"Hitch-Hikeriana" The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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many merchandising , spin-off items (or hitch-hikeriana ) produced in 1980s, including towels in different colours, bearing guide entry towels. later runs of towels include made promotions pan books, touchstone pictures / disney 2005 movie, , different towels made zz9 plural z alpha, official hitchhiker s appreciation society. other items first appeared in mid-1980s t-shirts, including made infocom (such 1 bearing legend got babel fish completing 1 of game s difficult puzzles), , disaster area tour t-shirt. other official items have included beeblebears (teddy bears head , arm, named after hitchhiker s character zaphod beeblebrox, sold official appreciation society), assortment of pin-on buttons , number of novelty singles. many of above items displayed throughout 2004 25th anniversary illustrated edition of novel, used items personal collections of fans of series.

stephen moore recorded 2 novelty singles in character marvin, paranoid android: marvin / metal man , reasons miserable / marvin love . last song has appeared on dr. demento compilation. single featured re-recorded journey of sorcerer (arranged tim souster) backed reg nullify in concert reg nullify, , end of world again disaster area (including douglas adams on bass guitar)  listen (help·info). these discs have since become collector s items.

the 2005 movie added quite few collectibles, through national entertainment collectibles association. these included 3 prop replicas of objects seen on vogon ship , homeworld (a mug, pen , stapler), sets of action figures height of either 3 or 6 inches (76 or 150 mm), gun—based on prop used marvin, paranoid android, shoots foam darts—a crystal cube, shot glasses, ten-inch (254 mm) high version of marvin eyes light green, , yarn doll versions of arthur dent, ford prefect, trillian, marvin , zaphod beeblebrox. also, various audio tracks released coincide movie, notably re-recordings of marvin , reasons miserable , sung stephen fry, along of guide entries , newly written material read in-character fry.