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.
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!
 Marvin – Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 K-9 – Doctor Who
 Huey – Silent Running
 HAL 9000 – 2001*
 V.I.N.CENT – Black Hole
 Conky – PeeWee’s Playhouse
 Rusty the Boy Robot – Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
 Twiki – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
 B9 (aka the Robot) – Lost in Space
 Crow T. Robot – MST3K
 Johnny Five – Short Circuit
Tripod – War of the Worlds*
Wall-E
Tom Servo – MST3K
Robby the Robot – Forbidden Planet
?
Gigantor
?
Rock’em Sock’em Robot
Mechagodzilla
Megaman*
Mazinger Z*
?
Cylon – Battlestar Galactica
Marvin – TV HHGTG (shouldn’t the head be longer?)*
Bubo – Clash of the Titans
Sentinel – Matrix (I would have given a side view)*
R2-D2 – Star Wars
Tinman – Wizard of Oz
Gort – Day the Earth Stood Still
?
Bender – Futurama
T100 – Terminator
C-3PO – Star Wars
Robot on cover of Oct. 1953 Astounding Science Fiction (used on Queen’s Album)*
Iron Giant
Maria – Metropolis
Cylon Centurian – (new) Battlestar Galactica*
ED209 – Robo Cop
?
?
Rosie – The Jetsons (her bottom wasn’t rounded though)*
Johnny Sokko’s Flying Robot
Tic Toc – Return to Oz*
Dr. Theopolis – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Optimus Prime – Transformers (cartoon)
Maximilian – Black Hole*
Voltron
Muffit the Daggit – Battlesatr Galactica
Techno Trousers – Wallace & Gromit
* = someone else told meÂ
? = still need help
So often my “Want It” posts are for things that are completely out of reach for me, but today’s post is something I will be getting.
After viewing Monday’s Big Bang Theory I had to go on a search for the t-shirt that Sheldon was wearing. My search brought me to a cool website (Chop Shop) with a similar shirt, but instead of Godzilla the shirt I came across this shirt was covered in Robots (only about half of which I can name…I hope the shirt comes with a list of who they are).
But since I could not find the Japanese monster shirt I had seen and this shirt was similar I thought I would ask, so I shot off a quick email. I thought I would hear back in a few days (if at all). To my surprise I got an email back in about an hour and they told me who did the shirt Sheldon was wearing even though it was not available through them. How cool is that?!
So I will definitely be back for this awesome robot tee!
Tonight’s Big Bang Theory had Sheldon wearing yet another way cool t-shirt. This time it was a cool Godzilla monster silhouette shirt from the folks over at Super7.
I will so be getting one of those.
But while I call myself a fan I don’t know if I can name all of the monsters pictured on the shirt. I may need some help with that.
So if you want to look cool like Sheldon go get this shirt. (but not until I get mine)
Perhaps if you dress as a Klingon and speak the language at conventions this gadget might be for you. Then again if you are a hunt and peck typist, like myself, you might not want to go there.
But if the Klingon dictionary alone is not good enough for you, you’ll want to get yourself a Klingon keyboard from Cherry (UK).
Or maybe even better just run out and buy yourself a USB keyboard, pop the keys off, and redo them in a Klingon font. Then plug it in and turn on the Klingon font on your PC and away you go. Much cheaper and maybe even more fun. Heck there has to be a site out there somewhere where you could get custom keyboard stickers if you wanted them.
You’ll find a DIY Klingon Keyboard much more satisfying than buying one (especially one that isn’t even an official Star Trek item).
Remember the Fisher Space pen and how cool it was to be able to write anywhere even upside down? I found another pen that is just as cool, maybe even cooler. (If that’s possible since the Fisher Space pen did do a licensed Star Trek pen back in the day, I have one in my collection.) This new pen I am talking about is the INKA pen.
The Inka pen is from those innovative guys over at Nile Ize and it is pretty sweet. Like the space pen it writes anywhere — upside down, under water and in extreme temperatures. So you can take it with you anywhere you go even planet Vulcan.
It has a multifunction design. The closed pen is watertight and can be used as a key chain or attach it to your gear. There’s a PDA stylus too so you can quickly tap out commands on your tricorder or smart phone (which ever one you happen to have). Take the key ring off and reassemble your Inka in to a full size writing instrument, which by the way is pretty smart looking, with its stainless steel and carbon fiber components. This would make a great gift for anyone from all out geek to a sports nut. For more info check out writeanywhere.com or just head on over to ThinkGeek.com to pick up yours.
