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Bluetooth Lightsaber Duelling comes to iPhone

by Jay Garrett on March 19, 2010

Everyone that I know that owns an iPhone also has the lightsaber app loaded onto it :)

It goes without saying that the only thing that’s missing is that you can’t really duel amongst your friends.

Well, from next month you will be able to challenge your Sith or Jedi foes to a battle.

Just grab the new Bluetooth-enabled Lightsaber Duel and get ready.

What would be cool is if your wins and failed battles could be shared over Facebook so that you could start a league :)

THQ Wireless has even included 11 new Star Wars characters whose lightsabers you can use!

Remember: “This was the formal weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. More skill than simple sight was required for its use. An elegant weapon. It was a symbol as well. Anyone can use a blaster or a fusioncutter—but to use a lightsaber well was a mark of someone cut above the ordinary.”

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Star Wars AT-AT Reissued – Even More Awesomer

by Jay Garrett on February 15, 2010

If, like me, you never had an AT-AT of your own.

Well, now’s your chance – and this one is sooooooo much better!

To help mark the glorious 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, Hasbro have reissued the saga’s most awesome vehicles.

Costing $100 this AT-AT measures over 2 foot tall and is almost 28 inches long, and 12 inches wide.

The new AT-AT can actually hold up to 20 Star Wars figures – half-a-dozen of those in the head alone!

It also comes with the zip-line in its body as well as LED lights and authentic movie sounds and phrases.

Just to clinch that deal it includes a 3 ¾ inch AT-AT driver action figure and a pop-out speeder bike.

Now, where’s my Snow Speeder and credit card!!???!!

Find yours then head here.

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Ultimate R2-D2 is Perhaps the Finest R2 Collectable

December 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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R2-D2 must be the galaxy’s most loved and most recognised droid.
As well as being adorable as a companion he’s also proved himself handy to have around – whether as a mechanic or patching into computer interfaces he’s helped many a human, as well as fellow droids, out of rather sticky situations.
This R2 statue is probably [...]

Limited Edition Star Wars Hoodies

August 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Who doesn’t enjoy dressing up just a little bit?
If you’re also a Star Wars fan then Marc Ecko’s latest range of hoodies should be right up your exhaust vents!
The new range features six new designs including Darth Vader, Darth Maul Version, an X-Wing Pilot hoodie and a Star Wars Clone Trooper hoodie.
Prices start at $98 [...]

Read Marvel Comics and Others on Your PSP

August 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve covered next-gen comics a few times here on GadgetyNews in the form of Longbox, and Marvel’s motion comics but now here’s a follow-up to the PSP comic store news I broke in March.
The new digital reader service that’ll be bouncing onto both PSP3000 and PSP Go will allow their owners to access a [...]

Lightsaber Torch – Use The Darkside for Enlightenment

July 22, 2009 Click to read more →
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How cool is this?
The lightsaber flashlight (or torch to us Brits) is a replica of Darth Vader’s weapon of choice and, unfortunately, is only loaded with 4 red LEDs instead of a laser that can cut through any young Jedi wannabe who would be using their own torch (complete with sound-effects!).
It’s powered by 3 (Sith [...]

Light Saber USB Lamp – Jedi Lighting

January 29, 2009 Click to read more →

We all love Star Wars (at least the original trilogy) and Light Sabers are totally cool.
Some of us are too old to go leaping about making the relevant noises with a replica saber.
And our partners may question the amount of time we give to building our own custom Light Sabers.
But, surely, we’re allowed to have [...]

Jedi Force Trainer – Buy It and Gain Mind Control

January 8, 2009 Click to read more →

This has a big promise – possibly enough to get a variety of Star Wars and X-Men followers adding this to their wish list.
Although the thought of being able to train your mind to acheive telekinesis in a Prof Xavier/Jedi fashion is pretty special.
What is actually is is a simplified EEG (Electroencephalography – a way to measure [...]

Belfast College First in UK To Offer Jedi Course

September 15, 2008 Click to read more →

Not really a gadget or technology but how could I resist posting this latest Star Wars related news?
Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland is offering a really real course in the Jedi way!
Read on for more details if you don’t believe me.
According to its publicity material, the course, Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way, [...]

Styrofoam Is Where The Heart Is

August 8, 2008 Click to read more →

Styrofoam homes.
Now, that’s not bringing to me visions of a safe habitiat for me and mine.
Japan Dome House Co., Ltd. thinks they’re the future!
Constructed of 7-inch-thick 100% expanded polystyrene foam modules, the company says that they don’t have the maintenance problems of wood or metal structures, and they are “highly resistant” to earthquakes, fires, and [...]

Star Wars comes to the iPhone – Use The Force!

August 6, 2008 Click to read more →

THQ Wireless has released a set of screenshots showing what Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is going to look like on Apple’s 3Gesus iPhone.
Apparently the game will utilise the touch screen to activate force powers, such as drawing a lightning bolt to activate force lightning.
It’s looking pretty cool to me and a definite step up [...]

Star Wars Nintendo DS Stylus

July 2, 2008 Click to read more →

Light Saber Styluses? How Cool?!!?
Officially licensed by Star Wars these Nintendo DS styluses are just the ticket to cut open random people in that operating game and generally poke things in Brain Training.
Available in 2 packs:

A three-pack of standard plastic ones for $7.99
A two-pack of glowing ones for $16.99

They are unleashed on July 31 and then we [...]

May the Force Light Your Room

January 17, 2008 Click to read more →

Never one to miss something StarWars related; hows about a light-saber room light from NCSX?
The hyper-kitsch Light-Saber room light measures 40cm/15.74″ tall.

They are available in either red or green and uses two AAA batteries which means that it’s portable and prone to being picked up and posed with methinks…………….also ideal for your office cube.
It will cost you [...]