There are tons of people out there with generic ‘Star Wars’ tattoos. They are all over the web. However, when someone gets a Star Wars inspired tattoo with an unique spin, that is something very special. That is the case with this “Day of the Dead” calaveras-style tattoo of our favorite Droids, C-3Po and R2-D2. This calaveras Artoo and Threepio tattoo is the work of Greg Howell of Jack Brown’s Tattoos in Fredericksburg, VA.. All I can say is this is pretty awesome and rests on “ladyofguadalupe“. I love how Artoo looks like he’s smiling (kinda…)
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As a geek and a new homeowner, I always want to find a new way to geekify my home. Well, it looks like two amazing ‘Star Wars’ fans had the same thing in mind as they created an awesome custom outdoor smoker and garage bin made to look like our favorite astrometric droid, R2-D2! The smoker created by Philip Wise of The New Wookiee Workshop is my favorite of the two. Why you say? It just might be because it’s will smoke some delicious meat and I LOVE BBQ. Ribs, pulled pork, smoked salmon, yadda yadda yadda. I will eat it ALL! The garbage bin (creator unknown) seems to get the short end of that stick as I’ll be throwing away crap into it.
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Couple years ago (has it been that long since this blog started?), I featured an R2-D2 that has been modified into a complete game station including gaming consoles such as Nintendo, SEGA Genesis, and Playstation. Well, why not top that? Mark Bongo, the owner of Major League Mods designed this amazing R2-D2 game station featuring a X-Box 360 and also a projector with AUX ports. All the parts are built into the Artoo case internally with the projector lens in Artoo’s head and the X-Box 360 disc tray built into Artoo’s panels. Just as a cherry on top of the sundae, the Artoo console mod also features some snazzy blue LED lights around it. From the looks of it, it looks like the R2-D2 case is made from an R2-D2 waste basket from couple years back. Whatever it was made from, all I can say is I am insanely jealous of Mark Bongo’s creation and I wish I owned an X-Box 360 so I can build one of these.
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This is such a simple idea yet I’m freaking out about it. Japanese figure designer/manufactuer, Kotobukiya is pretty well known around the world for their pretty awesome ‘Star Wars’ toys. Well, since last year, they have been getting into making stuff that isn’t statues or model kits such as the Star Wars lightsaber chopsticks from early last year. Well, I guess it was a huge hit because Kotobukiya will now make Star Wars silicon ice trays that will produce perfect mini ice sculptures of Han Solo in Carbonite and our favorite astrometric droid, R2-D2. Simple idea right? Well, than why hasn’t anyone made it before?! These ice trays are heat and cold resistant so you can be either on Mustafar or Hoth and you won’t need to worry about these getting damaged. It’s pretty cool considering you can fill and freeze almost anything you want. You can fill them with water to make ice for your glass of scotch or fill them with fruit punch to make mini popsicles for the little ones. You can put some melted chocolate into them and make a little Artoo chocolate that you can bite into. The possibilities are endless! Koto’s Star Wars ice trays will hit the streets in July (just in time for Summer) and will cost you less than 10 credits (when I say credits, I mean dollars) each!
I hope these are out by San Diego Comic Con. It would be pretty awesome to have for a party.
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A group of unknown students at Minnesota’s Carleton College decided to PWN their very own Goodsell Observatory by dressing it up to look like a very familiar astrometric droid from Star Wars. The epic pranksters decorated the observatory with pre-fabricated drapes and taped them around the building to look like R2-D2. Just to be on the safe side, no spray paint was used for the prank so there was no serious or permanent damage to the property. Smart! On top of that, the decorations were accompanied by Artoo sound effects as well! No one has officially come forward and claimed the deed, but these prankster may have pulled off one of the greatest Star Wars pranks of all time.
Hit the jump to see the result of this EPIC Star Wars college prank.
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For a hot summer day, there is nothing more refreshing than an ice cold can of Artoo’s premium beer! Teefury always has great parody shirts and today, Teefury takes a whack at our beloved astrometric droid from Star Wars. Considering the fact that Artoo has been recreated over the years as a fridge, trash can, and other products, it is fitting to see Artoo as a can of beer. Why not? Is there another alternative? I doubt an Artoo deodorant stick would be as pleasing as a can of beer. Teefury favorite designer, James Lillis of Brisbane, Australia thinks so as designed this hilarious shirt. Unfortunately, like all Teefury shirts, this will only be available for one day at a low low price of 9 dollars (or credits, based on your planet system’s currency of choice).
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Thank you Gentle Giant! Thank you Star Wars! Thank you for the gift of gracing us with the GREATEST R2-D2 collectible of all time! There I said it! This lovely astrometric droid has all the bells and whistles that we wished we could have had in previous Artoo toys. There has been previous attempts by Kenner and Hasbro at adding the little special features that Artoo possessed, but they never did Artoo justice. Next year, Gentle Giant will drop this bad boy early next year. Measuring at 7 inches tall, Artoo will be produced in cold cast polystone and hand painted? With all this meticulous work, it is obvious that this Artoo will be limited edition. On top of the great craftsmanship, this bitchin’ Artoo comes with periscope scanners, mechanical gripper, Luke Skywalkers lightsaber (from Return of the Jedi). rotary saw, computer hackin’ thingie, and more. All the little accessories are detachable so you can customize Artoo to your liking. BEAUTIFUL! Too bad this Artoo doesn’t move and make noises. That my friends, is the next GREATEST R2-D2 collectible of all time!
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