02/18/2005: 30 Pieces of Star Wars Junk!
Here’s a big one, full of junk. It’s a smorgasbord of Star Wars crap, ranging from figural erasers to wallets, night lights to keychains and watches to more watches, all from the early `80s and all opened from their packages specifically for this article, and thus, C10 minty fresh. Thirty different items are featured, and at least five or six of the reviews are worth reading. Seeeee you later.
Discussion Thread: 90 comments
those erasers are sweet. they need a salacious crumb one.
Posted by
Eddie Lightning Frog @ 02/18/2005 11:38 PM EST
Second! Thx Matt…
Posted by
Kidd Video @ 02/18/2005 11:50 PM EST
I’ve never seen more detailed erasers. God, that Roayl Gaurd and Akbar figure could easily replace my action figure versions if said action figures went missing.
I like the Landspeeder comb. When you take the comb part out, it looks like the Droids were jetisoned.
The Droids on the wallet look like they’re walking in a winter wonderland.
A+, Matt!
That’s a couple toilets full of Star Wars crap. Good stuff. Nice work. I always thought that older movies never really advertised as much as they do now. I was so frickin’ wrong.
Posted by
Warx @ 02/18/2005 11:53 PM EST
i can never get enough of trinkets and baubles. especially those of the star wars persuasion.
i’ve seen return of the jedi more times than i can count, so one of two conclusions can be drawn:
1.)i’m blind
or
2.)i’m gullible
because i don’t remember ever seeing the stormtrooper throwing the ewok over his head. when does it happen, or is it just that i’m gullible?
Posted by
jim. @ 02/19/2005 1:16 AM EST
Dang, Firefox crashed and ate up my (witty, wonderful) post. In summary: ~Matt, you’ve outdone yourself again.
~I want that landspeeder comb.
~The references to the Dianoga and especially 2-1B had me rolling on the floor. So funny.
http://www.bootlegactionfigures.com/starwarsbootlegs.htm
Notice the squeaky toys
Most of those items are really cool. It’s as if they actually put some sincere effort, other than just gettin’ the dolla dolla, into making them.
I want that Darth Vader candle just so I gather a bunch of friends around, dress them like ewoks, and recreate the final ROTJ scenes in which they cremate him. That would be a partay.
Posted by
Dr. Acula @ 02/19/2005 1:54 AM EST
What an amazing assortment of junk! Thanks Matt for keeping the articles coming when you’ve obviously got a ton to do.
Posted by
Shelby @ 02/19/2005 4:56 AM EST
dude, tell me that stuff didnt all come from one mans collection. if so then that person needs to get a life and stop living in a fantasy world…
thank you for your time and consideration.
ps-consider a full frontal-lobe labotomy
Posted by
luke fucking skywalker @ 02/19/2005 8:40 AM EST
That Vader wallet is bad ass. BAD. ASS.
These are good but they don’t come close the item we found at a flea market in Alabama. It was a bar of clear/amber soap with a small Chewbacca figurine encased in it. Maybe they were inspired by that whole Han Solo thing.
Posted by
red hot ryder @ 02/19/2005 10:06 AM EST
Smørgåsbord is only apropriate for food tbh
Posted by
Gen76 @ 02/19/2005 10:37 AM EST
You think Star Wars merchandising is really out of control? Try some anime series in Japan. In the Land of the Rising Sun, they really take merchandising seriously. Take the anime Dragonball/Dragonball Z. A ton of merchandise came out which probably dwarfs the Star Wars line such as video games, action figures, apparel, school bags and even items like food products and cookware!
Posted by
Bert Raccoon @ 02/19/2005 10:39 AM EST
you missed out on the unauthorized star wars bongs, made by a califonia glass company out of starwars "head" mugs. freakin’ sweet.
Posted by
i've misplaced it.... @ 02/19/2005 10:59 AM EST
I totally remember how those erasers smelled. Thats the first thing that came to mind when I saw them. Bestest article ever
Posted by
dr mindbender @ 02/19/2005 11:21 AM EST
I WANT TO PUT R2-D2 IN MY MOUTH.
