When Karen and I decided to get an apartment together, one of the first orders of business was visit IKEA and ‘modernize’ our living quarters. Apparently my growing collection of stolen beer pints were not considered appropriate glassware for company. No problem. You give a little, you get a little. So you can imagine my surprise when Karen asked me if I wanted to go to Burger King for dinner so that we could score a Star Trek glass. I quickly reminded her of my perfectly good set of Mill Street and Hoegaarden glasses, which currently resides in the back of the top shelf, covered in dust and out of reach in the cupboard over the refrigerator.
Now, As far as promotional movie merchandise goes, the marketing team for Star Trek hit the nail on the head with these Burger King glasses. They are retro looking, frosted, nothing fancy, promotional glassware. They look like they could have been sitting in a box in your parent’s basement for the past 20 years just waiting to be found and shipped half way across the country to give you that throw-back-cred at your next dinner party. Whoever designed these bad boys did their Star Wars and Indiana Jones merchandise homework. In all, there are four glasses, each glass depicting a different Star Trek character. There is Kirk, Spock, Nero and Uhura, and at $7.50 each, or $1.99 with a combo, you can’t really complain.
I can’t stand the food at Burger King, but I’m not too proud to drop a few dollars on cutlery at a fast food joint, or gas station for that matter. Hell, if it weren’t for Petro Canada, my parents would still be eating their breakfast directly off the kitchen table.
But like I said at the beginning, you give a little you get a little. Karen and I are now one Spock glass away from having a complete set. You can’t argue with good design.
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Horaayy..there are 3 comment(s) for me so far ;)
ME WANTEY, but I cannot imagine dropping that many meals at BK just get the glasses for $1.99. I like the burgers but the fries / soft drink combo make you feel like a bloated manatee.
Do you remember the blue and white Irving mugs? I want some of those. I had a couple of old Acadian aunties who furnished their cupboards with those.
Can you believe Firefox, with the Canadian spelling add-on, thinks Acadian is a spelling mistake. That’s some oppressive bullshit right there.
yah, those Irving mugs are extinct now. I wanted one to carry around Toronto to act as a flag to my brothers, but since all the coffee sold at Irving now is out sourced and/or branded differently from actual Irving coffee, all their mugs have the logo of whatever brand their coffee is under. Call up your Acadian aunties and empty their cupboards. If they have any ugly red, white and blue Irving toques, grab those too.