Episode III cravings Unleashed…
All I wanted to do was buy a new fan for the bedroom, so I went to Walmart, where I was confronted with a wide and tempting selection of Star Wars Episode III toys that I had so far avoided. After pushing around well over a $150 worth of carefully selected items, I smacked myself in the forehead and put everything back except two special items.
I really hate collecting “toys” that I’m too old to just play with, so I leave in the packaging, which are then tucked away in a storage box… it seems a waste. Thus, as an adult Star Wars fan, I’m really fond of their Unleashed statue series, which were meant to open and display. I still think my all-time favorite is the Unleashed Darth Maul, but I’m happy to have now added the Unleashed Obi-Wan Kenobi and Unleashed Anakin Skywalker, which connect to recreate the much anticipated final battle.
I was about a heartbeat away from getting the Star Wars saga chess set, too. Perhaps I’d best avoid Walmart for a while. The figurines were, of course, opened and assembled prior to me taking the time to post this. Now, I’ll actually open that fan and hook it up. Must have priorities. =)
jbradshw has made a Comment
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This is the lowest I’ve seen the price come down to. This is the widescreen version.
April 21, 2005 @ 3:19 pm
flerly has made a Comment
Damn that’s a sweet deal. It’s telling me that first 40% coupon is expired now, and there’s some sale on it now, where I get $486.85 shipped. =\
April 21, 2005 @ 10:00 pm
jbradshw has made a Comment
Yeah my roommate told me a couple of hours ago that they took the 40% off. 🙁 I think there is a 35% coupon out for it though. But yeah it was a sweet deal.
April 21, 2005 @ 10:09 pm
ninjaben3 has made a Comment
Ok, I have the unleashed Obi-Wan, Vader, Mace Windu, and Dooku. In addition to that I have about 120 Simpsons, 20 Todd McFarlane Movie Maniacs, 20+ Lord of the Rings, Popeye, Muppets, X-Files, Monsters Inc, Matrix, other Star Wars, Masters of the Universe, Marvel Legends, Spider Man, Batman, etc. toys that are in mint or near mint boxes. I’d say I have 200+ “toys” laying around the house unopened right now. I’m a collector, but haven’t really bought anything recently. I need to get back into the habbit. :).
April 22, 2005 @ 7:24 am
flerly has made a Comment
I knew I liked you. =)
More than anything, sometimes, I just want to open all those boxes and play with the toys. Ever get that feeling?
April 22, 2005 @ 9:59 am
ninjaben3 has made a Comment
You should see my desk at work. Here’s what I got: 3 hero clix, model deloreon, matchbox car, skeletor (old school and new school), some axe weilding guy, pom-pom (from homestarrunner.com), wolverine, luke skywalker, link (legend of zelda), batman (michale keaton and new one from some comic), he-man (new school w/ a xena dress on…don’t ask), ripped willy, beast, “battle damaged” spider-man, 67 points of articulation spider-man, gambit, hans moleman (simposons), counselor guy (simpsons), blue elite (from halo), punisher (w/ half of he-mans sword of power), principal skinner, flick and hopper interactive talking figures, grimlock transformer (new versions as a 05 mustang GT), pod racer droid (10′ lego figure), 2 different 12′ battle SW battle droids, 12′ lego darth vader, mace windu and durge from Cartoon Networks ‘Clone Wars,’ splinter and shredder (from TMNT) in the classroom set from simpsons, randall boggs (monsters inc), 12′ ring wraith, some guy from Atlantis ‘the lost empire,’ morpheous, 2 neo figures, agent smith (fighing one of the neo figures), tank, ‘chateau’ stair case with guy getting kicked through a statue, APU (with Mifune), captain hook, 2 sets of 6 bionicles assempled into larger bionicles, 10+ additional bionicles, and an autotrader.com squishy car.
I should probably get some more. At home I got tons of stuff too. What ‘toys’ do you collect?
April 22, 2005 @ 10:24 am
flerly has made a Comment
Well, I tried to just collect Star Wars figurines and books, so I have a couple storage boxes of those. I had to open the unleashed ones, so I have the three of those.. yesterday’s purchases and Darth Maul, plus one STAP droid. Somehow, though, I apparently also collect “ORC”, as in other random crap. I have a Zerg from Starcraft, a little stuffed Mike from Monster’s inc, Mojo Jojo and Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls, a random assortment of strange little teddy bears, two model Corvettes and random Hawaii stuff (including a couple of dashboard hula girls, coral, shells, sand and sea water in bottles, and a plastic humahumanukanukaapua’a fish among other crap). OH yeah… and I just got my stuffed Mechazawa from Cromartie High School, and I also apparently collect exercise equipment. =)
April 22, 2005 @ 10:37 am
flerly has made a Comment
oh.. and plastic puppet-animals on a stick. Maggie can tell regale you with tales of spending her Dave & Buster tickets on them for me, and JamesT can tell you tales of running in fear as I do weird voices and make him have conversations with them. I have a shark, a replacement shark, a flamingo, a dolphin, a frankenstein head, a zebra, and a huge camel head (from Vegas). The camel head used to enjoy having conversations with my King Tut teddy bear from Vegas, but I’ve cut back on the drinking since then.
April 22, 2005 @ 10:42 am