the link here and vote for ours (It’s The More The Merrier one) because that would be awesome. We could get a huge discount on our sofa and you also get to see the rest of the sneak peak picture up there (Starbuck, our cat, is just the tip of the iceberg). Thanks for checking it out and thanks to our amazing friend Rob who is the artist that photographed it and also did the Photoshopping. Thanks for reading!

It’s another package!

Well, it’s most definitely something related to Star Wars.

And there it is. In all of it’s amazing glory.

The packaging is pretty simple which is nice because I’m sure you’ll just want to tear it open.

Freed from his shackles ready to yell, “NOOOOOOO!”

He looks great from behind though he’s missing his cape. It’s also kinda sad he has no lightsaber.

Press his buttons to make him work.

“Heavy breathing, Heavy breathing”

For comparison’s sake.

Let’s go for a walk!

It lights up in Vader’s lightsaber red. All you gotta do is push down on his head.

There’s this really cool retro shop in Los Angeles that is proudly called This Is Not Ikea or TINI for short. Their prices are somewhat ridiculous for their wares but they do have an crazy assortment of goods ranging from kitsch to downright fancy. Now they have a statue of Indiana Jones for sale. Yes, that’s right, you too can rape Indy in all of his glory like Lucas and Spielberg, all in the privacy of your own home. If you live in the area hit ‘em up and check their retail store out.

“I like lamp.” No really, I like lamp. I saw this at a thrift store and it was just too stupid looking (and cheap) to pass up. It’s sort of like a bobble-head with the spring it sits on.  It also has that classic Ditko style head. It’s made of a bunch of plastic beads and the lines look hand drawn. I thought maybe it was a bit older as it was somewhat dirty, but with some internet Matlockery I found out it’s not all that rare. You can get a new one on Amazon if you’d like though the price-tag is a little steep. I guess it’s supposed to be a kid’s nightlight but I think it will fit right in with my man-toys. In the meantime check it out lit up.

I love me some vintage scores, even when I don’t really have a place to put it at the moment.I came across this killer shelf/display case in the Eero Saarinen tulip chair style. It is in the same style as my re-done chair but has a much different vibe to it. Like I said, I need to figure out where it should go. My first instincts were a bar but we already have that covered as you can see behind the shelf in the pic. I will say that a forum member at NeoGAF have given me a killer idea that compiles my two recent Lego pickup’s and some black spray paint and glow in the dark stars. I’m not too sure that’s what will become of it but it’s a great start. I’ll give you an update once I’ve figured out where it goes.

I’m sure that title up there exposes me as quite the nerd but why hide from it. I think this is a perfect licensed product that is both awesome looking and functional. I have cut many pizzas in my lifetime (yeah Themis Pizza!!!) and this would have made it just that much more fun. Like the title says though I’m more of a Next Generation fan, as we all know Picard is better than Kirk (Picard’s a knight and Professor X. Kirk isn’t any of those). So once ThinkGeek decides to make the Enterprise D then I’m all over this. Head on over to their site and pick one up for yourself if you prefer Kirk. (via Boing Boing)