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The Star Wars collectable market shot through $250m in fan purchases in recent years

April 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The insanely rare Darth Vader signature mask and helmet from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, sold for $1,125,000.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: collectibles, darth vader, disney, infographics, r2-d2, star wars, stats, Warner Bros

LEGO R2-D2: Build a droid, get a t-shirt

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The collectable LEGO version of Star Wars’ charming RD-D2 is fresh and in stock at Zavvi.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: collectors, lego, r2-d2, star wars, zavvi

Will this $1,000,000 Dollar R2-D2 find a home?

June 18, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

How much would you pay for an R2-D2 off the set of Star Wars? Is it an investment in movie history? A money maker for 20 years time? This R2-D2 is available on the bidding site Invaluable for $1,000,000. It’s made from original compenents taken from the sets of Star Wars IV, V, VI, I […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: r2-d2, star wars

Dark-side or Droid? Sports Bra Wars

December 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s an interesting collection from the robotic monkeys at Think Geek. Sports Bra and boyshorts collections strong with the Force. It looks like the holiday season has resulted in stocks running low but there’s essentially three combinations you can go for; Darth Vader, BB-8 and R2-D2. Although I suppose you could mix and match to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: bb-8, darth vader, fashion, r2-d2, star wars, ThinkGeek

Turn your dull teapot into a steampunk R2-D2

December 23, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This video is from the AWE Artist Series and has Marissa Deal put together a steampunk R2-D2. This particular steampunk droid is also a fully functional kettle. AWE call it a teapot, but it’s the device that makes the water boil, not the pot that brews the tea. Steampunkers pick up on that sort of […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: r2-d2, star wars, steampunk

Star Wars bikini fashion

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fashion-meets-geek retailer Hot Topic know their audience. You can pick up this bundle of Star Wars themed swimsuits in time for the summer. There’s the dark side option as Darth or the heroic R2-D2. You buy tops and bottoms separately but here’s a handy link to the bundle; with 20% off right now. Tempted? Get […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: darth vader, fashion, r2-d2, star wars

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