What A Slacker!

I Want It Wednesday: Robby Robot Bobble Head

Add comment March 3rd, 2010

Bobble heads are just so dang cool to begin with then combine it with the coolest robot ever and it becomes a must have collectible!

Get your own Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet Bobble Head today (I will be as soon as I get my next paycheck).

Trek for Gold

Add comment February 19th, 2010

Collecting gold coins is not only a fun hobby but a great investment too. You can share the fun of buying gold coins with the whole family.

Check out Goldline.com for some very interesting facts about gold coins as well as informative price quotes on the current value of your gold collection.

If only I had collected gold coins instead of Star Trek action figures my collection could actually be worth something now instead of just sitting in my storage locker taking up room and costing me money. Sadly I know more about Star Trek than I do about trading gold. Thank goodness for Goldline International and their very informative site. Now I will have some knowledge should I decide to change those Trek toys into gold, literally.

Sponsored by Goldline International

I Want It Wednesday: Spock Teddy Bear

Add comment June 3rd, 2009

A co-worker pointed out the pointy eared little buggers to me last week and the more I think about them the more I want them!

Spock Bear is of course my first choice if I were to only get one.

My niece told me that everybody should own a Vermon Teddy Bear and I must say I think I agree with her!

PopHangover.com Doesn’t Know Their Pop Culture

2 comments May 9th, 2009

The fine and rather sarcastic folks over at Pophangover.com must have been hungover when they reviewed the Spock action figure on their site.

Take a look at the picture to the right. As you can see they are clearly talking about the NEW Spock action figures from Playmates Toys, but are comparing it to Leonard Nimoy as Spock. So of course the photo of the actual person isn’t going to look ANYTHING like the action figure and vice versa.

Perhaps as a pop culture site they are so out of touch with reality that they don’t really know what is going on in the world of pop culture any more? Have they had their collective heads in the sand for the past year? Do they not know that their is a NEW Star Trek movie with a whole new cast? Spock is now played by Zachary Quinto (Sylar from Heroes).

Now with that new knowledge people, try your little review again. Your two main complaints about the figure seem a perfect match when compared to the correct actor.

I would say the toy is pretty close, not dead on, but pretty dang close to Quinto (but certainly not Nimoy). And I’m the slacker here

I Want It Wednesday: Star Trek Wall Murals

Add comment April 29th, 2009

I have been telling FatHead for years that they needed to make Star Trek wall stickers. I even contacted the cardboard people to see if they were going to do them (they let their license go a bout two years ago and I bet they are kicking themselves now). Roommates has picked up the slack and their stuff looks good and costs less than FatHeads anyway.

I have to get me some of these. Wish I had a wall to do the full wall mural of the Enterprise bridge. (Wouldn’t that be sweet with the life-sized captain’s chair?)

I may wind up settling for the giant wall appliques. I could handle having just a Kirk or Spock standing next to my PC. But like I always asked when I was bothering the other companies, please bring us some big ships for our walls and ceilings!

      
Giant wall Apliques of Kirk, Spock and McCoy

Small appliques of
Star Trek crew / ships / Icons

I Want It Wednesday: Customized Star Trek Posters

Add comment April 22nd, 2009

Just found this site -  youneek.com - where you can customize posters and cards. The best part for me is the Star Trek posters. I gots to go make me some!

I Want It Wednesday: Zombie Pets

Add comment March 18th, 2009

 I saw these and thought I have to have those. These are just TOO funny. Little Zombie pets for your pockets. Set includes a zombie cat, zombie dog, zombie rabbit, zombie bird and zombie fish. I think they should do even more zombie animals. I would like to see a zombie farm set with a zombie horse, cow, sheep, goat, chicken etc.

So go ahead and run out and buy the Zombie Pet Shoppe figures before I do.

CBS Celebrates Twilight Zones 50th B-Day By Hocking Merchandise

Add comment March 4th, 2009

CBS announces new licensing agreements to hock Twilight Zone merchandise inlcuding a US postage stamp (probably the reason stamps are going up to 44 cents in May).

Other products will include games, dolls and Hallmark ornaments.

So I guess the new Star Trek film isn’t the only thing CBS is whoring out.

I Want It Wednesday: Life-sized Captains Chair

Add comment February 25th, 2009

Boy would I love one of these for my collection, but at around two grand I cannot foresee ever having one. Noting in my Star Trek collection has cost me more than $200. I just can’t bring myself to spend that kind of money on a collectible. (funny though I spent that on my other hobby, photography, when I bought my first digital SLR)

I will just have to continue under the impression that it is really uncomfortable (most likely not), would NEVER make me feel like a starship captain (fat chance on that, it would be SO COOL) and there is no where I could fit it in the house (duh, throw out the sofa!) Okay, so I have convinced myself (NOT) that I don’t want or need this splendid, life-sized, original series Captain’s chair to act out my Captain Kirk fantasies.

Besides if I had this where would I get the green alien girls from?

Since these are limited and I don’t seem to be able to get me one, why not head over to EE and pre-order a Captain’s Chair for yourself (and make me EXTREMELY jealous in the process)?

