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Sunday, May 30, 2010

EMPIRE WEEK IS OVER

Hard to believe that Empire Week is already over, but it’s even more hard to believe that Empire Strikes Back is 30 years old!

Thanks to everyone who visited, commented and linked to my reminisces as I tried to recapture some of that childhood fun and wonderment about this space movie sequel.

Don’t forget to visit these bloggers who also dumped out their own toy boxes full of Empire goodies.

John Rozum.com,Wonderful Wonderblog,Dave Lowe Design and Dartman's World of Wonder

Here’s the last two Empire action figures that I almost forgot to post - Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues) & C-3PO (Removable Limbs).

Also, for something weird, random and kinda silly click here to see what I found while looking thru my stuff for Empire Week.

Thanks again and don’t kiss any Wookiees!

SOME SAY COBOT, SOME SAY KOBOT, SOME SAY COKE ROBOT, I SAY PIBBOT

Back in 2007, I finished my month-long Star Wars celebration with a memory of the time I met the Pibbot, the lesser-known cousin of the famous Coca-Cola robot. You can visit that post here.

A couple of weeks ago, I was pleased to shed new light on my fading memory of my impromptu meeting back in 1980. I was viewing some 1980 newspapers on microfilm looking for the ad when Empire played at our theater...and then I ran across this ad.

Wow, it was something that I hadn’t expected seeing and didn’t realize Carl’s Market ran an ad for the promotion. Back in 1980, I had no clue the Pibbot was going to be at the store and it was such an exciting surprise. Kinda like finding this newspaper ad! Now I know that I had my picture taken with Pibbot on September 20th. I always thought it was sometime in the summer.

I was hoping to see an article in the paper about Pibbot’s visit, but unfortunately, this important local event slipped by the newspaper reporters. I did find another ad that Pibbot, (I should say Kobot as stated in the ad), visited a few towns away in Lebanon at a car dealership. I like that the ad says, "Meet Kobot a living robot cousin to R2-D2."

Now it makes me wonder whatever happened to my friend Pibbot and did he make it out of Missouri? Maybe he’s sitting in the back of someone’s storage building waiting to be found. If so, I hope I’m the one who finds him. I'm sure he'd feel right at home in Neato Coolville.

(Check out the newspaper photo found by my pal Glen of a Cobot invading a B.C. Canada Burger King)

LOBOT, UGNAUGHT & (TWIN POD) CLOUD CAR PILOT

TOPPS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK CARD COUNTDOWN #1

Card #133 the title card from the blue border (second) series set.

My favorite Empire trading card is this one of the classic “Gone with the Wind” style poster painted by Roger Kastel. I had this poster hanging on my wall for years when I was a kid. Hmm... I guess that makes me a romantic!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

GROWING UP EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Since 2008, the Growing Up Star Wars flickr group has become the number one spot on the internet to view vintage photographs of the first Star Wars generation. Glen Mullaly and I have been curators of this amazing gallery of more than a thousand images and people continue to add photos all the time. If you haven’t visited for a while be sure to stop by.