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A towel is about the most useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.If you have a towel with you, others automatically assume that you also ...

How nice it would be to have a scale model of an X-Wing. Or an AT-AT. Or of Darth Vader's TIE Fighter. Preferably made of durable material. But of ...

If you leave the EU or the Schengen area, you generally always have to take a valid passport with you, as the German ID card, for example, is not a...

There's no story so good a drink won't make it better. - Thoros von MyrIndeed, no story can be so good that a thematically appropriate cocktail won...

If you believe a well-known advertisement and the resulting meme, the most interesting man in the world drinks beer. We've never heard such nonsens...

"Oh no! What's that on your face? Like a facehugger? Wait, I'll get the M41A pulse rifle quickly!" You have to be prepared for a reaction like that...

Every race in the most famous science fiction series of all time has its strengths: Klingons are the best fighters, Vulcans the brightest minds and...

All you need for your new spaceship are your fingers and perhaps a pair of needle-nose pliers and tweezers. Who would have thought? Well, you can't...

The motif of the three monkeys that see nothing, hear nothing and say nothing is something we come across from time to time in everyday life - the ...

No, you didn't make a mistake. The game is really called"Butts in Space". And yes, it really is about butts looking for toilet paper in space. What...

Every good adventure involves a spectacular escape, a thrilling chase or a dangerous hike through unknown territory - perhaps all three. But this i...

In the list of the most famous vehicles from film and television, the DeLorean from the great "Back to the Future" films should of course not be mi...

The "War of the Worlds" book safe offers you an easy way to hide valuables or other things that are important to you. At first glance, the safe loo...

As a scientist, adventurer and adult who has remained a child, the Doctor is known to have a weakness for all things tinkering - whether ancient or...

Anyone who is able to identify this Enterprise correctly straight away is definitely a true Star Trek fan. It is not so easy to tell the many diffe...

The droid R2-D2 appears in almost every Star Wars movie, but still hardly anyone understands what his beeps mean. But perhaps that's for the best, ...

If there's one thing nerds and geeks know, it's where to put all their cool gadgets, nerd shirts, collectible figures and the like. All the rooms i...

What didn't work the first time will certainly work the second time. Or the third. Maybe you can help the Empire to rebuild the Death Star. Unfortu...

If you ask die-hard science fiction fans who the most iconic villains from this genre are, the term Stormtrooper is sure to come up. With their sno...

While the Earth has been explored by mankind over the millennia, with the exception of a few areas such as the deep sea, the infinite expanses of t...

Claiming to know "Star Wars" inside out is a pretty bold statement, as the Skywalker saga comprises three trilogies. There are 42 years between the...

There are several technically gifted tinkerers in the Star Wars saga. Both Anakin and Luke are very successful at tinkering with droids and podrace...

Honor. Flavor. Blood orange. If you've ever wondered what a real Klingon drinks after a victorious battle, here's the answer: Star Trek Klingon Blo...

Contrary to Luke's fears, the Millennium Falcon is anything but "just junk". In fact, behind the façade of the dilapidated YT-1300 freighter lies o...

Wanna know what's so great about lightsabers?Well, first up, they're deadly weapons, sure, but they're precise thanks to their blades of pure energ...

Pointed ears, a questioning look from huge beady eyes and a surprisingly large appetite for frogs - that's 'The Child', a cute toddler version of t...

To describe the T-800 from the Terminator films as a perfect fighting machine is almost an understatement: the taciturn Terminator from Austria man...

At first glance, R2D2 is just a droid, but at second glance he is a fearless supporter of the rebels and the Jedi. He really will stop at nothing t...

When Socrates sits in the White House as president, Sigmund Freud plunders monasteries in Viking garb and Genghis Khan nails his 95 theses to the c...

The acclaimed Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian is already a classic. And we're not just saying that - the series is getting rave reviews and gain...

Everyone needs to relax from time to time. This is especially true if you have a stressful job and have to protect an entire galaxy from hostile al...

Time for cult nostalgia! This officially licensed Back to the Future set will get fans' hearts racing - without the 88 miles per hour. The detailed...

Oh. They've encased it in carbonite. He must be in excellent condition in there. That is, if he survived the freezing process.As we all know, Han s...

There is hardly a more iconic movie scene than the one in which Elliot flies along on his BMX bike with the alien E.T. in the bike basket in front ...

Surviving a winter in the complete darkness of Antarctica is hard enough. Add aliens to the mix and it becomes critical! However, the researchers a...