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Get Your Blockbuster Bric-a-brac!

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TCHOTCHKE-ATH LEDGER Bobblehead
Well, no shocker here: The Dark Knight, said to be a really great movie by people who have seen it, dominated the box office this weekend, raking in a cool $155 million. That's good cash, apparently. Everyone is happy, and the Heath Ledger legend is finally cemented and commemorated with more merchandising than original rebel James Dean. Your grandkids will have his image silk-screened on a baseball tee in 50 years, and each morning your sad aunt will sip Nescafé from a mug with Heath's demented Joker grin looking back at her. In general, we, too, are loving us some summer block-buster bric-a-brac! To honor the bobble heads, piggy banks, mouse pads, action figures, ball caps, wallets, socks, clocks, model cars, earrings, banners, and replica Joker knives, we've culled together for you a few of our favorite collectibles:

Dark Knight Joker Poker Set : Your five-year-old with the Batman lunch box isn't the only one interested in showing off his fandom. Gamble away your pennies with the Joker inspired Poker set. One of two deck of cards has even been "defaced by the Joker"! The website, Monsters in Motion, also sells replica Batarangs (ya know, bat-shaped ninja stars) and Grappling Launcher crafted from the movie props.
Price: Poker Set $99.99, Batarangs $124.99, and Grappling Launcher $194.99

Tropic Thunder Booty Sweat Energy Drink: Paramount plans to manufacture Booty Sweat, an energy drink seen throughout this summer's action comedy Tropic Thunder. It will be available in college bookstores, Hot Topic, and through Amazon. Expect to see Booty Sweat and vodka served up at your favorite club. Sounds delicious.

Brawndo: In the Booty Sweat vein comes this Omni Consumer Products energy drink straight out of the cult hit Idiocracy. Omni has also earned the right to start selling Sex Panther cologne, inspired by the pungent fragrance worn by Paul Rudd in Anchorman.
Price: Not set

Sex and the City Dry Cleaning Bag: Now suburbanites who watch cleaned-up Sex and the City reruns on TBS can send their Ann Taylor blazers to be cleaned-up in an eco-friendly bag. It is embroidered with a choice Carrie Bradshaw quote: "I like my money right where I can see it ... hanging in my closet."
Price: $29.99

High School Musical 15 inch LCD TV: Now children can develop unrealistic expectations about their high school experience on this realistically crappy High School Musical LCD TV.
Price: $199.99

Iron ManLife Size Bust: With its glowing eyes and polished dome, and you can now be the owner of Robert Downey, Jr.,'s decapitated head. The bust is made of fiberglass, is hand painted, and has LED eyes. As the website says: "The Life-Size Iron Man Bust is sure to be the centerpiece of any collection." Really? It's going to take a lot to beat Orgazmo on my extensive man-bust mantle.
Price: $699.99

Bilbo Pipe: Tolkien fans can buy the accessory that makes Bilbo Baggins the Hef of Rivendell and Liv Tyler one of the Girls Next Door. The pipe is a fully functioning, exact replica of the one Bilbo uses in the film. Having some friends over? Shell out for the Gimli, Gandolf, and Aragon models and make a party of it.
Price: $289.99 to $349.99

The Passion of the Christ Nail Pendant: This tasteful pendant in the shape of a nail was manufactured to promote Mel Gibson's biography of Jesus, and even if the movie has proven tired and aged, it doesn't mean that the Jesus-style isn't eternal.
Price: $12.99 to $56.00

Rocky Beef Action Figure : It is a plastics side of beef, the kind that Rocky trained with in that freezer all those years ago.
Price: Trade only; replica Rocky boxing gloves and Apollo Creed bobble head.

TV BONUS!
Sopranos Flip Flops: The next time James Gandolfini gets a pedicure, he will no doubt be wearing these shoes with his vertically striped button up shirt. The flip flops feature Bada Bing! printed on them and a "feminine shape" stamped into the bottom.
Price: $26.99 for rubber and foam

Don't go see YOUNG PEOPLE FUCKING unless you are going to say YOUNG PEOPLE FUCKING to the teen at the counter and actually go see DARK KNIGHT because its makers are hard up for cash.

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Posted by: Detective85 on July 21, 2008 11:33 AM

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