“And I thought they smelled bad – on the outside. Anhh!” ThinkGeek.com‘s April Fools joke last April of a sleeping bag that looks like a Tauntaun from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is no laughing matter anymore! Because plenty of Star Wars fans are willing to cough up the money for these things, they are currently developing it to sell on ThinkGeek.com!
LA Weekly had a chance to ask ThinkGeek.com‘s Public Relations person Shane Peterman about the matter:
We are definitely trying to make it in to an actual item to be sold on our site. As of right now, it’s still an “if,” but it’s turning in to more of a “when.” Things are looking pretty good, we just don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. There’s certainly been enough of a demand, both from customers and from those of us that work here. Right now, we’re aiming to have it available for the holidays, or at the latest, the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back next spring.
I personally would love to have one of these things! It has to be one of the greatest ideas ever, right up there with the Darth Vader Toaster!
