Back to the Future
This collection is for very specific people. The ones who know exactly which year Marty McFly travelled to. The people who have strong feelings about whether or not Marty’s hoverboard would actually work on water. The ones who, at some point have probably cracked a joke about needing 1.21 gigawatts that worked way better than it had any reasonable right to. If you recognise yourself or someone you know in that description then welcome. You’ve found the right place.
At Hyper HQ we love Back to the Future. More than that, it’s a film we find ourselves carrying around inside us. From the quotes to the maths. From the DeLorean itself to the idea of time travel being wonderful, but also kind of mundane. Back to the Future embeds itself into you a way that few things you love from childhood continue to do as you grow up. It’s special and the best gifts for fans of BTTF know that.
They don’t just get easy. Licensed merchandise often panders to the lowest common denominator. But the best merch understands fans and celebrates the movies they love. Whether that be with jokes that only work if you’ve spent hours counting down clocks or screens, or designs that let iconic images from a film speak for themselves.
We’ve been choosy about what we pick because the market for movie merchandise is littered with stuff that looks good sitting on someone’s screen but would just become clutter. Those posters that will never see a frame. That mug that will be broken come next Christmas. Things that might be branded as fan merch but will feel worthless to fans as soon as the plastic is torn away. We didn’t want any of that stuff on our list.
The gifts we’ve picked are for people who will stop what they’re doing, take a moment and appreciate them. Quality toys that won’t fall apart. Items that feel made with care, rather than mass produced. We considered the person who already has all the obvious stuff and hunted down gifts that would complement them without feeling like an afterthought.
Don’t let the name fool you, this gift guide is perfect for birthdays or Christmas. For that friend that is actually really hard to buy for, because they have such particular taste and know what they like. But this gift guide is also perfect for you. We’re not judging you one little bit. Sometimes you find that perfect thing and you just know the only person who would appreciate it is yourself. And that isn’t selfish, that’s being picky for all the right reasons.