Spending most of the day online, you're bound to stumble across some strange items. We certainly do, and here are some of the highlights.
These film and TV gifts are of a weird and wonderful variety. It isn’t that all of these merchandise choices are ‘bad’. They are just weird. Strange. A little left-field. They leave you asking questions, like “is there really a market for this product?”, “and this fits into the franchise, how?” or even just “why?”.
Maybe the point can be made that their eccentricities alone make them worthwhile. Which is something we can get on board with, because we’re certainly glad they all exist, no matter how strange.
Keep checking back. As we inevitably stumble across more oddities on our internet adventures, we’ll be sure to add them in...
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Empire Weird Film & TV Gifts
1 of 12Star Trek Cookbook featuring Neelix
Taste the many flavours of Quark's Bar as Neelix teaches you about meals found in the deepest corners of the Alpha and Delta quadrants. Over 250 pages of recipes will treat you to many meals you never knew you wanted, like Slug Liver, Tube Grubs and Wentlian Condor Snake. You can even use you "Stir Fleet" wooden spoon to help you out.
2 of 12Thanos Mask Helmet Avengers
Lovingly crafted by a person who has slightly misremembered what Thanos looks like.
3 of 12Die Hard Christmas Gift Set
Empire's number one action film of all time is now available as a children's book, complete with what appears to be a less-than-pleased John McClane voodoo doll. Here's an excerpt for a little rhyming flavour: "John fled from Karl and Hans, but alas! He had to run barefoot over sharp, broken glass".
4 of 12Dracula: The Novelisation
The great novel Dracula, but not. James Hart, screenwriter of Hook, and author Fred Saberhagen wrote a novelisation of the film by Francis Ford Coppola which was based on the book by Bram Stoker. No one really asked for it, but now we have it – in all its bizarre erotic glory.
£3.80
5 of 12Monopoly: The Lord of the Rings Edition Board Game
Granted, this is a bargain price for a Monopoly game. Move around the board by purchasing property, and try to get control of the Ring.
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6 of 12Where’s The Dude?
So, the The Dude has gone for a casual meander and found himself lost within 12 iconic movies, including Rocky and Apocalypse Now. Your mission, if you choose to purchase this book which somehow exists, is to find him. We're hoping for a philosophical sequel, "Why is The Dude?".
7 of 12Marvel The Incredible Hulk Sheet Face Mask
So, this single-use face mask makes you look like The Hulk during you pampering session? Okay.
8 of 12Disney Pixar Toy Story Evil Emperor Zurg Box Backpack
A real throwback to Toy Story 2 – sure, the film was great and Zurg was the best arch enemy since Darth Vader, but who looked it 20 years after its release and thought, "that needs to be a boxy backpack, right now"?
9 of 12Star Wars Scented Candle Set - A New Hope
Come home after a hard day in the office and light yourself up some "Wookie", or if you're feeling extra adventurous, why not reach for the "Bantha Milk"? If that doesn't do it for you, maybe it's because you prefer the scents of The Empire Strikes Back? In that case you'll love "Inside of a Tauntaun".
10 of 12Chewquacker
Well, by this point anything seems strangely acceptable. Why wouldn't this exist?
11 of 12Star Wars C3PO 3D LED Light, £19.98
Who wouldn't want a lamp which makes it look like a crazed C3PO has head-butted his way through the wall? Not at all disconcerting.
12 of 12Marvel Guardians Of The Galaxy Groot Shaped Mug
The hollowed-out head of Groot seems like the perfect drinking vessel – but in practice, his cold eyes dig into the soul.
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