ThinkGeek celebrates 1 April

Apr 01, 2011 22:34


Ahahaha, go to ThinkGeek while they still have them up and see their April Fools joke products! They include among others ( Read more... )

geekery, cool stuff

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astrogirl2 April 1 2011, 15:36:32 UTC
I love ThinkGeek. :)

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vilakins April 1 2011, 21:54:46 UTC
I would buy some of those things if they existed and I lived there. Is the Astronaut ice-cream for real? I was tempted to get that but decided they wouldn't ship it here. It's Greg's birthday soon so I put in an order for a slanket (as seen on Big Bang Theory) and three t-shirts: a BBT one (see icon*), Wargames, and a capsaicin molecule--he already has and loved the caffeine one. I'll wear the t-shirt he likes least. Freight is 50% of the total but hey, I only do it for special occasions.

* the rock paper scissor lizard Spock game the characters invented. You really should check that program out: so many geeky fannish references: comics, films, Trek, Battlestar Galactica...

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astrogirl2 April 1 2011, 22:19:17 UTC
Astronaut ice cream is a real product. I remember buying it at science museums when I was a kid. Do they just not allow food to shipped in?

And, hey, I have the caffeine shirt, too!

I'm pretty sure I've already got BBT on my Netflix queue somewhere, it's just a question of getting to it.

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vilakins April 1 2011, 23:09:28 UTC
I know there are whole ranges of products Amazon won't ship overseas (toys, food etc) so I didn't even try. What's it like?

Greg also has the Lost one (which I can no longer find) but he doesn't wear it in public though he loved it too. The caffeine one gets to leave the house in weekends. I suppose it's subtle enough that he doesn't think people will notice him and try to read it. Have you considered the Stark Industries one? ;-)

Re TBBT: It took me about 3 episodes to get to know the characters; they've all really grown on me since. And there are more female ones in the future.

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astrogirl2 April 1 2011, 23:11:45 UTC
It's not bad, but as I recall it's more interesting for the novelty value than the flavor. :)

And tsk on Greg. I proudly wear my collection of geeky t-shirts everywhere! Well, OK, there are a few really strange ones I don't take out much... :)

Have you considered the Stark Industries one? ;-)

Heh. Tempting, but then comics fans might try to start conversations with me and be disappointed. :)

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vilakins April 1 2011, 23:43:18 UTC
Well, this one has text and pictures people would definitely look at: Oceanic Airlines safety stuff on the front, and a "do not leave the plane series of warnings for things like the Smoke Monster on the back. OK, here's the t-shirt on a different site (ThinkGeek must have sold out) and showing front and back.

The ones I chose this time would be fine for public wear. I'd wear them (and probably will claim one). I have the "you are here" galaxy one which I've wanted since I saw a guy wearing one about 15 years ago. I followed him and asked him where he'd bought it and he said "New York" to my disappointment, but yay, Think Geek had them (and still does)!

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astrogirl2 April 2 2011, 00:00:57 UTC
That Lost shirt is pretty awesome. :)

I used to have a "You Are Here" shirt. I bought it at a Star Trek con when I was maybe 17 and had it for years and years before it finally succumbed to wear.

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vilakins April 2 2011, 00:58:40 UTC
I had to buy it for him when I saw it, It was on special so I suppose it was an end-of-run. BTW there are quite a few TBBT shirts at ThinkGeek and there's also a site which tells you wear you can buy the cool shirts (fannish or scientific) that Sheldon wears and some of the other stuff on the series.

I was thinking it was a long time since I saw that shirt, maybe even 20 years, so that fits!

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