Lewis Tankard

Derived from designs carved into king chess pieces, reeded tendrils disgorged by beasts swirl around the tankard’s body, its handle terminating in the figure of a dragon biting itself. Whether mead or IPA, pewter keeps that quaff crisp.

Unearthed on the Isle of Lewis in 1831, in the wilderness of Scotland’s remote Outer Hebrides, the 12th century Lewis chessmen are exquisitely carved in walrus ivory, and very likely of Scandinavian origin. Of the seventy-eight pieces known today, the British Museum’s collection of sixty-seven is one of its most popular attractions.

About the collection
A project with the British Museum, this collaboration draws on the public institution’s vast collection of over 8 million artefacts, documenting the story of human culture from its earliest days to the present. Each piece is marked with the British Museum logotype.

Thought to be a fitting from a seax or dagger scabbard, the silver gilt object’s exquisite animal head translates as a pleasantly weighted letter opener. Pointed ears, enormous fangs between which its tongue curls out to touch its throat, hatching and diagonal mouldings are all beautifully modelled.

The late 8th century artefact, found in London, carries a runic inscription which to date has defied translation.

About the collection
A project with the British Museum, this collaboration draws on the public institution’s vast collection of over 8 million artefacts, documenting the story of human culture from its earliest days to the present. Each piece is marked with the British Museum logotype.

Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun 1:1 Scale Prop Replica

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• You know you want one.
• The Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2 in full scale!
• Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator measures 2-feet long.
• Features glowing orange LEDs and 4 unique sounds taken directly from the video game!

Created directly form the digital data supplied by Valve and fully accurate and authentic to the model from Half-Life 2, it's the Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun 1:1 Scale Prop Replica! The Gravity Gun, also known as the Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator, is a full-size, 1:1 scale model of the tractor-beam weapon featured in the Half-Life video games. It measures nearly 2-feet long and features glowing orange LEDs, 2 handles, 2 triggers, and 4 unique sounds directly from the video game. As a bonus, a carefully concealed fold-away kick-stand allows you to display your Gravity Gun on the shelf or desktop when not in use. Requires 3x "C" batteries, not included. 

Founded in 1985 and based in New Jersey, NECA (National Entertainment Collectibles Association) is a worldwide leader in the design, development, and marketing of collector toys and consumer products. Its many first-class offerings cover a spectrum of genre, licensed properties, and types of merchandise, and are sold in more than 50 countries on 6 continents. In NECA’s gigantic selection, there really is “something for everyone”!

PREPARE TO DO BATTLE

The guys at ThinkGeek are expertss on geek style. After all, they've been churning out geeky shirts long before it was cool to be a geek. So it should be no surprise that one day during a secret meeting in the dark catacombs beneath the ThinkGeek World Domination HQ the discussion strayed toward geeky apparel that they hadn't yet covered. That's when Chwat took a paper cut to the chest. A big, massive paper cut. And you know how those suckers hurt. UX Designer down! It was immediately obvious to everyone in the room what the next amazing geeky apparel item should be... CHAIN MAIL.

The ThinkGeek Chain Mail Necktie is honest-to-goodness real metal chain mail hand-forged by dwarves in forbidden mines near the center of the earth and delivered to the ThinkGeek warehouse by shrieking black apparitions in the dead of night. Its bright shine and relative light weight comes from its anodized aluminum construction. And it will protect you from becoming the next Chwat. Buy a chain mail necktie today!

Product Specifications

• Chain mail necktie
• Perfect for fighting all your office battles
• 10 mm ring diameter
• Adjustable clasp in back will fit neck up to 23" around
• Materials: anodized aluminum

ThinkGeek started as an idea. A simple idea to create and sell stuff that would appeal to the thousands of people out there who were on the front line and in the trenches as the Internet was forged. ThinkGeek started as a way to serve a market that was passionate about technology, from programmers, engineers, students, lovers of open source, to the masses that helped create the behind-the-scenes Internet culture. Three out of the four founding ThinkGeek members started an ISP in the Northern Virginia area way way back in 1995. We couldn't afford Solaris, learned about a free UNIX-like OS, and spent almost an entire day downloading it onto over 50 floppies for installation on an old 486 laptop with no cd-rom (thanks Slackware!). After a few years with the ISP gig, the ThinkGeek idea popped into our heads, and, operating out of a spare room at the ISP office we setup shop and launched the site on Friday the 13th, 1999... All the founding members are still in town, and we've continued to grow our product line, expand our staff (including several canines) and enhance the way we interface with customers. Who would have thought...