Pic-Of-The-Week #4!

Here is a pic from a set that I just purchased and added to the collection. It's The Lars Homestead!
 I got this piece in excellent, used, condition without the figures...which is fine because the figures that were included in the set were kind of outdated from the start.

  My intention is to build a larger diorama around this central location.
  In this particular set-up, we see Luke and 3PO racing outside of the homestead in hopes of finding R2-D2 who has left to begin his search to find Obi-Wan Kenobi....

Stay tuned! More to come!!

Pic-Of-The-Week #3!

Lots of rumors and speculation coming out revolving around Star Wars Episode VII! I can't wait to touch on those as we go forward. It's a very exciting time!!
  The one thing that we know so far is that a writer has been chosen - Michael Arndt. Mr. Arndt has written screenplays for the movies Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3. He will have his work cut out for him on such a big project as a Star Wars film! I can't wait to see what he does with George Lucas' outline for the new chapter!

  Wow! Star Wars: Episode VII! I still can't believe it!!

O.K., on with the pic-of-the-week #3. Another one of my select images from my collection.
  This week, amid some of my R2-D2 focus, is a cute little hippo. The Kinder Hippo is the mascot for a company called Hipperium which makes cookies and candy in Germany. My wife got me this one a few years back for Christmas and it makes me smile every time I see it.
   My little stowaway in R2-Land.....

 

See you soon with more great stuff to share!!

Pic-Of-The-Week #2!

The second of my "select" series from my collection!
  Each week I will choose a random image from my collection room just for fun.

 Here is #2....

Stay tuned! There's much more to come!!

STAR WARS IS FOREVER!

 "Star Wars Is Forever" has been the mantra that has been stated time and again over the last few years in Star Wars fandom. We true believers always thought so, as we would celebrate Star Wars no matter if it's still playing in movie theaters, or in some fashion on television. We love it and we live it. It holds great memories of the times that we had growing up, in most cases...

 I feel that in recent times we have all felt a little discouraged that the flame of Star Wars was fading a bit. George Lucas, the creator of our imagined world was indeed retiring, and perhaps that world that we loved would no longer hold new stories for us to treasure.
  We still, and always will, hold a fondness for the days that were, and they WOULD live on with us forever no matter what.

This week a HUGE announcement dropped on the world as from out of the blue came word that Disney was purchasing Lucasfilm, and all of it's properties, and was eager to make more Star Wars films, television, and expansion in their theme parks! Bob Iger immediately stated that we can look forward to a brand new Star Wars Trilogy of movies, beginning with episode VII, to hopefully arrive in 2015!!

I don't know about you but this announcement totally blew my mind!! NEW STAR WARS??!!
 Lucas will be a creative consultant, but the main job of the new movies will be passed to Kathleen Kennedy, the new CEO of Lucasfilm, to produce the new installments with a new director.

  This is  giant!!
   No one knows what the future holds in the new movies. It's a new day filled with excitement, and speculation, for a new era, and a new generation of Star Wars fans!
   The original trilogy will always be my favorite films, but I cannot wait to see what is in store for us in the near future! It's just a very exciting time to be a Star Wars fan!!

  May The Force Be With Us All!!!