@werehatrack I feel your frustration. I just got my feline friend home from the hospital. He’s 15 and has lymphoma. They brought him back from the edge but it cost $3700. Everything except the mandatory expenditures are on hold now. My love for both Waffles and Star Wars must be stifled for now.
@accelerator@werehatrack I spent about that on a cat cardiologist (did not know there was such a profession). Unfortunately just with age the end was kind of inevitable at that point.
On a younger kitty with a hopefully-recoverable issue would definitely do it.
Even more so if it were a Chinese-style pressure-cooker popcorn maker. That’s a case where I would be very worried about accidentally poking it anywhere near the wrong exhaust port.
@mediocrebot That might even have market potential. A bunch of months ago mediocrebot hit a home run with a set of Monster’s Inc like kid’s shelves that were someone to have made them I am sure they would have been popular presuming they were affordable.
I don’t use the waffle maker I already have, I don’t have the counter space, and I’m not that big a Star Wars fan.
But I love this!
Not buying it though.
@Pony It would be trivially easy to resist if it were something lesser. like a Texas-shaped, mouse-ears, icosahedron, or (I am not kidding, they exist) phallus. If this one was $25, I might bite the bullet. There’s another NSFW shape I’d buy at a price under $20 just for the novelty value. But no wafflemakers today.
@cutitdown pour the batter in the top and it ooses over the insides of the death globe turning into a golden brown Death Star Waffle!!
Glue two together for the full 3D breakfast effect
@dahobbs9@JohnQ118 Regular waffle makers are typically not designed to be stackable appliances, and the footprint is pretty much the same as any other waffle iron – probably slightly less than the Belgian waffle irons with the lever to flip them while cooking. Which is the kind I have, so this might actually be somewhat more compact in that sense.
That said, it’s been at least a couple of years since I last made waffles, and I’m pretty sure I don’t need two of them, I’m not that huge of a Star Wars fan, nor would regaining ~16 square inches of shelf space to replace a perfectly good one with another of unknown quality be worth $40 to me.
As a big Star Wars fan (who literally just bought a Kylo Ren Tie Silencer model and a set of action figures today), I wish I could justify buying this! It looks really cool, but I just don’t have the space (no pun intended ) to store it. The Death Star is just so iconic though. Ugh. It’s gonna be hard for me not to buy this today.
(I’m sure someone will probably comment that I’m crazy for liking/buying sequel trilogy stuff. What can I say other than I can’t help it? I loved ALL the SW movies (including the extended universe films) and I’m a fan of both Vader and Kylo Ren’s storyline throughout the trilogies. But yes, I will agree that the ST could definitely have been much, MUCH better if their plot vision was clearer. They had some great story ideas, but the execution of the overall storyline pretty much sucked in a lot of places. However, I still enjoyed all 3 of the ST, and I don’t understand the complete hate for them).
@k4evryng Maybe it needs to be mounted on the wall, in a plexiglass holder that allows it to be seen. That solves the counter space problem, and makes it look like it’s up in the air! (Trying to figure out how I could add this to my overcrowded kitchen.)
Too expensive and takes up an unnecessarily large amount of cabinet space. The end product doesn’t even look that cool, and worst of all, seems to lack most of the primary functionality of a proper waffle–i.e. ability to convey a shitload of butter and syrup into my mouth hole.
1 it doesn’t look like the thing it’s supposed to look like. The Death Star is dull grey, not silver.
2 it doesn’t work as a waffle maker either, those shallow indentations aren’t going to hold syrup/butter.
3 really awkward design, it’s going to be annoying bordering on impossible to try to pry up the hemisphere top.
@drewg12 I’m glad someone else recognizes this is a pancake maker that cooks both sides at a time and leaves a neat pattern. Which, I mean, I don’t hate the concept of, but is very different than a waffle maker which would make waffles.
@dkarmol@SChannell Unrelated, but if you are into vintage audio/video gear I’ve seen amazing finds people post online. A lot of junk too, of course. My house is already full of it (both good gear and junk) so not looking for any, but it used to be fun.
Most of the kitchen gear not as good a possible score, but new may be lucky (new in box?). And remember the 15-day return; keep your receipt.
I meant to say…this appliance cannot legally be called a waffle maker. Those are chubby pancakes coming out. In legal terms these would be titled “Greek Obelios” but certainly not waffles.
I’m in consultation with lawyers in Belgium now to determine the best way to address this egregious issue. We’re thinking a class action lawsuit. Save your receipt if you buy this today. You may be entitled to compensation if this lawsuit goes through.
DASH makes a $20 mini pancake(waffle) maker with the Death Star design. It doesn’t take up much room on your counter top and small enough to Stash in a drawer when not in use. Just doesn’t look as COOL!
Sorry, my bad it’s not Dash….
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The people that made the DnD toaster make a star wars waffle maker or two more than this one and a darth vader popcorn thing that is kinda cool if that is your fandom.
