April Fools Day at ThinkGeek

[vilakins]

Once again ThinkGeek have done themselves proud. And you never know - some of their joke products have become real ones like the Tauntaun sleeping bag.

WANT:
Steam-powered gaming cabinet. Well, it's really the controller I lust after.
Wearable interactive quest thingy. Look, this one could a possible future real thing.
Voltron cat condo. Just YES, YES

Comments

[jaxomsride]

The Enterprise frisbee was last year's April Fool's joke, I would love to see some of this year's turned into reality too. I am not a GoT fan but the idea of a more complex game of Clue(do) does appeal.

[vilakins]

There's a Big Bang Theory Cluedo selling at Mighty Ape (our local version of ThinkGeek) that I'm considering for Greg's birthday.

[jhall1]

I had to check that out. It turns out that it's widely available in the UK. I'd wondered if it would involve Sheldon being murdered, but apparently it's merely a question of who it was who betrayed him.

[vilakins]

Yep, like who dog-eared his comic in the laundry. :-)

[snowgrouse]

Ahahahaha, the selfie rig. Although that's nowhere near as bad as what I encountered a while ago: the vibrator with a camera on the end so you can take vaginal selfies. And that's not even an April Fool's. I can understand wanting to use one if you're worried about your health down there, but uploading it onto the internet? Jesus.

[vilakins]

I... am lost for words.

[lolmac]

I've noticed that you can identify the not-currently-real items based on whether the green checkmark says "In stock" or something else. Also, the prices for the imaginary items are quite high.

I got a big kick out of the EnCounter.

[vilakins]

Yep, I noticed that too. There was only the Enterprise frisbee in stock. The text on the other ones is often quite funny.

[imhilien]

Love the Voltron cat condo (and the warning that cats don't transform). :D

[vilakins]

Cats are very certain of their identities. Pity that the condo doesn't include the flaming sword...

[vjezkova]

These are all geek´s dreams!!! Not that I would call myself a true geek but... Well, I have always wanted to learn Klingon...but better Vulcan (no such liguistic success though, only fragments:-(). And that cat thing - gorgeous. All is great - thanks for sharing!

[vilakins]

There are ways to learn Klingon - just not Rosetta Stone. A university in the US once offered a course.

See if you can find the Klingon word for chocolate in my icon. :-)

[vjezkova]

The last word? Well, there is a Klingon/English and English/Klingon dictionary and also my editor published Hamlet in Klingon many years ago. But I have never made myself do something, though I would learn easily, it seems that phonetically I would have no problem with pronunciation:-)

[vilakins]

Yes, correct!

I'd learn it if I had someone to talk to.