Star Wars fig display table

Etsy seller FaustX2 made this Star Wars fig display table out of printing-press trays and other salvage items, topped with tempered glass.

This mixed media custom coffee table was made from reworked vintage printing press trays and a pair of vintage steel dock pallets. The interior display area is populated with a broad survey of Storm Troopers, Clone Troopers and other Imperial officers and droids from the various eras of Star Wars mythology. The pallets have been left rusted and all woodwork has been kept rough in keeping with the industrial style of the piece and are bound together with black steel wire. For a more modern look the pallets/base could be ground to a shiny steel finish depending on environment. The table top is 3/8" thick tempered glass and can be easily removed to rearrange the display area below. The table is very heavy (close to 100lbs) due to the steel pallets but felt sliders have been mounted on the bottom for easy movement on hard floors. Shipping is at cost in North America via Fedex ($500 due to weight and size).

Star Wars Coffee Table (via IZ Reloaded)

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What table?
- http://www.datelinezero.com/ Lounge Daddy
  
  Was gonna reply with the same comment. LOL :P
  - awjt
    
    Nice…. fur hat.
    - http://aqfl.net Ant
      
      What fur hat?
- http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
  
  Dammit.
jlargentaye

And the cover photo just happens to feature an attractive and scantily-clad lady (literally in her underwear) showing her cleavage.

And that has absolutely nothing to do with the attractiveness of the product. Oh no.
C’mon, I thought the era of product bimbos was over. Or is it cyclic?
- cinerik
  
  I was hanging on to the vain hope that it was in fact the maker of the table at least. Sadly, I suspect that that is not ‘James’.
  - Scratcheee
    
    Not so fast. Google “James King.”
    - cinerik
      
      The lady may have indeed gone by the name James, but did she put ‘male’ in her profile?
      - Scratcheee
        
        Got me there.
      - Antinous / Moderator
        
        If you Google James Chillcott Star Wars, you can find out all that you’d care to know.
- BrotherPower
  
  …and I thought the era of calling attractive women bimbos was over.
  - jlargentaye
    
    It’s not a slur, it’s job description. But you’re right, I couldn’t come up with the exact term, which turns out to be “promotional model”, although that doesn’t have the negative connotation I was looking for for the job. See also: “booth babe”
    - BrotherPower
      
      I know; I’m just messing with you. ;)
      
      You’re right, of course, as are Noctilucent Studios and Nylund downthread. This is the same cynical tired mind-trickery that lazy marketers reflexively reach for to sell us their shitty products (see: every major American beer; see: GoDaddy).
      
      It feels even more crassly manipulative when the product is shoddy. Two grand and he can’t weld the pallets together? Can’t at least countersink the Home Depot brackets?
      
      Gilding a lily is one thing. This is “bimboing” a turd.
      - GyroMagician
        
        ’Bimboing a turd’ sounds like the sequel to ’2girls1cup’.
- jim_x23
  
  The era of product bimbos will NEVER be over. Praise Whatevah whose ways are mysterious.
  - mappo
    
    So long as there are men with money in their pockets, there will be product bimbos.
- http://mjfgates.myopenid.com/ mjfgates
  
  Usually when Regretsy showcases Stupid Boobs Used To Advertised Stupid Etsy Items, it’s clothing. It does happen often enough that it’s a regular feature, though.
pjcamp

I can think of much better things to show boobies to.

Figs, excuse me, figs. Mmmmmmmm figs.
jlargentaye

Wait… did Cory pull off the ultimate dead-pan here?
- puppybeard
  
  Suspect you’re right
J. Lurie-Terrell

Those are not “printing press trays,” but rather California job cases.
- Ramone
  
  More like on-the-job-cases. HEY-O!
- http://twitter.com/violentbloom violentbloom
  
  What a waste! I hate it when people upcycle usable letterpress stuff.
  - http://blog.glennf.com/ Glenn Fleishman
    
    The number of California cases relative to the amount of workable metal type left in the world is sadly a very high ratio.
    - Bevatron Repairman
      
      Not around *my* house.
    - Cameron Leggett
      
      I still refuse to sell my unused type cases to anyone I suspect will turn them into trite tchotchke (sp.) displays. Still I wish I could see more of the legs of the table even at the cost of the cleavage. Grannies have been hording type cases for years to store thimble and miniature spoon collections, so I guess the fact that it’s a table is what makes this interesting. Meh, to Star Wars plastic, but that’s just a matter of taste.
- http://blog.glennf.com/ Glenn Fleishman
  
  Thank god you posted this. I was dying inside.
- Bevatron Repairman
  
  Thank you, J. Lure-Terrell! My grandfather worked at MacKenzie & Harris in San Francisco for 50 years and had Andrew Hoyem — of Arion Press in San Francisco — as his apprentice! I love folks who know of what they speak!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Curt-Cansler/100000864092253 Curt Cansler

I see one very well sculpted figure! *Rimshot* What a great rack! *Rimshot* I’ll be here all week, tip your servers well!
franko

i wish i could see the table, but there’s this chick laying on it.
- nachoproblem
  
  ”Lying.” Intransitive.
  
