thing like this “happen”.

Cheeseburgers + Star Wars + Legos = AWESOME NERDOME!!! or NERD AWESOMENESS!!

She’ll get you through the drive thru in less than 12 parsecs.

Check out more great photos (and a cyborg Ronald McDonald custom mini-fig) over at Super Punch!

San Diego Comic Con started today.  I may not be there in person, but I am in spirit.  So all weekend I will be posting some great new nerdy things, like this for example…

Brand New over at StarWarsShop.com, 100% polyester and machine washable.

Goes great with that Space Slug oven mitt you’ve been eyeing.

And after you make that bacon, how about some Vader or Yoda pancakes?

These are a few of my favorite things…

This is Darth Bacon! created by artist Dan Goodsell, he of Mr. Toast fame.

Brilliant isn’t it?  It’s part of The Vader Project – a touring exhibit that featured replica Darth Vader masks designed and reinterpreted by underground artists.

Well the exhibit is off the road and now all the helmet are being auctioned off this week (July 10th) in Philadelphia.

Check out the complete catalog here.

Oh and if you are interested in our little friend above, bidding starts at $3,000…

Goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!

Seriously, dark side of the force rocks.  We could have used him against Ghana.

So inspired by the thrilling 1-1 draw against England today (first time I have ever watched an entire soccer match), I thought I would bust out two ads that I saw this last week from competing shoe manufacturers.

The first is just sheer brilliance. Nike, show us what ya got…

I loved when they did the similar “action” spots for the NFL last year but this…THIS…just completely blows everything away,  One of the best ads I have ever seen.

And now from Adidas (thx to FoTDB Mike D. for the link)

I mean come on, Snoop’s got a lightsaber!  The editing is pretty solid, almost seamless in some spots…but what it actually has to do with the World Cup???  That’s a good question.

They have another spot, “The Quest” or something like that, but it kinda sucks.

Some may think that George Lucas has sold his soul when it comes to Star Wars and merchandising. Well not I.

I believe that we have entered into a golden age of nerdy Star Wars product goodness!!  The latest example:

Next time you go to pull that bacon out of the oven, why not use your Space Slug oven mitt.

Yes, it is the giant asteroid space slug that the Millennium Falcon flew into (and landed in) during The Empire Strikes Back.

Come on!  Even the most jaded of nerds has to admit that this is pretty cool. 

It’s also quite affordable, just $19.99 over at StarWarsShop.com.

via FashionablyGeek

I’m a nerd + I’m a guy = this video of a Slave Leia car wash in California last week.

Like I wasn’t going to post this. 

 BTW – it was a fundraiser for Make A Wish by G4, so it was for a good cause.

Ladies, I’ll have something for you tomorrow.

 via Topless Robot.

My 10’s of readers know that a) I love bacon and 2) I love “Star Wars”.

So something like this would technically be right up my alley…

Yes, that is an AT-AT from “The Empire Strikes Back” made of bacon.  This from the same folks who brought the BA-K-47 into our lives.

It’s body is made of foam, it’s over 3 feet tall and it took over 40 pounds of bacon to cover this beast.  Let me say that again…40 LBS. OF BACON!!!

Well played sirs, well played!

See more photos over at their site – TIFR.com

I really needed a good laugh today and thanks to one of my favorite geek blogs, Topless Robot, I got one!

No bacon, but some great editing!  If you are a Star Wars nerd like me (Jason/Al I’m looking at you), $20 says this breaks you up.

May the force be with you…

Welcome to the work week everybody.  Hope ya’ll had a great weekend.

We will get to bacon in just a little bit…first as I was rooting through the interwebs today, catchin’ up on all sort o’ news, this popped across my screen…

As if my Tauntaun sleeping bag wasn’t the coolest thing ever…then comes this!  A MILLENNIUM FALCON BED!!! KA-FREAKIN’-POW PEOPLE!!!  I am typing in caps not only to help convey my excitement but also because I AM SCREAMING IN MY HEAD!!! This thing is beyond cool (that would be nerd cool, not standard cool like most of you may be accustomed too).

Check out more photos of this custom work of geek good on their YouFace profile.

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!!!