Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
This time it’s the New York Times, checking out his new store in Chelsea. A brief paragraph addresses the Star Wars line:
He is also obsessed with “Star Wars” and somehow wrangled a licensing deal with the franchise. A white T-shirt has a storm trooper head rendered beautifully in little appliquéd crystals, while a likeness of Yoda in green dots on a brown T-shirt looks warty and nauseating. Mr. Ecko lovingly explains his fetish in a long paragraph printed on the back inside collar: “It’s no secret I am a fan of all things Star Wars,” it reads. “Just when I am getting pop culture fatigue, I watch Star Wars.”
In other merchandise news, StarWars.com features another line of t-shirts and a new Sideshow farmboy Luke.
Cat tormentors Lightsaber laser pointers, in either Vader or Maul flavors.
Some photos of some of the 2008 LEGO sets have surfaced, and the Indiana Jones sets have our adventuring archaeologist alongside his allies and enemies, and a bunch of LEGO critters in the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sets. Check it out here. Meanwhile, the LEGO Indiana Jones site is not quite ready, though it’s January!
From the realm of custom work, this 1/6th Mara Jade figure on eBay is certainly a step up from Barbie. And while the face may not look much like any of the half-dozen Mara variations floating around, at least the hair color is close. (And the fact that she has sleeves pleases my inner fangirl.)
Those with less EU-based collecting tastes may want to take this discerning gentlebeing up on their offer: an Ewok Village playset in exchange for a 12-pack of beer.
And for the fan who has everything: Lightsaber lighting. Oh Lucasfilm, what won’t you authorize?
Subscribers may (or may not) already have their copies, but everyone else can look for Star Wars Insider #99 in stores… I’ve also heard rumblings that Jude Watson’s latest Last of the Jedi novel, Master of Deception has been sighted on store shelves.
UPDATE: TOS has an excerpt from the Insider’s Jeremy Bulloch interview. And on that note, you might want to also pick up the latest issue of Toyfare.
So it is claimed, says Maxconsole…
According to IGN’s Gerry Block, the company has had direct information that Nintendo will not allow the licensing of any bat like attachments for the Wiimote such as a lightsaber due to safety concerns. So therefore, Lucas Arts will not be able to release its own Official lightsaber add-on for the forthcoming Star Wars game.
That’s harsh, man. Harsh. Think of the poor children who now be forced to play with their toy lightsabers outside!
Press release time! Hasbro is taking on the production of “collectible electronic lightsabers,” keeping the Force FX name, while newcomer eFX will handle the prop, vehicle and and helmet replicas. (Which will “…encompass the entire Star Wars universe.” Perhaps that means we might see some EU items? Master Replicas had made at least one step in that direction.)
Hasbro’s sabers will be out in the spring, while eFX will debut their products at SDCC.