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Felt Star Wars Creations: Stitch Wars

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As you know, it’s pretty hard for us to pass up fun Star Wars items around these parts, so when I saw these quirky felt Star Wars plushes over on Etsy, I had to oblige and post them.

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They’re made by E. Binard, and they’re some of the cutest Star Wars creations I’ve seen. You can choose from a felt Jawa, R2-D2 or Yoda, but I personally dig the hand-stitched AT-AT and Millennium Falcon. I bet that it could even make the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs.

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The felt Admiral Ackbar is pretty nifty too – though the fishhead will constantly be reminding you that whatever you’re planning on doing is a trap.

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Prices for these handmade Star Wars felt creations range from $40 to $195 (USD) depending on the size and complexity of the design. Check them all out over on E. Binard’s Etsy shop.


Star Wars Ewok Fur Doll is Small but Ferocious

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This little Ewok is adorable. You can sing the Yub Nub song all day long with this guy and poke things with a stick together. When you get bored with that you can worship a protocol droid.
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This Ewok was made by Etsy seller peludossa and is just too cute. He stands 5″ tall and is made by hand. He’s made out of fur and felt and the cape can be any other color that you want. He even has his own stick. To poke things with.

The seller has a ton of other cool felt dolls based on nerdy properties as well, but these Ewoks are my favorite. He just looks ready to cuddle. He’s just $17(USD). Hit the link above to buy him.


Dalek Purse Exterminates All Other Handbags

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Doctor Who seems to be in the midst of a major renaissance of late. I can’t go a day lately without coming across some sort of awesome Doctor Who inspired craft, like this Dalek purse.

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This strikingly accurate and detailed Dalek handbag was made by Krukru Studio (who also happens to make a TARDIS bag.) The handmade felt bag measures about 13.8″ tall, 9.4″ wide at the bottom, and 4.7″ wide at the top. While its odd shape and size isn’t exactly the most practical for carrying lots of stuff around, it should work pretty well for toting around  your wallet, a couple of lipsticks, and your Sonic Screwdriver.

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So if you’re read to purge the universe of all your other purses, grab the Dalek purse now over on Etsy for $190(USD).


Q*bert Pillow Probably Makes Weird Noises When You Sit on It

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As retro video games go, Q*bert wins the award for the strangest protagonist and sound effects in my book. If Q*bert was one of your favorite arcade games of the 1980s, then you’ll probably dig these pillows too.

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These pillows are based on the familiar isometric patchwork game board from Q*bert. You’ll notice that Q himself is nowhere to be found, nor are his antagonists – Coily, Ugg and Wrong-Way (yes, I know how to use Wikipedia) though a single square is lit up as if it had already been jumped on. Maybe they already got Q*bert and he fell off the grid, cursing in gibberish all the way.

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The 13″ square felt pillows were made by Regan Saunders of Regan’s Brain, and are available in either orange or blue and purple for $55(USD) a piece. So you’ll have to Qollect a whole lot of quarters to pay for a qouple of these for your qouch.


Alien Robot Costume Transports You Back to the 1920s

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If you never saw Fritz Lang’s classic science 1927 fiction film Metropolis, you owe it to yourself to watch this early bit of cinematic history, with its view of a dystopian future, dramatic costumes, sets and cinematography. While this costume isn’t pulled directly from that film, its style sure seems like something that could have fit right into the 1920s period of science fiction films.

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This “alien robot” costume was handmade using needle-felting and wire by Brooklyn textile artist Rae Stimson, and I have to say it’s quite spectacular. It looks especially great in these black and white photos, with the model all made up to look the part. The costume includes the helmet, collar, top, the skirt and a pair of matching shoe covers to complete the look.

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It’s available for $800(USD) over on Etsy now. If you’ve got a petite figure, and think you can pull off the look, you could be wearing this thing in time for Comic Con this year.


Star Trek Quiet Book: Shut Me Up, Mommy!

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Are you having trouble getting your kid to pipe down? Does said kid love Star Trek: The Next Generation? Does this mean you don’t have cable? If you answered yes to all three, you have two choices: duct tape or the awesome Star Trek Quiet Book.

star trek quiet book by julie gillrie

Made by crafts captain Julie Gillrie, the book is made of felt and is filled with lots of fun toys and activities to keep your kid – or you! –  occupied, from finger puppets of the crew to a glove that will help your kid rock the Vulcan salute.

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The book has earned the approval of none other than Enterprise crew member Wesley Crusher aka Wil Wheaton. Unfortunately, Julie isn’t actually selling the book itself, only a pdf with a list of instructions to make the book. Unfortunatelier, the pdf itself has already been bought. As of this writing Julie does have a Star Wars quiet book, but if your kid is a trekkie he’ll probably scream in your face if you get him that one instead.

[Julie Gillrie via Geek Crafts]