Comments on: Giant Star Wars pool toys and kites http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 12:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: GregLondon http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454917 GregLondon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454917 A giant beachball that looks like the Death Star! A giant beachball that looks like the Death Star!

]]> By: klenow http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454919 klenow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454919 Hell, I didn't even notice the children for the HOLY CRAP, that's a tie fighter KITE. And the X-wing floaty thing has a SQUIRT CANNON on it. Sorry for the caps, but I really am yelling. And you people noticed the facial expressions on the kids? What the hell is wrong with you people? Where are your priorities? My um...my kids want those...um...for the summer. Yeah. My daughter's birthday is soon. Girls like Star Wars too, right? Gender neutrality and all that? Yeah, I think I can sell my wife on that. Hell, I didn’t even notice the children for the HOLY CRAP, that’s a tie fighter KITE.

And the X-wing floaty thing has a SQUIRT CANNON on it.

Sorry for the caps, but I really am yelling.

And you people noticed the facial expressions on the kids? What the hell is wrong with you people? Where are your priorities?

My um…my kids want those…um…for the summer. Yeah. My daughter’s birthday is soon. Girls like Star Wars too, right? Gender neutrality and all that? Yeah, I think I can sell my wife on that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454668 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454668 My dear $diety! How can you not get excited about battling kites when you're flying xwings vs tie fighters! Guess Lucasarts finally did make a new Xwing vs Tiefighter :P My dear $diety! How can you not get excited about battling kites when you’re flying xwings vs tie fighters!

Guess Lucasarts finally did make a new Xwing vs Tiefighter :P

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454672 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454672 Mine! So mine... Mine! So mine…

]]> By: uberfalafel http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454674 uberfalafel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454674 What drugged and creepy looking children. What drugged and creepy looking children.

]]> By: deejayqueue http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454686 deejayqueue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454686 So Best. Will own. So Best. Will own.

]]> By: Steve Schnier http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454688 Steve Schnier Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454688 In case there are any questions about what I want for my birthday... hint hint... In case there are any questions about what I want for my birthday… hint hint…

]]> By: nerak http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454694 nerak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454694 I second #2. Also, I don't understand why little boys these days all have to have the same creeptastic haircut. They all look like that loon from Disney's vomit-inducing High School Musical. It's worse when they put a hat over it... I second #2.

Also, I don’t understand why little boys these days all have to have the same creeptastic haircut. They all look like that loon from Disney’s vomit-inducing High School Musical. It’s worse when they put a hat over it…

]]> By: Daniel Amos http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454696 Daniel Amos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454696 The first kid looks like Gollum and Ellen's lovechild, the second looks like a young Zac Ephron. The first kid looks like Gollum and Ellen’s lovechild, the second looks like a young Zac Ephron.

]]> By: Will_Tingle http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454706 Will_Tingle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454706 LOL @ "Gollum and Ellen's lovechild" LOL @ “Gollum and Ellen’s lovechild”

]]> By: Nasty http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454707 Nasty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454707 So sad that the first thing I clicked on was the R2-D2 drink holder and it says not available until 2010! *sniff* So sad that the first thing I clicked on was the R2-D2 drink holder and it says not available until 2010! *sniff*

]]> By: txdesign http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454981 txdesign Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454981 You can purchase one of the kites at Sams Club for under $20! They have them online as well. You need to be a member. http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=418067 I really want one but dont have any children, only a dog & I dont think the wife would agree that its for the dog. You can purchase one of the kites at Sams Club for under $20! They have them online as well. You need to be a member. http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=418067
I really want one but dont have any children, only a dog & I dont think the wife would agree that its for the dog.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454988 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454988 Five words: Inflatable Princess Lea Slave Girl. Five words: Inflatable Princess Lea Slave Girl.

]]> By: Ratbus http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454738 Ratbus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454738 Perfect compliment for this http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html?cpg=93H Perfect compliment for this http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html?cpg=93H

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-455257 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455257 <blockquote>Mom! my Tie Fighter is stuck in a tree!</blockquote> <blockquote>Mom! Bobby threw the Death Star on the roof again!</blockquote>

Mom! my Tie Fighter is stuck in a tree!

Mom! Bobby threw the Death Star on the roof again!

]]> By: aldous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454750 aldous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454750 Yay! More polyvinyl chloride for the kids! Yay! More polyvinyl chloride for the kids!

]]> By: Ryan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454753 Ryan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454753 If they're anything like the Naboo Fighter that came out several years ago, those images are Photoshopped to make the toy look bigger. We bought one for my nephew a few years ago, and the image of the toy on the box was scaled to make it look much bigger than it was, when the truth was, a 10-year-old boy sank it. If they’re anything like the Naboo Fighter that came out several years ago, those images are Photoshopped to make the toy look bigger. We bought one for my nephew a few years ago, and the image of the toy on the box was scaled to make it look much bigger than it was, when the truth was, a 10-year-old boy sank it.

]]> By: adonai http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-455267 adonai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455267 I am going to go buy a swimming pool just so I can get those. I am going to go buy a swimming pool just so I can get those.

]]> By: bingobingo http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454777 bingobingo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454777 That little girl should put a shirt on. That little girl should put a shirt on.

]]> By: saragorn http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454779 saragorn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454779 #9 I gasped in awe when I saw what that was. If I had one of those, I would sleep in it every night (if I fit in it). #9

I gasped in awe when I saw what that was. If I had one of those, I would sleep in it every night (if I fit in it).

]]> By: Ned613 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454781 Ned613 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454781 It would be really cool to rig with cheap strobe-lights, inflate with helium and then release outside. It would be really cool to rig with cheap strobe-lights, inflate with helium and then release outside.

]]> By: Tiggy http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454806 Tiggy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454806 I would have probably killed to have one of those when I was six. Wahhhh, kids today get everything! I would have probably killed to have one of those when I was six. Wahhhh, kids today get everything!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-455064 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455064 <blockquote>Lucas has licensed a killer line of inflatable Star Wars beach toys for the summer...</blockquote> But it's ALWAYS summer on Tatooine!

Lucas has licensed a killer line of inflatable Star Wars beach toys for the summer…

But it’s ALWAYS summer on Tatooine!

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454842 GeekMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454842 Holy crap! I had a daydream about making and flying a TIE-fighter kite just the other day. JOY! Holy crap! I had a daydream about making and flying a TIE-fighter kite just the other day.

JOY!

]]> By: Evofuse http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454851 Evofuse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454851 You can buy the kites at Target. I saw them on sale for $29.99. The tie Fighter is awesome. You can buy the kites at Target. I saw them on sale for $29.99. The tie Fighter is awesome.

]]> By: magic whiskey http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-455378 magic whiskey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455378 Is there a reason why some of these young boys are greased up? If so, I don't want to know it. Is there a reason why some of these young boys are greased up? If so, I don’t want to know it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/02/giant-star-wars-pool.html#comment-454899 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-454899 Um... where is the Princess Lea slave girl inflatable? No reason. Um… where is the Princess Lea slave girl inflatable? No reason.

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