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RC Hovering Astronaut Is Unholy Son of a Cylon and the Silver Surfer
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 8:21 PM on September 11, 2008
This Remote Controlled Hovering Space Surfer has to be the best toy among the ongoing barrage of RC flying apparatuses: a nine-inch Cylon-Silver Surfer-Bender-bred astronaut who one day got all the Beach Boys albums and decided to surf on a 11-inch board capable of hovering, spinning 360 degrees, and moving straight in all directions with ease. It has enough thrust to get up to a 20-metre ceiling, but having a 8m range, I would advise against pushing it that high unless you are willing to wait 15 minutes until the batteries run down. [Hammacher via Toylogy]
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l3igh3d
Posted 8:48 PM 11/9/08
WOW! 70 minutes to recharge....thats such a party pooper. I hope the spaceman is removable
l3igh3d
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Posted 8:47 PM 11/9/08
Kinda look like there's a little Bender mixed in there as well.
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Lagomorpho
Posted 8:46 PM 11/9/08
Don't underestimate the power of trust.
Lagomorpho
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:26 PM 11/9/08
I'm happy that it's so confident getting up to those ceilings, but I think the word you're looking for is "thrust" as opposed to "trust".
(Unless you're from the Caribbean and have a thick accent.)
strider_mt2k
buckymarino
Posted 9:27 PM 11/9/08
they actually do this in outer space, right?
buckymarino
rrwakc
Posted 11:20 PM 11/9/08
@92BuickLeSabre: surfing on a solar winds in anti-radiation suit.
rrwakc
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 11:14 PM 11/9/08
@buckymarino: Yup. One thing a lot of people don't know is that NASA is actually the National Aeronautic Surfing Association - a non-profit group of extreme athletes trying desperately to enter the Universe's Most Tubular Surf Contest.
92BuickLeSabre
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:37 PM 11/9/08
@rrwakc: Nice!
Probably a whole back-story you could put on that and everything.
I'm thinking Novella, Graphic Novel.
The merchandising alone would be...but I digress...
strider_mt2k
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Posted 12:28 AM 12/9/08
@evolutionvintage: Krystal, beam me down "Space Surfer".
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
evolutionvintage
Posted 12:18 AM 12/9/08
for second there i thought it was ace mccloud, lol
evolutionvintage
misterburglund
Posted 1:28 AM 12/9/08
"Hey, hey, kid! Stop! Hey! Let me borrow your... hoverboard?!"
misterburglund
mathew
Posted 2:27 AM 12/9/08
You all totally failed to make a perfect "Dark Star" reference.
mathew
hindsight2020
Posted 3:36 AM 12/9/08
that's a new vehicle for Halo IV!
hindsight2020
Purple Dave
Posted 6:24 AM 12/9/08
Careful when braking, there, so you don't trip and fall into the Whirling Blades of Death or something...
Purple Dave
kanon
Posted 7:17 AM 12/9/08
"Look, I need to borrow your... hoverboard?" -Marty McFly
kanon
Crowbot
Posted 6:01 PM 12/9/08
@mathew: Dark Star is a pretty obscure movie. Like two people know what we're talking about and on had to wiki it first.
Crowbot
Purple Dave
Posted 6:17 PM 12/9/08
@Crowbot:
I even _own_ Dark Star on DVD, and I _still_ have no clue what you're talking about (granted, I've only watched it once...).
Purple Dave