Just like in Star Trek, a great big happy family on planet earth. I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, Happy Kwanzaa, Joyous Noel, Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Saturnalia and so forth and so on.
To celebrate the holidays I have once again put up my Trekmas Tree. Here are a few pictures. It is all trek ornaments and toys nothing else except lights and my Lego trains underneath.
The number one fan of all things science fiction passes away. Forrest J Ackerman, the man who started the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and shared his home for years with fellow fans died last week (Dec 4th 2008).
I have very fond memories of a visit to his Ackermansion back in 2000 with my friends while in California (Karloffornia) for a Farscape convention. He welcomed us into his home where we got to see his life in science fiction and hear him tell tales of his life. As Spock says, fascinating. He will be greatly missed.
Both Boing Boing and Time have very touching articles about this great man of sci-fi.
I just got off the phone with a fan (or maybe a stalker, but he did not sound too stalkerish — not that I know what a stalker sounds like).
He is a fan of my book and has been using it to get a complete Playmates collection together.
I told him about PlayTrek.com and to join the online mailing list for help getting his collection. He won’t find a better place to buy, sell, trade or just talk Star Trek collectibles past, present or future.
I got off the phone feeling pretty good about my book and myself. Now I want to write the long over due update. To do so I need some help from my friends. Please write, call or email Schiffer Publishing and let them know we need a complete, updated, fixed etc. volume of the Unauthorized Guide to Star Trek Toys by Playmates Toys by yours truly.
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road
Atglen, PA 19310
Ph: 610-593-1777
Fax: 610-593-2002
E-mail: info@schifferbooks.com
or
email through their site at:
http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/contact.php
This is one of the coolest plush toys since the Black Knight from Monty Python’s Holy Grail (which is also available at ThinkGeek). These clever geeks over at ThinkGeek made these super cuddly, scarey, creepy little Zombies that you can rip to shreds.
But the best part about this product might just be their marketing and the demo video they made. Check it out below it is worth it. (I have to say the folks over there are just crazy — looks like a place I would like to work — pretty sure I would fit right in with the wackos.)
So here is another I Want It Wednesday post that just might wind up being something I do eventually get.
 This is one of the coolest skeleton tees I have seen in a long time (and I love the glow in the dark ones). This one is just so unique. Want to know what makes a clockwork man tick? You’ll see it with this cool shirt. Available now at your local ThinqueGeek Merchantile.
ThinkGeeks ubergeek description of this cool steampunk shirt:
Maybe you’re into the whole DIY bit of the Steampunk movement but you’re not quite ready to replace your ribs with copper tubing and your lungs with bellows. That’s where we come in. We’ve made a Steampunk cosplay t-shirt that lets you reveal your inner self without exposing any actual vital organs. Sure it doesn’t look quite as cool as being a steam-powered cyborg, but the pluses are that there’s no worrying about pressure gauges and less oxidation this way. Trust me. When you gotta get in there and scrub the tarnish off of the thoracic vertebrae, you’re going to need a second set of hands. It’s even worse than trying to dry your back. Especially if your hands are modded, too.
Steampunk-esque skeleton in shades of sepia on a black, 100% cotton shirt.
Sticking with previous I Want It Wednesday posts I came across this lifesized Cylcon from the new Battlestar Galactica and thought how cool it would be to add it to a giant robot collection alongside the Robby Robot and the B9 robots (if one could afford them all that it).
from the scifi.com item description…
The Cylon Centurion Robot is a highly-prized robotic masterpiece and only available in limited quantities.
Officially licensed for Battlestar Galactica and exclusively manufactured by the legendary ‘Robot Man’ Fred Barton, each Cylon Robot is hand-made, numbered and signed by him.
Standing 7-feet tall, each Cylon is carefully crafted out of sturdy fiberglass right down to the delicately spindled fingers.
The visor in the helmet displays a red LED light effect and the eerie whirring of the Cylon brings your robot to life!
I have had this bumper sticker on my car for more than two years, maybe even three by now and every time my mom sees it she asks me what it means. So I explain about the borg and assimilation etcetera and hope that will be the end of it (we do not speak of the other meaning in my family, but I am sure other “family” members get it). I am getting a little tired of saying, “it’s a borg thing, you wouldn’t understand” to people.
This has even gotten me in a little bit of hot water with the local rednecks too. So now that it is faded I think I will replace it with another Star Trek inspired bumper sticker. Not exactly sure which one. Maybe I will get the Boldly Going Nowhere one or one of the red shirt society ones. I’ll let you know what I decide (and I am up for suggestions too).
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