Gallery: Pop Culture Grab Bag: Wired's 2012 Entertainment Giveaway
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For our second annual [Holiday Gift Guide / Giveaway](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/gift-guide-giveaway-2011/), Wired has a small truckload's worth of pop culture treasure for the geek who has everything. Goodies range from *The Hobbit* collectibles, box sets of *V for Vendetta*, *Adventure Time* and Tarantino films (above) to a humongous batch of Beatles vinyl, Batman Blu-rays and bloody amazing t-shirt art. Here's how it works: To qualify for the giveaway, post a comment stating which gift you would most like to receive and why. Deadline to enter is 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Dec. 17, 2012. Randomly selected winners (one winner per item) will be notified by e-mail or Twitter. Winners must live in the United States. Note: If you do not have an e-mail address or Twitter handle associated with your Disqus login, you must include contact information in your comment to be eligible. Any winner who does not respond to Wired’s notification within 72 hours will forfeit the prize. Rip It Up: *Tarantino XX 8-Film Collection* ------------------------------------------- You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll turn pale at the baroque blasts of vengeful violence "served cold" by Quentin Tarantino in this 10-disc boxed set. *Tarantino XX 8-Film Collection* compiles 20 years of the writer-director's filmography including *Reservoir Dogs*, *Pulp Fiction*, both *Kill Bill* movies and *Inglourious Basterds*. [*Tarantino XX*](http://www.miramax.com/on-disc/tarantino-xx) also includes five hours of new bonus material featuring interviews, deleted scenes and audio commentary along with a fold-out poster by Aussie illustrator [Ken Taylor](http://www.kentaylor.com.au/). (List price $120) --*Hugh Hart*
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*V for Vendetta* Box Set ------------------------ It's the book that launched a 1,000 protests (give or take) – and now it comes with the mask to go with it. Alan Moore and artist David Lloyd's imagery in *V for Vendetta* has been adapted by Anonymous and, by extension, Occupy Wall Street, meaning protesters the world over are donning the Guy Fawkes mask. This special *V for Vendetta* box set, released in October, means fans of timeless graphic novels and political protest get the best of both worlds in one awesome package, including a trade paperback of Moore and Lloyd's book and a V mask. Is there a better way to bring in the new year with a bang? We think not. (List price $25) —*Angela Watercutter*
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Hobbit Mania: 4-Piece Collectors Set ------------------------------------ See the movie, dig the merch: To accompany December 14 release of *The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey*, Peter Jackson's New Zealand design house [WETA](http://www.wetanz.com) is pumping out holiday product inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy masterwork. WETA's custom gift pack (total list price $408) contains [Thorin Oakenshield 1/6 scale statue](http://www.wetanz.com/thorin-oakenshield/) ($249); [The One Ring](ttp://www.wetanz.com/the-one-ring-gold-plated-tungsten-carbide/), made of gold plated tungsten carbide ($99); [The Key to Erebor](http://www.wetanz.com/the-key-to-erebor/) prop replica ($30); and parchment art print [Thorin's Map](http://www.wetanz.com/thorin-s-map-parchment-art-print/) ($30). --*Hugh Hart*
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The Beatles Vinyl Reissue Package --------------------------------- Maybe all you need is love, but a fat package of remastered albums from [The Beatles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_beatles) certainly doesn't hurt. In case you haven't seen the [mobile pop-up shops](http://www.thebeatles.com/#/news/The_Beatles_Bus) deployed in your town, EMI is reissuing in stereo and on 180-gram vinyl The Beatles' legendary mono masterpieces. Packaged in a fab box featuring a 252-page hardcover, [EMI's vinyl reissue package](http://www.thebeatles.com/#/news/Vinyl) makes a kickass holiday stocking stuffer for [Beatles geeks](http://www.morphizm.com/css/?page_id=2133) worldwide. Too bad we can only give one away to an American. in "[Strawberry Fields Forever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever), [John Lennon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon) sang ""No one I think is in my tree," but at least a few holiday partiers will get to see this blowout present beneath their trees this Christmas. (List price: $350) --*Scott Thill*
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Dark Knight / *Blade Runner* Blu-ray Bundle ------------------------------------------- Director Chris Nolan put Christian Bale through nearly nine hours' worth of Batman/Bruce Wayne angst, delivering three profound comic book movies and two world-class villains in The Joker and Bane. You can revisit the Gotham City madness with *[The Dark Knight Trilogy Limited Edition Gift Set](http://www.wbshop.com/product/batman+bluray+trilogy+batman+beginsthe+dark+knightthe+dark+knight+rises+1000346823.do)*, which includes *Batman Begins*, *The Dark Knight* and *The Dark Knight Rises* plus two discs of bonus material (retail price $49). Nolan reportedly required cast and crew to prepare for the brooding franchise by watching *Blade Runner*, so to sweeten the deal, Wired teams with Warner Home Video to add [*Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition*](http://www.wbshop.com/product/blade+runner+30th+anniversary+collectors+edition+bddvduv+combo+pak+1000313560.do). The four-disc set featuring multiple versions of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic plus production art book and replica "Spinner" car. (List price $50) --*Hugh Hart*
