# The I WANT IT! thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547 "2009-05-15T17:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/21 "2009-05-16T05:23:14Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > [This](http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=16303) and everything else that’ll go along with it.. … Finally, I have something to make someone else jealous. I have one, but not everything that goes with it. I do have a 300 mm telephoto lens, though. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/22 "2009-05-16T05:46:49Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbuJQE0IRk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbuJQE0IRk) A sensory deprivation tank ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/23 "2009-05-16T07:42:56Z")
A spotting scope, for birding. And a really nice pair of 10x binoculars (I currently have an 8x42 pair which is fairly nice, but 10x would be better for those warblers who like to hang out in the very tops of trees). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/24 "2009-05-16T08:00:55Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > So you’re wasting time, browsing the net, and then, you see it. It’s the stuff of your dreams, the gizmo you’ve been waiting for. Maybe it’s a combination toenail clipper/joy buzzer, a platinum hat-rack, a life-sized rubber statue of Harrison Ford, or a brain implant that connects you to the Straight Dope via telepathy. It might be weird, expensive, impractical, silly, frivolous, ugly, or all of the above. But darn it, you want it. > > What (real) must-have items have you come across that you’re probably not going to get, but want to? > > Mine’s fairly tame- I was looking up cat figurines, when I came across [this guy](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tigerpixie.com/figurines/FigurinesBanner.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tigerpixie.com/catalog.php%3Fcategory%3D40&usg=__QKL5Bh3BmI22lxrV-fQx36Snv-c=&h=288&w=600&sz=115&hl=en&start=74&tbnid=QOi2eUeRBZe1lM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcat%2Bfigurine%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D60). That monarch butterfly cat is just WRONG. The cat should be a marmie, not a white spotted black cat. The ladybug cat, on the other hand, looks great. I have found and ordered stuff that I used to have, but lost over various moves and disasters. For instance, I bought a couple of old books that I had as a child, but which were lost in the Great Basement Flood. As for things that I’m probably not gonna get…I’d say I’m probably not going to pay 10 bucks or more for a titanium spork, no matter how neat I think they are. I’d like to buy a Wham-O Magic Window toy (two sheets of plexiglas with two different colors and weights of sand between them), but I am NOT going to pay more than $50 for one. I’m not going to buy a Buster Sword (from a video game, Final Fantasy VII) or a Lionheart Sword (from FFVIII), or any other sword, really. Nor am I likely to buy any shurikens, no matter how much I want them. I have the money, but I really don’t have the space. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/25 "2009-05-16T16:36:19Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > It was [this thingy](http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=200497&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results), a toaster that also makes a poached egg (and has a tray to warm up ham/sausage/bacon using the steam off the egg) so it all finishes as the exact same time. > > Then I realized I had a Macy’s gift card leftover from the wedding presents AND it was on sale… > > OMFG it is made of pure awesome!! Even my husband, while making fun of me for my love of appliances, admits it’s pretty cool. I may have to get one of those… What I want is one of these - [Boehm Stirling engine](http://www.ministeam.com/acatalog/Bohm_Stirling_Engines_and_Kits.html) The HB9-HS2 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/26 "2009-05-16T19:53:13Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’d like to buy a Wham-O Magic Window toy (two sheets of plexiglas with two different colors and weights of sand between them), but I am NOT going to pay more than $50 for one. I think we might actually have one- you want it? It’s an original. PM me. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/27 "2009-05-16T20:03:57Z")
[This](http://www.findgascards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bmw20z420coupe20zwei.jpg). I’m also still pining away over a beautiful pair of shoes that were posted in a thread a while back, but I was never able to find or buy. They were so pretty. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/28 "2009-05-16T20:23:52Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > It was [this thingy](http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=200497&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results), a toaster that also makes a poached egg (and has a tray to warm up ham/sausage/bacon using the steam off the egg) so it all finishes as the exact same time. > > Then I realized I had a Macy’s gift card leftover from the wedding presents AND it was on sale… > > OMFG it is made of pure awesome!! Even my husband, while making fun of me for my love of appliances, admits it’s pretty cool. About 10or 12 years ago the Navy Exchange catalog had a home potato chip maker, you put a clean peeled potato in, filled the tank with oil, brought i t t temp and turned on the slicer. it sliced the tater into the oil and it had a little basket that autodipped out the finished chips. To this day I regret never having bought it. The Amana Cook and Clean. Instead of a regular range, it was a cook top over a dish washer, and a microwave oven above it with a light/air filter. Great in the small studio I lived in at the time. I owned enough dishes, and pots n pans n kitchen stuff so that I unloaded everything, made dinner, loaded it all back up after breakfast and ran it wile I went to work, to come home to all clean kitchen stuff. I think there would be a killer market for it nowdays. Lots of people are living in smaller places and it would be great for saving space for someone who really doesnt do much cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/29 "2009-05-16T20:59:41Z")