  What? If we can get picky over what type of case it is…
http://www.pobox.com/~rknop Rob Knop

These are not the ____ that you are looking for.
Daniel Sinnott

Damn you Boing Boing …. I can’t see all the figurines!!!!
- eviladrian
  
  Yeah, tell that person in the furry hat to get out of the way!
  - http://dailygrail.com/ Red Pill Junkie
    
    That was a Geekometer test.
    
    You all passed :3
    - Alan Wexelblat
      
      I note that when I follow Antonius’s advice to search (above) I get this link:
      http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/household/furniture/star-wars-coffee-table.asp
      which manages to show off the table quite well without the boobage.
http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios

What a pathetically, shameless example of “sex sells”.
- sdmikev
  
  sex cells, rather.
- puppybeard
  
  It’s enough to question the popular opinion of people who collect Star Wars figurines, and their level of sexual activity.
- Repurposed
  
  It’s not the selling point. A true nerd would be focused on the FIRST EDITION R2-D2 OMG OMG….
spacemunky

The real crime is using a $500 table to display Prequel-era figures.

Edit:
Oops, $2,500 for the table and shipping all together. That crime just became capital.
- bcsizemo
  
  $500?
  
  NO, No, no… That’s $500 to get it to your house…cause it’s big and heavy?…
  No, the table will cost you 1950. Yes, so two grand for a table.
  
  I mean wow, I don’t care how handmade that thing is, just wow.
  
  (I’ve shipped pallets before, and frankly $500 is steep.)
  - spacemunky
    
    Yikes! I didn’t RTFA close enough…thanks for clarifying
  - http://blog.glennf.com/ Glenn Fleishman
    
    The two trays can likely be purchased for tens of dollars. They were thrown out or stored in huge quantities over the last 40 years. A few metal parts. And some kind of stand and tempered glass.
    
    Parts could run up to $200. Assembly time a few hours. So.
    - jimh
      
      Yeah, once my eyes focused on the actual table, I noticed the 69 cent hardware brackets holding the type cases together. Not worth your $2500.
      - HeartlessMachine
        
        I’m all about making things. And salvage. And selling what you make. But you’re right, those brackets are hideous! I also noticed the poor fit between the wood cases and the steel base, which really detract from the whole. I understand that the artist was using preexisting parts that weren’t the same size as each other, but sometimes you just have to pick one or the other. Put some real table legs on those cases, OR make a box that fits the steel pallet. With a little fabrication, the wooden part could be turned into a really nice piece, and the steel part could be turned into a DIFFERENT really nice piece.
        
        It all came together when I got to the part in the description that explained The wood was left unfinished and the steel was left unfinished, and everything is held together with bailing wire.
        
        It almost sounds like bare minimum effort, but more likely it’s maximum effort for someone with bare minimum ability or resources.
Nylund

As a heterosexual male, I appreciate scantily clad ladies, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that, in certain uses like this, I feel insulted. It’s like someone out there thinks they can completely trick my mind into liking something I otherwise wouldn’t just because there’s a half-naked female involved. I then get mad at myself because, to some extent, I’m actually susceptible to it. It also makes me feel like my reaction plays a role in the objectification of women which makes me even sadder. The hole process just makes me feel kind of crappy about myself, the seller/advertiser, and the world in general.

I have no problem with women voluntarily offering pictures or videos of themselves for the pleasure of others. I just don’t like it when it’s used for purposes of manipulation. At least with pron, the intent and purpose of everyone involved is clear cut and lacking any manipulative agenda.

