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The infamous "Hamburger Bed Girl", Kayla Kromer, one-upped her original novelty hamburger bed (inspired by the burger beds in Hamburger: The Motion Picture) with the creation of a Star Wars' Millennium Falcon bed.

With working lights, hidden places for smuggling, a detachable satellite dish pillow, a gunnery turret, and room in the cockpit for Han and Chewie (or Lando and Nein Numb. Kayla's ship is apparently manned by Wicket and Jar Jar Binks), I'd never get any sleep in it -- I'd be way too busy playing. The bed appears to be about as perfect as a Millennium Falcon bed could possibly be, but Kayla, ever the geek bed perfectionist, laments the lack of detachable mynocks.

She's also unsure if she'll ever sell the bed (unlike the burger bed, which went for $3,000 on Ebay), noting that building it within her room has made it pretty much impossible to get out of the room, due to its enormous size.

Their engines whine; their walls creak. These spaceships may look like antiques from the future, but many pack more punch under the hood than they let on. Never judge a book by its cover, and never judge a spaceship by its rust-holes and sputtering warp drive. What space-faring rattletraps make the cut in our top five list of "hunk of junk" spaceships?



5. EAGLE V from Spaceballs

The most impressive thing about the Eagle V is its amazingly pristine (and retro-hideous) 1973 Winnebago chassis. Piloted by Captain Lone Starr and his Mawg co-pilot, Barf, the Eagle V is a ship-for-hire last seen crash landing on the surface of MoonaVega. I would say it was last seen on the recent Spaceballs cartoon series, but that would imply that people actually watched it.

FEATURES: Interior shag carpeting, perfect for camping.

DRAWBACKS: Screen door, chemical toilet, small fuel tank.

By: Peter Martin

To mash up two wildly different movie quotes: I wish I knew how to quit Star Wars, but just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. This time, it's prompted by a collection posted at online magazine Dark Roasted Blend, which has rounded up a massive amount of links under the all-encompassing theme Star Wars for Your Mind, Heart and Soul.

I knew that SciFi Squad readers had recently voted Star Wars the best sci-fi movie franchise of all time in The Ultimate Sci-Fi Fan Poll, but with all due respect, the true mark of admiration and/or inspiration and/or madness is to spend time and money creating Boba Fett's full-size armor out of LEGO. Or crafting the Millennium Falcon out of a single sheet of paper. Some things are in questionable taste: the charred remains of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, packaged in plastic as a toy. Then there are the mash ups, like Snow White and the Seven Stormtroopers. Professional creations are not ignored, like original concept art by the great Ralph McQuarrie, which makes The Empire Strikes Back look like an old Republic Western, or a series of recent theme park advertisements featuring our favorite characters dealing with the logistics of modern travel.

Obviously, we love this kind of stuff. Check out the gallery below to get started, and then head on over to Dark Roasted Blend, where you can find links to all the crazy stuff they've collected together for your perusal. I think I know how I'll be whiling away my next few available hours.