$120,000 Boba Fett Watch Costs One Serious Bounty

Inspired by everyone’s first or second favorite bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe (depending on whether you prefer the Mandalorian or are a weirdo and favor Greedo), Kross Studio has created this $120,000 Boba Fett-themed watch. Boba’s Slave One starship is featured in the center of the tourbillon and slowly rotates, while the hour hand features a tiny replica of his Z-6 jetpack, and the minute hand is the jetpack’s rocket-firing missile.

The watch is a limited edition of only ten pieces, each of which took 220 parts and 90 hours to construct. For reference, that’s $545.45 per watch part or $1,333.33 per hour of construction. So it’s ridiculously expensive no matter how you look at it. But it does come with three interchangeable watch bands and a collector’s case made from the same mold as the model used in The Empire Strikes Back, which totally makes up for it.

Sure, there are a lot of different ways to spend $120,000. But is there any better way than on a luxury Boba Fett watch? I suppose that depends on who you ask. But if you ask me, there isn’t. Of course, I also spent last month’s rent on a LEGO Transformer, so I might not exactly be the voice of reason.

[via Nerdist]

Baby Yoda Bounty Hunter Figure: The Force Is Strong with This One

Inspired by the Beskar armor worn by Boba Fett and other Mandalorians, artist Sean Viloria created this custom 1/2-scale ‘Grogu Fett’ figure decked out in bounty hunter gear, clearly ready to bring a target in warm, or cold. The figure measures approximately 18″ tall and comes complete with a helmet that covers his pointy ears, and a tank of frog eggs on his back in the event he gets hungry and wants a snack.

Grogu Fett was handmade by Sean using clay, vintage toy parts, fabric, leather, and acrylic paint. His accessories include a lightsaber bow with Beskar arrows, spear and blaster, cape and cloak, lightsaber hilts from fallen enemies, mythosaur buckle, mudhorn signet on his shoulder, and the LED-lit egg chamber on his back. Impressive work!

Grogu really did make those frog eggs look good, didn’t he? I’ve never had frog eggs before. Or frog legs. I guess I’m not too experienced in the amphibian culinary arts. Or reptilian. Although one time when I was a kid my dad told me and my brother he was grilling rattlesnake until we refused to eat it, then he admitted they were just steak kabobs. Talk about trust issues.

[via GeeksAreSexy via Nerdist]

LEGO Stormtrooper and Boba Fett Busts Bust Out

Star Wars fans, it looks like there are a couple of nifty new LEGO sets coming that you’ll want to add to your collection. This duo of Stormtrooper and Boba Fett busts do a great job replicating the curves of the on-screen helmets, and will look great sitting on your bookshelf.

The pair of LEGO Star Wars busts turned up on the Facebook page of retailer ToySanta, though they have yet to be officially announced by LEGO. Set number 75276 – Stormtrooper features 647 pieces, while set number 75277 – Boba Fett comes with 625 bricks. Each one comes with a stand, and character name plate as well. It’s hard to tell how big the finished models will be. While I’d love for them to be life-sized helmets, I’m guessing they’re more like half-scale.

Prices have yet to be announced, but they’re expected to sell for somewhere around $70 to $80 USD. I’m guessing they’ll both be out by May, as both boxes show icons celebrating of the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, which came out on May 21, 1980.

[via Brothers Brick]

These Star Wars Motorcycle Helmets Will Protect You on Trench Runs

The folks over at HJC make some very cool motorcycle helmets, and now, they are offering a series of officially licensed Star Wars helmets. So now when you ride your motorcycle, you can pretend you are in a spaceship and really look the part.

They are offering three new styles: An open-face X-Wing Pilot helmet, and full-face Boba Fett and Kylo Ren helmets. That X-Wing helmet looks damn good, but don’t be tempted to put some actual wings on your bike. That won’t end well, but I bet you can dock an Artoo unit behind you somewhere to help you navigate.

