Halloween Costumes For Guys

So you're girlfriend is dragging you to another lame Halloween party? You might as well suck it up and go as something cool. Like V ($170), Nacho Libre ($60), or Jeeves, the Headless Butler ($55). Then there's always Chewbacca ($450), any member of Slipknot ($75), the Operation board game patient ($45), or Hugh Hefner ($50). And if you and your partner need to match, you two could always go as Count Chocula ($75) and Frankenberry ($75).

Space Invaders Wrapping Paper

With the holiday buying season quickly approaching, it's always a good idea to start planning ahead. This year, we're giving our favorite folks gifts wrapped in Space Invaders Wrapping Paper ($5). Featuring a complementing combo of orange and brown backgrounds, the sheets are populated with pixelated baddies from year's past. Oh, and don't forget to label your gifts with the matching Space Invader Stickers ($1). [via]

Boxtalks Boxes

Holiday cards can say quite a bit, but can they hold the gift they accompany? (And no, money or checks or gift cards don't count.) Boxtalks Boxes ($1 for one, $30 for all 46 designs) have a variety of different designs and let you write you own message ont the outside and then stash your loved ones' goodies inside.

Multiple Choice Greeting Cards

These all-purpose Multiple Choice Greeting Cards ($13; set of 8) will keep you from running out to Hallmark every time someone has a birthday, graduates, or puts up with your drunk shenanigans. Each card has nine occasions and phrases to mark off as needed.

Behold the awesome old school goodness of these vintage-printed, buttery-soft Homage T-Shirts. They turn back the clock with shout outs to eclectic moments and personalities in sports, music, politics and popular culture. From Bruce Lee to Larry Bird, the tees tell stories of triumph, individualism and hustle. Pay Homage.

Charlie Brown Pathetic Tree

I just don't understand Christmas, I guess. I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I'm still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed. — Charlie Brown Word, Charlie. Word. Make your apartment or office a little un-festive with this Replica ($24) of the sad little Christmas tree from 1965's Charlie Brown Christmas special.

MoMA 2005 Holiday Card Collection

It's creeping closer and closer to the holiday season, and if you're like us you need to make up for being a lazy ass and not sending out holiday cards to friends and associates like you should have. Cards from the MoMA 2005 Holiday Card Collection ($TBD) are a nice place to start. Impeccable design, superior construction, and endearing messages make these the cards to send when A. You want to send something really nice, B. You're sucking up big time, or C. You're trying to get laid.

Hand-Screenprinted Thank You Cards

As the holiday season approaches, it’s a good idea to get all those thank you cards ready. If you send us a gift this year, you’ll probably be getting your thank you on one of these Hand-Screenprinted Thank You Cards ($15 for 5). Beautiful, simple, and elegant — just like we like our gifts, hint-hint.

Anatomically Correct Gingerpeople Cookie Cutters

Ah, the Gingerbread man — a tried and true holiday friend. Unfortunately for him, up until now he was missing what all of us consider an essential part of manhood — a penis. Now not only does the Anatomically Correct Gingerbread Man ($18) have all his parts, but he’s got an Anatomically Correct Gingerbread Girl with a nice pair of jugs to knock the boots with. There are more kinky things to do with cookie dough, but we won’t go into that here.

Star Wars Darth Vader Costume

There might be other dudes at the Halloween party dressed up like the a member of the Sith, but none will look as accurate as you if you have the dough to sport this one. The Star Wars Darth Vader Collector’s Supreme Edition Costume ($800) includes everything you’ll need — plastic armor and helmet, cape, faux leather pants and sleeves, and even a breathing device. It’s officially licensed so all of the pieces are cast from the original Lucas Studio molds.

Dremel Pumpkin Carving Kit

Halloween will be here before you know it. This year, instead of struggling with a knife for hours to end up with only a couple of triangles on your Jack-o’-lantern’s face, get the Dremel Pumpkin Carving Kit ($30). It lets you easily carve intricate patterns using the included templates that you trace onto your pumpkin. The kit makes the style Jack-o’-lantern that just glows, and is not meant to cut all the way through the pumpkin. Spooky.

Darth Vader Keepsake Ornament

Yes, we realize it’s August — but with the popularity of Hallmark’s Keepsake Ornament line, you can never be too cautious, especially when the ornament is this cool. The five inch tall Darth Vader Keepsake Ornament from Hallmark ($19) lets you capture all the emotion (complete with audio) of the moment when you learn the biggest secret in sci-fi history — that Vader is Santa… er… Luke’s father.