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(Starwars.com)   Four words Star Wars geeks have waited 31 years to hear: DEATH STAR BEACH BALL   (starwars.com) divider line 69
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2009-04-02 11:20:19 AM
R2-D2 being a pool float to serve drinks is apropos.
 
2009-04-02 11:35:48 AM
That beach ball needs to be three times bigger.

Anyway...

I think the tauntaun sleeping bag is a hell of a lot cooler.

www.thinkgeek.com

But the Darth Vader Tie-Fighter Kite is pretty awesome as well.
 
2009-04-02 11:36:41 AM
You're assuming Star Wars fans go to the beach.
 
2009-04-02 11:57:09 AM
Go Fast Turn Left: You're assuming Star Wars fans go to the beach.

I have never used the following phrase before, so consider yourself blessed:

OH, SNAP!

/Star Wars fan
//Lives in a beach town
///Very seldom goes to the beach
 
2009-04-02 12:00:50 PM
Lando Lincoln:

I think the tauntaun sleeping bag is a hell of a lot cooler.



I hope they make this into a real product......I would buy 2 kids ones right now......and make it adult sized please
 
2009-04-02 12:23:00 PM
Lando Lincoln:

But the Darth Vader Tie-Fighter Kite is pretty awesome as well.

www.jamesgames.com

WANT
 
2009-04-02 12:25:54 PM
Stompn_Tom: I hope they make this into a real product......I would buy 2 kids ones right now......and make it adult sized please

Buy it at www.thinkgeek.com. 40 bucks. Kid sized only at this time.
 
2009-04-02 12:27:50 PM
Lando Lincoln: Stompn_Tom: I hope they make this into a real product......I would buy 2 kids ones right now......and make it adult sized please

Buy it at www.thinkgeek.com. 40 bucks. Kid sized only at this time.


an April Fools gag - they dont exist
 
2009-04-02 12:28:35 PM
wait.....from Think Geek


ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics! Due to an overwhelming tsunami of requests from YOU THE PEOPLE, we have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license, nor do we know how much it would ultimately retail for. But if you are interested in ever owning one of these, click the link below and we'll try!
 
2009-04-02 12:28:44 PM
DO WANT
 
2009-04-02 12:43:44 PM
That's no beach ball. It's a space station.
 
2009-04-02 12:45:43 PM
www.highway29.net
 
2009-04-02 12:51:40 PM
Sybarite: That's no beach ball. It's a space station.

It's a trap.
 
2009-04-02 01:10:51 PM
Way cool for the tots:

Speeder Bike Ride-On (new window)
 
2009-04-02 01:39:28 PM
Stompn_Tom:
an April Fools gag - they dont exist

Well, it looks like they're trying to^ make them a reality.
 
2009-04-02 01:49:53 PM
Jango Fett Jumbo Chubby

DO NOT WANT
 
2009-04-02 01:50:12 PM
George Lucas telling he's your father?

/Cha-Ching!
 
2009-04-02 01:51:33 PM
Did they lube up those kids in the first few photos? They look awfully shiny...
 
2009-04-02 01:52:28 PM
Sybarite:

That's no beach ball [balloon] . It's a space station.

/bit less bitter now.
 
2009-04-02 01:53:19 PM
My friends and I made a couple of these when we were kids. Some silver spray paint, add some detail like the laser dish and a couple of lines for the trench and your in business. If you could find a silver beach ball to begin with it was that much better.
 
2009-04-02 01:53:33 PM
Artoo, eh?
 
2009-04-02 01:57:49 PM
IgG4: Way cool for the tots:

Speeder Bike Ride-On (new window)


There's a cool retro toy/card shop in town that has the old Speeder Bike Ride-On in the window. The new one doesn't look anything like a Speeder Bike.
 
2009-04-02 01:59:27 PM
Darth Brooks loves those Death Stars.

img259.imageshack.us
 
2009-04-02 02:00:44 PM
s281.photobucket.com

/Unimpressed
 
2009-04-02 02:03:16 PM
I am your father?


/Yeah, call me daddy, you naughty Carrie Fisher in a metal bikini...
 
