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Exclusive Han Solo Carbonite Desk Info and Gallery

Who wouldn't want a desk with Han Solo encased in carbonite? We checked in with Tom Spina Designs, the company that created this one-off custom-order desk, and found out that 1) it's incredibly solid—it's constructed out of steel—and 2) those lights on the side create mood lighting when admiring your human prize. Hit the jump for the details on how this thing was built and check out the exclusive pics in the gallery.

The desk was designed and assembled by artists Tom Spina and Richard Riley of Tom Spina Designs, a NY-based company specializing in custom sculpture.
It's made from four main components: the glass top, the frozen block and 2 light-up side supports. The side supports are computer-cut steel and feature tinted acrylic sheets and internal lighting. The frozen block is a custom fabricated steel "block" with fan-made resin detail pieces. Eight metal supports hold the 1/2" thick glass top. Due to the metal construction, it's not only very sturdy, but also quite heavy!

This was designed and fabricated for the home theater/office of Mark Hall, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning group Casting Crowns (www.CastingCrowns.com) and made to his specs on top height and leg clearance. We went through a lot of different ideas and designs for a sci-fi desk, but as soon as we hit on the carbonite style desk idea, we all knew this was what had to be made! The piece was created in roughly two months.

On the availability question - this particular piece was intended as a one-off art-piece, but we do accept private commissions to custom-create highly unique furniture, characters and art for home theaters, businesses, trade shows and more. We also cater to high-end original movie prop collectors, doing extremely specialized restoration and display work.

Folks interested in learning more (and more importantly, seeing pics of many of our past projects) should visit our site: www.TomSpinaDesigns.com and anyone looking for custom work should contact us via the site and we'd be happy to discuss their project.

[Tom Spina]

4:35 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Jason Chen
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IUSEAMACSOSUEME at 04:55 PM on 02/26/08
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Does it come in Tera Patrick?
The_Question at 04:55 PM on 02/26/08
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Price.....
92BuickLeSabre at 04:58 PM on 02/26/08
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Whoa, whoa, whoa....it's not made of carbonite?!?
Kaiser-Machead at 05:00 PM on 02/26/08
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Can I have one custom made to fit my brother in law?
Jason Chen at 05:00 PM on 02/26/08
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@IUSEAMACSOSUEME: What/who doesn't?
nutbastard at 05:04 PM on 02/26/08
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@Jason Chen:
*rimshot*

NEXT!

*face shot*
*pearl necklace*
*bukake*
FritzLaurel at 05:04 PM on 02/26/08
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Casting who??
Xavoc at 05:10 PM on 02/26/08
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Didn't I see this somewhere last week?
Kaiser-Machead at 05:17 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard: I can tell you invest heavily in Windex.
ANoel at 05:18 PM on 02/26/08
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artless. gay. be better vertically as a gloryhole wall.
slaughterer35711 at 05:19 PM on 02/26/08
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@92buick: You do know carbonite is just a fancy term for CO2, right?

I can just imagine being really tired, falling asleep, and then jumping through the ceiling when I wake up with han looking at me through the glass.
nutbastard at 05:20 PM on 02/26/08
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@Kaiser-Machead:
Windex, rubber gloves, paper towels and sponges - These windows aren't going to clean themselves!
92BuickLeSabre at 05:21 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel: Why does it have to be vertical?
nutbastard at 05:21 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel:
ANoel it appears that you've accidentally pasted your craigslist M4M post here...
spatchpatch at 05:23 PM on 02/26/08
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Wow. This is just as seemingly gay and useless as the first time it was posted.
FAIL
ANoel at 05:23 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard:
So, how much for the Siberian tiger?
ANoel at 05:24 PM on 02/26/08
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@92BuickLeSabre:
So your clothes don't get tarnished.
92BuickLeSabre at 05:32 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel: Very thoughtful. Thank you.
Xavoc at 05:36 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel: That looks more like a Portugese Breakfast setup to me...
danms6 at 05:44 PM on 02/26/08
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@Jason Chen: You just won this post, sir.
heroineworshipper at 05:46 PM on 02/26/08
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It's the software manager's wet dream.
nutbastard at 05:48 PM on 02/26/08
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@spatchpatch:
it's a desk with Han Solo frozen in carbonite. If that constitutes gay and useless, your life (or at least your pants) must be full of gay, useless things.
nutbastard at 05:51 PM on 02/26/08
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@danms6:
can he really win it when he already owns it?
ANoel at 05:52 PM on 02/26/08
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@Xavoc:
"That looks more like a Portugese Breakfast setup to me..."

My friend, something like this?
[www.seespotruninc.com]
Xavoc at 05:58 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel: Apparently you're not up on your manwhore techniques.
ANoel at 06:06 PM on 02/26/08
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@Xavoc:
... perhaps you should ask ... NutiBastard (italics)
tehronin at 06:08 PM on 02/26/08
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@IUSEAMACSOSUEME: I'll take one in Eva Angelina please!
ANoel at 06:11 PM on 02/26/08
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@Xavoc:
He grinds his own peanut butter sandwiches, up in the mountains, I imagine.
nutbastard at 06:23 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel:
oh, it's so cute when you try so hard!

