The blast helmets were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Saint Yoda soon would be there. The padawan were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of lightsabers danced in their heads.

And Padme in her 1,000,000 outfits and I, Anakin, in my cap, had just settled down for a blue harvest's nap. When out on the porch there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash. Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, I just said "breast" That was pretty cool, no?

When, what to my rage-filled eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny Ugnaughts. With a little old driver, bundled up like he was from Minnesota, I knew in a moment it must be St. Yoda!

More rapid than Banthas, his coursers they came. And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: "Now, Ewan! Now, Temuera! Now Carrie and R2! On, Liam! On, Alec ! On, Samuel and Jocasta Nu! To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall! Now, away dash, away dash, away dash must you all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.

So up to the temple top the coursers they flew, with a sleigh full of lightsabers, and St. Yoda, too. And then in a twinkle, I heard on the top, Saint Yoda say, "Stop!".

As I drew in my head and was turning around, down the chimney St. Yoda came with a bound.He was dressed in Jedi robes, from his head to his foot. His robes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bag full of upgraded lightsabers he had flung on his back, and he looked like a Mos Espa peddler, just opening his pack.

His eyes how they twinkled! His ears how perky! His cheeks were like raisins, how old is this turkey?

His droll little mouth was drawn up in a bow, and the hair on his head was as white as snow. The stump of a little old pipe he held in his teeth, and the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.

He had a narrow face and a little round belly, that shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was short and stout, a right jolly old elf. And I laughed when I saw him, "He kicked Dooku's ass!", I thought to myself.

A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work. He filled all the blast helmets: then turned with a jerk. And, laying his finger aside of his nose, and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, and away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight..

Merry Christmas to you too, George!!!

I also have an announcement to make about the pricing of my drawings... and you know that doesn't mean it's going down. I've decided to hike the price by $5 to $55 shipped. This is to help cover shipping costs, mostly. I end up spending $3.85 priority, plus the cost of a backing board and a padded envelope, which actually exceeds $5 total. See, I put my art up against a foamboard backer, then slide it into a 10x15 padded envelope. Then I slide that into a priority mail box along with some newspaper padding. Since I've started double-boxing it like this I haven't had a piece destroyed... but I am spending a lot more on shipping. So I've done the logical thing and started passing that on to you. This price adjustment will not apply to people who already paid their deposits (though if they want to give me an extra $5 out of the goodness of their hearts I won't refuse it).

Some forum members have gone as far to prove a point as photographing their own "Vs" encounters. Seen here is, well..lets call him "Bobby_2002". Bobby decided that he and his friends would challenge a Stop sign.

Even after being suppressed by local authorities, Bobby's internal inferno continued to burn, and he once again took it out on the defenseless sign. Clearly, the Stop sign won, as he made Bobby and his stooges like like complete dumbasses. Advantage: Stop Sign.

Carrie Fisher: "I promised myself to get that liposuction I needed so badly, and try and fit in my "slave" costume for that 'Star Wars: Episode 2 1/2: Return to the Return of the Jedi' special George had planned. Whoops, is that a spoiler?"

Jake Lloyd: "Well, now that I've stopped pissing in the bed overnight, mom says I can go out for bigger roles! I'm looking forward to Jingle All the Way 2..and..yeah. I'm looking for work..anyone..Gary Coleman available?"

Hayden Christensen: "Yeah, I've planned to keep having my face plastered in Tiger Beat, Teen, 16, Seventeen, People, Teen People, Cosmo Teen, Teeny Bopper, Playgirl, Heartthrob Weekly, etc. I'm not totally evil..yet..and chicks don't dig evil hot guys, except maybe Willem Dafoe."

Rick McCallum: "Oh you know. Same old **** as every year. Gain weight, get older, get crankier. Oh, what I want to change? Well, I'd really ******' like to lose this god**** sailor mouth. My wife says I can't go 3 ******' minutes without sayin' ****! Well, I don't even ******' notice. Oh well. But yeah, that's my New Years resolution. That and get a haircut."

Natalie Portman: "New Years Resolutions..lemme see. Well, I plan to eat less..hehe. I mean, god. Last time I checked I'm tipping the scales at 85 lbs. Christ, I'm such a slug! I guess it's back to a cracker and a cap of water a day. I have to lose this weight..I am going to pregnant in Episode 3 after all. God, here's a decision. Salted cracker or plain!?"

