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Ideal for light and fast backpacking, REI’s Flash 65 Backpack features a perfed plastic frame sheet and pre-curved shoulder straps yet still provides a cavernous 3,966 cubic inches of space.

RaceChairs’ automotive-inspired cuff links let even desk jockeys stay at the track; they include brakes, shifters, steering wheels, and speedometers with silver polished silver finishes.

686 and Levis’ Trucker mixes denim style and technical details; it’s a snowboard jacket with taped seams, a waterproof yet breathable shell, iPod stash, and Recco avalanche beeper.

DIY doesn’t get much more legit than Harrison Krix: the professional prop creator was commissioned by Daft Punk to replicate a gold helmet and outlines the entire process here.

If you liked today’s Iron Man trailer, here’s a metal suit of a different era: Robbie Lee’s Battle of the Ironclads tee teams up the Monitor and Merrimac in a sequel to his (sold-out) first tee.

Rolex goes stealthy courtesy Time and Gems with the Black Rolex Submariner; it sports a custom carbon fiber dial, DLC stainless steel rotating bezel, and DLC oyster bracelet.

Booq’s Mamba Shift targets riders with a streamlined water-repellant ballistic nylon shell, pop-out gadget pockets, airmesh back padding, and enough space for a 17″ laptop.

Completely unofficial but totally sweet, these Modern Warfare-inspired half-skull balaclavas allow you parade around like Ghost; coming soon: The Joker and MK’s Scorpion.

Ho, ho, humbug: even Santa’s vaunted elven assembly lines lie dormant this holiday season in this Santa’s Factory t-shirt, the latest victim of grinch bankers and sleigh-offs.

Available in matt black or glossy silver, Stussy Japan’s Crewsader Watch goes minimalist on the branding with a stainless steel case, triple counters, black dial, and movable crown.

More buzz for Buzz Aldrin: this pair of Nike 6.0 Rocket Hero Mavrk Mid 2s not only features photos taken by Buzz and the astronaut’s signature but his lunar footprint on the insole.

Preorder now: the Peregrine Glove mixes Minority Report and button mashing, letting you frag via your fingers with 18 touch points and 3 pads, good for 30 programmable actions.

Don’t have a cow, man, the Simpsons are still around–albeit with an artistic makeover; this Springfield Still Life t-shirt turns our favorite animated family into inanimate objects.

IM KING and Flud team up for a 50 piece limited edition version of the Big Ben watch; it sports a gunmetal housing, bronze-finished numerals, etched backplate and three wrist straps.

We’ll never be able to afford one, but we like the aggressive lines and functionality of this Julius Bag; it features black or charcoal veg-tanned cow leather and chunky metal hardware.

Finding a minimalist but masculine watch can be a challenge, but Nixon’s all-black Cannon is terrifically tonal; white indices are all that break up the solid stainless steel case and band.

They say you can eat your shoes in a pinch, this DQM-styled version of Nike’s Air Max 90 could serve as the main course; it features Huarache detailing and a bacon colorway.

Threadless veteran Chow Hon Lam is more creative in a day than we are in an entire year, and Flying Mouse 365 proves it: he’s making one new t-shirt every day for a year. Thanks, Joao!

While not a technical garment per se, Outlier’s Pivot Sleeve Shirt does allow for a greater range of motion; it allows cyclists to lean forward without untucking or exposing their wrists.

Killspencer’s 2010 line-up doubles (and then some): it sports three new bags, two new MOLLE style cases and accessories, and a new mil-spec, water resistant “Original Wax” black twill.

We’re continuously hungry on the interval [now, infinity], but this pi*z*z*a t-shirt is a not-so-discrete solution for maximizing our stomach volume; we’ll have an isometric slice of pi, please.

Try as we might (or bite), we can’t take our eyes off Ucon’s new Observer Hoodie; part of UCON’s Winter 2009 line, it’s a pre-washed cut & sew sweater made with cotton and polyester.

Ray Ban’s iconic Aviators get an upscale update with the Craft Outdoorsman; it sports a brow bar wrapped in hand-stitched genuine deer leather with blue or brown teardrop lenses.