 

[via Geeks Are Sexy]

Artist Envisions Boba Fett’s Escape from the Sarlacc Pit

I always felt like the exit of Boba Fett in Return of the Jedi was rather flippant on the part of George Lucas. I mean Boba had been a cool character, and played an important role in the story. I always rather disliked how Boba was written out of the series with so little fanfare. I wanted to see him and Luke or Han get into a duel and have Boba die at the hands of a hero. I didn’t want Boba to basically be blundered into death by getting randomly tossed into a Sarlacc pit. I have often wondered what the Boba’s time in that pit might have been like, and what could have happened to him.

I can’t imagine a rocket pack equipped bounty hunter just giving up. Artist Sergey Grechanyuk created a fantastic illustration that shows what those moments in the pit might have been like, with Boba Fett wielding his knife and stabbing away at the monster’s tentacles.

A series of subsequent panels show Fett escaping and walking right out of the Sarlacc pit and off into the desert. Even if he couldn’t reach his blaster or a knife, I always wondered why Boba didn’t fire up his jetpack again and fly out of the pit.

[via Kotaku]

Sarlacc Plush Devours a Tiny Boba Fett

Fans of Boba Fett all know how the bounty hunter meets his demise in Return of the Jedi. He gets ejected by a blinded Han Solo right into the maw of the Sarlacc where he will be digested for all eternity.

Star Wars Celebration is going on later this month in Orlando, and as happens each year, there will be some awesome exclusive collectibles on hand. One of the coolest Star Wars toys I have ever seen is this Sarlacc pit plush complete with an entangled Boba Fett going to his doom.

I have no idea how much it will cost, but I’d pay it. Another cool collectible is the sweet Sandcrawler and Jawa plush. It looks like the side of that plush Sandcrawler might open up and let you cram the Jawa inside.

There will be plenty of shirts and other items at the celebration as well. I hope ThinkGeek gets some of the leftovers again this year as it has in the past, so those of us not in attendance can get our hands on some of this cool swag.

[via Nerd Approved]

Boba Fett Hat is for the Everyday Bounty Hunter

If you looked at that Boba Fett bowler hat we talked about a while back and though it was  awesome, only if it wasn’t so Clockwork Orange, you are in luck. Here’s more of an everyman’s piece of bounty hunter headwear, a Boba Fett snapback hat.

IThat means the back of the hat has that plastic bit that snaps to fit the hat to your head. The front of the hat has the Boba Fett helmet design on it and a normal brim. The hat is made of cotton, and doesn’t appear to have the mesh back to let heat out in warm environments, which might be a problem if you live on Mandalore, which is one of those desert planets with an “inhospitable” climate.

The Boba Fett hat can be yours in all it’s glory for $24.99(USD) at ThinkGeek.

Toblerone + Boba Fett = Boblerone

Who thinks, “I need to mashup Boba Fett and Toblerone? Then, ‘I need to make a collectible figure of it’?” Tattoo Dave is that man. He did that very thing, and he named it “Boblerone.”


This figure is worth a chuckle for sure, but will you buy one? Some people will simply chuckle and move on. Others will want to add it to their collection. I would. I just love the clever wordplay, and the fact that it still looks delicious enough to eat.

Your move, Toblerone. You need to make this a real candy that I can eat.

[via SciFi Design]

Hats off to Boba Fett with the Boba Bowler

We always thought that Boba Fett was a true man’s man. If he grew up in the Victorian era, he’d be a proper gentleman, and he’d wear this hat.

This Mandalorian bowler hat is made by the the folks at The Blonde Swan, and it’s truly awesome. It’s made from real leather, handcut, stitched, and formed with a curled brim. It’s such a great hat, I bet that it would save you from being eaten by a Sarlacc. At least your head.

The Boba Bowler is available over on The Blond Swan’s Etsy shop for about $600. Now all we need is a backpack with jets.