Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are almost here (they start May 18), and to commemorate the occasion, Disney has released some very cool ads. The spread features Star Wars characters and vehicles enjoying the park and all it has to offer. It’s probably as challenging as it looks to fit an AT-AT in the parking lot spaces meant for cars.
In addition to the posters, Disney also put out some funny videos, one of which features Vader brainstorming about the weekends.
Check out more posters and a couple of videos after the break.
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New in the Nerd Approved Shop—Diamond Select’s Back To The Future III DeLorean!
Based on the Back to the Future III movie, this is one of the coolest toy DeLoreans money can buy. Not only does it feature classic DMC engineering (like the gull-wing doors and Doc Brown’s own special modifications). The wheels spin, the doors open, and its plastic construction feels just like the toy you always wished you had. Don’t miss your chance at owning one of America’s finest motorcars … with a special, Wild West, time-traveling twist! It’s 13-inches long and compatible with many 3 3/4-inch scale action figures (not included).
Back to the Future III Rail Ready DeLorean—$39.99
Our sister site That’s Nerdalicious has teamed up with our friends at Neatorama to offer three of these awesome handmade Cthulhu bottle openers to lucky readers!
You won’t be getting any run of the mill Cthulhu bottle opener here. This one is hand-crafted from pure evil by the demented folks at Odd Art Fabrications.
Head on over to the contest page for info on how to enter. Better hurry though—today is your last chance!
If you’re a fan of Super Mario, then this is the mouse for you. It’s a Koopa Shell, available in either red or blue, and it comes with a matching mouse pad. This is an actual working USB mechanical ball mouse with scroll wheel and it’s compatible with PCs or Macs. It doesn’t even require any special mouse drivers. I triple dog dare you to get one of these and use it at the office. I bet your boss will never take you seriously again.
Product Page ($30.90 via Technabob)
In an interesting marketing move, Microsoft recently sent emails to fans at the Halo Waypoint forums entitled “Your piece of the Halo 4 puzzle.” In all, 32 pieces were collected and assembled to reveal what will likely become the box art for the November 6th release.
Needless to say, this is going to be a long, long summer for Halo fans.
(Waypoint forums via Coming Soon via Geekosystem)
If you don’t already have Fight Club in your Blu-ray collection, you can’t do much better than this deal. For a limited time you can get the 10th anniversary edition for only $10.01. That’s a whopping 71% off the list price!
Fight Club 10th Anniversay Edition (Blu-ray)—$34.99 $10.01 (71% off)
Korean gamer Yoshichan has elevated his status in the gaming world after he beat Diablo 3 in a mind-blowing 12 hours and 29 minutes with “368 Lifetime Kills, 412 Elite Kills and 168,481 gold as a Barbarian on normal difficulty”.
Obviously, this has opened the doors for new competition, and according to reports, a group of Korean and Chinese gamers have already conquered the game in 7 hours on normal difficulty.
(via Geekologie)
Now that I have your attention, check out these great new behind-the-scenes pictures of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. These were all released by Lucasfilm in advance of the Star Wars Celebration in Florida this August. Han looks cool, Luke looks goofy and Leia not only gets up close and personal with a Gamorrean, but she gets caught smooching Chewbacca. Man, if Han finds out about this he’s going to be one ticked off smuggler.
See all the pictures after the jump…
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The Oatmeal makes a compelling case, one that I happen to agree with. Tesla is wildly underappreciated while Edison is vastly overappreciated.
More after the break.
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