2009-04-02 02:06:03 PM
www.horrordvds.com


//hotlinked....
 
2009-04-02 02:06:37 PM
Does it have a vulnerable exhaust port?
 
2009-04-02 02:09:24 PM
More DDS.

farm2.static.flickr.com
 
2009-04-02 02:10:38 PM
TheOther: Does it have a vulnerable exhaust port?

Where do you think you blow it up? Duhhh!
 
2009-04-02 02:15:11 PM
evilmrsock:

TheOther: Does it have a vulnerable exhaust port?

Where do you think you blow it up? Duhhh!


www.tharrin.co.nz

Bravo.
 
2009-04-02 02:16:33 PM
Well-oiled child models?
 
2009-04-02 02:17:13 PM
Do I see a squirt gun on that X-wing?

/awesome

Go Fast Turn Left: You're assuming Star Wars fans go to the beach.

THIS
 
2009-04-02 02:20:45 PM
That's the kite that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs!
 
2009-04-02 02:21:11 PM
ranfour: /Unimpressed

I am in lust with you.
 
2009-04-02 02:28:36 PM
Lando Lincoln: That beach ball needs to be three times bigger.

Anyway...

I think the tauntaun sleeping bag is a hell of a lot cooler.



But the Darth Vader Tie-FighterAdvanced Kite is pretty awesome as well.



FTFY & M
 
2009-04-02 02:32:33 PM
Lando Lincoln: I think the tauntaun sleeping bag is a hell of a lot cooler.

Huh. And I thought they smelled bad...on the OUTSIDE.
 
2009-04-02 02:36:01 PM
blackminded: Lando Lincoln: I think the tauntaun sleeping bag is a hell of a lot cooler.

Huh. And I thought they smelled bad...on the OUTSIDE.


That was me. Spicy meatloaf last night. =/
 
2009-04-02 02:45:23 PM
Star Wars geeks don't go outside...
 
2009-04-02 02:45:26 PM
The_EliteOne: Lando Lincoln: That beach ball needs to be three times bigger.

Anyway...

I think the tauntaun sleeping bag is a hell of a lot cooler.



But the Darth Vader Tie-FighterAdvanced Kite is pretty awesome as well.


FTFY & M


Glad someone caught that! I knew something didn't look quite right!

/BTW: anyone want to buy a collection of Star Wars paperbacks, action figures, and Target Store signage and displays?
 
2009-04-02 02:45:56 PM
Is that shiny kid creeping anyone else out?
 
2009-04-02 02:49:08 PM
BKITU: Go Fast Turn Left: You're assuming Star Wars fans go to the beach.

I have never used the following phrase before, so consider yourself blessed:

OH, SNAP!

/Star Wars fan
//Lives in a beach town
///Very seldom goes to the beach


Damn right. Too many tourists.
 
2009-04-02 02:56:58 PM
Stompn_Tom:
an April Fools gag - they dont exist


That's the way the 8-bit tie started out.
 
2009-04-02 03:15:25 PM
These inflatables can't repel urine of this magnitude
 
2009-04-02 03:42:14 PM
Of course star wars geeks don't leave their parents' basements. They put their MISB collectables on these, and if the basement floods, they're kept high and dry!
 
2009-04-02 03:43:45 PM
I saw the kites at Target and was like, "WANT!"

They're missing a few though:

img406.imageshack.us
internetfamo.us
www.comparestoreprices.co.uk
www.thinktankstudios.com

/hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes
 
2009-04-02 04:02:29 PM
Death.
Death Star.
Death Star Beach Ball.
 
2009-04-02 04:11:14 PM
spacebison.com
 
2009-04-02 04:16:04 PM
Go Fast Turn Left: You're assuming Star Wars fans go to the beach.

www.joystiq.com

/hot like the sun
 
2009-04-02 04:24:13 PM
Oh and just because:

This beach ball is now the ultimate inflatable in the universe! I suggest we use it.
 
2009-04-02 04:26:36 PM
Dammit. The X-wing is kinda of cool, but if they had a B-wing I'd buy it.
 
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