Wish big
An animatronic fortune teller, as celebrated in a 1988 Tom Hanks movie — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products
By The Week Staff | September 26, 2012
Wish big
hammacher.com
M
ost movie product tie-ins are rolled out to coincide with the release of the film, but 24 years after the Tom Hanks hit Big made Zoltar Speaks — the old-timey animatronic arcade fortune teller — a pop culture icon, Hammacher Schlemmer is offering to ship you your very own version ($9,000, plus $200 for shipping). If you buy the 225-pound toy, don't wish to grow big, like Hanks' character, says Doug Aamoth at TIME. Go a more classic route: "Wish that Zoltar gives you unlimited wishes."
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