Seriously, there was something about the scent of those "collectable" erasers that made them irresistably chewable. I think mine finally fell apart after weeks of gnawing on their heads.
Posted by
JRR @ 02/19/2005 11:24 AM EST
I remember these things. Cool stuff. does anyone remember the really cool 3d cardboard sarlac pit/Jabba’s Barge board game? complete with 3d plastic figures?
Posted by
Gene @ 02/19/2005 11:40 AM EST
I saw the trailer for Episode 3 the other day which I wasn’t expecting, and… it was totally awesome! Wow… that movie, it just looks fantastic… I’m defintely stoked.
I still have my Bradely Ewok Watch, sitting in my wife’s jewelry cabinet. My third-grade school photo has me wearing it. Let’s see… that would be twenty-two years ago? 
Posted by
Grouchy Mentat @ 02/19/2005 12:13 PM EST
The novelization of ROTJ makes no mention of any cookies during the Leia/Wicket scene. I guess we’ll never know….
Posted by
Ben @ 02/19/2005 12:17 PM EST
Wow best post. I’m amazed there are so many combs. I guess people at Adam Joseph figured Star Wars fans need help with grooming.
Posted by
John @ 02/19/2005 12:42 PM EST
I have the Emperor’s Royal Guard Figural Eraser. It is by far the worst eraser ever. It has always and will always either smudge mistakes or rip paper to oblivion.
And it is only worth $8. I long for the figurines that I blew up with M80’s.
Posted by
Jenzer28 @ 02/19/2005 1:48 PM EST
None of those things can compare to the true bizareness that is…
http://www.hasbro.com/starwars...ge.news/id.1130/dn/default.cfm
Posted by
Chris Waters @ 02/19/2005 2:19 PM EST
It’s funny… because I had both those keychains and I DID rip off the keys and use them as the dolls. Actually, until you pointed out that they were keychains I just thought they had these strange loops on their heads…
Posted by
Meg @ 02/19/2005 3:39 PM EST
Your description of the Clip A Long magnifying glass made me laugh so hard I thought I was a gonna pee myself. Nicely done.
Posted by
hargoni @ 02/19/2005 3:43 PM EST
I couldn’t help but notice that all the erasers were "collectable" -except for max rebo.
wha’s up with that?
Posted by
Bitsy&Roary @ 02/19/2005 4:34 PM EST
I’ll admit, I’ve never been a big Star Wars fan…but loved the article, great stuff as usual Matt. Of course I was just bein born when the ROTJ stuff was comin out, still wouldn’t complain gettin my hands on some of the things :D Anyhow, there’s always at least one person who puts a line from your article that they find hilarious…here’s the one i chose:
Few want Darth Vader’s eyes on them while they sleep, but even fewer want Darth Vader’s eyes on them while they shit
Hilarious! As usual Matt, keep up the great work!
Posted by
Jabo @ 02/19/2005 4:38 PM EST
The Vader night-light looks pretty pretty pissed off when illuminated. If he had ears on that helmet, they’d certainly be shooting steam of malcontent.
Posted by
RewolfJ @ 02/19/2005 5:36 PM EST
All of that stuff was great and well demonstrated that the "Star Wars" collectables craze wasn’t limited to action figures and droid-shaped cereal. My favorites were the candles; I remember seeing all three in the Wilton cake books my mom used to order in the early 80s. I miss those. I read them for years, just to look at the nifty cake designs. My family thought I was crazy, but to this day, I can still tell a Mexican-style cake decoration from an Australian one.
Posted by
starwenn @ 02/19/2005 9:02 PM EST
I have those Royal Guard and Darth Vader erasers,in their origina packages. I even have one of those Ewok keychains.
