By Cory Doctorow at 7:00 pm Wednesday, May 23
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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
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By Cory Doctorow at 4:00 pm Tuesday, May 15
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Here's a nice twist on the traditional vinyl-LP-as-a-clock craft: a cut-out AT-AT mod. From Etsy seller NotByLaser (which implies that this was not cut by a laser!).
Star Wars AT-AT: Hand Crafted Vinyl Record Clock - Made To Order
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By Cory Doctorow at 8:55 am Saturday, May 12
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Here's Kitt and his delightful progeny cleverly disguised as a tauntaun and Han Solo on the frozen ice-world of Hoth: "His tauntaun even had removable guts to warm your hands with."
Happy House Warming, Kitt!
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By Cory Doctorow at 10:33 pm Thursday, May 10
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Reb sez, "The Water Quality Forum in my hometown, Knoxville, TN has an annual contest/auction for custom designed rain barrels. This one really caught my eye!"
“R2D2” by Curtis Glover
(Thanks, Reb!)
By Cory Doctorow at 1:30 pm Thursday, May 10
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The Tattoine Traders store at the Disney Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World will soon have a build-your-own-droid option, along with a cardback box so that you can package it up to look like one of the original Star Wars figs. This is one of the rare times when the official Star Wars product is as interesting as the incredible, imaginative array of fannish creations.
[T]he Droid Factory has 71 different pieces to create the 3 ¾-inch figures! To get started, guests chose a dome, a body and legs offered in a variety of colors and styles (Cody said that availability of various parts and colors may change). There are optional third legs and novelty hats that can be added.
“We wanted lots of options for [the Droid Factory],” continued Cody. “There are literally thousands of combinations making each droid unique. Guests can also name their droids with sticker sheets provided at checkout.”
Three domes – R6, R8 and R9 – were created exclusively for this experience at Disney Parks. Cody also told me the multi-colored ear hats were inspired by Jedi Mickey’s Astromech droid, R2-MK. Four additional hats arrive later this summer including a Goofy hat, a pirate hat, a fedora and a Yoda cap.
Build Your Droid at the Droid Factory Coming to Tatooine Traders at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
By Cory Doctorow at 5:10 pm Wednesday, May 9
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Thing-a-day guy Noah Scalin sez, "Artist Betsy VanDeusen created this wonderful Star Wars-ified version of a classic Elvgren pinup as part of her yearlong daily project!
You can see the rest of her work on her blog, and read a recent interview about her project on my own blog."
She explains, "Starting on 2/27/2012, and working through 2/27/2013, I intend to work on my art daily. It will all be tied in to the "Retro Pinup" theme somehow. The important thing to me is the daily practice of working. I'm not necessarily interested in creating "finished pieces" on a daily basis (Taking a work to completion may take the accumulated efforts of a week, a month, or more- if the piece demands it). I just have so many ideas that I never follow up on, and this project gives me the incentive and excuse to focus on those ideas on a daily basis."
The Princess Leia Pinup.
(Thanks, Noah!)
By Cory Doctorow at 7:43 pm Monday, May 7
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MallGoth emporium Hot Topic sells a $54.50 Princess Leia hoodie with integrated hair buns. I'm thinking mother's day.
STAR WARS HER UNIVERSE PRINCESS LEIA GIRLS HOODIE
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By Cory Doctorow at 11:20 pm Friday, May 4
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To celebrate Star Wars Day (May 4, as in "May the Fourth Be With You"), makeup artist Jangasara created a set of R2D2 eyelids to dote over.
May the 4th
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By Xeni Jardin at 2:32 pm Thursday, May 3
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Boing Boing reader Brock Davis (FB, Twitter, Tumblr) shares this wonderful illustration in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool: "He's Watching You," a mash-up of Star Wars and World War II propaganda art.
"I've been wanting to draw this for a while," says Brock. "I love Glen Grothe's original 'He's Watching You' poster from 1942. The helmet of the soldier in that design is so visually prominent, it always made me think of Vader."
By Cory Doctorow at 6:04 pm Monday, Apr 30
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The aptly named Productiveslacker (with a kick-ass bio! "a seasonal cast member at WDW and I aspire to become an Imagineer. I am a painter and a t-shirt designer") made these boss R2D2 shorts herself.
They don’t sell R2D2 shorts so I painted my own :)
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
By Cory Doctorow at 11:17 pm Wednesday, Apr 25
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Domino's Japan is giving away this nifty lightsaber cutlery with its otherwise undistinguished and unworthy pizzas.
Star Wars Special Set | TOPICS | Domino's Pizza
(Thanks, Francesco!)
By Cory Doctorow at 8:04 pm Wednesday, Apr 25
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Redditor BillyAppletini surprised a friend with an "Imperial CAT-AT (All-Terrain Armored-Transport)" -- a cat-condo/AT-AT walker. His Imgur gallery , which documents the build, has some rudimentary plans as well.
I wouldn't consider myself a great woodworker or an artist - but I will take credit for being committed to a joke. I wrecked my house for a month building this, which was about 27 days longer than I wish it would have taken. The trickiest part was keeping any of my friends from coming inside my place for that whole time - I knew they wouldn't be able to keep it a secret!
The inside of the CAT-AT has a fully furnished luxury cat condo.
I was originally going to forge an Amazon receipt and make it look like my buddy's cat ordered it on his Amazon account and have it delivered while he was at work, but enough was enough - when it was complete, I had to get it out of my loft and clean up.
My buddy loves Star Wars, and has two cats. So I built him this, and put it in his apartment.
By Cory Doctorow at 10:02 am Monday, Apr 23
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A little bit of Star Wars-meets-Occupy street art, snapped near my flat in Hackney, London.
Occupy Wall St The 99% We Are, Yoda stencil, Great Eastern Street, Hackney, London.jpg
By Cory Doctorow at 9:16 am Friday, Apr 20
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Inevitable, but very well executed, the "hologram" of Tupac (not an actual hologram, really a kind of Pepper's Ghost), matted into the "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" sequences from Star Wars.
R2-D2's Other Message
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
By Cory Doctorow at 9:58 am Saturday, Apr 14
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This R2D2 DJ turntable is a nice piece of work. I found it on Nerd Approved, to which it had been submitted by a reader named Jessica, who noted, 'Tech, lights and all mechanics are by Tex Nasty at Remix turntable lab. Paint/Theme art by Ed Hubbs at full blown kustoms."
The R2-D2 Turntable
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