Geek Gifts

Geek Gifts: Awesome Movie/TV T-Shirts Inspired by Studio Ghibli, SUPERMAN, BREAKING BAD, HARRY POTTER, STAR WARS, TRON, and a Lot More

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 21st, 2012 at 5:28 pm

A few days ago, I posted an awesome Loki figure from The Avengers made by Hot Toys.  It was the first “Geek Gifts” article in a long time and I mentioned that the response to the post would determine if we’d continue the column.  Let’s just say it was a success.  So, as promised, it’s time for another “Geek Gifts” article and this one is especially relevant for those that like cool t-shirts.

If you’ve ever seen my video interviews, you know I love wearing t-shirts.  I especially love wearing shirts that are inspired by my favorite movies and TV shows.  Recently, a friend turned me onto a company called RedBubble, and they let their users submit their own designs and some of them are pretty great.  Since I know a lot of you don’t have the time to go through the thousands of reader submissions, I’ve done the legwork for you.  So hit the jump if you like Studio Ghibli, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Tron, the original Superman, Battle of the Planets, The Lion King, and more.

Geek Gifts: Hot Toys’ Loki Figure from THE AVENGERS

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 18th, 2012 at 10:00 pm

While it’s been awhile since we’ve posted a “Geek Gifts” article, I’m going to try and post more of them in the future.  While I know a lot of you aren’t exactly willing to spend $200 dollars on a limited edition figure of Loki from The Avengers, I’m hoping many of you still find it fun to take a gander.  Based on the hits, I’ll know if we should post more or less of these types of articles.

Anyway, Hot Toys (which makes some awesome stuff) has just released images and info on their awesome looking Movie Masterpiece Series Loki Sixth Scale Figure from The Avengers.  As you’ll see in the images, “the movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the movie, highlighting the newly developed head sculpt, highly detailed costume, weapons and accessories.”  Hit the jump for more.

Video Game Deal: MASS EFFECT 3 for $29.99 (50% Off)

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 24th, 2012 at 8:32 am

Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day is Mass Effect 3 for $29.99 (50%) for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  While Bioware and EA have tried to bill the final installment in the trilogy as a place where newcomers can jump on, that’s stretching it.  Technically, you could start playing at ME3 and the massive Codex would fill in the backstory, but that’s not as much fun as playing the backstory.  The half-off is great because it gives newcomers the opportunity to save $30 bucks on picking up the whole trilogy, so today you could pay $66 on Amazon for all three Xbox 360 games (PlayStation 3 doesn’t have the first Mass Effect).  Despite the highly controversial ending of Mass Effect 3, the Mass Effect series is a high-water mark in gaming, and not to be missed.

Click here to go buy Mass Effect 3 for $29.99, and hit the jump for the game’s trailer.  [Note: Collider earns a small referral fee when our readers purchase something on Amazon through one of our links. The money generated helps pay our staff and keep the site running. Thank you for reading and supporting Collider.]

Geek Gifts: $9.99 for Blu-ray Books of ROCKY, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, THE TERMINATOR, PATTON, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 19th, 2012 at 3:14 pm

Today’s Amazon Gold Box Deal is selling the Blu-ray books of Rocky, The Terminator, All About Eve, Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Usual Suspects, The Hustler, Patton, An Affair to Remember, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Comancheros for $9.99 each (71% off).  A Blu-ray “book” is the Blu-ray case is a hardcover book shell, and there are pages inside with artwork, essays, and other neat stuff.

Click here to take advantage of this deal, which will expire at the end of the day.

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Geek Gifts: VHS and Fully Functional Nintendo Controller Coffee Tables

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: April 10th, 2012 at 4:58 pm

Let’s face the cold, hard truth here: geeks need coffee tables.  Where else are we supposed to put our coffee/coke, video game controller, books, magazines, and feet?  The problem is, we geeks like to flaunt our nerdiness whenever possible, and there just aren’t many coffee table options that make this possible.  Enter: crafty geeks.  Two very awesome, very geek-friendly coffee tables have now come to our attention, crafted by some true visionaries in the art of coffee table-making.  The first is a collection of VHS-inspired tables, complete with scratched-out titles and “Insert This Side Into the Recorder” warnings, while the second is a fully functional Nintendo controller.

This is basically the Sophie’s Choice of coffee table decisions, as the VHS ones are simply gorgeous, but the Nintendo ones double as a table and a video game controller.  Both are beautiful works of art, though, and I highly encourage you to check them out in full detail.  Hit the jump for images and to find out how these can be yours.

