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Yep, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull has only just been released in cinemas and already the flow of questionable licensed products has begun.

First up is the Crystal Skull Adventure Projector. This advises you to “Watch as the Crystal Skull projects amazing images from its glowing eye. Professor Jones will be your tour guide as you visit exciting archaeological discoveries of the world and famous scenes from the Indiana Jones movies.”. From the price of the item I’m guessing it is less crystal, more clear plastic, and may well need an archaeological expedition to rediscover it after a couple of weeks (though hopefully without the Russians trying to get there first).

Slated for an early June release is the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. If this is even half as much fun as the Star Wars games I might have to go out and get this. From the trailer (below) things are looking promising.

As well as the game there are of course the Lego sets, whip complete with sound effects, hats, and re-releases of the original trilogy on DVD, as well as the Young Indiana Jones TV Series.

A word of warning however, obtain all this merchandise, and the rest of the tidal wave that is sure to follow and you could end up like this Indy superfan . Not that there is anything necessarily wrong with that, but your mum/significant other is probably not going to be best please by the amount of clutter taking over the house.

Myself, I just hope the movie lives up to my memories of the original three!