Space is gonna thrill you / Space could even kill you / But space will never love you like I do
It’s Tuesday morning (at least where I am) which is not where I’d like to be, but enough about me.
If I have to say it, well, fine, I’ll say it. If I’m wrong, well, I’m not.
Big Death Star playset. More than one even. The hope is that parts included in upcoming toys and Battle Packs would allow us collecting types to modify our sets even more to have things as we’d like them (a bit). That, however, is a no-brainer, and I didn’t wake up early to be that obvious. Expect Phase 1 at "holiday" time here in the states.
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Two bits from those rogues from Rhode Island…
Out-of-the-gate sales of the BMF were shockingly good. Now we have to see how she plays out with parents through the holidays.
2010 is the year we mark the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, and two ships really stand out from that film, don’t they? (It’s two-for-Tuesday.)
It takes two to make my bicameral mind mind my bicameral, and what happens if one has two ships in one? Two ships in one? As in Slave 1, which would be the perfect ship to get the next "BMF" sized upgrade. In fact, it is the next ship getting the BMF upgrade (just don’t blame me if they try to squeeze at least one more re-issue of the Attack of the Clones model out).
The other vehicle up for stupor sizing comes in many models (even a "Shadow" version), but it’s seen in two films (and even a few comic books if one reads them). What has four legs, two chin blasters, and could use some sprucing up to match the modern weaponry of the AT-TE? If you say the AT-AT, you’re right.
This begs the question, why would so many people spread rumours about the AT-ST? It’s not that pivotal (ah, but you bought the Ultimate Battle Packs anyway, didn’t you) or did you? I did, and it worked out nicely for me.
P.S. Did I hear someone say that a Rebel Technician figure might be pulled from a Battle Pack because it’s actually the body for the most insipid figure ever to exist (i.e. Ice Cream Maker Guy)? Oh… that might explain it. If that’s the case, please just chuck in a few extra accessories, and wake me when that action figure abomination is off the shelves. No, actually they’re just yanking another Imperial from the "You Rebel Scum!" set.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Man, I hope they don’t pull the Rebel Technician from this set. This set is by far one of the most exciting things shown at SDCC this past weekend. Yay for box-like personnel transporters and random (white? why always white?) guys in drab fatigues! That astromech unit looks hot, too.
Meanwhile I’m really out of space for big ships. I suppose I could do the sell off/give away older versions as newer ones come out thing. I just purchased the AT-TE but am holding off on the BMF only because I have nowhere to put it.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:36 am
My BMF sits on the bed when it’s unoccupied, but that’s because I’m still playing with it. (Oh boy does that one have single entendre.) I don’t think there were black people in Star Wars until the Special Editions, were there? I seriously doubt Lucas would have the only non-white in the movie basically acting as a laborer anyway. (I was a mere fetus at the time, but I believe there was some brouhaha over the lack of racial diversity in the movie.)
As far as long term Falcon storage goes, I think I can just rebox (yes, I keep a lot of boxes) my old ones, place a glass table top on it, and call it art. I haven’t thought that far ahead, though. This is obviously a question for my therapist. (OCD or APD?) Oh yeah, I just remembered, I don’t care. It’s a fun toy (unless I lose a part, and then it’s a crisis situation).
July 29th, 2008 at 10:29 am
I love my BMF and AT-TE. They are cool toys. I am not sure I want an updated Slave-1 or AT-AT. However, a Death-Star play set would rock if done well. I hope there is a place to land and board the BMF.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I would think one would need to land or board the BMF, uh, on the ground. Playsets rarely accommodate 16lb behemoth toys.
As a matter of fact, if anyone ever finds a playset that can hold a 16lb ship, please drop me a line.
Oh… and I forgot to mention in all of my posts that Zizzle and their rinky dink pirate ship can gargle peanut butter. Once again, Star Wars toys have proved themselves the coolest.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:53 am
I was thinking of something like the expensive Attakus diorama.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
That’s some rare air you’re breathing. Things like that don’t happen in the toy world, but, as a suggestion, you’re free to be an innovator. Just make a generic "Space Station" toy that can be built in a modular fashion, and see how it goes. Empires have been built that way.