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Star Trek’s Artoo spotted: For real this time

November 16th, 2009 by Dunc · No Comments

Always the debris, never the giant fighting robot.

Gizmodo has nabbed an unmistakable screengrab Artoo’s cameo in Star Trek. Same scene, as before, but a different frame.

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The fandom minute: Do tauntaun guts taste like candy?

October 26th, 2009 by Dunc · 2 Comments

EW.The internet’s favorite Star Wars cake – this week. As impressive as this Tauntaun grooms cake is, I’m not sure I’d want to eat it. Still, props to the folks at Cake Nouveau for really capturing the moment. And by moment I meant slimy tauntaun guts. (Their dazed-out Luke is amazingly good, too.)

Artoo found in Transformers 2. Are there enough oil baths in the world to get the poor droid clean after this?

Seriously? Someone is taking their dedication to authentic costuming a little too far.

Quack Vader. This unauthorized ’70’s Vader light looks like something Robot Chicken would come up with. Maybe Seth Green had one, too?

And finally… Sideshow has a site up for the customized stormtrooper figures they showed off at SDCC.

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Etsy scavager: The Artoo hoodie

October 20th, 2009 by Dunc · No Comments

artoo hoodie

Move over, Marc Ecko: This fanmade Artoo hoodie is all kinds of awesome. Granted, at $92 it is a bit pricey… (via)

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The fandom minute: Plo cake will eat your brain at 30 Rockefeller Plaza for guitar-playing wounded soldiers

October 15th, 2009 by Dunc · 1 Comment

plo cakeHis biggest fan. Of course there was a Plo Koon cake, and of course it was eventually served to none other than Dave Filoni. (And Jeremy Bulloch. And Ashley Eckstein.)

Brains. StarWars.com celebrates the release of Death Troopers with Zombie Week. I wish I had the words to tell you how much I’m feeling Zombie Week, but I’m exhausted.

Obession corner. TFN’s Mike Barrick has collected Star Wars references on NBC’s 30 Rock, while GalacticBinder counts down the top 12 Star Wars guitar crossovers.

Charity. The Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society is selling Obi-Wan medallions to help raise money for seriously injured service members.

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R2-D2 is the ultimate multitasker

September 24th, 2009 by Dunc · 1 Comment

At least for one particularly dedicated gamer. PopSci recently spotlighted Brian De Vitis’ customized Artoo cooler, which holds the relevant technical bits of eight consoles, a sound system, and a projector. (via)

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Wacky merchandise: The R2-D2 USB Humidifier

September 17th, 2009 by Dunc · 3 Comments

R2-D2 USB Humidifier

The saddest thing about this is that it isn’t even the weirdest bit of Artoo merchandise I’ve seen in the last 24 hours: There was an ceramic R2-D2 bong on Amazon.com yesterday. Can’t say I’m shocked that it seems to have vanished overnight. (via)

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Design failures of the galaxy far far away

August 20th, 2009 by Dunc · 6 Comments

No wonder the dude stayed single for 15 years....

John Scalzi takes a look at the tip of the iceberg with the design failures of Star Wars, both technical and biological.

ETA: Slashdot is in super-fanboy mode over this, and Scalzi taunts them… It’s beautiful. Knot those panties harder, boys.

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Wacky merchandise: R2-D2, the toilet paper cozy

July 23rd, 2009 by Dunc · 3 Comments

Artoo toilet tissue cozy

From Japan (of course,) the R2-D2 Toilet Tissue Dispenser. Strange, I would think that would be more of a Threepio sort of job. Witness: (more…)

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R2-D2 becoming quite the little famewhore

June 25th, 2009 by Dunc · No Comments

More than meets the eye indeed

In addition to hiding out in Star Trek, now we have word that Artoo shows up someplace in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. If this continues then he’ll be shacking up with some cheap starlet and things will just get all Beneath the Dome again. Resist, Artoo! Resist!

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Etsy scavenger: Artoo cookies!

June 17th, 2009 by Dunc · 3 Comments

R2-D2 cookies by sugarandflour @ etsy

Order or just admire these baked-to-order Artoo sugar cookies from Sugar & Flour.

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