Someone Needs Their Kind of Scum
 |
?I’m not personally a big fan on the large nerdy busts, but I understand why people dig them. I just prefer entire torsos with my objects of nerd affection, but I do approve of the classic classiness of a good bust, even if it’s of Venom or somebody. Point is, I don’t often think about covering busts, but TR readers Arsenal and Zortt1 reminded me that a 1:1, life-size bust of Boba Fett is something worth covering. You can’t tell from this angle, but he does have his little cape on his back, which is made of real fabric — whether that’s worth $800 is entirely up to you. You can pre-order him here, or at least gawk at more pictures.
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.