Posted by
Overlord @ 02/19/2005 9:10 PM EST
OHHHHHGOD!! the r2d2 toybox!!!!
holy crap!!! i remember my mom spending about 12 hours putting all those stickers on!! and learning some new swearwords!! that chrsitmas i also got was my pester the robotic cat,jabba the hut with moving tail and his throne that you could drop any action figure in!my preference was my ghostbuster figures!!…..and i also recieved my pull string talking garfield"big fat hairy deal" i was 9 in 85!!yeahhh!! as always a mouth watering feast for the eyes and memorie, matt.
Posted by
JAY B! @ 02/19/2005 9:52 PM EST
I once found a tube of (get this) return of the Jedi BLUE TUBE OF GLUE at a stucky’s on a feild trip in like 5th grade. GLUE, for chrissakes.
Yeah, I bought it.
Posted by
Shawn @ 02/19/2005 10:01 PM EST
This reminds me of the time my second grade teacher took away my He-Man eraser. The dumb b***h thought it was a toy. Funny though this same teacher gave out He-Man activity books for doing good deeds.
Posted by
Pig-Malien @ 02/19/2005 10:27 PM EST
Does the Wicket keychain have a head wound?
Posted by
marchant @ 02/19/2005 11:41 PM EST
Matt, my sister just watched Home Alone 2 on ABC Family, and I just realized that the Talkboy (Remember that?) would make for an AWESOME article.
matt, you don’t give star wars too much coverage, but when you do, it’s dead on.
i like it.
Posted by
the dark soldia @ 02/20/2005 1:53 AM EST
Damn, but I do love me some memorabilia. Or course, given that I collect Transformers, my Random Crap includes such fun as Japanese candy figurines and Playskool’s ‘My First Transformers’. Those guys rule.
Oh, and I have Soundwave, Megatron, and Prowl in easer form. Only slightly chewed!
Making your geeky hobby an integral part of your life is paradise.
It is good to know that the Clip-a-Longs fit "right in my pocket." It has a two pronged effect: first, I can’t lug around a heavy plastic pencil acessory and 2, it allows me to whisper little greetings to my Clip-a-Long pals without being beat up.
Posted by
The Manimal @ 02/20/2005 7:20 AM EST
All of those Child World/Children’s Palace price stickers are depressing. CP was one of the most fucking awesome stores in the entire world, and I was deeply saddened when they closed.
Posted by
Jim @ 02/20/2005 10:18 AM EST
This doesn’t have much to do wit what you’re talking about, but I’m trying to figure out the name, and maybe track down the toys, of a figure I believe was called Adam Extreme… I don’t know if it’s the right name, but the toy, and his villian couter-part, had a button that made the upper body twist around to show that they … uh, powered up or something… his outfit was orange, but when he turned around it was blue with red vainy things on it. Can you guys help me out? It was from any period betweeen ‘82 and ‘86.
Posted by
Paul @ 02/20/2005 12:02 PM EST
I agree about the Vader wallet being bad ass. I would carry that today.
Posted by
who cares @ 02/20/2005 12:43 PM EST
I wonder how a parent would feel about buying their kids all of this… crap. @_@
Oh, wait. I already know. They’d consider it a waste of money.
Posted by
radiodj19 @ 02/20/2005 12:54 PM EST
I was going to post about how cool the article was until i went to the link chris had. i immediately became distracted and forgot what i was going to say about the article. How can you not be distracted by a mr. potato head dressed up like darth vader? I think he just stole your spotlight Matt. I really hope that Darth Tater is just a joke. Then again it would be friggin awesome if it wasn’t.
Posted by
Ally @ 02/20/2005 1:36 PM EST
Darth Tater………I don’t know whether to laugh hysterically and/or stab myself repeatedly. TONIGHT: ROBOT CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by
phunqsauce @ 02/20/2005 1:41 PM EST
All this junky star wars stuff reminds me of my ol’ chewbacca notebook from 1998. It was Chewbacca and he looked very andy warhol-esque because he looked screen printed and had all these neon colors surrounding him. That notebook was the only good thing in the miserable year of 1998.
