Comments on: Empire Strikes Bike: a Star Wars-themed cruiser http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: John Farrier http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109506 John Farrier Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109506 The trunk is cute. It looks like an air conditioner from a motor home. The trunk is cute. It looks like an air conditioner from a motor home.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109762 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109762 Looks more like peewee's bike... Looks more like peewee’s bike…

]]> By: MooseDesign http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109770 MooseDesign Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109770 Beautiful! And I already own a Rebel Troop transport, so I'm 1/90th of the way there! Beautiful! And I already own a Rebel Troop transport, so I’m 1/90th of the way there!

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109825 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109825 I am not sure what makes me hate Lucas more, his ability to sell out to a level not before seen by humanity, or the fact that he clearly stole Pee-Wee's bike. Stop it you bastard! I am not sure what makes me hate Lucas more, his ability to sell out to a level not before seen by humanity, or the fact that he clearly stole Pee-Wee’s bike.

Stop it you bastard!

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1110083 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1110083 What a handsome conveyance! What a handsome conveyance!

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109594 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109594 WANT! Infinity!! The fact that it looks like a modified Pee-Wee bike, just makes it all the better. :) WANT! Infinity!! The fact that it looks like a modified Pee-Wee bike, just makes it all the better. :)

]]> By: A.Lwin http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109386 A.Lwin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109386 Looks more like the bike Pee Wee Herman owns. Looks more like the bike Pee Wee Herman owns.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109387 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109387 Somebody tell Pee-Wee they found his bike. Somebody tell Pee-Wee they found his bike.

]]> By: elsuperjeffe http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109899 elsuperjeffe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109899 you made my day. you made my day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109388 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109388 Sure looks like Pee-Wee's bike to me.... Sure looks like Pee-Wee’s bike to me….

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1110156 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1110156 I wonder if anyone else has noticed that it looks like Pee-Wee's bike! *ahem* In reality I think it's pretty cool, it's not exactly Star Wars aesthetically but clearly a lot of love went into it and it is neat without relying on Star Wars itself to make it cool (which a lot of Star Wars derivative stuff does). I want a spiral spoke cover like that for my own bike; it's like a propeller plane with spirals on the propeller center piece. This would get stolen in about twenty seconds if ridden anywhere in California besides Skywalker Ranch, of course, so it's a good thing it will presumably be staying there. I wonder if anyone will actually ride it, though. I would probably be afraid to. If I'm reading this right, it previously had just been lying around and anyone could use it to get around quickly (perhaps one of a fleet... a rebel fleet... of bikes). I wonder if anyone else has noticed that it looks like Pee-Wee’s bike!

*ahem*

In reality I think it’s pretty cool, it’s not exactly Star Wars aesthetically but clearly a lot of love went into it and it is neat without relying on Star Wars itself to make it cool (which a lot of Star Wars derivative stuff does). I want a spiral spoke cover like that for my own bike; it’s like a propeller plane with spirals on the propeller center piece.

This would get stolen in about twenty seconds if ridden anywhere in California besides Skywalker Ranch, of course, so it’s a good thing it will presumably be staying there. I wonder if anyone will actually ride it, though. I would probably be afraid to. If I’m reading this right, it previously had just been lying around and anyone could use it to get around quickly (perhaps one of a fleet… a rebel fleet… of bikes).

]]> By: William George http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109389 William George Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109389 Hah! Thought that myself. Maybe Francis is behind it. Hah! Thought that myself.

Maybe Francis is behind it.

]]> By: garunya http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109391 garunya Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109391 I would have preferred "The Empire Bikes Back" I would have preferred “The Empire Bikes Back”

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109396 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109396 I was gonna say... :) It IS totally boss, though. I was gonna say… :)

It IS totally boss, though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109431 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109431 Great, now I've got Danny Elfman's Breakfast song stuck in my head. http://tindeck.com/listen/hhwv Great, now I’ve got Danny Elfman’s Breakfast song stuck in my head.
http://tindeck.com/listen/hhwv

]]> By: remmelt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1110490 remmelt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1110490 Seriously, who could they have missed that. The empire strikes... bike? For real? He struck a bike? Seriously, who could they have missed that. The empire strikes… bike? For real? He struck a bike?

]]> By: frogmarch http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109486 frogmarch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109486 "You would prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system! I grow tired of asking this, so it will be the last time: Where is the Rebel base?" "It's in the basement... of the Alamo." “You would prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system! I grow tired of asking this, so it will be the last time: Where is the Rebel base?”

“It’s in the basement… of the Alamo.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109743 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109743 Did they find this in the basement of the Alamo? Did they find this in the basement of the Alamo?

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2011/05/13/empire-strikes-bike.html#comment-1109503 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1109503 ALL bicycles should have AT-AT chin guns installed. ALL bicycles should have AT-AT chin guns installed.

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