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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Nerd Now You Can Nest Your Children in the Guts of a Fictional Creature

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM

Back on April Fool's Day, Thinkgeek made up a fictional Tauntaun sleeping bag. Today, it looks like the Tauntaun Sleeping bag is finally a reality:

The prototype debuted on ThinkGeek on April Fools’ Day and the Internet exploded. Thousands of Star Wars fans tried to order it, and a tsunami of press coverage followed. We soon realized that we simply had to get approval from Lucasfilm and put it into production.

Fortunately the Star Wars overlords had seen the massive demand for the product and gave us their blessing. It didn’t hurt that most of the folks at Lucasfilm wanted a sleeping bag for themselves.

You can buy a Tauntaun Sleeping Bag here. Due to high demand, they're limiting purchases to two per customer.

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I already bought two for my neice and nephew. These ar almost big enough for a full-grown adult (I'm over 6'). They are awsome.

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on December 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM

...and I thought they smelled bad...
...on the OutSide!....

Posted by Han So Low on December 10, 2009 at 3:10 PM

I'm waiting until I can get a real Tauntaun.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on December 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM

I want it. I want it so bad. But $100 is out of my budget this year. :-(

Posted by Enigma

on December 10, 2009 at 3:40 PM

So cute with the cartoon guts and wee little lightsaber zipper pull!

Posted by Toad in the Hole on December 10, 2009 at 4:31 PM

When I saw this on April 1st, right away I thought if someone could get the copyright priviledges, this thing would be a killer product... easy to manufacture, easy to sell.

Nice.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on December 10, 2009 at 11:44 PM

no actual tauntauns were harmed in the making of this sleeping bag...

Posted by American Insane Society on December 11, 2009 at 8:50 AM