Posted by
kennef @ 02/20/2005 4:08 PM EST
Yes, I’m reposting something from the last blog. Sue me.
"Quick side comment about the Poconos. I’ve never done the champagne-glass tub ($$$$), but I’ve done the heart-shaped tub and the round bed and all that stuff. We went there for our honeymoon two and a half years ago and we’ve been back three times since. There’s this surreal, slightly-tacky quality about it that I just adore. For me, THAT is what makes the Poconos great (sorry, race fans.)"
Don’t know if you’ll read this, Lori, but I had to comment that Mr. Traj and I spent our honeymoon in the Poconos. Did you guys stay at The Summit? That’s where we stayed. It sounds the same. Did you get the cheesy leopard print corner couch and pinkish-red heart shaped sink? We got the room w/ the personal, indoor pool. That was pretty cool. We didn’t have to share. Of course, we could have spent our time roller skating on skates that were purchased when Nixon was still in office, or playing tennis over the net-that-once-was. Ah, good times.
, are you excited about Carnivale tonight? I’m actually anxious for the first tiem this season. I can’t wait to find out where Sophie is going. Do you think she’s preggo? Oh, have you written anymore fanfiction? I’ll have to go check out gay paree.
P.S. Erik, just take care of the shipping to Germany, and I’ll take care of the rest. Deal?
P.S.S. Manimal, does little Emily (or Mommy or Daddy, for that matter) like frogs? I got some cute fairy tale frog cloth that I love. I would live to make her a little crib quilt, if you would have one.
Posted by
trajeal double posts @ 02/20/2005 4:37 PM EST
That’s supposed to say, "Squee, are you excited blah blah carniecakes". I copied and pasted in one big chucnk, so I don’t know how I lost that one name in the middle.
Posted by
trajeal @ 02/20/2005 4:38 PM EST
I’m been busy with school work lately, but another good article Matt. I’m surprise your didn’t with the short article about Admiral Ackbar, your didn’t had said his line he said in RotJ, "It’s a Trap!"
Posted by
Beta-Theta @ 02/20/2005 5:40 PM EST
Sinks her the sunken sailboat so many simes???
Never got in to SW butI got tons of superhero junk. Banks, glasses, food boxes, pewter statues, etc.
Posted by
JLAJRC @ 02/20/2005 7:40 PM EST
star wars star wars star wars star wars :jump:
Posted by
melonian @ 02/20/2005 7:55 PM EST
Crescent fresh matt, another premo article. Dang, those erasers and combs are awesome!! Matt, I would totally sell enough organs, and excess toes to be in your will for all the goodies you have in your apartment, especially the Coach Potatoe. An what the hell George Lucas, you numb nut! From the first Star Wars toys to the most recent, the posability is not that far off from the erasers, when are you going to get it straight!! I always wind up using the stiff ass Star Wars toys as hostages for Cobra Commander when I play GI JOE. Crescent Fresh :]
Posted by
Skynet1984 @ 02/20/2005 9:06 PM EST
Trajeal,
I don’t know what to say. That is very sweet of you. I guess the big question is, how would we go about something like this? Not to sound like a wet blanket (pun intended, unintended, whatever) but unlike Skynet1984, I am not too comfortable posting the old email up for everyone to see. Hmmm, ehhhh, *grasping at straws as to what to say*. MAniMaL noT goOD wITh wOrdS soMetimE. (Sorry for the ineloquence of this post. It was not as witty laden as my earlier post attempted to be.)
Posted by
The Manimal @ 02/20/2005 10:36 PM EST
Matt, did you happen to, by any chance, see "Robot Chicken" that was just on Adult Swim? omg, I totally thought of you when it came on. Lots of animation involving figurines, such as Transformers. Good stuff.
Posted by
Ryane @ 02/20/2005 11:49 PM EST
Very good article, Matt. It really got me in the spirit for Episode III. Let’s see if Lucas can redeem himself with this last one…
Posted by
Dean @ 02/20/2005 11:51 PM EST
Holy crap I want Batman!
