star-wars
—>ThinkGeek's tauntaun sleeping bag is nearly here! It's so close, you can almost smell it. They'll start shipping in early November. In the meantime, if you can't justify spending $100 on the greatest piece of Star Wars memorabilia ever, you can enter their pumpkin carving contest to win one. Or a bunch of other prizes we don't care about. More »
—>The persecution never ends for the Jedi, does it? First, they were nearly all murdered by one of their own. Then, just when they've built a presence on modern Earth, a grocery store in Wales tells a practicing Jedi that he can't wear the hood of his robe up in their stores. Bigotry! More »
—>For April Fools' Day 2009, ThinkGeek launched a tauntaun sleeping bag as a fake-yet-awesome product. As everyone knows, pranks make the best market research, and now LA Weekly reports that they are going ahead with the product. Yes! More »
—>Update: To clarify, Pizza Hut isn't changing its name. It's co-adopting "The Hut" is a secondary branding mark, or something like that. (Thanks to William!) More »
—>Of all companies, ThinkGeek should know that you never taunt a sci-fi nerd with something movie related unless it really exists. Yesterday the company revealed its annual page of fake products to trick customers, including squeezable bacon spread and a "Unicorn Chaser" soft drink. The best product of all, however, was this Tauntaun sleeping bag (check out the tiny lightsaber on the zipper pull!), which sparked so much demand that the company is looking into selling it for real. More »
—>Paxton Holley submitted the above Storm-Troopers-go-shopping awesomeness to The Consumerist Flickr pool. They also bought Colt 45, and Amstel Light. More »
9 Things Star Wars can teach us about frugality. Number one: "1) They do their own maintenance and repairs. Rebels don't take the x-wing into the local Space Lube Garage." [Wise Bread] More »
—>ShopLego is super nice about sending you out new Legos for free when your mail truck plunges into a gorge, writes Anne: More »
