Things You Probably Don’t Need, #1

By Stacy in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on Oct 28, 2008 at 10:17 am

I was traveling last weekend and killed some of the flight by perusing the ever-fascinating SkyMall magazine. This, in turn, inspired me to start a new line of posts – Things You Probably Don’t Need. And you might disagree with me on some of the items, but you’ll see what I mean, at any rate. For instance, even the most hard-core Elvis fan probably doesn’t need this:

It’s an animatronic Elvis that sings and talks to you. He sings eight songs and recites 37 monologues recorded from various interviews The King gave.

Even better – you can plug a microphone into Elvis and sing along with him, or plug your iPod into him to play other music through his speakers! I’d love to hear Elvis blasting some Snoop Dogg.

He’s all yours for the low price of $199.

Neat stuff from the NeatoShop:

samantha
Oct 28th, 2008 at 10:26 am
it doesn’t even LOOK like elvis… c’mon.
janedoh
Oct 28th, 2008 at 10:42 am
‘Hey pretty mama, I like it but I’m dead…uh huh

I’m still saving up for the Bug sucker I saw on my last trip. I think you should be able to use all those ‘super useful’ airline miles to buy all that ‘great and useful’ stuff from the catalog.
Mick
Oct 28th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Sharper Image actually had this at their store in the mall. Not only does this freakazoid talk and sing, but you can perform as Elvis via karaoke. As you sing, the King mouths your words, snarls his lip, etc.
TwoDragons
Oct 28th, 2008 at 11:21 am
That thing creeps me out…

–TwoDragons
The Glamorous Life
Oct 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Okay so I posted this gem a while back. From the glamorous SKY MALL too. Yeah. I am comedy hunter folks.

Garden BigFoot anyone????

http://marcywrites.com/2008/05/31/the-comedy-hunter/
Phos....
Oct 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
@ Samantha…

It DOES kinda like like a 1000 local Elvis impersonators, though. So that must count for something. There’s a guy around central PA who has been doing Elvis for 30 years. It kinda looks like HIM, back when he first started. And he NEVER really looked much like Elvis.
stormie24
Oct 28th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
what? I don’t need this?
I have 2, they sing duets.
Brittany
Oct 28th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
The BEST place for things you don’t need is designtoscano.com.
Edward
Oct 28th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I love the concept. There are so many “Things You Probably Don’t Need”, you could start a whole blog about them.
Phos....
Oct 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
@Brittany…

But then, where does the blog put itself? Should we expect a double-Escherian/triple-sided Reimannian implosion of the Intartubes?
Nick
Oct 29th, 2008 at 9:42 am
My girlfriends Dad actually owns one of these… he has it displayed on a roman style column in the elvis room in his house. It’s terrifying.
Tim Giachetti
Oct 29th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Saw a mod someone made of this, terminator style. Damn ed if i remember where.
Tim Giachetti
Oct 29th, 2008 at 10:32 am
http://botropolis.com/2008/06/elvis-terminator-elvinator/

This is one of the blogs for the mod.

http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/12567/Elvis-Video-Skinless-a nd-to-become-the-Elvinator-Project/

And this one gives a make style step by step.
sybann
Oct 29th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
You can get it really cheap at Tuesday Morning right now – NOT a big seller. I know: shocker!?

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