Etch On a Postcard…
Dear Hasbro,
Monday by 9am EST??? What did those people say to ya’ll (using my Southern charm) at Comic-Con to make you come back and take it out on us??? [He looks viciously out into the trio of Galactic Blogger readers.] I can’t speak for every site, but I didn’t have any parties whilst you were away. [Leave it to that site secretly run by Carrie Fisher to get us all in trouble. Oh wait… that’s me… except mostly not. Except when I am. Ask her, she’ll tell you. Were either of us at Comic-Con?]
While I’m on the subject of all three of you Galactic Blogger readers… not a single comment? Do I need to unleash my purebred Pekingese Biting Dogs on you?
For your failure — no excuses — myself, (Uncle) Karl Lagerfeld (Is a Murderer), and whomever else I have conjured up in my skull will decide which one of you is up for extermination.
I found a use for the "VOTC" C-3PO, which was thought to be a completely lost cause. He can pilot Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder (as seen in A New Hope).
So while you people were out whooping it up at Comic-Con, I did the unthinkable:
I found a use for the "VOTC" C-3PO, which was thought to be a completely lost cause. He can pilot Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder (as seen in A New Hope).
Prior to this I thought he was just a very awkward space-filler, but, no, somebody at Hasbro was thinking (I hope). If not, forgive the insult!
July 31st, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Blog sober.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:11 pm
You think I could take a photo, memorialize an evil dog, and mention (Uncle) Karl Lagerfeld (who is a murderer) whilst imbibing? You give me too much credit. (Now if you invoked AD/HD, I might concede the point, but no…) I was just happy to find a reason for that heinous C-3PO to exist. That was a major breakthrough in my toy(s) display(s). [Do they have a support group for that?]
July 31st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Were you using one of the other screwdrivers, besides the one you mentioned on my facebook today? Hmmm? If so, share. Oh, and what if Karl Lagerfeld really WAS a murderer?
August 1st, 2009 at 5:38 am
Ah, but Karl Lagerfeld really is a murderer — he uses fur as he stains the name of Chanel — when most of his contemporaries have denounced it. Even Queen Amidala wore imitation fur (Visual Dictionary).
August 1st, 2009 at 9:30 am
I have to admit, finding a use for the VOTC Threepio was definitely a breakthrough. It was also the only part of the blog that made any sense to me whatsoever. I guess I’m unclear as to what the Monday deadline was/is about.
August 1st, 2009 at 11:30 am
Monday 9am is when questions are due for the "next" Q&A. So that was me being a narcissistic brat whinging.
Threatening the three people who read this? That’s just fun (and perfectly legal in most states).
The VOTC C-3PO is now somewhat less-despised (by me). I know that Hasbro made it up to us with the bending-knees C-3PO, but I shelled out $10 for a figure. I need it to earn its keep on them there shelves.
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
Gotcha.
If you ever run out of questions, ask when Hasbro will do a Star Wars/Littlest Pet Shop crossover. Seriously. I’ve got two daughters who are nuts about both brands and think it’s unfair that they offer Star Wars Transformers and pre-school Galactic Heroes but no adorable tauntauns and banthas in the LPS line.
Bottom of the barrel material, I’m sure, but if you’re desperate, my girls would love to get the questions asked and answered. And I’m sure Carrie Fisher would approve.
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I thought that the whole "cutesy" Galactic Heroes, Super Hero Squad, etc. were the Littlest Pet Shop for boys — they just don’t offer the cool playsets and accessories.
August 3rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
They ARE the Littlest Pet Shop for boys. I’m talking about girls. If they can make a Littlest Pet Shop edition of Monopoly, they can make LPS Star Wars beasts. Limited edition, of course, since there are so few. Target would love it. They eat up everything LPS and Star Wars. This would be another Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup to them.
August 3rd, 2009 at 7:02 pm
OK. I clearly misunderstood. You mean the beasts in the actual style of LPS. (Even I may have bought one or two little guys.) I have bought tons for my nieces, and at Toy Fair I always ask them to do a Pekingese dog. They still haven’t made one.
Introducing an idea like your Littlest Beasts might require some creativity. Would anyone out there like to sketch up something cutesy?