Geek Gifts: “Han Solo Carbonite” iPhone 4 Case Lets You Feel Like Boba Fett

by Matt Currie    Posted: March 29th, 2012 at 4:30 pm

If I have one complaint about the iPhone (and I may, in fact, have only one) it’s the relatively plain-looking exterior. Much as it kicks all kinds of ass in terms of performance, there are certainly more aesthetically-intriguing devices out there. But hey, that’s what iPhone cases are for, right? And this one is a doozy, especially if you’re a fan of the Star Wars franchise.

Provided you’ve got an extra $15.50 lying around, the iconic image of Han Solo encased in carbonite at the end of The Empire Strikes Back/beginning of Return of the Jedi can adorn the back of your iPhone 4 or 4S. The plastic-aluminum case is the work of Moti Zemelman, proprietor of the Etsy.com-powered online store iCaseSeraSera. Hit the jump to get a look, plus some insight into how it was designed and buying info.

Geek Gifts: $55,000 Street-Legal TRON: LEGACY Light Cycle Replica

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: February 27th, 2012 at 12:26 pm

If after watching Joseph Kosinski’s Tron: Legacy you found yourself saying “Boy, I sure would like to have me one of those nifty light cycles,” today’s your lucky day. An illuminated, street-legal motorcycle inspired by the light cycles from Tron: Legacy can now be yours for the low, low price of $55,000. The cycle is actually a pretty great replica, and it includes a Suzuki 996cc, 4-stroke engine and electroluminescent strips built into the tire cowlings, wheel rims, and body of the bike to give it that Tron glow.

Hit the jump to check out the full specs and images, as well as videos of the cycle in action.

Geek Gifts: Nerd up Your Beverage with Han Solo in Carbonite and ALIEN Ice Trays

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 21st, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Have you ever looked into your ice beverages and thought, “This drink is all well and good, but these ice cubes are so dull.”  Well, they don’t have to be!  You can geek up that drink with some help from nerdy ice cube trays.  You know what’s better than drinking a nice cold soda?  Drinking a nice cold soda with a tiny frozen Han Solo in it.  Or if you feel that Star Wars already has its wampa mitts into too much merchandise already, go with a little R-rated sci-fi and throw some Alien eggs into your iced-tea.  Nothing refreshes like a frozen xenomorph fetus.

Hit the jump to check out the ice trays and where you can buy them.

One Minifig to Rule Them All: THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT LEGO Coming Summer 2012

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 16th, 2011 at 8:52 am

LEGO has picked up the rights to some of the biggest movie properties around including Star Wars, Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Batman.  Now they have another big title (technically two titles) on the way: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.  I can only begin to dream of the massive, time-consuming glory these sets will offer.  It will probably cost well over $100 for the set, but I want to spend an entire day building Helm’s Deep (I can’t confirm they’re going to offer it, but I’d be shocked it they didn’t).  But think of the possibilities: The Shire. Rivendell. Mirkwood. Rohan. Minas freaking Tirith.

Hit the jump for the press release and sound off in the comments about what you can’t wait to build.  The release of the LEGO sets is timed to coincide with the build up to the first part of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit adaptation, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which opens December 14, 2012.  Part two, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, opens December 13, 2013.

DVD Deal: ALFRED HITCHCOCK – THE MASTERPIECE COLLECTION

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 23rd, 2011 at 7:30 am

Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day is Alfred Hitchcock – The Masterpiece Collection.  Included in the box set are 14 classic Hitchock films for $52.49 (almost 60% off). Included are:

Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Trouble With Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), Topaz (1969), Frenzy (1972), Family Plot (1976)

While I always recommend Blu-ray over DVD, if you’ve never seen any of these classic films, this box set is an awesome way to start. Hit the jump for more details.  Amazon’s Gold Box Deal’s are only for one day and you get free shipping when you spend over $25 dollars.

Geek Gifts: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Stein

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: September 16th, 2011 at 11:18 am

Today’s your lucky day, Battlestar Galactica fans. For those of you who want to take your fandom to the next level, or have the desire to simultaneously express your love for Battlestar Galactica and quench your thirst, we’ve got just the thing for you. A Top Gun stein from the beloved Syfy series exists, and it’s set to be available for your drinking pleasure before the end of the year. To learn more, and to see some images of the beverage holder, hit the jump.

Geek Gifts: Han Solo Carbonite Desk

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: June 1st, 2011 at 5:53 pm

If you often find yourself feeling that your desk is lacking panache, that certain something to make people go, “Whoa, he means business,” we may have just the remedy for you. Now you can equip your geek-tastic office space with a Han Solo Carbonite desk. That’s right, while signing your checks and doing all your important businessperson stuff, you’ll be staring right into the blinded eyes of Stars Wars’ Han Solo, forever ensconced in carbonite (or at least until Return of the Jedi).  Hit the jump to check out the desk for yourself.

