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R2-D2 Aquarium With Radar Eye Periscope
Posted by Sean Fallon at 3:30 AM on November 11, 2008
Now you can add "fish tank" along side "beverage cooler" and "projector" on the long list of job titles R2-D2 has had in his post-acting career. But rest assured that no matter what his occupation happens to be, R2 has a strong work ethic. In addition to housing your fish, he will rotate his head and utter his trademark bleeps with any voice command. He also features overhead LED tank lights that rotate colours and a periscope built-into his radar eye for spying on the fish floating in his robo-belly. On the downside, R2 never works cheap—this beauty will set you back $US130. [Hammacher Schlemmer via TFTS via Geekalerts]
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Curves
Posted 6:00 AM 11/11/08
@GMoney749: Hey! Women use logic too, its just Fuzzy.
The tank looks like a bitch to clean.
Curves
GMoney749
Posted 5:55 AM 11/11/08
@thefutureisnow:
Just check for logic circuits - if they're there, it's a him.
GMoney749
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 5:48 AM 11/11/08
@Segador: Of course if R2 is a 'he' and also obviously somewhat phallic shaped it makes you wonder what the female ones look like....
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Segador
Posted 5:45 AM 11/11/08
@thefutureisnow: Also, referenced as "he" in the movies...
Segador
Thats Dr Bear to You
Posted 5:42 AM 11/11/08
@thefutureisnow: Easy he only has two legs, that third "stabilizer" yeah.... not a leg
Thats Dr Bear to You
thefutureisnow
Posted 5:35 AM 11/11/08
One little question, how can youn tell that r2d2 was a him?
thefutureisnow
Serolf Divad
Posted 5:34 AM 11/11/08
Cool. Ever since the R3s came out, I've been wondering what to do with my old R2 unit. For a while I was toying with the idea of loading it up with explosives and rolling it into the Jundland wastes until a bunch of Sand People descended on it and then... BOOM! Remote detonation. See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya! But on second thought, turning it into a fish-tank is a way better idea.
Serolf Divad
Kayonesoft
Posted 6:24 AM 11/11/08
@Kayonesoft: Oh, it's much smaller than I thought.
1 3/4-gallon aquarium tank
Still, for any Star Wars fan, that's a reasonable price.
Kayonesoft
Kayonesoft
Posted 6:23 AM 11/11/08
@exwindchaser: 1 3/4-gallon aquarium tank
Kayonesoft
Kayonesoft
Posted 6:22 AM 11/11/08
$130 for THAT is a steal.
Kayonesoft
exwindchaser
Posted 6:09 AM 11/11/08
I like it. How many gallons is it?
exwindchaser
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 6:07 AM 11/11/08
@Curves: I dunno. It looks like you just unscrew his head, pour out the contents into another container and swish out his insides with a big a$$ bottle brush...
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Ibelieveinsandwitches
Posted 6:07 AM 11/11/08
$130 isn't that bad of a price for a completely set up tank. add to the fact that it's shaped like R2 and they could easily have doubled the price and still have made a killing on them.
Ibelieveinsandwitches
propertius
Posted 6:43 AM 11/11/08
Why didn't they just make it a water cooler and leave it at that?
propertius
Reil(aos)
Posted 6:43 AM 11/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...:Ass bottles? Ewww...
Reil(aos)
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 6:42 AM 11/11/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: That's cuz R2 is on top...
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Posted 6:29 AM 11/11/08
Bleh. Nice novelty, but no ability to install UV lights, no deal.
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Posted 6:27 AM 11/11/08
@thefutureisnow: C3PO never once tried to dryhump R2.
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
propertius
Posted 7:00 AM 11/11/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: Or you can put regular shrimp in, and maybe they'll have mutant offspring.
propertius
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Posted 6:55 AM 11/11/08
Also, since it's an SW theme, it has to have really weird looking creatures in it. For anyone so inclined, just gut out the head, install the UV/actinic 10W marine light and create a tiny nanomarine tank, complete with a weird ass, but badass mantis shrimp.
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Solday
Posted 6:53 AM 11/11/08
You could make that into a killer Mineral Oil cooled PC. Would have all the Star Wars fans going wild over that.
Solday
Curves
Posted 11:10 AM 11/11/08
This would be good for the Sea Monkey family I ordered out of the back of a comic book. I could give them tiny squeegees and they could clean it themselves. Problem Solved.
Curves
Shnyzx
Posted 12:36 AM 13/11/08
R2s a guy because 3P0 is the catcher
Shnyzx
Joker10
Posted 6:23 AM 11/11/08
Maybe...just maybe it cleans it self now that would be great. beautiful and self maintaining. @Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...:
Joker10
Joker10
Posted 5:35 AM 11/11/08
I had an Aquarium once.
Hey I am the first to post. (cherry popper)
Joker10