Samuel L. Jackson: "Man, I was hoping to do a sequel to National Lampoons Loaded Weapon 1. But the crazy cracka that directed says it made so little money, he wants US to pay HIM for starring in it! Now what kind of ****ed up **** is that, man? Oh well. HEY! Don't forget! XXX, now on video and DVD!"

There you have it folks. Some real resolutions for the year 2003. You can guarantee that those promise keepers quoted above will be true to themselves. Hell, if they don't, they might as well march their ass to the unemployment line.

"My family and I went to the west coast, then to hawaii. We did some volcano climbing on Mt Kilauea, and I got u shots of CC-sucks at both the crater, and down where the active lava is flowing. I also got a shot of the Hawaiian tiki god 'The Big Kahuna' sporting your sign."

Now how many webmasters can say they have a photo of their site's sign with the Big Kahuna?? I'd venture not many!! I'll add these photos to the "Around the World" section of my Cantina Celebs Gallery shortly, next to my South Pole pic. Until then, check out these images!!

"Darth Vader Silver Anniversary 2002 New York Toy Fair - Just for the fact that everyone couldn't get one."

You know Steve, maybe everyone couldn't get one because YOU WERE HOARDING SO MANY TO HOCK THEM ON EBAY!!! I'm sure you were lamenting the rarity of these pieces as you sold them one after the other on eBay, making hundreds of dollars off some of the poor saps who "couldn't get one." How many TF Vaders did you sell altogether Steve? I know of three on eBay (one, of course, to pay for batteries), but I wasn't keeping tabs on you in June, July, August, September or October.

I'll bet your second-worst figure of 2002 was Jorg Sacul for the same reason, right? Just like THIS JORG SACUL... and THIS JORG SACUL!! If you have a problem with the lack of availability of some of Hasbro's figures you could at least try to be part of the solution instead of profiting off of the problem.

I'd like to give you MY nomination for the "Rip-off of the year," but that one's so obvious it would be ridiculous.

This first image shows the original cover for the September 1984 issue of Penthouse magazine. R2 had long been an admirer of Mr. Bob Gucionne's photographic art magazine, ever since he was a kid and would hide them under hay in the horse stable. Mr. Gucionne was in the process of designing the cover for the next issue and desperately needed an industrial "appliance" to fill in some background space. R2-D2 caught wind of this need and immediately contacted the purveyor of porn himself. Upon hearing of the featured cover model, another one of R2's favorites, he nearly short circuited himself. The model? None other than the infamous Tracy Lords.

The art and layout for the cover was complete and nearly on it's way to the printer when it was uncovered that the aforementioned porn queen was, sadly, only a teen queen. Unfortunately for R2, this also meant his shot at starlet stardom was vanquished as well. The cover was quickly redesigned featuring George Burns and Vanessa Williams.... yet another scandal in the making. The following image is the only known existing copy of the original cover all brought live to you in front of your naked, steaming eyes by the fine, feisty, female form aficionados at CreatureCantina.com. Enjoy!

I know what you're thinking - "What do you mean the PA Club is DEAD????" Well, it's not the REAL PA club I'm talking about. That would be the Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society - 150+ members and thriving. What I'm talking about is the Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting CLUB - formed in protest against the horrid inequities I encourage in the PSWCS. This is the second such anti-Cable club to be formed... the first being the Star Wars Round Table. Now, I gotta give PSWCC some credit... they held on for 73 total messages compared to SWRT's 35. And they even went so far as to create their own spiffy web site. But in the end, it just wasn't enough, and no amount of life support could prevail.

Hi everyone,

As an enthusiastic fan of Star Wars for 25 years now, and as a fellow collector, I've often been asked how it is that I've been sooo lucky as far as always being able to get my hands on the latest stuff -- even before it seems to become available in the local stores...

Well as a friend of Bill, and a everyone else I've met over on the PSWCS site who have been so very friendly to me, I've decided to let you guys in on my secret... my 'system' as it were...

Boba Fett, son of Jango, and expert TCG gamer, put his street smarts to good use. The recently orphaned Fett devised a sinister plan to try to corrupt and ruin the good name of the Jedi Order..by infiltrating Wizards of the Coast. You may be asking yourself, W.O.T.C? What in San Hill does this have to do with JEDI!? Read on, Cantina patrons..and be amazed.

