You’d expect this post to feature Admiral Ackbar. He owns “It’s a trap”. What sort of trap, though? That’s the question. This t-shirt even comes with a backstory. The government doesn’t pay very much out in pensions anymore – especially after you’ve just overthrown it. A Mon Calamari needs to eat, needs to earn some […]
Alternative Star Wars posters: Hoth and Dagobah
These two alternative Star Wars posters are the creation of Dirty Great Pixels. Like what you see? Good news; both are for sale via etsy along with a range of other alternative movie and gaming posters.
I find your lack of towel disturbing
This fantastic tee design by Jayveezed is available from Redbubble (£18) and mashes The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with Star Wars. The result is superb. “I find your lack of towel disturbing”
Rare demonic Stormtrooper and Boba Fett sketches
These two sketches come via the Rotofugi toy store. Rotofugi specialise in unique, rare and geeky toys. Rotofugi find time to promote not just established artists but up-and-coming ones two. These two demonic Star Wars sketches come from a gallery of work from Japanese & Japanese-American Artists that ran in the beginning of 2012.
Yoda takes on the Xenomorphs
Who’s going to win this fight? Yoda or those aliens? This piece is by Toby Carr who said he wanted to do something sci-fi for a change. Let’s hope he does sci-fi more often!
Dramatic Star Wars glass coasters
I rather like this glass coasters from Entertainment Earth. These Star Wars images manage to cross the line from fanboy to art. Not only that; these feel like high impact art. Interesting art is perfect for the coffee table in the living room as it gives people something to talk about. I think these coasters […]
Boba Fett stained glass
This remarkable piece of art was created by Michael McLane. It shows the ever popular bounty hunter, Boba Fett, in stained glass. I always associate churches with stained glass and can only imagine what sort of church a display like this would be part of.
Lucasarts & Dark Horse to publish The Star Wars
It’s April Fools’ Day and therefore understandable that people are treating this news with cautious – but many news outlets are reporting that Lacasarts and Dark Horse will publish The Star Wars. Bleeding Cool has the same news but Rich Johnston’s write up was published yesterday. Let’s go with this as being real. Back in […]
Think Geek’s 2013 April Fools!
Think Geek has a proud history of getting engaged with April Fools’ day. This is a rising challenge as it’s become increasingly popular for sites to play pranks on readers each year. It’s free marketing, after all, with blogs pointing out the best gags each year. Think Geek does April Fools’ well, though, and given […]
The best selling RPGs of the winter; Pathfinder rules and D&D slips to third (2012)
ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]