Hallmark Says Merry Christmas, You Stupid Nerds
As a card-carrying nerd, I’ve received more than my fair share of Hallmark’s Star Wars ornaments over the years; the company certainly makes a decent profit over holiday-loving nerds who buy whatever Hallmark flings out at the end of year. As you can see, X-mas ’08 is looking pretty good?that mini-Pac-Man arcade console actually has real game sound effects, the Kirk Drowning in Tribbles in awesome, the Dark Knight Batman is interesting at least, and the Muppets’ Statler and Waldorf is the fucking coolest ornament ever made. Head here to see the rest of the line-up, including:
? Spider-man
? Superman
? Iron Man (movie)
? Indiana Jones
? Speed Racer’s Mach 5
? Space Ghost
? A few Star Wars and Star Trek spaceships
? Vader and Luke fighting on the Death Star
..and more. Much thanks to the irascible and new TR contributor Chris Cummins for the tip.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.