Happy New Year, GearCravers!  The 2000 Cristal gets raves from connoissuers and cretins alike. Expert tasters say the medium-to-full bodied 2000 has white chocolate and honey flavors, with an apple/hazelnut bouquet. If you want to ring in 2008 in style, this is THE bottle to have. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with buying a bottle to hang on to for a birthday or anniversary if you aren’t a New Year’s party monster. Regardless, you know you’re tempted, and the holiday is all ABOUT indugence. There’s not much time left til you have to go back to boring old normal spending patterns.

Buy for $398 (750ml)

The IVY external hard disk is built as part of the De Groene Banaan (Green Banana) Concept; when you buy a bunch of green bananas, you can tell when they are ready to eat just by looking at them. This external hard drive is built on the same idea; see how full your drive is just by glancing at the graphical representation of your data via the OLED screen on the case. Pretty sweet, eh? What’s frustrating about this tantalizing gadget? There’s no information at the designer’s website as to when this will hit the market or how much it will cost. Come on, Green Banana people..fess up.

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A bit of history: This Swiss watch got its start as a timepiece built for NASA back in the ’60s. It had to pass insane stress testing by NASA lab techs, including vibration, shock, and extreme tests. The astronauts themselves might not survive prolonged exposure in an environment of -18 degrees Celsius, but the Omega will still be ticking away. Today, the latest Omega Speedster is just as durable, and among the mere three percent of all Swiss watches officially “chronometer certified”. The watch has 30-minute and 12-hour dials, a silver stainless steel bracelet, and sapphire crystal. You can wear it swimming or for “recreational diving”. In other words, damn near indestructible, a great retro timepiece perfect for one of your last purchases of 2007.

Buy for $2769.99

MoMa presents these excellent Rikke Hagen stemless cognac glasses, designed to fit perfectly in the palm and tilt in a unique way when placed on the table. The design helps heat from your hand warm the cognac, releasing subtle nuances that enhance your tasting experience. The cognac rests in the bottom curve of the glass when placed on the table, so there’s no risk of splashing when properly poured. Cognac is best enjoyed poured til the glass is about 1/4 full –the bouquet travels up the sides of the glass and is directed to your nose with the narrow opening. These stylish hand-blown glasses are made to be washed by hand. Buy them in pairs for $50.

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Who wants to be tethered and tangled when you can go wireless and free? PS3 gamers, for a very limited time you can cut the controller cord with a ten dollar bill. This Logitech Wireless Precision PS3 controller normally goes for approximately $30 to $40, but thanks to a special $20 rebate from Logitech it can be yours for an amazing final cost of $9.99. This is a total must-buy for PS3 owners. Act fast, to get this deal you have to purchase before December 31. The rebate is via this downloadable .pdf mail-in coupon which must be mailed to Logitech postmarked by January 30th.

Buy for $9.99 after mail-in rebate of $20.00

(Original price $29.99 minus the $20.00 mail-in rebate=$9.99)

You’re looking at the world’s first vacuum wine decanter. Follow the directions above: 1) cut a hole in a box, 2) put your junk in that box… wait, what?  The Metrokane V1 Vacuum Wine Decanter brings space-age technology to classic alcoholic functionality.  For those who want to crack that ‘92 vintage and want it stored properly, you’re looking at your savior.  What is a good bottle of wine if you can’t protect it after breaking the seal?  If you own a nice wine collection, this is the only way to ensure that you preserve it like a pro.

Buy for $68.18.

The Strida folding bike is a pretty amazing design. It weighs only 20 pounds and folds up in six seconds. The Strida uses a kevlar belt to drive the rear wheel, and the horizontal handlebar mount lets you sit upright and get a clear view of the road. That luggage rack mounted beneath the seat holds up to thirty pounds and this folds to a handy size perfect for stowing in the back of a car or carrying on the train. Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Now you can FOLD it.

Buy for $799.00

It’s not often auction-type stuff catches our eye, but the crew at Elstree Film Props offer a regular supply of ongoing items (for direct purchase and auction) like this bona fide poker cards-n-chips cased display set made by the Cartamundi company, which supplied the same chips and cards for the Daniel Craig 007 epic, Casino Royale. This is a cased set with a certificate of authenticity. The winning hand is fanned out as seen above, but the set includes an entire deck of cards. A pretty sweet collection of memorabilia for the 007-obsessed. Elstree Film Props offers tons of great stuff like this, including memorabilia from the Alien movies, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and more.

Buy for approx. $170 US or make an offer