Just goes to show that Canadian humor peaked with Brian Downey.
Samifumi at 06:36 PM on 02/26/08
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Star Wars is overrated. I am not budging from that take, but the whole "Han Solo frozen in carbonite" thing kicked ass. Hence, this kicks ass. I want one.
ANoel at 06:40 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard:
SO, how did you make the cute (italics)?
Really.
nutbastard at 06:50 PM on 02/26/08
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@Samifumi:
Do you really have to reiterate your stance on the overratedness of star wars on EVERY post that mentions it? Really? I ought to come over there and piss in your mashed potatoes.
ANoel at 06:50 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard:
"Just goes to show that Canadian humor peaked with Brian Downey."

Surely you meant humor (strikethrough) "music"
and Brian (strikethrough) "Gord".
james-42 at 06:52 PM on 02/26/08
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It's a sculpture with a piece of glass slapped on top to make it a desk. That's not creative and it's not art. It's a simplistic solution to the problem.
nutbastard at 06:53 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel:
duh - like everyone else, i just make em in MS Word and then paste em. It doesn't look like they'll come through, but the formatting is in fact preserved.
ANoel at 06:59 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard:
Thank you (italics) NutBastard.
ANoel at 07:00 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard:
Thank you.
ANoel at 07:01 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard:
No it isn't.
92BuickLeSabre at 07:20 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel: Yes it is.
accordionhero at 07:36 PM on 02/26/08
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judd apatow wishes this desk had been made in time for the 40 year old virgin.
IUSEAMACSOSUEME at 07:43 PM on 02/26/08
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@Jason Chen: I set them them up, you knock 'em down.
Spaceboy at 07:46 PM on 02/26/08
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this...out of lego pieces.

that would be cool
ANoel at 07:58 PM on 02/26/08
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@92BuickLeSabre:
I'll try again...
92BuickLeSabre at 08:02 PM on 02/26/08
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@ANoel: *chuckles*

Substituting < for (

It's just (i)text(/i).
Szin at 08:22 PM on 02/26/08
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I'll have to put this in the Cargo Hold
Samifumi at 08:28 PM on 02/26/08
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@nutbastard: Yes, I do. Because Star Wars generally sucks, but there were some cool elements that I should give some props, so as to not appear completely biased.
ParrotHeadFL at 08:46 PM on 02/26/08
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I had no clue Mark was such a Star Wars fan. Too funny.
pete at 09:29 PM on 02/26/08
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This is nice, but I like Captain Solo where he is...
pete at 09:35 PM on 02/26/08
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/italics are for n00bs
IUSEAMACSOSUEME at 10:32 PM on 02/26/08
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@tehronin: Eva Longoria? Of all the people in the world you choose Eva Longoria? To each his own I guess.
Gary_7vn at 11:14 PM on 02/26/08
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What happens when he thaws? Will he do another prequel?

Can an R2D2 garbage can be far behind...
spaceman37 at 11:35 PM on 02/26/08
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I still say I want a desk made out of one of these:
legacye at 12:34 AM on 02/27/08
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lame a adjective - a description of the above interwebs squabble between nutbastard and anoel-retard.
Gary_7vn at 01:40 AM on 02/27/08
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@spaceman37: Suitable for target shooting I hope?
solOptimus at 02:59 AM on 02/27/08
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@Spaceboy: F'sho
$Image of Cap\'n Jack$ Cap'n Jack at 09:07 AM on 02/27/08
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He should be quite well protected! ...If he survived the freezing process, that is.
ANoel at 09:49 AM on 02/27/08
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@92BuickLeSabre:
YES! that's what pal's are for!
(you're a good car 92BuickLeSabre)
Spaceboy at 09:59 AM on 02/27/08
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@solOptimus:

now, let me get a million black pieces :)
ANoel at 10:08 AM on 02/27/08
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@legacye: @legacye:
... and as for you... Ms. "lame a adjective "
Like your brain, "a" or "an" is an indefinite article

(the form of a before an initial vowel sound (an arch; an honor) and sometimes, esp. in British English, before an initial unstressed syllable beginning with a silent or weakly pronounced h: an historian)

It's not "a" it's "an"
Lame is an adjective.
And in my case, it's not "anoel-retard" it's "ANoel-retard" ".

/stop skipping
withaneight at 10:10 AM on 02/27/08
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best. desk. ever.
TheDeadPuppet at 03:33 PM on 03/10/08
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Turn the hands to be used as cupholders and open the mouth wider for a candy dish and I might be swayed to get one for my mancave. (I realize the potential for backlash here.)

I wonder if you can get enough of that plaster-of-paris stuff you can use for your 'member' and coat yourself in it to make your OWN desk.... of you!
It shouldn't be that hard. Literally.