Love Star Wars. Of course talking about the original trilogy. I’d like to find this stuff somewhere. Go to thrift stores around where I live all the time, no Star Wars stuff. Some cool things, but no SW. Oh well.
Posted by
Chris @ 02/21/2005 1:07 AM EST
It was probably me, but I’d already heard it was Patty and there was Futurama-style evidence-dropping in past episodes. You can see her running from Le Mason Derierre in that one episode. Yes, that early an episode…
Posted by
Mars @ 02/21/2005 2:08 AM EST
Quick rundown off the top of my head of episodes that foreshadowed Patty’s gaiety:
1. Marge offers the twins ballet tickets, Patty(?) snorts, "That’s girl’s stuff."
2. The aforementioned exit from Maison Derriere
3. The gay pride parade, the "still in the closet float" we hee one of the twins’ voice saying, "but don’t tell Mom and Dad" (that we are gay)
4. The coup de grace (?), her declination of Principal Skinner’s marriage proposal.
That last one was a missed opportunity last night. Skinner was at the wedding; seems logical that he would have SOME comment on the situation.
I’m sure that there are more, I just can’t think of any.
P.S. I am as surprised as anyone that I am on X-E at 7:30 AM on El Presidente Day. I should be out putting gifts under the Lincoln Memorial…
Posted by
The Manimal @ 02/21/2005 7:58 AM EST
Manimal, you can email me your address (just click my name), unless you don’t want it floating around on the ‘net.
squee, I thought Ben was such a wussbag in this ep. "My laws, whassa man to do-a?" I think his deciding to side w/ Scudder is going to screw him in the long run, though. Although, now he can come into his full power, and Justin still needs to kill Scudder to come into his. Hmmm…
I’m off to sacrifice some history books to the Gods of President’s Past.
Posted by
trajeal @ 02/21/2005 9:55 AM EST
Okay, WAYYYY off the subject here, but is anyone else still holding out some small bit of hope that we will EVER see what happened to Storm Shadow and Frack, Tunnel Rat and the Turtles, and Cobra’s Chia-Now-Rock Tumbler Plot???
Posted by
bad karma @ 02/21/2005 10:02 AM EST
I think it was somebody here in the blog who correctly predicted the person coming out of the closet on the Simpsons? I can’t find it, but good call, whoever you were.
(Well, Traj, since you brought it up of course I was excited (though I was a little sad to see my best conspiracy theories go out the window with this week’s ep). I’m actually working on putting together a weekly fic challenge over in my LJ community, I just dunno if there’s going to be enough interest.)
Posted by
squee4242 @ 02/21/2005 12:38 PM EST
Trajeal, you are the greatest. EMajorwitz79@aol.com is my email and I’ll correspond to you about it.
Hey everybody, I don’t care, as long as you aren’t spamming me, you can email me.
Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz
Posted by
EMajorwitz @ 02/21/2005 1:39 PM EST
ROBOT CHICKEN RULEZ! Where else will you see Kirk’s junk smashed in the auto doors? Thank you Seth Green, thank you so much.
Posted by
PRIMUSBOY @ 02/21/2005 2:05 PM EST
I’ve gotta say Matt, this was one of your better recent articles. The smell of the erasers, the crappy vinyl wallets/billfolds, stoned Ewoks, so many memories. Awesome stuff. I to am surprised by the large number of combs. That was unexpected. I want one of those Darth-Vader-in-the-buffalo-stance wallets.
Posted by
jhnnywalkr @ 02/21/2005 3:04 PM EST
And I also have to say, no, I doubt we will ever have an ending to the infamous Chia Plot. Perhaps it’s just as well. Maybe it’s like no knowing what was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. It’s whatever you want it to be. Or, maybe Matt will finish the story in 20 years, much like, well, Star Wars.
