BatBasement nothiing! Get out of my attic! Happy New Year, BG!

Remember when you had to send the UPC proof-of-purchase thingys back for the "exclusive" imperial guard?

Then it ended up being a lame dude in a red robe? Then you flung the toy across the room in blind, unrequited anger and promised you'd hold your breath until you got a cooler toy?

Okay. Maybe not everyone had that experience.

Ok here comes a super nerdy story:
I was a history minor in college and one of my professors was mega into minature battles. We did Gettysberg, Hastings, Waterloo etc. One day he set up a huge battle of Hoth and we gamed that out. It was a blast even though The Empire won.

THAT is amazing!

Happy New Year! :)

Am I the only one that just pictured Lew Ford sitting at his computer, seeing that picture, and just hopping up and down in excitement?

But yes, sadly, I am a Star Wars geek as well. I once tried to 'use the force' to get the remote control from across the room. It turns out that the force is not so strong with me.

Happy New Year everyone!

Yes, I think that every one of us has a bit of Star Wars nerd in them, why, just recently I bought a light-saber that makes sounds and everything (no joke.)

I was wondering where Leeeeew went during the New Year..

Well, there is no better candidate for the Empire than the defending champs. And we have Lew Fordwalker. Do I detect a spinoff of Legovision featuring Star Wars figures?

Awesome.

I can definately see the Metrodome topped, not by a plastic roof, but the Millenium Falcon (it did do the Kessel run in less than 3 parsecs) . . . er, whatever that ship is named . . . Did I just fail the nerd test?

dang....TWO tauntauns and TWO snow speeders.

my brother and I had to share ONE tauntaun and make up our own snow speeders out of fake legos and erector sets.

But hold on...do I see two Hoth Hans? Is one an imperial imposter? And is that a Death Star playset in the left corner behind the AT-AT? There was no Death Star in Episode V (although techically DS2 was under construction, I suppose)! Someone is corrupting the timeline.

Dear Mr. A,

Strangely the Death Star is the only set that survived from Star Wars, though Batgirl distinctly remembers that she and Goober had an X-wing and a tie fighter.

Sincerely,
BG

my brother had the Boba Fett that shot a missile from his backpack thinger. it was really cool, until he lost the missile in the tadpole pond at the park.

It WAS the Millennium Falcon, I was never sure if it was Kessel run or Castle run, I can't remember how many parsecs, BUT, to be truly a nerd you would have to know that a parsec is a unit of distance and NOT a unit of time. So doing the Kessel run in under 3 parsecs is like doing the Daytona 500 in under 500 miles. If you heard disgusted chuckles in the theater it was from those who knew astronomical terminology.

Spring Training will be here in fewer than 58 days.

Play Ball!

I was in Worcester, MA at my brother's house for Christmas this year, and the day after, my family went into Boston to see the Star Wars exhibit at the Science Museum. It was so cool seeing models from the original films of the Falcon, the Tantive IV, a Star Destroyer, Luke's Landspeeder, and lots more. Is it sad to say that I geeked out the most when I saw Lobot's headgear? Because I totally did.

Seeing this makes me wonder if any of you have seen The Jedi Song.

http://jedi.stodge.org/

I had an X-Wing Fighter! But I'm happy to report that I was SIX when I got it... so I'm not too embarrassed.

"Remember when you had to send the UPC proof-of-purchase thingys back for the "exclusive" imperial guard?..."

JMMAS - I had a similar experience with GI Joes. I collected the UPCs to get the Sargeant Slaughter GI Joe. I was so disappointed when the accessory that came with him was a frickin' baton! I was so looking forward to seeing what cool gun he'd come with, figuring it'd be huge, and quiet possibly working.

I wish I still had the baton now though. Painted black it'd make the perfect microphone for my Dr Doom action figure that I currently have posed like Bruce Dickinson at my desk. Who wouldn't love to hear Doc Doom singing "The Number of the Beast" or "Aces High"?

Anyhow, I don't know which was lamer, Sgt Slaughter's baton, or the GI Joe edition of Refridgerator Perry, who had a football on a chain.

Well, in case not all of you saw the nice article about Lew Fordwalker in last issue of "The Brushback":

Player Confused By Term ‘Invaluable’

ST PAUL, MN--Minnesota Twins centerfielder Lew Ford was confused Saturday when Ron Gardenhire told a reporter that he was “invaluable.” Ford wasn’t sure if the term meant “really valuable” or “not valuable at all”
“Coach said I was ‘invaluable’ but I’m not quite sure what he means,” said Ford. “At first I was excited, but then when I thought about it I got a little concerned. If common grammar and syntax rules are applied, ‘invaluable’ should mean that I’m not valuable. Then again, if you look at the context it was used in, clearly the coach was trying to pay me a compliment. Looks like I have to brush up on my grammar skills. Wait…no I don’t. I’m a professional ballplayer.”

http://thebrushback.com/previous_issue.htm

"'Looks like I have to brush up on my grammar skills.
Wait...no I don't. I'm a professional ballplayer.'"

God love that Lew! Best laugh I've had today.
BTW, Lew, invaluable means "valuable beyond estimation or priceless." Or so says Webster's Collegiate (circa old). I was, at one time, paid to teach English....

When is the @#$%ing sun going to shine again?
Probably when Spring training begins?

Horribly sun deprivedly,

kal

Lest we get confused and attribute misquotes to our beloved Lew... "brushback.com" seems to be a comedy website lampooning sportswriting, much like "The Onion's" take on world events. I only speculate that they invented these distorted quotes, much like their headlines "Sudanese Refugees Amazed At How Much Allen Iverson Has Been Through" and "Griffey Triggers Incentive Clause By Playing Entire Game."

While inaccurate, the website is quite irreverent and clever.

Play Ball...Due to dark matter, stars, supernovae, etc, space-farers must plot courses around these obstcles. But a slick pilot will navigate dangerously close to save time. This would easily explain why making the Kessel run in under 3 parsecs would be something to brag about.

Skorch...I had all but forgotten about the Fridge figure. Truly awful, indeed.

Did Goober share his Star Wars toys with his wonderful sister, or was it Barbies and pound puppies for young batgirl ?

I'm so jealous, all my Star Wars stuff disapeared in various moves and I've pulled my parent's attic apart looking it. The Tauntaun with the trapdoor in his back was the coolest

D

PS Mike, I think the question is whether BG shared HER star wars toys with Goober, don't you think?

Dear Mr. Mike,

Goober shared, and Batgirl and Goober spent a long hour playing with them. Batgirl was not allowed to have Barbies, because BatMom was afraid they would give her "unrealistic expectations of women."

Sincerely,
Batgirl

Dear Batgirl

I knew Batmom was cool

p.e.m.

p.s. my Darth Vader figure case has become an object of much debate recently for my nephews who feel it should be their Darth Vader figure case. The best part is what they gave us for names in 1978 are not what any of these figures are called now... Boba Fett, just another bounty hunter .. ha i think not!

Dear Mr. Mike,

Tell your nephews you're not sharing.

Sincerely,
Batgirl

Dear Batgirl

I will probably just give it to them since the figures are used and only have emotional value at this point. I couldn't imagine trying to play with them again or that I would enjoy it any where near as much as I did when a was but a boy dreaming of being Jedi, kinda like Lew.

p.e.m.

Okay, this has been bugging me for a couple of days.

Would it be possible to get an explanation of what the blue and grey thing behind the AT-AT's head is? Thanks!

p.e.m. I wouldn't be so sure about that. They look to be in awfully good condition, even without the packaging they have to be worth something...