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Gadgets
The Cheapest Way To Smash An iPhone For Fun
10:00AM Sean Fallon | Oddly enough, a website called iPhonedummy.net is selling realistic looking but completely non-functional iPhone dummies for $US20 apiece. As stupid as that sounds, there are a million-and-one uses for this thing. More »
Gadgets
Buy Tony Stark’s Arc Reactor For $US150
10:40AM Adam Frucci | This Arc Reactor is just a replica, so it won’t allow you to power a bionic suit that flies around and punches through walls. It will, however, make your desk that much more dorky. And that’s something. [Museum Replicas]
Entertainment
Gyrating Star Trek Tribble For Sale
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Either there’s a legitimate Star Trek Tribble for sale at eBay today, or someone is about to make $US5,000 off a large multi-coloured cotton ball. More »
Toys
Nostalgic Trekkies Can Cling to the Original Series With This Retro Tricorder Replica
12:30PM Jack Loftus | J.J Abrams’ Star Trek took the original characters in a new, wonderful direction, but that doesn’t mean people still can’t enjoy the boxy look of the original series with this sharp-looking tricorder replica. More »
Entertainment
Blast Electric Sheep With Deckard’s Gun, Now Just $US150,000
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Was Deckard really a replicant? Who cares, his blaster’s for sale. More »
Gadgets
Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber Sold for $US240,000, Doesn’t Work
6:40AM Adam Frucci | Some dumbass spent $US240,000 on Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first two Star Wars movies. Didn’t that guy realise that there’s no such thing as a lightsaber and that it doesn’t work?? More »
Gadgets
Buy Luke’s Original Lightsaber for $US185,000, Gizmo Animatronic for $US5,000
11:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is it. The real McCoy: Luke Skywalker’s one and only lightsaber, used in the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. It can be yours for only $US185,000. If you don’t have $US185,000 handy, you can get the real fedora hat or the bullwhip used by Indiana Jones in Temple of Doom for $US61,000 each (reportedly, the ones from Indiana Jones and the Crappy Flying Saucers with the Stupid Kid will be $US20.84). These are only three of the original props that will be available in a December 11 auction, which will include one with our name on it: The original Gizmo, the animatronic puppet used in Gremlins, with control box and wires included. More »
Vehicles
Ghostbusters Ecto-1 For Sale on eBay
3:45AM Sean Fallon | If you missed out on the 89′ Batmobile a few weeks ago, now is your chance to score another piece of Hollywood history. A fully-restored Ecto-1 used for over 15 years as part of the Ghostbusters Experience at Universal Studios is now up for bid on eBay. According to the current owner, it still runs great and Ernie Hudson thinks it looks better than the one used in the films. Now that is an endorsement worth spending over $US45,000 for. Bidding ends on October 11th. [eBay via Slashflim via Neatorama] More »
Gadgets
Original Tie Fighter Prop From Star Wars in Ebay Auction at US$170,000
8:34PM Kit Eaton | You call Marty McFly’s hoverboard a movie prop? Nahhh…. this is a movie prop. The Tie Fighter that dinged Vader’s own craft, sending him spinning out of the Death Star trench? Yes, the very same, from the original Star Wars movie. It could be yours, if you take part in an Ebay Hollywood auction scheduled for Thursday. And, of course, if you have around US$170,000 lying around—and probably a bit more too, as the estimated price goes to US$200,000. The 17-inch high resin, plastic and metal model comes with a letter of authenticity from effects wiz Richard Edlund, and two shooting reports describing its use in the film. It’s legit, it seems. Hmmm…. sports car/tie fighter, sports car/tie fighter. Tricky choice. [Ebay via Geekologie] galleryPost('tiefighter', 3, ''); More »
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