Posted by
jhnnywalkr @ 02/21/2005 3:21 PM EST
I long for M80s.
Posted by
RAS @ 02/21/2005 4:39 PM EST
Ah, the days before spirits were crushed with the hideous Episodes I and II.
Does anyone know where I can get that Yoda billfold, I must have it, its the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, ever.
Posted by
-=--=- @ 02/21/2005 5:22 PM EST
I’m pretty sure that what Leia gave Wicket was delicious Monterey Jack cheese. At least, that’s what I always thought it was when I was a wee lad.
Every time I see that scene I want cheese.
Now you know.
Posted by
blizack @ 02/21/2005 6:36 PM EST
Robot Chicken OWNS!!!!!!! It was everything I expected it to be. I was very very impressed. Matt you should become a writer for them because it is totally your schtick. Perhaps we could see an animated Chia Plot??? Or maybe those ghosts you were posting during halloween.
Posted by
phunqsauce @ 02/21/2005 7:57 PM EST
That ruled! AND it took up the 20 minutes necessary to get me from having nothing to watch to a new episode of 24.
God bless you, Matt, and Star Wars.
Heh…the book I’m reading right now is a relic from 1980: A journal of the making of Empire Strikes Back. Good times.
Posted by
Mike @ 02/21/2005 9:16 PM EST
I had the Royal Guard and Darth Vader erasers. I feel bad for kid who got the Bib Fortuna eraser. Why make anything else for that guy?
Posted by
dfdfg @ 02/22/2005 5:16 AM EST
It was a RICE CAKE!
Posted by
dfdfg @ 02/22/2005 5:31 AM EST
jhnnywalkr, Marsellus Wallace’s soul was in that briefcase on Pulp Fiction. So that’s at least ONE mystery solved!
Posted by
bad karma @ 02/22/2005 8:02 AM EST
God, those erasers were awsome, especially Jabba Du Hutt! Damn the people that actually used those erasers. Damn them all to HELL…
Posted by
Alex @ 02/22/2005 1:27 PM EST
Actually bad karma, I heard several theories on what was in the briefcase, but that one is my favorite. Some choices on Snopes are the diamonds from Reservior Dogs, the Oscar Tarantino wanted to win, a human ear, a human head, and a few others including an homage to an old movie where a briefcase contained a nuclear bomb. I’ve heard Tarantino in interviews say it’s what you think it is. He left it ambiguos on purpose, or so he claims.
Posted by
jhnnywalkr @ 02/22/2005 3:13 PM EST
Watch the movie again, he pays a guy with gold foil wrapped money, the gold glow we see from out of the briefcase and why the two crazy kids were so eager to take it.
Posted by
RAS @ 02/22/2005 4:10 PM EST
That Tarantino. Always making us think. Like in From Dusk Till Dawn, where I swear that halfway through writing the script he said to himself, "Self, wouldn’t it be cool if there were vampires, for no apparent reason, even though I haven’t even hinted about it for the past sixty pages?" But hey, anyone who likes The 5.6.7.8’s enough to put them in a movie is a) unbalanced and b) totally awesome.
*cough* Anyway, onto the article…Matt, you’ve done it again. You are just the cutest little ball of nostalgia, ever. The Princess Leia smiley face things at the end of each blurb totally did it for me. I don’t know why I found this article so cute, but it was cheek-pinchingly so.
I love how subject matters like these take your tone back to your childhood, in turn taking us all back with you. It brings out the child in you and that brings out the child in the rest of us. So with deepest gratitude from someone who couldn’t care less if Star Wars never existed but could still deeply appreciate this article, thank you.
Posted by
Nikkii @ 02/22/2005 4:11 PM EST
hmm.. my post doesnt seem to have posted.. but anyways.. I always thought Leia was giving him a small brick of cheese. I mean, it looks kind of like cheese and there were no crunching noises. Also for some reason that scene always makes me want to eat cheese.
