I really don’t want to be one of those crazy geek dads who imposes my love of certain things on my kids. Sure, I’ll show Lucy all the movies I loved as a kid when she gets a little older and can decide if she enjoys them or not, but I’m not going to make her learn Klingon or whatever. I will give her my awesome, extendable lightsaber with lights and sounds to play with though.

A word of warning to parents letting their kids play with this spring loaded batch of awesomeness, though, extend it for them before handing it to the kid. My wife said it would probably hurt if you hit the button and it hit someone in the head. I was skeptical. So…we tried it. I got hit in the head so hard that I flew back and had tears in my eyes. Do not recommend. But, I’d test even a real lightsaber before letting her potentially get hurt by one.