I am your father…or…at least your USB port

Happy Friday all!  Dunno about you guys, but I’ve had a bit of a long week, and am looking forward to my weekend.  Therefore, I decided we need a bit of a break today from ‘pure’ gaming news.  Let’s call it Funny Friday…or Just for fun (cause it’s Friday?).

Whatever you want to call it, I found this one for the die hard Star Wars fans out there: Star Wars USB hubs.  They’re both have 4 USB ports available and are going to run in the neighborhood of $66 when the Japanese decide to release them upon the rest of the world.  Geekstuff4u.com is offering a pre-order sale here.

Both of these guys take up a massive amount of desk space, and again, only offer 4 extra ports.  In other words, unless you know who TK421 is, and why he isn’t at his post, there’s probably little chance you’re going to grab one of these up anytime soon.  BUT…if you do know that Han shot first, and think that these things smelled bad on the outside…well then step right up!

Darth and R2 both have animated bodies, light up features, and make sounds (that can be turned on or off…depending on your current state of animosity towards your Star Trek loving workmates) every three minutes while connected to a computer.  Darth’s eye glow red (ummm…which episode was that again?) and scan for intruders, while R2 beeps and spins his head looking for…errr…yeah.

Anyway you look at it, these USB hubs are big space takers, have only 4 ports, glow, beep, and ogle.  Practical?  Absolutely not.  Possibly one of the biggest badges of Star Wars fandom you can display on your desk (while still getting away with….but it’s practical..it’s a USB port)?  You Betcha!