Posted by
Toxicity- @ 02/23/2005 3:29 AM EST
Hey wouldn’t it be great if the guy who was inside the Akbar suit read this article and then mentioned it on his website?
Ahhh maybe not.
Posted by
Sweetie @ 02/23/2005 4:15 PM EST
Just noticed that CLip Along reused the plastic packaging for their vader crayon sharpener and their Ewok plastic magnifying glass. Took me a couple seconds to figure out why the ewok needed an empty point in the packaging. Raise a glass to Penny-pinching!
Posted by
TAK @ 02/23/2005 6:01 PM EST
Damnit. After reading the article, I went and dug up the Gamorrean Guard and Max Rebo figural erasers that I got for fitty cents at a flea market, and took a whiff. Lucky the plastic bubble had helluva detiorated, otherwise I would’ve had to open the erasers to smell them. Aaand you’re right, they smell good.
The smell reminds me of something from my childhood, but I can’t put my finger on it. It’s not the erasers, I never had any of them as a kid (I was born in 1985). It’s driving me mad. I’m sniffing the erasers like every two minutes. There’s a childhood memory somewhere there, and I aims to find it.
Posted by
Daniel @ 02/24/2005 4:13 AM EST
You mean those things cost 99 cents at the time? Eesh, my dad was at a store in Wal-Mart and saw this bin full of godawful movie discs that were on sale for eighty cents each!
Posted by
mjf7583 @ 02/24/2005 12:14 PM EST
We sell those for eighty eight cents at my (Canadian) Wal-Mart. I saw one I thought might be good for Matt because it had Mario Van Peebles. I dont know who he is or anything but Matt seemed to rave about him in a (I think it was) Jaws article?
Posted by
Toxicity- @ 02/24/2005 12:24 PM EST
I actually own the R2-D2 toybox that you have a picture of there in the article. Found it at a yardsale.. it even has wheels so it rolls around!
Posted by
hugsnstuff @ 03/03/2005 7:16 PM EST
Longtime reader, infrequent poster. Saaaaaay, did I miss last year’s Cobra Chia Pet Part IV, or did it not come out? I’d love to see the end - the toy comics hooked me on X-E a few years back and it’s what keeps me coming back for more!
Thanks,
Nate
Posted by
Nate @ 03/04/2005 7:01 PM EST
hello matt and everyone involved with this site!
i appologize in advance for posting this here and not emailing you directly, but maybe other people feel the same as myself….i am a long time surfer, as well as a big fan/unofficial advertiser (amongst friends) of you’re site.
although, as of late ive been slacking ALOT and havent visited in quite some time.
now, i understand that this site needs money to stay up, and with all its success you needed more expensive means to keep it going. not to mention i love the new changes you’ve made with the look of the site; these changes are a direct result of you’re advertising profits im sure. but is it entirely necessary to have all these pop-ups that nearly flood my stupid computer?
im mostly referring to the ‘lord of the rings’ ad. i couldnt find the close button, i assume there is one but arg! egad! i couldnt find it! is it hidden to force us to watch the whole thing? it is only 10-15 seconds but all the same, i wish i had the option to close it out immediately if i so wish.
i dont mean for you to percieve this comment as discourteous, im just sharing my personal opinion on the subject…. and again i appolgize if i offended anyone…. i mean well
this turned out much longer than anticipated and i appologize for that as well ;oP
haltyne from miami beach
Posted by
Haltyne @ 03/04/2005 11:56 PM EST
Get pop-up software whiner!
Posted by
sixpointsix @ 03/08/2005 2:12 PM EST
I remember when I was a kid and collected/played with the Jedi figures…we couldnt find Vader ANYWHERE. Not Toys R Us, not Kay Bee, not fricking anywhere.
I used that Vader eraser as my Vader figure for like a year.
Posted by
Big J @ 03/16/2005 6:31 PM EST
I still OWN the R2D2 toybox. It’s beat to hell, but survives to this day. Maybe someday I’ll restore it and give it to my kids to use (when I have kids).
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