Hey all, With Christmas around the corner, and the release of the teaser trailer just making the next 12 months so much harder to wait for (The x-wings and especially the falcon just released the inner child held dormant since before 1999), the time has come to imbue those dearest to me with SW related gifts (and a few on the side for me of course ). I have in my mind great (but not too expensive) collectables, and nice trinkets / novelties. Any of you kind folk can lend some brain storming assistance?
The Hallmark Star Wars Christmas Tree ornaments are always a great gift.....I have gotten one or two each year for the past 5 years or so and I love them.
My local Sainsburys (supermarket) has SW Lego keychains. Those are small enough to make nice stocking stuffers. I got the Boba Fett one last year when it went on sale.
You can never go wrong with a Star Wars t-shirt. Stores from Target to Old Navy carry them year-round. I've gotten a SW t-shirt from my Brother's family each of the last few Christmases.
Ok, Disney stores are having a 30% SW sale. I bought an ESB figure set for $7 that has: Luke, Han Solo in Carbonite, Boba Fett, R2, Stormtrooper and Yoda. All nice looking figs and placed in such a way that does not require opening to enjoy. Also, Home Depot: snowglobe of Vader making a snowman with a stormtrooper helmet on top for head that plays music and whooshed fake snow [ no water in globe] at the push of a button. It was under $15. Thinkgeek has tons of stuff with 25%off and free shipping. I bought SW charms of Vader, Stormtroopers, and R2: hey, I'm a girl, I can wear bracelets. They also have the mugs, cookie cutters for $10, various other small trinket type stuff geared toward geeks like us. Of course, at this point, I'm sure you are all finished shopping, right?
Almost - need to do grocery shopping tomorrow. If you're in the UK, I've seen SW-related gifts in Sainsburys and Menkind recently.