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*Game of Throne*s Picture Book Dishes TV Behind the Scenes ---------------------------------------------------------- There's a hell of a lot to keep track of in television's wildest [blood and sex fantasy series](http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html). [Chronicle Books](http://www.chroniclebooks.com)'s [foil-embossed volume](http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/pop-culture/film-movies/inside-hbo-s-game-of-thrones.html) *Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones* can help, with its deconstruction of the show's first two seasons, more than 300 color photographs and commentary by *Game of Thrones* creator George R.R. Martin and series producers D.B. Weiss with David Benioff. And, to keep all that dysfunctional scheming characters straight, the book also features illustrated family trees and histories of the royal Houses. Behind the scenes details deconstruct Ned’s Execution, the Battle of Blackwater and the creation Dragonstone, while linguist geeks will dig the scholarship that went into creating the Dothraki language. (List price $40) --*Hugh Hart*
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They Might Be Giants Limited Edition Holiday Bundle --------------------------------------------------- Brain-pop's brightest star has gift-giving on the mind with this cool package. Fans of [The Two Johns](http://www.theymightbegiants.com) (Flansburgh and Linnell, FTW) score a new 24-song DVD video compilation "[Them Ain't Big Eye Ants](http://www.theymightbegiants.com/news/tmbgs-brand-new-dvd-video-compillation-them-aint-big-eye-ants)" featuring rare clips from Home Movies and Homestar Runner, paranormal playing cards created in collaboration with graphic designer [Paul Sahre](http://www.paulsahre.com), '80s poster and photo reprints, a New Year's Eve T-shirt emblazoned with [Tony Millionaire's Drinky Crow](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2007/06/maakiemation) and more. You can probably even get it autographed on TMBG's national tour, kicking off Feb. 27 in Portlandia. Put a [birdhouse-in-your-soul](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbZzdalZh4) on it! (List price $90) --*Scott Thill*
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Twisted Art Shirt Three-Pack Curated by Tyler Stout --------------------------------------------------- [Tyler Stout](http://www.tstout.com/), who cranks out kick-ass movie tribute posters for [Mondo boutique](http://www.mondotees.com/), has teamed with the Austin, Texas online graphics retailer on his own line of "Brain Damage" tee-shirts. The limited edition cotton tops feature Stout grotesqueries plus eye-popping illustrations by hand-picked artists [Landland](http://cargocollective.com/landland), Britain's [Boneface](http://www.boneface.co.uk/), [Arik Roper](http://www.arikroper.com/) and fantasist [Richey Beckett](http://www.richeybeckett.com/). The Wired/Mondo "Brain Damage" giveaway includes [three shirts](http://www.mondotees.com/APPAREL_c_11.html). (List price $25 each) --*Hugh Hart*
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DC Comics' The New 52: Zero Omnibus ----------------------------------- Last year, DC rebooted its characters, continuities and controversies in a sprawling comics experiment called [The New 52](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/dc-comics-best-worst-new-52). In some places, it was stuffed with genius. In others, sound and fury signifying nothing new. On The New 52's first anniversary in September, DC Comics rebooted its own reboots with 52 new #0 pre-issues that alternately revealed valuable new information and papered over sometimes sloppy work. Now it's fusing that metafictional maneuver into a 13,000-page hardcover brick that could kill Captain Cold from one story up. Collecting all #0 issues, it's a hefty tome for retcon fandom, as well as anyone looking for lethal presents. (List price $150)--*Scott Thill*
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Adventure Time Gift Set ----------------------- Cartoon Network's finest animated comedy remains [Pendleton Ward's acid fantasy Adventure Time](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/08/exclusive-adventure-time), about dude adventurer Finn and his magically elastic talking dog Jake. Adventure Time has excelled in ingenuity and ratings over three short years and five stunning seasons, but it was only this year that Cartoon Network finally packaged the imaginative toon's entire first season on DVD. That was preceded by the release of its compilation DVD [It Came From the Nightosphere](http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Time-Nightosphere-Pendleton-Ward/dp/B006CPFRVE), which we've attached to [Adventure Time: The Complete First Season](http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Time-Complete-First-Season/dp/B007Q0JJHC) for our holiday giveaway. [Mathematical](http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Finn/Quotes)! (List price $45) --*Scott Thill*
