Luke… I Am Your Father’s Day Present
I was already to snark up this Star Wars toy Father’s Day gift pack of Darth Vader and Bespin Luke, but the more I think about it, the more I think it’s actually pretty clever. Sure, it does imply that your father has or will cut your hand off in the near future, but, like Luke and his pappy, it also implies you can get past it with help from Hasbro’s Star Wars action figures)! Besides, it comes with a card (I’m guessing the inside reads “…to know what a great dad you are!” Awww). It’s a bit overpriced at $30, but it’s a safer alternative than getting together to chuck the racist old man down the street into an open air duct. Thanks to Manny for the tip.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.