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Having trouble finding a unique gift for the nerd who has everything? You could take the easy way out and give them an iTunes gift card and call it a day, or you can get them something truly different, such as life-sized boxing robots, an adult Big Wheel ... or Han Solo, frozen in carbonite.
Bionic Bopper
Courtesy of Nerd Approved
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots just got real. Bionic Bopper Cars are gasoline-powered robots that people can actually climb into and beat each other mercilessly for up to five hours straight, using a thumb-triggered button and two independent joysticks. A successful hit sends the opponent's robotic head back, scoring a point that's tallied on a front-mounted display. $17,000 for the pair - Hammacher Schlemmer via Nerd Approved
Socks with capes
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Give the gift of caped socks and the wearer will be a superhero from the knees down. A word of warning though: Calves may start to drag the wearer out in the middle of the night to fight crime. This is especially problematic with the Superman ones, assuming you find spontaneous feet-first flights into the sky to be terrifying. $10 to $15 - 80s Tees via Fashionably Geek
Secret passageway switch
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What nerd hasn't dreamed of having his/her own secret passageway with a fancy book-operated switch? Unfortunately, that's not in the budget for most people, but this secret passageway lamp switch might be. Basically, it's an electrical switch that can be loaded and operated with your favorite hardcover book. If you happen to have a secret passageway concealed behind a bookshelf, it could be rigged to work with it — if not, a simple lamp will suffice. $50 - Vespoe via Nerd Approved
High precision gaming dice
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This set of 12 high-precision gaming dice are crafted of premium grade materials and are touted as being second only to casino dice when it comes to accuracy (the reason why is explained in detail here). It's the ultimate dice set for role-playing games — and one of the rare occasions when we can use the word "sexy" to describe something used in Dungeons & Dragons. $29.99 - ThinkGeek
Green Machine Big Wheel motorcycle
Hammacher Schlemmer
You may remember the Huffy Green Machine from your youth, but this motorcycle version from Parker Brothers Choppers is definitely for grown-ups. It features a 45-inch front wheel and an air-cooled, 80-cubic-inch Harley-Davidson v-twin Evo engine that provides up to 60 horsepower and a top speed of 50 mph. Keep in mind that making someone's childhood dreams come true isn't cheap. It will cost you $75,000 to have the Green Machine in the driveway this holiday. Then again, you may want to hold out for Parker Brother's all-electric TRON light cycle to go into production. Hammacher Schlemmer via Nerd Approved
Death Star electronic shirt
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Most of the nerds I know have a closet full of Star Wars shirts, but you can be fairly certain that the nerd you are buying gifts for this holiday doesn't have something quite like this. With the push of a concealed button, you can activate the Death Star firing sequence complete with LED lights and firing sounds. It's the only shirt in the galaxy that has the power to destroy other shirts. Available this December for $29.99 - ThinkGeek via Fashionably Geek
Star Trek pizza cutter
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It looks like one of the "strange new worlds" that the Enterprise crew are exploring is the gooey Pizza Galaxy. They say that all those that dare to visit the Pizza Galaxy will never return … thin. Just look at Captain Kirk these days. But, if you are going make the trip, go boldly with this pizza cutter. $24.99 - ThinkGeek via That's Nerdalicious
Triple Snowball Blaster
Sharper Image
I always loved a good snowball fight — at least when the kids in my neighborhood weren't putting rocks inside the snowballs. (True story.) So the strategy was to have as many kids on your side as possible so that you had an overwhelming amount of firepower. I only wish we had these snowball launchers back then. They can pack and hold three snowballs at a time, and launch each one up to 80 feet. $29.99 - Sharper Image via Nerd Approved
Wonder Woman mixer
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If you know a woman who can work wonders with a recipe, this awesome Wonder Woman KitchenAid mixer would be a great gift. The only problem is that it's being shown only in Brazil for some reason. I would love to see these come to the states in a whole DC comics line. I love cooking, and I can't tell you how long I've dreamed of owning a mixer that looked like the Batmobile. Pricing not available - KitchenAid Brazil via That's Nerdalicious
Custom furniture
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If you can dream it up, Tom Spina Designs can turn it into an incredible piece of furniture. Take a look at this custom-made Han Solo in carbonite desk created with metal and fiberglass. Fittingly enough, your average code monkey, blogger and gamer probably finds himself looking more and more like Jabba every year from sitting behind a desk all day. Custom pricing - Tom Spina Designs
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This is the most ridiculous bunch of crap that I have every seen. I can’t think of one of these things every being in my house. It just scares me to think of what kind of moron would waste good hard earned money on any of these items.
I'm sorry you feel that way, because I think most of this stuff is AWESOME!
