http://www.geekalerts.com Gadgets for Geeks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geekalerts.com/star-wars-vintage-vehicles-tauntaun-and-landspeeder/ http://www.geekalerts.com/star-wars-vintage-vehicles-tauntaun-and-landspeeder/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:21:25 +0000 James Kelly http://www.geekalerts.com/?p=16175

It’s hard to find the right gift for someone or even yourself when you are avid Star Wars fan and probably already have all the new stuff (LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, Millennium Falcon, and Super Star Destroyer.) Why not step back into the 80s with two vintage Star Wars vehicles based on the original [...]]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/star-wars-vintage-vehicles-tauntaun-and-landspeeder/feed/ 2 http://www.geekalerts.com/full-size-star-wars-x-34-landspeeder-replica/ http://www.geekalerts.com/full-size-star-wars-x-34-landspeeder-replica/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:39:05 +0000 Robert Birming http://www.geekalerts.com/?p=2128

In his own garage, Daniel Deutsch created this full-size and driveable replica of a X-34 Landspeeder – the antigravity craft used by Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies. We built this fiberglass replica landspeeder from the ground up on a custom aluminum chassis. The electric drive system is capable of a top speed around [...]]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/full-size-star-wars-x-34-landspeeder-replica/feed/ 10 http://www.geekalerts.com/11-geeky-cars/ http://www.geekalerts.com/11-geeky-cars/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:11:33 +0000 Robert Birming http://www.geekalerts.com/11-geeky-cars/

The guys over at the great SlipperyBrick technology and gadgets blog has compiled a list of 11 awesome geek-themed art cars. Seen in the picture above is the cool running replica of the Star Wars landspeeder. You’ll also find the Circuit Board Car that we covered here at GeekAlerts at the end of last year.]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/11-geeky-cars/feed/ 4