Today's Find of the Day is a Star Wars Planetary Glassware Set!
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What it is: This is a 6-piece set of glasses that each represent something from Star Wars. Represented are Tatooine, Dagobah, Alderaan, Hoth, Endor, and the Death Star.
What it Costs: These are available a lot of places. Box Lunch has them for $54.50, ThinkGeek has them for $49.99 as does Amazon, and they're currently on sale online only at Hot Topic for $47.60.
Why they're a Find of the Day: There is a lot of Star Wars merchandise out there, but I particularly like these because they're beautiful as well as useful (although they are NOT dishwasher or microwave safe). I really like the beautiful representations of the different planets and the "no moon" we have all come to know and love.
These are particularly unique because, rather than representing a specific character or film, these represent the vast universe of Star Wars and pay homage to the breadth of creativity involved in the franchise. I also like the way this set showcases the Star Wars planets' diversity representing the diversity of our own planet's landscapes. There is an Ice Planet, a Desert Planet, a Rainforest, a Swamp, and then Alderaan, a planet possibly much like our own that is destroyed by essentially a manmade planet. Go ahead and draw your own metaphorical conclusions. Regardless, I feel like this set draws from a part of the Star Wars universe that is otherwise mostly ignored in merchandise and that uniqueness makes them a Find of the Day.
What do you think? Do you like these glasses? Do you have feelings about the meanings of the planets in Star Wars? Let me know in the comments!
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