End rant.
- tamgoddess
  
  I want to like this a thousand times over.
- voiceinthedistance
  
  “The hole process just makes me feel kind of crappy about myself”
  
  I see what you did there, Nylund.
  - millie fink
    
    The Hole Process (n.) an advertising method that foregrounds conventionally hot young women
- digi_owl
  
  Thanks for putting words to something that has been nagging me for years.
- TheMudshark
  
  I think I can handle it without being too conflicted about myself and the world or compulsively shelling out $2500 for something I don´t need.
- cdh1971
  
  Well…after seeing the rack in the pic…for two seconds I considered switching teams, albeit as an occasional sort of thing…but I think I’ll stick with my tried and true figurine(s)….
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  It’s exactly the same in the world of gay male media, except with half-naked men. It’s kind of annoying. As much as I like looking at naked guys, I prefer to do it on purpose.
- http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios
  
  My sentiments exactly. Bravo, Good Sir. BRAVO.
- artbyjcm
  
  You summed it up perfectly!
- http://twitter.com/AntiBoredomTeam Dan Century
  
  This issue is cultural. Not only did “millennials” grow up as digital natives, and smothered by the pop culture of previous generations (Star Wars, Mario Bros,etc ), they also grew up in a culture of omnipresent pornography, so for them overt sexuality is the norm.
- http://avarana.blogspot.com MarlboroTestMonkey7
  
  The process works. Matrix integrity is sound.
bcsizemo

Here’s the part where my comment gets deleted…for $2500 does the girl come with it?
/joking sarcasm
- nox
  
  Thought of making a joke about that in a reply to spacemunkey. Then thought again.
  
  Clearly this table fits into a silicon valley nerd fantasy of inviting a girl over to see their 2000$ table.
  - bcsizemo
    
    I’m all for the maker culture, but really. I’ve seen most of these “parts” for sell at antique places for relatively cheap. Now if he was throwing in all the action figures as well, then that might be a different story.
  - cdh1971
    
    Someone say — Munkey?
moogtheremin

Why are so many so quick to take a moral high ground on this picture. I mean, what’s with all the knockers? Boom Boom.
robuluz

Cory, you are a mischeivous scamp.
- http://dailygrail.com/ Red Pill Junkie
  
  Nay. He’s a SCOUNDREL ;)
  - robuluz
    
    Whoa. He’s totally going to challenge you to a duel. Honour demands it!
    - http://dailygrail.com/ Red Pill Junkie
      
      Well, why don’t we get a drink first? Look, my favorite table’s over there…
Laurent Dubois

I see boob-a fett!
Mitch_M

Booooiiiiing!
jim_x23

[rest of sentence] action figure [rimshot].
TheMudshark

If he was any good at marketing, he´d have asked her to put on a Slave Leia outfit.
- ocker3
  
  perhaps that would have been Too obvious??
  - TheMudshark
    
    On second thought maybe you´re right and he did well to choose this much more subtle arrangement. After all, we all know how fickle the Star Wars fan community is about utilizing their favourite characters for marketing purposes.
- penguinchris
  
  That could be construed as an appropriate use of a scantily-clad model – as something of a joke, a comment on using scantily-clad models to sell things that are the complete opposite of scantily-clad models.
  
  It might still be a bit crass, but it wouldn’t be downright shameless and scuzzy like this is, and we’d all think a lot more highly of this. It would be clever and amusing, in other words.
  
  However, someone who’s that clever (and who has a woman with a slave Leia costume handy) would probably have built a nicer table.
Rephlex

Did anyone else have the figure case that was Darth Vaders Helmet? It was lost during a move and while the rest of my family was arranging their new rooms in glee, I remember sobbing for entire weekend once I knew it was gone.
- dr_awkward
  
  I didn’t, but was jealous of the several of my friends who did have it. I feel your pain.
- John Jones
  
  I had it! Could never figure out what to fit on the outsides, where the slots weren’t big enough for a figure…think I stuffed GI Joe weapons in there.
- jsandin
  
  The picture is giving me a case of Darth Vader’s Helmet.
Mark Neumayer

To paraphrase Old Ben – “The Force (of the cleavage) can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.”
John Jones

Is that a Wookie pelt on her head?
- cjhowareya
  
  ..or is she just glad to see us?
  No, wait… that’s not right…
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Oestreich/100000507563039 Karl Oestreich
  
  I was hoping it was an ewok pelt. I am still twitching 30 years after Return of the Jedi.
Neil Pettit

One of my favorite restaurants in Providence, Julien’s has a similar collection in the men’s bathroom. If you believe what you read on the internet bulletin boards the person who “sold” them to the owner was never actually paid. Local lore…
Preston Sturges

Sir Mix A Lot – Put Em On The Glass!
http://youtu.be/H-83BJqRl-s
Preston Sturges

I think I can see Boba Fett waving a tiny dollar