The U.S. Postal Service’s latest bold plan to avoid delivering mail has come to Washington. That’s right, nerds: There are mailboxes clumsily disguised as the world’s most beloved robot friend! MORE »

In honor of Lucasfilm buying off the U.S. Postal Service for a promotional stunt, 400 mailboxes have been decorated with shrink wrap that vaguely resembles the possibly fictional droid R2D2. A few of these “Star Wars” mail receptacles will be placed in 200 cities so we can all dream of a postal service run by cute helpful tireless servants rather than surly incompetent civil servants. MORE »