It's been a busy week for Star Wars-inspired items around the web...

• Steampunk fans will want to hurry over to eBay where they can bid on this Steampunk Darth Vader Mask. This homemade beauty began life as a regular Darth Vader mask purchased as a gift at Disney World.  After fourteen years of sitting on a shelf collecting nerd-dust, it was finally put to good use.Only to have the guy sell it off. There's gratitude for you.

• The crafty Star Wars fan will want to look into this collection of knitted Amigurumi Star Wars dolls. I suspect these are about twice as creepy as they look in picture. Seriously, only the art of knitting can ruin the childhood image of perfection that is Princess Leia in a metal bikini. What's next? A macramé Wilma Deering? A crocheted Batgirl?

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Not everyone can be a rich science fiction fan (I'm looking at you, Paul Allen) so I have to wonder what Sideshow Collectibles and Monster Galaxy are thinking when they decided to sell life-size Star Wars and Aliens figures that sell for between $5,000 and $6,000. Don't get me wrong, if I had a spare $16,000 to spend, I'd buy these in less than a parsec.(I know that's the improper usage of the word parsec.If George Lucas can do it, I can too.) Convincing the wife might be another issue... I suppose I could try to display it at the office since it is, after all, "perfect for your home, office, or theater room." But I'm thinking that's a large chunk of change to spend just so my coworkers can make fun of me -- something they willingly do today for free.

Although I must admit that the fan inside of me wouldn't mind having some of these.  The trick in justifying such a purchase is to find a way to make the object serve some useful function and not be just a worthless trophy...

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