GalacticMu

We here at GalacticMu are all poor poor poor, but we pretend it’s just a “character-building” phase by keeping voluminous bookmark files of items we’d like to accumulate.  Here’s a round-up of ideas. Click on the images to link to the items.

Sadly described as a “tongue-in-cheek” gift, these robot gloves are high fashion as far as I am concerned. Made from light gray suede, I wish they were fitted for daily use instead of heavy labor, but you know what they say: if wishes were rocket fuel, I’d be halfway to Betelgeuse by now. I’d also like to point out that they are described as “painted graffiti style on [the glove]”. Uh. Does this mean the paint is sprayed on with an aerosol can? Because it certainly isn’t “graffiti style” art. Terrible copy aside, they are not badly priced at $20.

If I had the freedom to purchase whatever I wanted (what do they call that again? “rich”?) one of the first things I’d get is this ring. There are a few different jewelers on the internet doing variations on the theme, but the folks over at Arizona Skies Meteorites seem to have the nicest. I can’t vouch for actual quality or anything, but I sure wish I could. In case what you’re looking at isn’t immediately clear to you, the center band is a unbroken ring of Gibeon meteorite, surrounded by a band of metal (in this case platinum). If the ring isn’t your bag, the same website sells items ranging from “heirloom quality” spacecraft models to fossilized bear teeth. Prices are not currently listed, but it has to be less than a diamond ring.

I generally don’t fall for that “let’s have everything in white porcelain” shtick all the cool design kids are pushing, but this 10-inch tall factory vase is appealing to me. I’m not sure it is $70 appealing to me, but nevertheless: Tolkien famously railed against the encroaching factory destruction of his country, now you can sculpt tiny Uruk-hai to complete the scene.

I’ve had my eye on these astronaut cutting boards for about a year now, and they’ve always been sold out. Some day, though… some day they will actually make some for sale. Apparently they hand-position the little astronaut and his flag for each board so that the flag seems appropriately placed in a knot/lunar lump. They’re made from acacia wood and decently large (9×13) for the $40 price tag.