July 23rd, 2009

These Pac-Man 30th anniversary Zippos are very cool

Namco’s Pac Man was first released in Japan May 22, 1980, which means the 30th anniversary of the cult game is a good year away. But if it’s Pac-Man, you can never celebrate too early: Starting in November, Namco Bandai, as the company is now called, plans to sell Pac-Man branded Zippos on the Japanese market. → Read More

June 12th, 2009

Limited edition Gundam Zippos

Even after 30 years, Gundam is as big as ever – literally in Japan. These limited edition Zippos are probably the best way to show your robot love outside of getting some ink. Plus, if a chick compliments it, you know you have keeper. → Read More

May 16th, 2008

The Zarva Zippo: windproof mp3 player and 1GB lighter

Yes, it is in fact both a lighter and an mp3 player. With only 1GB of space, you’ll probably only have enough music on it to cover your cigarette break, but if your cigarettes are an mp3 player too, you’re in better shape. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em! Or not, if they’re not real. → Read More

September 14th, 2006

Zippo Camera Lighter

When I was younger, I thought that Zippo was some great ideal of a company that only made the best of the best of lighters. I thought they were above capitalism, they were just the best and you couldn’t touch them. Then I grew up and started seeing Dixie flag Zippos and Beatles Zippos (seriously, wtf?). Now Zippo has launched a new model that takes it one step farther. They’ve put a… → Read More