Geek Gifts: Hot Toys Christopher Reeve SUPERMAN 12-Inch Figure

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 27th, 2011 at 3:22 am

While it’s been awhile since we’ve done a Geek Gifts, when I saw the Christopher Reeve Superman 12-inch figure by Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles, I knew we had to bring it back.  According to the press release, “the movie-accurate Superman collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Christopher Reeve as The Man of Steel, highlighting the authentic head sculpt, movie-accurate costume and detailed light-up figure stage imitating the Fortress of Solitude.”

As you can tell by the images, the figure looks amazing.  Hit the jump for a lot more info on the figure.

Geek Gifts: Tons of Blu-rays and Box Sets

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: December 19th, 2010 at 7:19 am

If you’re a fan of DVD and Blu-ray boxed sets, Amazon has some great deals today.  As you’ll see below, they’ve got Star Trek, X-Men, The Larry Sanders Show, The Matrix Trilogy, The Godfather Trilogy, The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood), That 70′s Show, Deadwood, and the Alien Anthology all on sale.  I’ve also included some other Blu-ray deals and if you never bought The Goonies 25 Ann box set, Amazon has the DVD on sale for $6.00 which is 85% off!  Here’s the links.  No idea when these sale prices end:

• Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection (The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / The Final Frontier / The … Captains Summit Bonus Disc) [Blu-ray] $68.99 (51%)
• X-Men Trilogy (X-Men / X2: X-Men United / X-Men: The Last Stand) [Blu-ray] $29.99  (57%)
• The Ultimate Matrix Collection [Blu-ray] $44.99 (65%)
• Alien Anthology [Blu-ray] $69.99 (50%)
• The Godfather – The Coppola Restoration Giftset (The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III) [Blu-ray] $45.49 (64%)
• Dirty Harry Collection (Dirty Harry / Magnum Force / The Enforcer / Sudden Impact / The Dead Pool) [Blu-ray] $28.99 (55%)
• The Man with No Name Trilogy [Blu-ray] $24.49 (65%)
• That ’70s Show: The Complete Series DVD $79.99 (60%)
• The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series DVD $59.99 (60%)
• Deadwood: The Complete Series DVD $84.99 (43%)
• Across the Universe [Blu-ray] $6.99 (65%)
• Batman: Under the Red Hood [Blu-ray] $10.99 (63%)
• Let the Right One In [Blu-ray] $8.99 (64%)
• The Goonies (25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) DVD $6.00 (85%)

Blu-ray Deals: BACK TO THE FUTURE 25 Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray 50% Off – UPDATED

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: December 18th, 2010 at 4:55 am

Amazon’s got a number of new Blu-ray deals today. If you never picked up the awesome Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy on Blu-ray, they’ve got it on sale for over 50% off. In addition, the’ve got The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind on sale. Here are some links:

• Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] $38.99 (51%)
• The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] $13.99 (44%)
• Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray] $44.99(47%)
• Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition) $44.99(47%)
• The Sound of Music (Three-Disc 45th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) $17.99 (49%)
• Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Animated Series $7.99

In addition, Amazon has a number of Blu-rays for under $10.  UPDATE: Found a few more Blu-ray deals.

• Road House (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) $9.99
• The Mist (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray] $9.99
• I, Robot [Blu-ray] $9.99
• Taken [Blu-ray] $9.99
• Mr & Mrs Smith [Blu-ray] $9.99
• Rambo [Blu-ray] $9.49
• Heat [Blu-ray] $8.99
• Hellboy (Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]$8.99
• V for Vendetta [Blu-ray]$8.99
• I Am Legend [Blu-ray] $8.99
• District 9 [Blu-ray] $8.99
• Dark City (Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]$8.99
• The Wrestler [Blu-ray]$8.99
• 3:10 to Yuma [Blu-ray] $7.99
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [Blu-ray] $6.99
• Hancock (Unrated Special Edition) [Blu-ray]$6.99
• Superbad (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition) [Blu-ray]$6.99
• Friday (Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]$6.99

If you’re a fan of BBC produced shows, you might want to check out this link: Hundreds of BBC Shows Up to 69% Off. That’s because Amazon has over 650 BBC related items on sale. Here are a few highlights. Hit the link for the complete list.

• Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection $80.99 (60%)
• Little Britain: The Complete Collection $53.99 (46%)
• Black Adder Remastered: The Ultimate Edition $44.99 (44%)
• Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Everything $69.49 (47%)
• Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection $30.99 (48%)
• Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series $24.99 (69%)
• Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray] $34.99 (65%)

Finally, hit the jump for a few more DVD and Blu-ray deals:

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