Ripley's Guide to Weird Rides Around the World
From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
Meet Ripley the Monkey-Yes, Named after Robert Ripley!
Ripley's Brought Home Some Monumental Goodies
Monumental Goodies
Believe it or not, we’ve acquired three incredible pieces of Hollywood memorabilia from the Prop Store auction house in London! Can you guess which monumental goodies we collected?
Don’t Call Me Junior!
Yup, we have Indiana Jones’ bullwhip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! The whip becomes the first major artifact in the Ripley collection from the famous Indiana Jones movie franchise. This particular whip was used in multiple scenes of The Last Crusade, including when Indy rescued his father-played by Sean Connery-from the Nazis at Castle Brunwald.
While Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is my personal favorite from the series, and my preferred Harrison Ford character EVER-sorry Han Solo-I’ll try not to recite “Hey, Dr.Jones, no time for love,” while playing with the famous whip.
Roads?!? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads
You might not need roads, but you most definitely will need sneakers when traveling back to the future!
Designed by Nike designer Tinker Hatfield, these self-lacing sneakers were worn by Michael J. Fox when he time traveled to Hill Valley in the year 2015 in Back to the Future Part II.
I’ll try NOT to wear these when I am riding my hoverboard around Ripley’s headquarters. It’s so tempting, ever so tempting.
Sir, if I May Venture an Opinion…
I mean, sure you can try, C-3PO, but considering we have your head and all, I think it’s best you don’t share any opinions.
We’re excited to be adding to our rapidly growing Star Wars collection, which includes the actual lightsaber used by Mark Hamill. We have now acquired a C-3PO head used in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back!
If you didn’t know, C-3PO’s head had a major upgrade thanks to Anthony Daniels’ request to have a more comfortable costume to wear. This helmet was made from plastic and was intended to be more comfortable than the original fiberglass design in Star Wars: A New Hope.
If you ask me, this will fit my head PERFECTLY. With Halloween just around the corner, let’s hope they allow me to rock this beauty on the 31st. Hey, I was named after Star Wars. It’s only fitting!
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From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
Battle your arachnophobia with spiders actually battling!
Japanese Spider Battles
As the fear of spiders affects over 30% of Americans, it is safe to suggest that you don’t plan a vacation to Kajiki, Kagoshima, Japan, in June. Each summer, the city partakes in Kumo Gassen, directly translated to mean Spider Battles, a tradition going back 400 years!
Townspeople young and old buy or capture female Argiope amoena spiders, affectionately called samurai spiders, rearing and training them in their homes. Some even allow their prized pets to roam freely around their living quarters!
The large purple and yellow spiders fight two at a time in a tournament, and the last spider standing is the winner.
There Are Three Ways to Win:
-->Bite first
-->Wrap your opponent in a web
-->Snap your opponent’s thread
Not to worry! The spiders don’t kill each other, and sharp-eyed referees stop aggressive fights- with their bare hands-before the spiders can hurt each other.
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