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Product: Star Wars Halo Death Star Waffle Maker
Model: DWM-SRW-DST
Condition: New
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$59.99 at Amazon
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That’s no moon.
@yakkoTDI it’s a trap!
@yakkoTDI
You forgot the quotes… Since that was in the write-up!
I want it, but I’ve just spent over a thousand on a sick kitty, I have four other waffle makers, and I have a budget that’s already stressed.
@werehatrack Poor kitty. Please pass along a healing head skritch from me.
@werehatrack I feel your frustration. I just got my feline friend home from the hospital. He’s 15 and has lymphoma. They brought him back from the edge but it cost $3700. Everything except the mandatory expenditures are on hold now. My love for both Waffles and Star Wars must be stifled for now.
@accelerator @werehatrack I spent about that on a cat cardiologist (did not know there was such a profession). Unfortunately just with age the end was kind of inevitable at that point.
On a younger kitty with a hopefully-recoverable issue would definitely do it.
@accelerator @pmarin Squeaker is just three this past month, and is a really sweet guy.
I am amused.
“AI” users are idiots.
@DrunkCat IG-88 took over the Death Star’s AI moments before it was blown up.
@DrunkCat Polyunsaturated cottonseed oil
@DrunkCat maybe it’s just the A. I. that causes them to appear that way
@DrunkCat No, I’m serious.
@DrunkCat Oh, I’m sorry. It was Death Star II that IG-88 took over.
The Death Star served waffles the morning it was destroyed.
@zhicks1987
…and penne aribiata for lunch…
I already have a waffle maker and I barely use it because I can’t get over the fact that my homemade waffles don’t taste like waffle house waffles.
Use the Syrup, Luke!
@phendrick I remember it as
Use the fork, Luke.
@phendrick Use the fork Luke.
Is there a flaw in this waffle maker where if you tap it in the wrong spot it explodes.
@OnionSoup LMAO
Looks more like a Popcorn Maker with the lid closed!
/showme a popcorn maker shaped like a Star Wars Halo Death Star.
@mediocrebot Great job Michelangelo bot!!
@mediocrebot now THAT would be da bomb
@dahobbs9
Even more so if it were a Chinese-style pressure-cooker popcorn maker. That’s a case where I would be very worried about accidentally poking it anywhere near the wrong exhaust port.
@mediocrebot That might even have market potential. A bunch of months ago mediocrebot hit a home run with a set of Monster’s Inc like kid’s shelves that were someone to have made them I am sure they would have been popular presuming they were affordable.
Wow, I can have my Death Star and eat it too.
I have a similar one that I got from ThinkGeek back when it existed. I like it, my kids like it… It’s fun!
I don’t use the waffle maker I already have, I don’t have the counter space, and I’m not that big a Star Wars fan.
But I love this!
Not buying it though.
Aw, man. We have a regular waffle maker, a skull waffle maker and a spiderweb waffle maker already. But… but… Death Star! Dammit. I just can’t.
@Pony It would be trivially easy to resist if it were something lesser. like a Texas-shaped, mouse-ears, icosahedron, or (I am not kidding, they exist) phallus. If this one was $25, I might bite the bullet. There’s another NSFW shape I’d buy at a price under $20 just for the novelty value. But no wafflemakers today.
This really should have been a Two for Tuesday deal.
@mcanavino 2 for 1
Man, I was hoping for a completely full spherical waffle
@cutitdown
pour the batter in the top and it ooses over the insides of the death globe turning into a golden brown Death Star Waffle!!
Glue two together for the full 3D breakfast effect
Forty dollars for THAT?! with the dome it should be a Combo Waffle-maker AND a Popcorn popper that makes both at the same time. meh.
@JohnQ118 there’s not even little holes to hold the melted butter and syrup. (real US Maple, please.)
@JohnQ118 look how much space that puppy will take up in the kitchen
@JohnQ118 those China knock-offs do tend to overlook the obvious
@dahobbs9 @JohnQ118 Regular waffle makers are typically not designed to be stackable appliances, and the footprint is pretty much the same as any other waffle iron – probably slightly less than the Belgian waffle irons with the lever to flip them while cooking. Which is the kind I have, so this might actually be somewhat more compact in that sense.
That said, it’s been at least a couple of years since I last made waffles, and I’m pretty sure I don’t need two of them, I’m not that huge of a Star Wars fan, nor would regaining ~16 square inches of shelf space to replace a perfectly good one with another of unknown quality be worth $40 to me.
Sure looks like it’s time to break out the airbrush, enamel paints and model brushes and go-to-town!
@dahobbs9 I prefer a little butter and maple syrup.
Your tastebuds won’t be able to repel flavor of this magnitude!
As a big Star Wars fan (who literally just bought a Kylo Ren Tie Silencer model and a set of action figures today), I wish I could justify buying this! It looks really cool, but I just don’t have the space (no pun intended
) to store it. The Death Star is just so iconic though. Ugh. It’s gonna be hard for me not to buy this today. 
