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I think I’ve found just the thing to go with my 8-bit tie: Wiimote cufflinks!

I showed them to my friend who said: Oh man, that’s so gre– ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS?!

Well, yeah, there is that.

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22 April, 2008 Wil

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18 thoughts on “awesome new geek gear is awesome (and expensive)”

  1. Jennifer says:
    22 April, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    These would be way cooler (and possibly worth the *cough* money?) if they actually worked… Okay, maybe not… 😀

  2. FEJ says:
    22 April, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    I emailed my wife the same link this morning. She loves them but we agree about the price.

  3. camias designs says:
    22 April, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Well, guys and gals, in all fairness, being a jeweler here, the price is about what I would expect for customized pieces of art wear. Not saying that excuses the price tag completely, but they are casted from a wax mold, to which was laborious in effort, and sterling being higher in market value than ever, gives credence to the higher price tag. Having seen the work that goes into making something like this, at least from my modest studio, it *could* be asked for. For what I make, I ask for similar prices but at least I feel good about you get what you pay for, in my niche of the world.

  4. Alexia in Toronto says:
    22 April, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Aw, yeah… those are pretty sweet. But $150? You can almost buy another Wii console with that dough.

  5. Robin Dahlberg says:
    22 April, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    As another jeweler, I have to echo camias designs. We do like to get paid for our work AND for our designs, after all.

  6. jadeddo says:
    22 April, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    *grin* They remind me of the T.A.R.D.I.S. cufflinks my brother in law got from his wife just before their wedding. I captured the best picture of him ever, on the dance floor throwin’ the goat with the bright blue T.A.R.D.I.S. on his cuff.

  7. Anna N says:
    22 April, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Yeah, I’m with camais and Robin. It’s not an unreasonable price to ask for something like that.

  8. Wil says:
    22 April, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    I didn’t mean to imply that these weren’t worth their cost, and I’m all about artists getting paid for the work they do.
    The thing is, at $150, they’re squarely in the realm of Luxury Item Wil Really Can’t Justify Right Now.
    I’m not saying they’re not worth it, though.

  9. Sue R says:
    22 April, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Man! All the cool stuff is always so freakin’ expensive!

  10. wandrew says:
    22 April, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    Well, since I don’t like cufflinks (or ties, or suits) and since I’d rather spend the $ on books, music and food…I think you see where I’m going with this. Each to his own. :@)

  11. Scott T says:
    22 April, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    Wil:
    Those are SO cool! In this Economy, if you can afford it, then GO FOR IT!

  12. netean says:
    23 April, 2008 at 2:07 am

    There’s a two-fold problem with tie-pins
    1 – they make you look like a schoolteacher or church minister.
    2 – you have to wear a tie!
    Who wants to do that!!!!

  13. ProudTexasWoman says:
    23 April, 2008 at 5:27 am

    Came by here last night to alert everyone to a magazine bit about the project to make a LOLcats Bible (see “I Can Has Forgiveness? in The Wittenburg Door), but got totally distracted into ThinkGeek Land and am now trying to decide about the Ninja Alarm Clock that supposedly shakes the whole bed as well as blaring loudly. My husband votes “no,” not because he thinks that’s a bad idea but because he doesn’t believe it really can accomplish what it says without being a much larger apparatus. Anyone here actually able to attest to it?

  14. The Laughing Vulcan says:
    23 April, 2008 at 7:11 am

    But, of course, IF you REALLY want to make Anne’s day you could buy them and then do a Wil Wheaton Chippendales’ Show shortly afterwards…
    Just a thought.

  15. Mike says:
    23 April, 2008 at 7:59 am

    I don’t think they’d go with the Clown Sweater.

  16. ALRO says:
    23 April, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Mike said: I don’t think they’d go with the Clown Sweater.
    HAHAHAHA!!!! It’s funny cuz it true!

  17. tomcatinlaw says:
    23 April, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    Wil, this is off topic but I occasionly read the blog of Alastair Reynolds (the greatest scifi writer alive, imho). His April 16th entry talked about writing and his feelings about it. Anyway, it made me think of you, and I thought you might like to check it out. link http://www.alastairreynolds.com/teahouse/

  18. pistachoo says:
    23 April, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Blogging at home: the new sweat shops!

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