One of [these](http://www.customcloaks.com/celtic_knot_cloak.html), with black faux-mink fur [trim](http://customcloaks.com/faux_fur_trims.html), a Celtic Drage [clasp](http://customcloaks.com/clasp_choices.html), and a black faux fur lining. /drool Also, add me to the list of people who want one of those egg-and-bread-and-meat cooker widgets. ---
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/30 "2009-05-16T21:25:44Z")
[This](http://www.corsairbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bike&taxid=60) is what I want, with the same custom set-up as Chris Smith, but with Fox shocks and forks. It would be sex on wheels. Painful, mechanical sex, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/31 "2009-05-16T22:21:17Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > This: [http://www.schempp-hirth.com/typo3temp/pics/02fc76a3d1.jpg](http://www.schempp-hirth.com/typo3temp/pics/02fc76a3d1.jpg) > And someone who’s not afraid of flying to fly with me Sign me up. I got the change to fly one once - in the French alps, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/32 "2009-05-16T22:24:32Z")
> [@horsetech](#): > > A spotting scope, for birding. Try [these](http://www.netshops.com/cart/shopper.cfm?action=view&key=CNON003&source=channel_intelligence_gbase&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=CNON003), instead - like a combined binocs, spotting scope and tripod. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/33 "2009-05-16T22:59:40Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Sign me up. I got the change to fly one once - in the French alps, no less. I flew in a similar, smaller one over the Big Island of Hawaii. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/34 "2009-05-16T23:02:43Z")
[This](http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8710311) is so cool it makes my teeth hurt. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/35 "2009-05-17T01:12:35Z")
One of [Brian Dettmer’s](http://www.flickr.com/photos/briandettmer/) works of book art…I can’t decide which one is my favorite, though. They’re just insanely creative. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/36 "2009-05-17T03:42:43Z")
Couple more tattoos would be nice. And another horse! ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/37 "2009-05-17T04:57:55Z")
[I want to custom laser-cut something.](http://www.ponoko.com/) What? I don’t know. Perhaps what I really want is my own laser cutter. I also want a [machine for making yarn](http://halcyonyarn.com/products/equipment/6400001C.html). A beautiful one. Made out of beautiful materials. Nevermind that I don’t know how to spin. And then some [Sanguine Gryphon sock yarn](http://www.flickr.com/photos/97633426@N00/3476942660/). [I want one in every color.](http://www.theloopyewe.com/browse/yarns/the-sanguine-gryphon/bugga-sock/?page=O) I want a roomful, my own squishy, colorful answer to Uncle Scrooge’s money pit (and at $28 a pop it would be quite a money pit), to roll around in and occasionally to knit with. And then I want my very own [Theo Jansen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KkGFuRLew&feature=related) sculpture. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/38 "2009-05-17T05:38:47Z")
I found [Bring A Trailer](http://bringatrailer.com) a while ago, and there are a number of cars I’ve found that I would love to have in the garage. Corvairs, Volvos, Alfas (hey this **is** just dreaming, right?), well, honestly, any European car I’ve never heard of, 60s US muscle cars, old trucks, I’d love to have any of them. Or maybe just one. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/39 "2009-05-17T06:23:56Z")
> [@wunderkammer](#): > > And then I want my very own [Theo Jansen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KkGFuRLew&feature=related) sculpture. Oooh… that’s really cool. > [@](#): > > I want a bacon explosion. I’m going to get one on Sunday. I’m simultaneously horrified and intrigued. My wants are pretty modest at this point. Someday I’ll be lusting after something like a halfway functional car, but for now? Might as well be dreaming about my own space shuttle. Someday after the student loans are paid off, I’ll start dreaming about an ultralight… But still, I want one of [these sproingy, convoluted metal sculptures](http://www.bathsheba.com/sculpt/). And most of [these](http://bathsheba.com/crystal/index.html#Biology). Completely useless, but_so cool_. And on the more practical front, I want a new cell phone. My old phone has a huge crack in the screen, and I’m due for my subsidized upgrade in a few months… Nothing particularly fancy… I just want a quality phone without the bells and whistles, but those either tend to be cheap and nasty, or designed for senior citizens or small children. Not sexy at all, and clunky enough to start being impractical. Why isn’t there something like an iphone nano? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/40 "2009-05-17T07:45:37Z")
Enough [vicuna yarn](http://www.yarnmarket.com/yarn/Windy_Valley_Muskox_Yarn-Vicuna_Yarn-4224.html) to make a big cozy sweater. When my Powerball numbers come in, it’s mine! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547.md?page=3)