It's all for fun. Lighten up, it will all be at a Goodwill store in a few months.
In this poor economy what kind of moron would discourage job creation?
If you don't think fighting robots and harley davidson powered full size big wheels are cool, then you just plain don't know cool from a hole in the ground. The only thing on the list I don't want is the mixer because I already have the same model in black and I don't really care for a wonderwoman paint job, but thats just me. Now I'm gonna have to find some cool batman waterslides...
Same people that buy the Chinese made crap they sell in Gatlinburg, TN and try to pass of as antiques.
Welcome to the life of the one percent... and don't even THINK of asking a single one of them to pay a DIME more tax, even to pave the road to drive their Green Machine Harley on.
Jon if youy want them to pay more taxes and create jobs than thislist is the kind of thing that is needed. take the motorcycle as an example. If a 1 percenter can afford the thing then and he buys it then someone is in need to make hence a job. You want them to pay more taxes but you don't want them to buy anything do you realize the taxes the one percenters pay on some of these? a 75K item will cost somewhere around 6K - 8K in sales tax. Did you pay that much in taxes laster year? I doubt it.
Lighten up Francis...
Great Christmas gifts!
OK, the pizza cutter and Death Star T-shirt are cool. But the rest? Meh. The Secret Passageway Switch is probably about .23 worth of parts and you still have to build your own Batcave to even use it.
Stop the Hypocrisy and Andres are getting a lump of coal for Christmas....
The way the economy is going these days, a lump of coal would be welcome and appreciated. Beats freezing when they cut off the electricity for nonpayment again.
I find it odd you're soo concerned about losing your electricity yet you are surfing the web looking at non necessities and commenting on it. If I thought I was going to be unable to pay my electricity bill, I'd get off my butt and do something about.
Voice of reason - People with jobs are not at work 24/7. There is such a thing as browsing the internet after work.
Remind me to clearly explain the concept of a "joke" to you someday, Voice of Reason-2727282.
$75,000 for a Big Wheel motorcycle you can only use to drive up and down your driveway LOL
I love the star wars stuff and the snowball launcher hell yeah!!
It is called Capitalism people! If no one buys it, they will loose their butts until they find an idea that works. If people buy it, so what? It's still their money (until Obama outlaws personal wealth), so just take a breath and go back to your mindless video games.
Perspective, I suppose if I had money some of these would be enjoyable, but since I don't I think they are sort of in the face of people that have lost a job, a home, and a car - People like me. Merry Christmas!
Really? These are some more of the moderately priced things I've seen on these msnbc product articles. Sure the robots, desk, and bike are overpriced, but the dice, snowball gun, t-shirt aren't crazy expensive. Sure, anything short of food and cloths is too much for a lot of people right now but I'm not sure why in an article about gift things these are outrageous...
And peoply wonder why the rich are not paying their fair share of taxes. To much money to waste on this foolishness.
Yeah but you have to be a Big-Wheel to afford a Big-Wheel...
I'm so tired of the "fair share" delusion. In our progressive tax system most of the "rich" are paying far more than their fair share. It's true that a very small percent of the super rich have found certain loopholes to exploit and those need to be fixed, but they are the exception, and not the rule.
It's okay though, keeping what you work hard to earn and spending it on whatever you damn well please is an outdated concept anyway.
That was suppose to be people, not peoply.
If the "nerd" has everything...why waste money? I don't get it.
I think the dice are cool and not completely unaffordable though I haven't played a pen and paper RPG in too long...
Thank you, thank you! I just found 3 gifts for the nerds I love most in my life, and I was digging the Green Machine until I read that it’s motorized. I’d prefer one closer to old skool ;)
The nerd probably doesn't have a girlfriend.
I would suggest that as a gift.
Then he would soon be a broke nerd.
That motorcycle is way cool but spending $75,000 is way out of my league.
I love the shirt, dice, and lamp. I would use the lamp on the bookcase next to my computer desk. Also would wear the shirt when I work my second holiday job at GameStop and at conventions.
You know they say NERD in almost a negative sense... but the real NERD of the world are the ones who are so-called 'normal.' That's what an article should be about in the negative sense... WHAT DO YOU GET A 'NORMAL' PERSON FOR THE HOLIDAYS? Because these people don't have any unique interests different from the NORM. And if they do, they do because others approve of it.. otherwise they wouldn't.. bc God Forbid someone might classify them as 'strange' or 'nerdy.' Be unique people.. as those are the true souls on this earth that have the confidence to not care what bs articles like this classify you as... And you don't care what others might think of you. Long live the so-called Nerd... and F Normalcy, as it's full of insecure people that usually lack creativity, and fear being judged.
For a better selection, go to www.thisiswhyimbroke.com. A couple of the items listed here are on that site as well.