Star Wars 7 shit talk

i was always a dengar fan, because for some reason every kid had to have a favorite weird looking bounty hunter who showed up for one scene

Dengar is the dude with the head cast, right? I remember reading he was Corellian too.

i bought his trading card off ebay using actual money

Bossk! He was the second action figure I got, after, er, Hammerhead.

as long as it doesn't contradict existing canon. as long as we can find enough margins and empty space in the existing canon to force it to cohere."

Hammerhead and Walrus Man and Power Droid were the three action figures I basically integrated into very universe for the next six years.

Always thought Bossk looked like an x-wing pilot.

Christmas, 1980, I received my first ever Star Wars toys. A bit behind others itt, I'm sure, but I was 4 at that point.

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http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/5361/8439222_1.jpg?v=8CB24FA53CC2B80

that star destroyer toy is kind of a weird experiment in scale/perpsective

Er, it just represents a small part of the craft, no? Though they seem to have amalgamated the command deck and Vader's chill out pad.

Yeah that toy design concept is kind of a mess. Still would have loved it as a kid.

always wished Vader's chill out pad came equipped:

http://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/9vchEaN4OTPsMkeWe521uw/l.jpg

Bet there are some heavy metal posters stuck to the inside of the top bit of that pod thing.

No way, those would interfere with the Pink Floyd laser light show.

"It doesn't matter if this story is ridiculous and way disproportionate to the importance of this character, as long as it doesn't contradict existing canon."

You are making some insulting assertions about the importance of these characters (hint: they are ALL important, even if you don't know why).

Er, it just represents a small part of the craft, no? Though they seem to have amalgamated the command deck and Vader's chill out pad.

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, December 4, 2014 12:20 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah that toy design concept is kind of a mess. Still would have loved it as a kid.

― Evan, Thursday, December 4, 2014 12:22 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They did this with most of the toys. The Death Star just cobbled together a few scenes:
http://www.rebelscum.com/Kenner/PS-DeathStar1/header.jpg

possibly spoilery

Boyega plays a “force-sensitive” stormtrooper who defects from the Empire and ends up stranded on Tatooine, where he is hunted as a deserter.

which if true hopefully means he makes a major costume change at whatever point the defection kicks in

is that like gluten-sensitive? you have it but you don't have it?

when did Bodega appear?

Bad ass cannon on that Death Star toy.

as a kid I HATED those plastic cloaks.

I was kinda hoping the explanation would be that some Imperial units had begun splintering off and joining the rebels. Oh well.

Plastic cloaks and skinny necks always wound up broken.

And what was the deal with that protrusion on the end of the lightsabers?

Something about stormtroopers eating force-free cookies at bodegas. Got it.

I had that death star set as a kid. It was lots of fun, but fell apart very easily. The orange trash compactor filled with foam "trash" bits was the best part.

I rewatched the Red Letter Media review of Attack of the Clones recently, and it really is a devastating take down of the film, and Lucas' approach to the prequels. It isn't just a series of snarky smartmouth comments like MST3K at all; it's actually quite angry, lol.

I remember the falcon toy seeming very cool, a friend had it

I owned it too – one of the few expensive SW toys (the AT-AT too).

i had a Dagoba set (which i think i scammed from another kid somehow?) that had a foam swamp you could put things in.

I had Dagobah, the Ewok Village, the Hoth set with the turret, Jabba's throne thing (which was so stupid to me, Jabba doesn't sit ON the trap door, how does that even work?) and the Falcon. Was always super jealous of kids that had an AT-AT.

YES

Jabba's throne thing (which was so stupid to me, Jabba doesn't sit ON the trap door, how does that even work?)

in the commercial Jabba slid off the dais and onto a shoebox. This traumatized me when I was nine.

Oh, also the Tauntaun with the trapdoor in the stomach to push Luke in.

xpost - Ha, I forgot about that commercial!

The biggest star wars toy I had was a y-wing fighter. The little things on the back were always falling off.

Worse: it's A BOOK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3fQbm8Q9es

I remember trying to time the flip of the trap doors, since they swung UP, so that my figure would launch in the air and still land down in the "pit".

Oh my god, the Star Destroyer playset designed to be arm-mounted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gsLK16r2sY

Toy millenium falcon was the shit.

I was also obsessed with IG 88 because the action figure was never available at my local k-mart. And Bossk was cool because he was one of the few whose head was removeable - I remember swapping it with Hoth Han Solo a lot to make like a winter lizard man.

This thing is FOUR HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS why?
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3506488&cagpspn=plat_5758578&camp=PLAPPCG-_-PID5758578:TRUS&eESource=CAPLA_DF:3506488:TRUS

also owned this, the last SW toy I got for Xmas ('83). Fuckin' great and it CAME with the action figures:

http://mightyjabba.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/vintage_jabbas_dungeon2.jpg?w=600&h=500

where's the tyre on a rope?

are KENNER still a big noise in the States?

KENNER no longer exists.

Owned by Hasbro, closed in 2000.

This thing is FOUR HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS why?

Because Lego sets have always been ridiculously overpriced. Branded Lego sets are even worse. Star Wars branded Lego sets are the worst.

I guess they have, but they seem especially inflated now? Like when I was a kid I don't remember large lego sets seeming like the kind of thing that was totally out of reach pricewise, whereas there's no way I'd spend the kind of money some of these sets cost on a gift for my own kid.

apparently the price per brick has actually gone down, there's just a lot more of these ridiculously huge sets (the Death Star has 3803 pieces)

http://therealityprose.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/what_happened_with_lego/

xp Right, but Lego can still make a lot of money even with precisely zero kids in the target market for that.

Also yeah Red Letter Media are legit good if gimmicky (kind of like Film Crit Hulk?) - they made a half-hour long thing about Jack & Jill which is fascinating (even beyond being a half-hour long about Jack & Jill and watchable).

it's kind of hard for me to fathom that death star having 3803 pieces bc it just doesn't look that big

Think the hilt for protecting wrists is a good idea for an unskilled lightsaber user. Though if you're unskilled enough to need one I'm not sure you should be using a lightsaber in the first place, that's really dangerous.