Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Cool as ice

While I was at Another Dimension last week I picked up some goodies and I already wrote about my $6 paper Superman figure.  The other thing I got was Star Wars themed and you could say it's really "cool".


It's a silicone ice cube tray from Kotobukiya. As you can see it's Han Solo frozen in carbonite, so it seems pretty fitting.  They also had a few other ice cube tray designs of R2-D2 and X-Wings.  Kotobukiya is a Japanese company that usually makes kick ass figures/statues, but they also do fun things like these ice cube trays and even light saber chopsticks.


The tray makes six small Hans and one larger size Han cube.  Kotobukiya also makes a tray that makes just a single giant Han Solo cube that is about 10 inches tall and 6 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep in size.  You must need a BIG glass to put that in. 


The idea is pretty awesome, but the small Hans don't show much detail once you take them out of the tray.  They just had a few raised bumps and that is all.  The larger cube, shown above, is a little better as you can actually make the details and see Han in there.  Maybe if some colouring was added to the water it would help make the details stand out more?


A few Han Solo cubes will keep your Galactic space drink nice and cold.  They also work in Hawaiian Punch.


Refreshing!

3 comments:

mike said...

I like your R2 shirt.

mike said...

^I would even hang onto the SHOCKING LIAR and say the same thing..

Keef said...

Not a good idea Mike, although you are welcome to try. The build quality looks a bit iffy. The Shocking Liar would probably shock you no matter what your answer would be. Don't even answer, it will still shock you. It's so much fun!