# New ThinkGeek Products Are Out
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 1, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464 "2012-04-01T11:59:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/1 "2012-04-01T11:59:12Z")
It’s April 1, and we all know what that means. Products that we’d love to buy if only ThinkGeek would actually make them. Links:
[Free Shrugs T-Shirt](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/generic/ed23/)
[Minecraft Marshmallow Creeps](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee04/)
[Star Trek Inflatable Captain’s Chair](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/3-7-years/e9ce/)
[Star Wars Admiral Ackbar Singing Bass](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee06/)
[Technomancer Digital Wizard Hoodie](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee07/)
[Keuring K-Cup 5-Star Meals](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee08/)
[Skyrim Electronic Dragon Shout Hoodie](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee05/)
[Game of Thrones Fire and Blood Perfume](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee0d/)
[Barbie Digital Fashion Styling Head for iPad](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee0a/)
[Electronic Hungry Hungry Hippos for iPad](http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee0b/)
Quite frankly, I’m a little surprised that the Game of Thrones perfume doesn’t already exist.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/2 "2012-04-01T12:39:48Z")
The singing bass made me laugh, but I \*almost \*would buy the wizard’s robe.
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### Author:  [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/3 "2012-04-01T13:23:01Z")
I would buy the Ackbar bass.
I also like the picture of Fry they have up if you try to buy a fake product. “Not sure if new ThinkGeek product, or fooled again.”
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/4 "2012-04-01T17:21:46Z")
I swear I thought the Technomancer Hoodie was real until I checked the geek points. The video was convincing as hell.
Usually the geek points box is the clue that it’s a gag, but the inflatable Captain’s Chair has a real number available. Hmm. Edit: Just tried to add it to the cart, and sure enough it’s real.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/5 "2012-04-01T21:39:06Z")
Every freaking year they get me. This time at least I realized before I forwarded it. I’d totally buy a Free Shrugs shirt.
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/6 "2012-04-01T22:24:17Z")
I believe the T-shirt is actually available. At least it adds to cart.
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/7 "2012-04-01T22:47:59Z")
> [@Antigen](#):
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> I would buy the Ackbar bass.
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> I also like the picture of Fry they have up if you try to buy a fake product. “Not sure if new ThinkGeek product, or fooled again.”
Refresh the page. You get things like Boromir saying “One does not simply fool April” and Keanu.
This “fooled” page does not list the Shrugs shirt as part of AF, and says the Captain’s chair is real.
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### Author:  [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/8 "2012-04-01T23:27:05Z")
> [@Zsofia](#):
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> Every freaking year they get me. This time at least I realized before I forwarded it. I’d totally buy a Free Shrugs shirt.
I was able to put the Shrugs shirt in my cart. The Creeps told me Oops! Not Real. Maybe you can get one after all. I just wanted to see what would happen and did not complete a purchase.
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### Author:  [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/9 "2012-04-01T23:28:57Z")
> [@asterion](#):
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> Quite frankly, I’m a little surprised that the Game of Thrones perfume doesn’t already exist.
A blend of Dragon’s Hide and Dragon’s Reverie scents from [Black Phoenix](http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/draconis.html) would match most of their description. Or you could get them to do a custom blend, I imagine. The bottle would have to be obtained elsewhere, though. Y’know, in case ThinkGeek has, as usual, produced an April Fools product or two that people actually want.
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/10 "2012-04-01T23:43:22Z")
You forgot to list any of their gag gifts. I about drove my nephew out of his mind when I put an [Eviltron](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/c427/) into his bedroom a couple of years ago.
They also have:
[Phantom Keystroker V2](http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/ae83/): stick into USB port, glitches your victim’s computer with random hiccups (mouse arrow spazzes out, phantom letters while typing, etc.)
[Microsonic Grenade](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/e200/): 115 dB fun!
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### Author:  [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/11 "2012-04-01T23:47:12Z")
I seriously could not love ThinkGeek more. Their regular stuff is too cool, their descriptions are a hoot, and the April 1st jokes are just so clever. I love how much time they put into making the April Fool’s items look real. If they only offered gift packaging, I would never buy from anyone else.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/12 "2012-04-02T02:33:40Z")
I was like “I’d buy that chair all day long!” and then I was excited to see it was real but sad it only goes up to 120# (“not built to Shatner-esque specifications” someone said)
But at only $25 I’ll probably buy a pair for my nieces…
A year or so ago they had “_2001_ Monolith Toys” (literally blocks of plastic) and they eventually released them as real items and I totally bought them for two of my _2001_-obsessed friends.
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464/13 "2012-04-02T11:28:39Z")
> [@Balance](#):
>
> A blend of Dragon’s Hide and Dragon’s Reverie scents from [Black Phoenix](http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/draconis.html) would match most of their description. Or you could get them to do a custom blend, I imagine. The bottle would have to be obtained elsewhere, though. Y’know, in case ThinkGeek has, as usual, produced an April Fools product or two that people actually want.
I haven’t flown with an airline that has a SkyMall in the seat pocket for a while. Is there Game of Thrones collectible crap out there?