Star Wars Nerds...

[devonjordan]

Should check out woot today...

http://www.woot.com/

[h0lmes]

Wtf no Han or Luke? Fail.

[Ray Smoodiver]

I just want the boba fett

[AC Nico]

haha the java...

[Collin]

If only I had 30 bucks this week, I would line them up next to my C3PO/R2D2 piggy bank.

You heard that right, it lights up and talks too. Oh the days of merchandise before the prequels came out.

[Desaevious]

I just want the boba fett

And Vader. I'm a mega nerd but fuck the rest. Bobble heads are pointless when you have the original action figures!

[Scotaku]

In my own defense, I grew up in Japan...

I have two neat Star Wars things:



It's a "remote" controlled R2-D2 toy. He stands about a foot tall, rolls around and about, and shoots tiddlywink discs in response to sequences of clicks from the "remote". There is no RF involved like other radio-controlled toys.

My parents bought him well in advance of Christmas in 1979. We were scheduled to be moving back to the 'States the week of Christmas and all of our stuff would be in containers on a ship somewhere for months. My grandparents received the packages and wrapped them for us. I will always remember how much effort my family put into making that Christmas a good one for me even though we were uprooted.



This I just got this past Christmas as a complete surprise from very good friends. It is a Star Wars pachinko machine.

Pachinko is a little hard to describe, but it is like an upright pinball machine crossed with Plinko from The Price is Right. You fire small steel balls up into a field of nails and traps and try/hope to get them caught to pay back more balls to shoot with. These days there are video games in the machines that add to the game with slot machine-style reels and bonus games of chance while the balls shower through the machine.

It is a lawful form of gambling in Japan and off limits to children. The parlours were always brightly lit with flashing lights. The cacophony of the games was overpowered only by the loud music that drew players inside. As a kid, it was torture to see these fun little casinos and not be allowed to go inside. Now I have this modern machine as well as half a dozen vintage machines I've found and refurbished since highschool.


Growing up in Japan, I got to see Star Wars off base in a Japanese theater. It was in English but with Japanese subtitles along the left side and below the screen. The print we got to see was also cut differently from those you guys may have seen. We got to see Luke and Biggs talk about joining the rebellion when he visited Tattooine early in the movie... and we got to see Han Solo confront a human Jabba the Hutt.

[Collin]

and we got to see Han Solo confront a human Jabba the Hutt.

I would punch a nun to see that shit

[Desaevious]

Wow you guys didn't know that Jabba was played by a human? He was origonally a Scottish guy lol. We changed it because it sucked. Does this mean we give Japan things of suck?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3642rswxQsw

EDIT: Post a video of punching a nun or lies.

[rThor432]

I fucking love Star Wars.