Yoda Plush Backpack: “The Books Are Heavy With This One”
As a kid, I dreamt up hundreds of toy ideas based on my favorite cartoons and comics. Then I attempted to make them using things around the house. My favorite was a homemade web-shooter constructed from basketball wristbands and rubberbands that slingshotted hair nets about 5 inches. Lackluster. I’d cry and wonder “why can’t they really make these things?” Eventually they did, long after I was too old to play with toys. And hair nets.
The toys I dreamt as a kid are all a reality now, and I see a new one every day on websites like Think Geek. Take this Yoda Plush Backpack for example:
Once we saw Yoda, we all knew we wanted a Jedi master of our own - a Jedi master who would take us running in the woods, ride on our back, and teach us the ways of the Force. We tried strapping a cat to our back, but it wasn’t the same. A few months ago, our geeky hearts almost leapt out of our bodies when we saw this officially licensed backpack. Yoda…on our back…teaching us…and carrying our stuff inside him. Perfect! And, to make it even better, the straps are adjustable and sized for adults. All you need now is a dirty, sleeveless t-shirt and some khaki’s and you will be ready for your Jedi training to begin. You will be. You will be.
Now, I wasn’t exactly pinning for a midget muppet strapped to my back but I did make cardboard lightsabers and once attempted to cryogenically freeze a friend like they did Han Solo In The Empire Strikes Back. The freezer was half shut before his mom walked in.
I avoided her clutches with a hair net to the face.
