Steampunk Star Wars Customs

Check out some neat, hyper-technological Victorian-era custom Star Wars action figures at Sillof’s Workshop. Very nice!

I like the little tuft of steam coming out of the smokestack on the R2 unit.

This guy has made a lot of other custom stuff, too. The Gaslight Justice League features DC comic superheroes in a late 19th century style. And the Star Wars: 1942 Biker Scout is great!

Carded Star Wars Figs On Display II

I’ve got almost all of my carded Star Wars figures on display now.

Carded Star Wars Figs On Display

I just finished up preparing a part of a wall in my bedroom to display my carded Star Wars figures. I put hooks into the wall near the ceiling and hung those plastic product-strips with the hooks on them that you see in stores (I swiped a bunch from Walmart — new product comes pre-packaged on them, so I figured I’d grab some instead of having it take up space in a landfill).

I still need some more plastic strips, though. I have about a dozen more carded figures to put up there.

BTW, that’s a mini-Ark-of-the-Covenant sitting atop my LCD monitor.  I got that along with an Indiana Jones figure not too long ago.

Oh Fortuitous Happenstance!

LOL! Regarding yesterday’s post about having to buy two-packs in order to get certain Star Wars action figures, I went to the same chain of stores after work and saw that those items were 50% off now. Fortunately I had saved my receipt and was able to get half the money back that I originally paid for the Order 66 2-packs. Sweet!

Damn Youse, Hasbro!

What the fudge?! Here I am, collecting clone trooper and astromech droids from the various Star Wars 3¾” action figure lines and Hasbro magically decides to screw me on both! First came the Order 66 series which consist of two-packs containing one clone trooper and one other schmuck. Now comes the Droid Factory series which features two-packs consisting of [mostly] one astromech droid and some other guy.

Not only that, but the Droid Factory packs each come with one piece of the assassin droid C-3PX, which all but forces me to buy the complete sets instead of the individual droids, since it’s unlikely anyone is going to put up the C-3PX parts up on eBay for a reasonable price.

A Grand Army of the Republic

I think I’m going to create a page detailing my growing army of clonetroopers and stormtroopers.

R2-D2 Wireless Webcam

I am so tempted to buy an R2-D2 Wireless Webcam…

• Access R2-D2 Webcam from anywhere in the world using Skype software.
• Full-function: Forward, reverse, turn 360 degrees. Lens has a 62-degree vertical adjustment.
• Record and playback digital movies (video only) and snapshots
• 2.0 zoom lens with 628×582 pixel resolution.
• Lightsaber-style IP phone with stand. Has original movie sound effects and controls movement of R2-D2.
• Lightsaber VoIP/USB Phone allows you to make calls using Skype software.
• Control the R2-D2 webcam from anywhere in the world!
• 14-day battery life in standby mode

Someone give me permission to drop $400 for this thing. I could so use this to spy on my rabbits when I’m away from home.

Clone Wars - Captain Rex Mail-Away Offer on eBay

I just set up my first eBay listing in a decade. I have a bunch of extra UPCs from Star Wars figures, along with a redemption certificate for a special mail-away figure of Captain Rex:

Hopefully someone will find this useful as I’ve already sent off for two of these figures myself.