If you happen to both be a Star Wars fan and have a penchant for Far Eastern food, this new gadget might be the right thing for you: lightsaber chopsticks. A Japanese company called Kotobukiya (which also has a US website) is selling three different models.
The red version is aimed at Darth Vader fans for some reason, the green one is for Yoda fans and the blue model is supposedly the right one if you like Luke Skywalker best.
Kotobukiya plans to sell the chopsticks in Japan only at this point (starting in November), but Geek Stuff 4 U lets everybody living outside this country pre-order already (price: $14.42 plus shipping). And yes, you can eat with these things apparently.
Via Akihabara News
Wow. With all the Star War thing out there, I’m surprised no one else had come up with this before. I’m not a big fan of chopsticks, probably because I don’t know how to use them, but I’d give these a try for sure. Imagine walking into a restaurant with your own chopsticks, like I got this. I wonder if they make the lightsaber noises, cuz if they did, that would be pretty cool. http://ziggytek.com/
Do they light up? I’m already considering buying a pair but lights would just make it even sweeter.
No purple ones for Mace Windu fans? (And was anybody else disappointed that he never got a chance to say “Use the Force, mother-”, well, you know? :-) )
lol nice try Erbo, there are no Mace Windu fans!
“The red version is aimed at Darth Vader fans for some reason [...] and the blue model is supposedly the right one if you like Luke Skywalker best.” Jedi use green or blue lightsabers (Windu was an exception), whereas Sith use red ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber#Colors
Before you snort: I had to learn this stuff when I was writing dialogue for the Star Wars Galaxies online game.
I want.
Someone ask them to make them in a shorter length – I’d buy them as hair accessories in a heartbeat if they were between 4 & 6 inches long!
@ Wavygirl, i think the green ones are smaller less then 8 inches but might still be a bit long for a hair accessories. cool idea tho :D