Category: Geek Finds

Running low on gift ideas? How about a costume?

A costume can be fun for many, many reasons especially if you are rocking one like the Princess Leia Slave costume seen above. Kids absolutely love to dress up so why not get your little one a star wars costume, or one of the thousands of costumes you can find on buycostumes.com. You know that comic con is coming up in NY and San Diego so now is the time to get your new   Star Wars costume to impress all of your fellow geeks!

I just bought my daughter one of the disney princess costumes that they make for toddlers, and she never wants to take it off! I know its a little early for halloween, but you can also get your costume ideas going and get it before all of the craziness begins for halloween! Not only can you get costumes, but you can also get wigs, makeup, accessories, and pretty much anything you would find at one of the stupid expensive costume stores, but for half the prices. Now if only I could get my wife to get this costume:

We would be all set for the holidays! They have all of your sexy christmas costume needs as well! Maybe if I just buy it and surprise her, she can surprise me as well!

My Geek Stuff is better than yours…

As Movie Geeks, we enjoy collecting cool movie geek finds. Each of us has our own little personally customized collection of cool movie stuff… be it posters, promo stuff, schwag, screenplays, action figures, buttons… and that’s just the beginning!

We, the Movie Geeks, are going to start sharing our cool Movie Geek Finds with you, our readers… in exchange, we’d like to hear from all of you true movie geeks about your own finds, what it is, where and how you scored it, and why you dig it so much.

To kick things off, here’s my current collection of three movie-based MiniMates box sets: ‘Back to the Future’, ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘A Fistful of Dollars’…

MiniMates are sort of like what you’d get if you took characters from your favorite movies and made them into Lego people, except these are much more articulated and somewhat more detailed than Lego people. They are certainly cooler than your average Lego person.

The ‘Back to the Future’ set includes Marty McFly (with skateboard), Lorraine Baines, Biff Tannen and Doc Brown (with alternate head)… the ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ set includes The Man With No Name (with makeshift bulletproof armor), Marisol, John Baxter, Ramon Rojo, a shotgun and 3 pistols… the ‘Silence of the Lambs’ set includes Clarice Starling (with notepad), Hannibal the Doctor in blue jump suit, Hannibal the Cannibal in orange jump suit (with muzzle, straight jacket and hand cart) and Buffalo Bill (with gun).

If you have something like this, or something unlike this but in some way could be considered “cool movie geek stuff” then please tell us about it… we love cool movie geek stuff!

Hayden Panettiere worth at LEAST $1 per pound!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about the ‘Heroes’ TV show. I love it! It’s a great show, but I think some people are getting a little carried away. I mean, fans are fans, but seriously … I was playing around on eBay and found this autographed card of Hayden Panettiere (plays Claire Bennett) which was pulled from a box of Topps ‘Heroes’ trading cards. I couldn’t believe what it was going for! As a point of reference, I checked the current maximum going prices for three other REALLY popular female celebrity icons on both eBay and the Internet marketplace in general, and this is what I found:

Angelina Jolie … Autographed 8×10 photo, up to  $550.00
Scarlett Johansson … Autographed 8×10 photo, up to  $125.00
Myley Cyrus … Autographed 8×10 photo, up to $80.00

Whoa! Jolie, understandably, still blows the pack away. [Then again, this was just one item listed at that price. Jolie’s autographs actually being bid on/sold have a much more “reasonable” price.]

Panettiere is a rather petite young lady, so its safe to say that her autograph is going for at LEAST $1 dollar per pound (body weight) and with over one day left on the auction, will possibly get pretty close to $2 per pound. [Sorry if this sounds like I’m equating women to deli meat. That’s ABSOLUTELY not my intention.] What do you think? Is her autograph worth this? If not, is anyone’s autograph worth this?

‘Git yer own claws, bub!’

Hey, comic book movie geeks … always dreamed of being just like the berzerkin’ Canuck? Well, this is as close as you’ll get. Sideshow Collectibles is taking orders for limited run of life-size replica claws, identical to the ones used in the movie. For only $149.99, you can own a pair of these dandies by clicking here.

[Product Summary: Sideshow Collectibles proudly presents the Wolverine Claws Prop Replica by Museum Replicas Limited. The famous Wolverine Claws are authentically replicated from the actual 20th Century Fox film prop. Although originally made of Adamantium, the prop and this exacting replica are of solid machined aluminum and hand finished. Also features the proper stainless steel, thick wire and palm base attachment as they were made for and used in X-Men. Permanently affixed to the custom, sturdy wood “X” display plaque with metal nameplates, it’s a far less painful way to display the coolest prop on the planet (popping out of the hands was far too messy). The set includes a hand numbered, full color Certificate of Authenticity. Only 500 sets will be made, making these as rare as Adamantium! This outstanding prop replica is wall mountable for alternate display, the perfect addition to any Marvel collection.]