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The Darth Vader Snow Globe?


I've been trying to cut back on frivolous spending, which is a lie, but there really was no way to avoid buying this Star Wars "Musical Holiday Waterball," a title that makes me wonder if the term "snow globe" is trademarked. There are a few different versions available, but you'd be a damned idiot to pass up on Darth Vader for Yoda, for one very adorable reason:


Dude's building the Death Star, out of snow! And he's all crouching down and shit! If that isn't the cutest thing since Admiral Ackbar intentionally synched his "fall back into the chair" motion so his neck would hit his seat's headrest at the exact moment the Super Star Destroyer crashed into Death Star II at the end of Return of the Jedi, I don't know what in the hell is.

All that aside, it's a very nice snow globe. Sometimes, products like this will sneak by more on the merits of the licensee than the actual quality, but I'm happy to report that it's a well made and quite heavy snow globe, with a finely carved base and swimming snowflakes and everything. Perfect.

Incredibly, the Star Wars "Musical Holiday Waterball" doesn't play a chimey version of the Cantina song, but rather, "Let It Snow." The thought of Darth Vader building the Death Star out white heaven is one thing, but picturing him doing that while humming "Let It Snow" is the answer to Charlie Brown's question. This is what Christmas is all about.

Hunch my ass -- now we know the real reason Vader was so eager to the flip the whole fucking Imperial fleet around and head for Hoth.

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Posted by Matt on 11/26/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 95 comments

Green pea was gross, but Dinner Roll was worse.
Love the snow globe!

I got a kitten!. Just had to share my joy. If my allergies abate by the end of the week, we get to keep him!

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 11/27/2006 12:58 PM

My fiance found me a very similiar item just before Thanksgiving. It’s a sculpture rather than a snowglobe, of the same scene, only much larger and more detailed. And Darth is wearing a felt-ish Santa Hat. I haven’t seen another one yet, so I guess there weren’t very many of them. I’d post a photo but I haven’t uploaded any yet. :-(

Chestnuts roasted by muppet @ 11/27/2006 12:59 PM

With the addition of Jessica Marie’s kitten, this post is just too cute to exist.

Chestnuts roasted by Katherine @ 11/27/2006 1:15 PM

A followup from my previous post. “The French Connection” is a great movie once you get past the first 45 boring minutes. I couldn’t stay awake for the sequel so I’ll have to catch it another time.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 11/27/2006 1:20 PM

Eddie Lightning Frog: I found a “Friday the 13th” snowglobe on EBay. It’s cool Here’s the link:

http://tinyurl.com/y2mpxm

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 11/27/2006 1:25 PM

This globe is awesome – I saw it at Target a few weeks ago, and picked it up for my boyfriend – I cant wait to give this thing to him! It was officially the first xmas gift purchased this year :-)

Chestnuts roasted by m1928mouse @ 11/27/2006 1:27 PM

Hey guys — due to a massive traffic surge the site was down since around 5 AM until about 15 minutes ago. Should be up and running now.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/27/2006 1:35 PM

Nothing says cute like a mass-murdering villain building things in the snow! :)

Chestnuts roasted by Jason L @ 11/27/2006 1:46 PM

And from the Theater of the Bizarre that is my life… while stopping in the pantry to pick up some chips to go with lunch, my buddy Cindy, who is not one of us peruses the selections, notices the Screamin’ Buffalo and Ranch Doritos and says to me …

“I don’t want to think about chicken when I’m eating Doritos.”

I haven’t been able to explain to her why I can’t stop laughing.

Anyway, cute Darth. I was gonna make some comment about hitting a point when you’re over-marketing something and then I realized I was talking about Star Wars, which originated the concept of over-marketing so really the lady doth protest too much.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 11/27/2006 1:47 PM

‘twould seem you got farked this morning matt.

Chestnuts roasted by psiondoodler @ 11/27/2006 1:49 PM

Lemur – that’s incredible. But if you think about it, that should be everyone’s automatic sentiment when surveying a bag of Buffalo Doritos…

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 11/27/2006 2:01 PM

JLAJRC My mother has that one as well. Our family owned a small video store when that movie came out, it was one of the promo items she couldn’t bear to use as a prize, being from Minnesota.
This Darth one, is outstanding. I really want to get it for my son, who loves Darth and snow globes. Very cool.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 11/27/2006 2:16 PM

I bought one of those at Target along with the Yoda Clause snow globe about a month ago. I love ‘em and my little girl loves to watch them as the music box plays. I must say they are kick ass!

Chestnuts roasted by freudguy @ 11/27/2006 2:20 PM

Let It Snow?!? Surely you want this globe to play “What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)”

Chestnuts roasted by Mecha Eggzilla @ 11/27/2006 2:43 PM

Snowglobe = Holiday Waterball?

I’m loving Darth Vader getting his Death Star on, but my premonition of Christmas turning into the “Late Year, Winter-Themed Rest Period” does not seem that far off now.

Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Acula @ 11/27/2006 2:44 PM

Jones Holiday Sodas, full of year-end novelty and Green Pea-ness!

wait….

that can’t be right….

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash and the ghost of Orson Welles @ 11/27/2006 2:46 PM

http://ww12.e-tractions.com/snowglobe/globe.htm
I was on my way to work this morning and I saw water taboggins for the beach. Living in West Palm Beach Fl. you miss out on snow so we have to settle for surf sledding.FUN! Actually I am lying to myself. This sucks. I miss winter. :(

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 11/27/2006 3:02 PM

I got that Darth Vader snowglobe awhile back,and I just bought another one to give to my cousin for Christmas,as he and his brother are big Star Wars fans.

I’ve seen other (and more expensive) Star Wars snowglobes online,like ones based off the original ANH movie poster and the Battle of Hoth,but this one isn’t bad for one bought in a store as a seasonal item.

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 11/27/2006 3:09 PM

Thats cool your going to get the Wii for christmas (and adorable) I love the damn thing, every chance I get I’m playing Zelda. I guess since you are a casual gamer though, I suggest getting Rayman cuz its pretty challenging and its the best party game until Mario Party comes out. Oh and Excite Truck is awesome too.

Chestnuts roasted by Flabslapper @ 11/27/2006 3:47 PM

Where could I possibly get one of these?

Chestnuts roasted by Jarrett @ 11/27/2006 4:38 PM

My girlfriend and I saw one of those at Target along with a whole little section of star wars stuff, including a dashboard mounted motion activated c3po that says crazy stuff in your car.

Chestnuts roasted by Lammy742 @ 11/27/2006 4:58 PM

That is easily the greatest thing to have happened to my day today. I am sooo going to get one and display it all year round. And the Buffalo Chicken Dorito story…priceless.

Chestnuts roasted by 9line @ 11/27/2006 5:03 PM

If I could find a StayPuft snowglobe, I’d be in heaven.

Chestnuts roasted by DarrylJ @ 11/27/2006 5:23 PM

Wow. You know how in FireFox you can get all those cool pull-down search engines like Wikipedia and IMDB and stuff? Well I went to search for something on X-E and just pulled down my search tab wondering where my X-E Search Engine was. It took me like 10 seconds to realize there was no such thing. Someone needs to get up on that.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 11/27/2006 5:46 PM

Jones Holiday Sodas, full of year-end novelty and Green Pea-ness!

wait…

that can’t be right…

That stinks, I quit! *leaves, then comes back* Take some for the road…*goes offscreen* What luck, there’s a french fry stuck in my beard!

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert, eating Mrs. Pell's Fish Sticks @ 11/27/2006 5:46 PM

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