It's Official!

No not that I'm a total Star Wars Nerd...That the Post Office is one with the force. Click on the image above for a link to their "Jedi Shiping & Mailing Master" Website.

I am so getting a set of these stamps for my stamp collection!

Move it Program!

Okay, I usually do not stray to far from the Batman and Star Wars scene. Usually when I do it's for a Classic Star Trek item, A cool 12" G.I. Joe, or a Mr. Potato Head. So now having said that I give you Tron! Okay not Tron exactly but a Warrior from the Movie Tron. I remember these when they came out and always wanted one. Then the reproductions came out not to long ago for the Anniversary DVD release, and I looked and looked for one in the stores ( I did find an actual Tron figure, and bought him) I ended up just getting the Tron and the DVD.

Well while I was trying to thin out my collection a bit and make room in my office on E-bay, low and behold I found one of the reproductions at a really decent price and bought it. Two steps forward and one back I guess. Now you're probably saying one of two things, one " so what?" or two "Why not get an original one if your buying on E-bay?" Well to answer the later of the two, the reproductions are just as nice, less expensive, and I found one. Plus being a reproduction I won't feel as bad freeing this warrior from his carded prison, and setting him up next to my computer to guard against rouge programs. I snapped a few shots of the packaged item though because I really dig the vintage style package, and in the future I'll drop some open pics on the blog for everyone's enjoyment.

Now I think I'll fire up the ol' DVD and watch me some 80's Computer Animation at it's best. Dee Do Do Do, Dee Do Do Do...

Lil' Trooper

Wow! Has it already been a week? Talk about losing track of time. Well I've been very busy at work and at home. Work we are preparing for the increase in Spider-Man 3 movie merchandise and at home I'm completing some yard projects.

Anyway onto the Trooper of the week! This guy actually came out a few months before the trooper from last week, kind of a filler product if you will. He's a small die cast piece put out by Kenner (which is now Hasbro) about the size of a walnut (or if you've been reading, a hair under a Jawa on the Utini Scale), and was branded under the banner of Action Masters. The line contained some of the space and superhero licenses that Kenner had at the time; Star Wars, Aliens, Superman, and Batman to name a few.

This little guy was one of several Star Wars characters represented, including Darth Vader, C3-PO, R2-D2, and I believe Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and ol' Ben Kenobi.

Stormtrooper of the Week

This weeks Stormtrooper is an updated version to our previous spotlighted Stormtrooper. The year was 1995 and the Star Wars franchise had laid dormant for a few years (at least as far as action figures were concerned), but that was all about to change as the Licensing juggernaut that Lucasfilm was about to unleash the new and improved Star Wars Action Figure in the "Power of the Force 2 line".

Some thought that these new incarnations of the beloved characters from a galaxy far, far away where a little bit bulkier for their tastes, like they had hit the steroids. This is probably more evident in the characters of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, still these were a welcome sight to many Star Wars fans. I for one really like this line, it was from a time when collecting Star Wars stuff was fun. It's hard to believe that this line is now over twelve years old.
Find out more here.

Star Wars Postage?

A Star Wars Fan Site, theforce.net, is posting some news about an upcoming Post Office event involving everyones favorite droid, R2-D2. Does this mean that Star Wars postage is not too far away? This gives me a cool idea for an illustration... stay tuned.