Not just any X-wing, but Luke Skywalker’s very own Red 5. At almost 2 feet long, this has got to rank as one of the most desirable Star Wars collectibles ever!
Luke Skywalker's Red 5 X-Wing Starfighter
American Scooters
The Genuine Scooter Company offers Americans the chance to experience what most Europeans (and Asians) have been experiencing for quite some time now – wind-in-your-face commuting, with the occasional bug swallowing incident. Not sure about the prices, but the scooters look great!
The Rattler from the Genuine Scooter Company
The Stella
Now, if they could only bring these things here, we might give 2211 Works and their Vespas a run for their money.
Sleeping in a Tauntaun carcass
Like Luke Skywalker, who wouldn’t want to sleep in the carcass of a tauntaun? Of course, we’d have to be on Hoth to do that, but the folks at Thinkgeek.com have come up with the next best thing:
At least, they don’t smell as bad.
Home Theater
For those just dying to build their own home theater, head on out to Hacked Gadgets and get inspiration for your next home project.
Mekanda Tri-Attack!
As a child growing up in Cebu, robots on tv were a big part of my day. My brother and our friends used to watch Voltes V (who could forget the Bozanians with their horns), Mazinger Z (Aphrodai A had those boob missiles, but would always be the typical damsel-in-distress), Daimos (Ericaaaaaaa!) and Mekanda Robot (Mekanda, Mekanda, Mekanda Robot, ta ta ta da da da da, Tri-Attack!). At a time when betamax and VHS were still relatively unknown and/or expensive, we couldn’t really record these shows for posterity. These days, however, there’s been a resurgence of the Voltes V series (tagalog-dubbed, no less) and a collector’s edition can be purchased from retailers. Even toys are seeing a resurgence. But the Mekanda Robot series has been largely ignored, probably because the original production company went belly-up even during the run of that series – it didn’t even have a proper ending, according to internet sources. But thanks to youtube, one can still be reminded of those carefree summers watching these mechas slug it out in the middle of a Japanese city…
Thanks to http://www.youtube.com/user/cscentrlTV for keeping these for posterity.
HP MiniNote 2140 and 1109TU
Complink.com.ph is selling the new HP MiniNote 2140 for Php23,950 and the MiniNote 1109TU for Php18,990.
Price drop on Nokia 5800
Php17,200 at ebay.ph ; Php16,400 at ebuystore.com.ph
The Nokia E63 is now going for Php11,500 at ebuystore.com.ph.
Tunable glasses
Engadget reports via The Telegraph that a British inventor has designed a “tunable” eyeglass, one where the wearer can actually self adjust the lenses to suit their needs without needing a prescription. Apparently, the plastic lenses have sacs of liquid in the middle, with the wearer adjusting tha amount of the liquid using syringes. Once adjusted, the wearer removes the syringes and wears the glasses just like regular ones.
What’s great about this invention is that it’s aimed at third world countries where opticians may be scarce, expensive or both.
Personally, I’ve been wearing eyeglasses since my second year of highschool, and having to change prescriptions every so often is an expensive undertaking. I’d totally get me one of these if only to save time and money from going to the optician.
Averatec-badged MSI Wind for Php16k
A seller at tipidpc.com is selling an Averatec-badged MSI Wind for only Php16k. That’s a pretty sweet deal considering that others are selling this for around Php23k.
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