Best April Fool's Product Ever!

Submitted by corwin on Wed, 1 Apr 2009 6:29pm

Every April Fool's Day, Thinkgeek has the best celebration ever, as they make pages up for some awesome fake products. This year, of course, was no exception, and this time they have really outdone themselves. This year, they gave us the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag. It's absolutely perfect! The zipper pull is a little lightsaber that you use to cut open your faithful steed so you can tuck your little one inside its warm entrails. It has both a plus head and tail, and the interior even has intestines drawn on it. It is exactly what I and every other real Star Wars fan needs in order to teach the next generation about the best movie in the franchise.

If you're anything like me, you're thinking two things. One, they need to make this a real product. And two, the ought to make it in adult sizes, too. Well, apparently enough of us thought so, because I found this little message on the product page when I popped in to write this post:

ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics!

Due to an overwhelming tsunami of requests from YOU THE PEOPLE, we have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license, nor do we know how much it would ultimately retail for. But if you are interested in ever owning one of these, click the link below and we'll try!

Go in like I did and click their email link to be alerted if they actually manage to pull it off. I can pretty much guarantee I'll buy one of these if it becomes available. And this wouldn't be the first time an April Fool's product became a reality: the 8-bit Tie started out as one.