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"Tauntaun Sleeping Bag" [ThinkGeek] (Thanks to Rob!)
]]>I so want one of those for my little padawan. And well one jumbo size one for me. I hope they make them. When I got the email I knew it was a jpke but man I want some squeezable bacon.
]]>This really is a cool idea. I'd buy one if they start making them.
]]>Wouldn't mind settling for the tauntaun though!
]]>@downwithmonstercable: Your wife needs to get off her high horse HA! I'd love Transformers sheets! Still have the original carrying case and Optimus Prime... plus a few others :)
]]>If they get a cut, you better believe they'll grant a license. Star Wars is still a HUGE moneymaker.
]]>@LegoMan322: @Radi0logy: No pot... just a bit of end-rhyme and alliteration married to a rewrite of the story (except for the Vermont restaurant) to help the mental creative-juices flow in the morning. =)
(If you really don't understand, I can define all those big words for you).
]]>did anyone else hear the maniacal laughter of James Earl Jones when they read that? ~shiver~
]]>I want this sleeping bag so much that I don't even care if it is a kid size only. I'd still get one for myself and one for my will-grow-up-to-become-the-ruler-of-the-universe nephew. Darth Jake is not quite 1 year old yet, but someday you will tremble in terror at the very utterance of his name!
And maybe one for my dogs...
The lightsaber zipper pull makes this product so PERFECT that I almost want to cry great heaving sobs of joy.
]]>@LadySiren (same name on Twitter): I bought a pair a few years ago at Hot Topic. I had to buy them to relive my childhood.
]]>@Becca Donato- Hardie: :( Too bad. My boyfriend and I went through his Star Wars collection one night after drinking. He also just got the talking Clone Trooper helmet. Yay for geek couples.
]]>Perfect for that camping trip to Hoth.
]]>@Laura Northrup: I'm a girl and I think the sleeping bag is awesome. My boyfriend also has a Star Wars blanket from the first movie from when he was a kid.
If there were Star Wars sheets for my Queen size bed, I would totally buy them.
]]>@tande04: My boyfriend owns the Wifi shirt. He's never worn it but I'm planning on bringing it with us on vacation so I can sniff out some signals.
]]>Squeeze bacon, yes! I ordered some baconnaise on-line, and actually like it.
But what I really want is the Spazztroid highly caffeinated cereal!
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]]>It's entirely possible that they'll actually produce this. They did start producing 8 bit ties after they featured them as an April Fools day item.
]]>and if it was an ice cave tent, why couldn't the wampa be the sleeping bag? it's just a modification of something like this:
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i have to be a grown up now and go to a meeting....
]]>Plus it got played out REALLY quickly.
]]>something like this might show better when sewn together
]]>You know, you could just put some of that bacon spread in there and let it sit for a week to get that authentic "Tauntaun" smell.
]]>I am pretty sure we'll be buying the toddler-sized Leia costume for next Halloween :)
]]>@Razorgirl: IIRC from Maxim magazine, they did/do make Underoos/something similar for girls, just not guys.
@utensil42: OK, I seriously need to get these sheets now, and make sure they show on the BedCam. Maybe then I'll get some IM's from girls....
It is funny how many of think geek's april fools stuff gets turned to real stuff. Isn't the 1up mushroom real now?
]]>Anyone want to start a sleeping bag company with me?
]]>A few years ago, they did a grow-your-own 1up mushroom. They couldn't figure out how to engineer a real one, I guess, but they do sell replicas that you can put in the soil to look real.
]]>@Ubik2501: If I saw someone wearing that, I'd give them major nerd points for owning it. And then I'd probably punch them for being fucking annoying and blasting sounds when they walked into a room.
]]>i wanted the bacon spread. i think it would sell better. honestly i cant believe it doesnt exist yet.
]]>If you wash them, will you still be able to say "I thought they smelled bad on the outside?"
]]>My husband and I were just discussing how we would both love to be able to still get Under-Roos - in grown-up sizes.
I would totally buy the Tauntaun sleeping bag. In a heart beat!
]]>Amen. I'd totally salivate over a guy with Star Wars sheets. :)
]]>MY son has sported my old school Transformers sheets a time or 2. Transformers Sheets Also I still have a pillowcase from 78 of Superman.. Superman Sheets
]]>Damn it, that was coffee up my nose.
]]>I just hope that Lucas lets them do it. And doesn't sue the pants of them for producing that one.
]]>@CargoHolder_GitEmSteveDave: I've been looking for transformers sheets for a while. My wife said no though. :(
]]>Well. It would.
]]>And that's just the preamble before they sign the contracts!
]]>That's pretty cool. I bet they could at least sell that one pictured on ebay...
]]>I don't know if I would buy this though. I have the red 8-bit tie from them, but I can't see myself sleeping in one of these. Not even when I go camping.
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