Name the 50 Aliens on This Shirt

Add comment February 21st, 2009

I had so much fun with my friends trying to figure out the 51 Robots on my other Chop Shop t-shirt that I thought I would do the same here with the 50 Aliens shirt. (Both of which are highly recommended by me as being both uber cool and uber geeky.)

Here’s what I got (feel free to comment below with additions or corrections to the list):

1. Ignignokt the Mooninite - Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2. Alien

3. Space Invaders ?

4. Preditor

5. Yip Yip Martians - Sesame Street

6. ?

7. Marvin the Martian - Looney Tunes

8. Bug - Starship Troopers

9. Kodos or is it Kang? - The Simpsons

10. Glactus - Marvel Comics (not the Silver Surfer movie, slackers)

11. Vorgon - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Movie

12. Mos Eisley Cantina Band Member - Star Wars: A New Hope

13. ?

14. Tribble - Star Trek TOS

15. ?

16. Diva - Fifth Element

17. Howard the Duck

18. E.T.

19. Alien - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

20. ?

21. X-Files?

22. ?

23. Klaatu - Day The Earth Stood Still (original)

24. Space Invaders

25. Nibbler - Futurama

26. Space Invaders

27. Great Gazoo (Kazoo)- The Flinstones

28. Spock - Star Trek

29. ?

30. ?

31. ID4 Alien - Independence Day

32. Mork from Ork - Mork and Mindy

33. ?

34. Uncle Martin - My Favorite Martian

35. MIB Worm - Men in Black

36. Sand Worm - Dune

37. ?

38. Beldar - Coneheads

39. Martian - Mars Attacks

40. Kanamit - Twilight Zone To Serve Man

41. Quark - Star Trek Deep Space Nine

42. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)

43. Zim - Invader Zim

44. ?

45. ?

46. ?

47. ?

48. Zoidberg - Futurama

49. Alf

50. Dalek - Doctor Who

So as you can see there are holes in this list. So your help is appreciated!

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock

Add comment February 15th, 2009

Who knew that the game of rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock shown on the Big Bang Theory was and actual game? Not I. I found out the other day while poking around ThinkGeek.com they made a t-shirt (which is pretty cool in its own right) and they linked to the guy who came up with it.

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock was created by Sam Kass with Karen Bryla. The rules are easy and the reasons for using it instead of the standard rock, paper, scissors makes pretty good sense. People that know each other too well will inevitably end up in a tie about 80% of the time. So by adding 2 new variables this will decrease those chances of getting a tie.

Here are the rules (Sheldon will also explain them in the video). Scissors cut paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitate lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. Rock crushes scissors.

Love this show!

Geeks Need Love Too

Add comment February 14th, 2009

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Guess what? Even Trekkies are loved. Why not show the world?

I am getting everyone I know one of these shirts so they can proudly tell the world “I LUV A TREKKIE”.

Why don’t you run and get yourself one too? The I Heart (luv) a Trekkie t-shirt is available at CafePress. Or if you don’t like this one head on over and customize your own t-shirt.

Can You Name All 51 Robots

1 comment February 12th, 2009

The reason I ask is because I can’t. I can get the majority of them but need help with the rest. Please comment below with your answers. As you can see I am only a few short of getting all 51 robots named. Your help is appreciated. Thanks!

1.  Astro Boy

2.  Marvin - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

3.  K-9 - Doctor Who

4.  Huey - Silent Running

5.  HAL 9000 - 2001*

6.  V.I.N.CENT - Black Hole

7.  Conky - PeeWee’s Playhouse

8.  Rusty the Boy Robot - Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

9.  Twiki - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

10.  B9 (aka the Robot) - Lost in Space

11.  Crow T. Robot - MST3K

12.  Johnny Five - Short Circuit

13. Tripod - War of the Worlds*

14. Wall-E

15. Tom Servo - MST3K

16. Robby the Robot - Forbidden Planet

17. ?

18. Gigantor

19. ?

20. Rock’em Sock’em Robot

21. Mechagodzilla

22. Megaman*

23. Mazinger Z*

24. ?

25. Cylon - Battlestar Galactica

26. Marvin - TV HHGTG (shouldn’t the head be longer?)*

27. Bubo - Clash of the Titans

28. Sentinel - Matrix (I would have given a side view)*

29. R2-D2 - Star Wars

30. Tinman - Wizard of Oz

31. Gort - Day the Earth Stood Still

32. ?

33. Bender - Futurama

34. T100 - Terminator

35. C-3PO - Star Wars

36. Robot on cover of Oct. 1953 Astounding Science Fiction (used on Queen’s Album)*

37. Iron Giant

38. Maria - Metropolis

39. Cylon Centurian - (new) Battlestar Galactica*

40. ED209 - Robo Cop

41. ?

42. ?

43. Rosie - The Jetsons (her bottom wasn’t rounded though)*

44. Johnny Sokko’s Flying Robot

45. Tic Toc - Return to Oz*

46. Dr. Theopolis - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

47. Optimus Prime - Transformers (cartoon)

48. Maximilian - Black Hole*

49. Voltron

50. Muffit the Daggit - Battlesatr Galactica

51. Techno Trousers - Wallace & Gromit

* = someone else told me 
? = still need help

This way cool t-shirt is available from Chop Shop.