(I’m sure someone will probably comment that I’m crazy for liking/buying sequel trilogy stuff.
What can I say other than I can’t help it? 
I loved ALL the SW movies (including the extended universe films) and I’m a fan of both Vader and Kylo Ren’s storyline throughout the trilogies. But yes, I will agree that the ST could definitely have been much, MUCH better if their plot vision was clearer. They had some great story ideas, but the execution of the overall storyline pretty much sucked in a lot of places. However, I still enjoyed all 3 of the ST, and I don’t understand the complete hate for them).
@k4evryng Maybe it needs to be mounted on the wall, in a plexiglass holder that allows it to be seen. That solves the counter space problem, and makes it look like it’s up in the air!
(Trying to figure out how I could add this to my overcrowded kitchen.)
@k4evryng TIE silencer?
Flat eff NO!
Too expensive and takes up an unnecessarily large amount of cabinet space. The end product doesn’t even look that cool, and worst of all, seems to lack most of the primary functionality of a proper waffle–i.e. ability to convey a shitload of butter and syrup into my mouth hole.
Thank you for making it $40. I would’ve been yelled at by and Englishman had it been cheaper. That price point keeps me safe.
@sillyheathen Right? I probably couldn’t have resisted if it was $30.
@Pony Hey friend! Yeah. I am not a fan of unitaskers or counter space wasters but I would’ve bought this at $20-30.
Did anybody else expect to see an r2d2 mixer on side deal?
@Sleetish I would’ve absolutely have bought that regardless of price point.
@sillyheathen @Sleetish There’s a popcorn maker! Not on Sidedeal, unfortunately.
Wait. I want a death star replicator. That I would pay for. No more cooking, grocery shopping, cleaning up a stove…
1 it doesn’t look like the thing it’s supposed to look like. The Death Star is dull grey, not silver.
2 it doesn’t work as a waffle maker either, those shallow indentations aren’t going to hold syrup/butter.
3 really awkward design, it’s going to be annoying bordering on impossible to try to pry up the hemisphere top.
@drewg12 I’m glad someone else recognizes this is a pancake maker that cooks both sides at a time and leaves a neat pattern. Which, I mean, I don’t hate the concept of, but is very different than a waffle maker which would make waffles.
@drewg12 @otherstalin was my thought
if it were an enterprise instead of a death star i would have popped though
Is this the death star equivalent for flat earthers?
This thing looks like it ought to be about 10 bucks at Goodwill.
@SChannell Keep your eyes peeled; I can see these showing up at Goodwill soon.
@SChannell This!
@dkarmol @SChannell Unrelated, but if you are into vintage audio/video gear I’ve seen amazing finds people post online. A lot of junk too, of course. My house is already full of it (both good gear and junk) so not looking for any, but it used to be fun.
Most of the kitchen gear not as good a possible score, but new may be lucky (new in box?). And remember the 15-day return; keep your receipt.
@SChannell It will be about 8 months after the sale.
Anyone know the dimensions?
@cory206sea I don’t have the exact specs, but I do know that there’s an unguarded two meter wide thermal exhaust port on it.
Good sirs and madams,
I wish to posit that your waffler is $29.99 too much.
/giphy “burnt waffle”
I meant to say…this appliance cannot legally be called a waffle maker. Those are chubby pancakes coming out. In legal terms these would be titled “Greek Obelios” but certainly not waffles.
I’m in consultation with lawyers in Belgium now to determine the best way to address this egregious issue. We’re thinking a class action lawsuit. Save your receipt if you buy this today. You may be entitled to compensation if this lawsuit goes through.
@accelerator I agree those are just thick embossed pancakes. And need to keep my figure slim so I can fit into the stormtrooper costume.
So THIS is how Lego designed the new UCS Death Slice!
I am an adult, I make adult money that I get to choose what to do with. I shall enjoy my Death Star waffles/pancakes.
DASH makes a $20 mini pancake(waffle) maker with the Death Star design. It doesn’t take up much room on your counter top and small enough to Stash in a drawer when not in use. Just doesn’t look as COOL!
@jkawaguchi the Dash stuff is not bad and the smaller size works better for my needs. But yeah this is cooler.
Sorry, my bad it’s not Dash….
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https://www.aaglobal.com › Categories › Adult Prizes
Make Death Star mini waffles at home. Pour in the batter, lower the lid, and before you know it, there’s the gargantuan space station, ready for butter and …
star wars Death Star mini waffle maker from www.aaglobal.com
$12.75 · In stock
Star
@jkawaguchi Price requires wholesale account. Otherwise, it’s almost $27.
The people that made the DnD toaster make a star wars waffle maker or two more than this one and a darth vader popcorn thing that is kinda cool if that is your fandom.
best product i’ve ever seen on meh
@bugsnax You apparently never got an IRK yet?
@bugsnax @pmarin Or maybe they’ve read the reveal thread(s)…
Isn’t this thing about 4-1/2 DECADES too late?