This guy makes quite a statement no? Rumor has it that a UFO Landed in 1947. A ramp unfolded. A door opened. And from the bright light and smoke, the USB man emerged, making contact with humanity. He is a race of 1. He is stronger than you, shinier than you and your wife is now his.

Beer courses through his veins and he pees a chemical compound that will fuel our civilization and end the energy crisis forever. Just because he can. The first human to see him reverted back to a primate state, approached by bounding on all fours, let out a chimp screech and knocked on his shiny exterior before quickly scurrying away. He’s that awesome.

Nothing says geek like Lego. And nothing ups your status to elite geek like a gold or silver Lego iPod speaker. That’s right, the classic iPod Lego Speaker is now available in silver and gold metallic colors.

They retail for $25 each, but your friends will think you paid more. So go on and bling up that geek desktop. No batteries needed since these suck power from your iPod when plugged in via USB. Go on. Order away. We know you like the shiny stuff. Us too.

Are you a Buddhist? Do you like shiny? Crave The bling of gold? Religion meets bling with this, your new phone. It’s called the Odin 99, or “Buddha phone”. It provides an altar-away-from-altar for serious Buddhists.

The phone features a lotus-leaf button that will load the phone’s customizable, animated Buddhist altar. This is serious religious stuff, just digital. You can burn digital incense, put down offerings or play some soothing music.

THQ has sent a golden Nintendo Wii to Buckingham Palace. No doubt the Queen mum enjoys a healthy game of Cooking Mama now and again. The shiny console was delivered to Buckingham Palace today as part of a marketing stunt to promote BIG Family Games, the latest title in THQ’s BIG series. The game contains 24 classic family games. Stuff like lawn darts and bocce, which THQ hopes the Royal Family will enjoy.

The chances of Her Royal Highness ever touching the console are slim, but if she ever does, she can rest assured that the wiimote sticking out of her sparking TV will be gold.

It’s nice to know that some people are having some fun living it up in this recession, while the rest of us count and sort our pennies. This is a gold-mirror-finish Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG from the Bling on Wheels Show, at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. It’s just plain crazy like everything else in Dubai.

If you drive this thing during the day, everyone will know where you are thanks to the trail of innocent onlookers who were blinded by the light bouncing off it. No word on how much it cost the owner to completely bling this thing out.

Yep, you read that right! Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold subscription, which normally costs you $50 annually, is being sold by Amazon right now for $29.97. We have no idea what it means, but a similar discount was apparently happening at Buy.com last week. Could it mean that Microsoft might be moving toward a lower price for the subscription?

We have no idea. Who cares about “why” or “how”, we just think it’s awesome. Any 40% markdown that leaves us some extra cash for games is fine by us.

Mobiado is famous for its range of high-end cell phones, and the Professional 105GMT Gold handset is their latest. They call it “the expression of mechanical perfection, mastering of aesthetic details, and the integrity of consistent craftsmanship.”

The 105GMT Gold is made from single piece of sapphire crystal, ebony wood and a CNC-machined frame with a 24-carat gold coating on top. The keypad is made from sapphire crystal too, and hand painted with gold. What makes the Professional 105GMT Gold phone stand out from the rest of these gilded luxury phones is that it features a watch mechanism at the base of the case. No idea on price, but since it will be limited to just 50 units worldwide, expect to pay a small fortune.

Do you miss gripping an old fashioned land line handset and wish you could have one in gold? Well, now you can thanks to the Yubz Talk retro handset. It connects to your cell phone or computer as you carry out conversations, old school style. Perfect for gangsters and pimps, bankers and Bond villains with a thing for gold. At $50 you have to get one. Let’s not forget how clumsy and large these are. It could also double as a weapon if you need to hit somebody on the head.

Everyone is looking to buy some gold, seeing it as a safe bet in an uncertain economy. Why not combine your gold with say, your PC and feel like a Bond villain in some underground lair?

While we aren’t sure how much gold this PC contains, it will impress your minions until you you drop them in a shark pond. It does feature an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a 100GB hard drive, 4GB of RAM, along with eight USB 2.0 ports and two FireWire sockets. No word on price, but it’s a safe bet you can’t afford it. Anyway, you have to go through black market channels for Super-villain goods.

You’re the king of the Golf course and you’ve got all the latest gear, including twenty pairs of awesome plaid pants. How do you take it to the next level and maintain your dominance over all the other rich old farts?

One way may be to pull a gold putter out of your bag and blind them with it. You are gold baby. So Golf with gold. It’s a putter dipped in 24 carat gold, the same way you were dipped in wealth as a baby. The finishing touch is the diamond-studded Sayn logo on the head of the putter. 32 diamonds dazzle and put others off their game. What a bargain at $4,400. After that you can work on pimping your Golf cart.

For audiophiles that want the very best, Navison has merged digital technology with vacuum tube design with the Reference 228 Tube Compact Disc Player. It has a refreshing retro look that makes you stop and stare, complete with signature Barian Kingwood, gold plating and textured black finish.

The Reference 228 is designed to capture the whole of your music, so you can hear every little detail, not just the gist of what the artist is going for. Some other features are Jensen & Auricap capacitors, Mundorf filter capacitors, Tantalum & Riken resistors and Cardas Gold rhodium RCA input jacks. Even the remote is luxurious in copper and wood.

Samsung released the Samsung SGH-D780 Gold Plated Edition, now the official phone of Russia’s Olympic team. The D780 is a dual SIM phone, allowing you to have 2 GSM networks active at once without having to reboot your phone.

Some of the features of the Samsung D780 are: 2.0-megapixel camera, 2.1-inch QVGA TFT, FM Radio, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, 1200 mAh battery and a microSD slot supporting up to 2GB. The phone is already available in Russia of course.

German manufacturer Singulum, has some new luxury notebooks with cases made of high quality wood. The sort of high-end wood that you would normally find on violins. They’re available with ivory and 24 carat solid gold keyboards. The whole Richie Rich luxury design is nice sure, but they also have some advanced tech specs like a core 2 duo processor, Windows Vista, Ehternet, DVD recordable (dual layer) with a 15.4inch screen.

It’s all hand made from one block of wood, and every piece is apparently processed with a special production tool, making each notebook unique. I don’t know. I think the violin probably looks better in this particular wood. But if you have money to blow and really need to show off, you don’t care what I think, so go ahead and buy your tacky overpriced notebook.

This boombox is an awesome mix of music and sculpture built into the body of a double bass by artist David Ellis. He incorporated a four-way stereo speaker system, two vaccum tube preamps, a Crown power amp, and a Behringer equalizer.

In case you’re wondering, there is no iPod dock, but it does come with one of the Apple players to provide a music source. You’ll have a hard time getting your hands on one, it’s limited to a run of only three systems. Which is just as well, since many of us don’t have a spare $15,000.

Goldstriker knows a thing or two about making devices more beautiful, the iPhone is no exception and the Solar Star edition is their latest attempt. It features 24 carat gold plating on both the front bezel and Apple’s rear logo, while the rest of the case is the ultra luxurious Balloon White paint found on a Lamborghini Gallardo.

The white-and-gold color scheme is sex to the eye and looks nice to touch. It comes with updated firmware 1.1.4 and is unlocked for worldwide GSM use. You’ll get 16GB of flash memory inside. The $1,477 price tag is not for everyone. Some of us would rather save the money for a 3G iPhone, despite how beautiful this one looks.