Now with starfighters!
TGIF: Adorable kittens play with lightsabers
If you can’t post Jedi kittens on a Friday, when can you post them?
The Original Trilogy coming to Build-A-Bear
Build-A-Bear Workshop launched a Star Wars line last year with a Darth Vader and several Clone Wars offerings. This poster Eliz spotted yesterday reveals this year’s selections: A Star Wars bear and outfits for Han Solo, Threepio and Princess Leia.
Cute attack: Star Wars at Build-A-Bear Workshop
Even putting the Ewoks aside, fanmade Star Wars and other sci-fi themed teddy bears are nothing new, as a quick search on Flickr (and CJ’s own Lissy) will tell you.
But now we have something from the official realm to make it easier to please kids and collectors: Star Wars costumes from Build-a-bear Workshop. Currently they only have Clone Wars-inspired Anakin, Jedi (totally Obi-Wan,) and Rex, plus a Darth Vader and a themed pajama set. Will we see more movie-inspired styles? I suspect the Christmas sales rates will tell us… Dressed bears cost $40-$35, and the costumes alone go for $15-12. The Vader outfit is currently one of their top 20 products! (via)
Wacky merchandise: Adorable figure keychains
These 3-D figure keychains by Touma are adorable, as all the best Japanese merchandise is. Look at Han’s grumpy little face! (via)
Weekend projects: Yoda crafts on the cheap
Heather over at Dollar Store Crafts has two quick and easy Star Wars craft projects: An adorable fleece Yoda hat or a reusable grocery tote.
Om nom nom: Time for a pre-JadeCon cupcake break
Be sure to take a closer look at these great Star Wars cupcakes by Spoolsisters (Tracy & Carrie) at Flickr. (via)
I’m not sure how much posting there will be for the next couple of days, as JadeCon is officially gearing up on Thursday and I’ve got a ton and half to do before flying out tomorrow. But as always, we’ll have laptops and try our best to post from the con! (You can peruse the previous years, at your peril, here.)
Eye candy: Yoda and Leia as ‘bots!
Since it’s Monday after a holiday weekend, I figure we might as well just shrug it off with some cute: the Yoda Bot, Princess Leia Bot and Chewbacca from Bolts and Bots. Check their blog, Etsy, or Flickr for more bot creations.
The fandom minute: A tee, some bad dialogue, a couple political analogies and the totally random
- T-shirt: Clearly we don’t know the power of the Force. Bet it’s awesome on floors, too.
- Lists: Entertainment Weekly has Revenge of the Sith’s ”Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo” line as one of their 15 nominees for worst movie dialogue ever.
- Politics: io9 says Sarah Palin is Star Wars and Hillary Clinton is Star Trek. Um. No comment.
- Cute: Chipmunk menaced by action figures!
Super simple, super cute Star Wars dolls
Fried Gold shows off some handmade dolls on Craftster. In addition to the Star Wars bunch she has a bunch of other geek-centric dolls available at her Etsy shop. (via)