Boba managed to infiltrate the Coruscant printing press of WOTC, makers of fine Jedi schemed trading cards and memorabilia. Deviously, he implanted a home made batch of altered W.O.T.C trading cards, bearing the resemblance of one Obi Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight! "I wanted to get back at Mace Windu, but I figured he would play the "race card" and send me to some Coruscant concentration camp.. or worse.. make me bus table at Dexter's!" says Boba. Kids pretty sharp for his age, and that's how he got away with his deft plan. Below is said trading card..

Of course Boba's plan went off without a hitch, as the Wizards bigwigs were at a galactic senate hearing to determine a restructuring plan, after losing the big business of being the sole proprietor of the "Official Jedi Fan Club".

Sometime after packing his bags and leaving Los Angeles, R2-D2 found his way into the secluded confines of a backwoods cabin somewhere in black mining hills of Virginia. He had stumbled across the rumors of a retched band of scumdogs known as GWAR, stationed in nearby Richmond, that had taken up instruments and were mentally molesting, thrusting themselves into the minds of the perilous pre-pubescent with their arrangements of atomic bombs, grumbling throats and air-raid guitars. Curious, and hoping that maybe the stories were true, he dragged himself to the slaughter in hopes of being blessed with death.

GWAR demolished the stage and R2, exuberant and splattered with all sorts of vile inhuman fluids, vowed eternal oath to their slave pit. He started as an admirer, then a follower, soon he was a sniveling little horde and a mainstay at every killing we call a concert. GWAR began to administer all sorts of kick-ass drugs, some of which R2 was unfamiliar with, and transformed him into one of their own brood.

R2-D2 could regularly be seen off stage operating many sorts of electrical devices. At times, lead throat thing, Oderous Urungus would even invite R2 out onto stage to partake in the ritual sadistic killings or the orgy of paper mache and foam rubber. It was a rare occasion, such as this, that he did and only the accidental mistakes at CreatureCantina.com have the exclusive footage.

What's it like engaging in vintage discussion in a completely unmoderated environment? "It rocks, dudes!" states rasscv convert Chris F. "I want to be able to talk to my vintage buds about whatever the hell I want. I can't stand that they move every slightly off-topic post over to their 'Wuher's' area. I don't care what those POTF2-bie idiots think! I want to hear from real, vintage collectors!"

Other rasscv citizens are thrilled by the unprecedented freedom offered by the "new" discussion forum. Poster "EBAYRULEZ" raved, "I post dozens of auction plugs a day, and now there are actually people reading them!" C-Bobby commented "I can post links to pics of my penis tattoos and nobody takes them down!!" And venerable vintage collector Dick Vanderwall exclaimed "I can finally use my REAL NAME!!!"

http://cgi6.ebay...userid=sirsteve@sirstevesguide.com

Reminds me of the old days... the days of "First and foremost, my last name is NOT Comenzo, you think I would actually give out my REAL last name ANYWHERE over the net... I don't think so. I just don't, never have - never will."

One of these leading ladies happened to be none other than the, not quite yet, "material girl" herself, Madonna. Just starting to reel in the success of her self-titled debut album, Madonna was in the starting block to rub elbows with the elite of the entertainment industry.

How Madonna first met R2 is still an unknown but the history tells that R2 was ready to roll away from his too slightly effeminate side-kick C-3PO, breakout of the acting field and into the behind the scenes. Madonna had recently put the wraps on her sophomore album, "Like a Virgin", and beginning pre-production of the, 80's made them famous, video. Knowing R2's desire, knowing how R2 had many times filled her desire, she was able to convince the crew to make a space for the little droid. Working for free, his part wasn't big, well, his part in the production of the video. He wore a few hats; gaffer, rigger and was rumored to be Madonna's personal masseuse. R2-D2 never made much impact in the production of the video, he always seemed distracted by some off stage occurrences. None the less, Madonna stood strong alongside her mighty, metal manic.

R2 appeared alongside Madonna at many celebrity attractions and it was he, none other than R2-D2 himself, that Madonna took to escort her to the, clown of the brown sound, birthday party of David Lee Roth. Meeting Diamond Dave, R2 believed, would be the launching pad for his career. Shortly after this photo was taken, Diamond Dave dowsed R2 with his drink, they shared a Jamaican jam and a wickedly witty friendship began.

The following year, 1985, Madonna again distilled an honor onto R2 of inviting him back to the set for the production of her latest video, "Material Girl." R2-D2 not only reassumed his behind the lens roles of previously, but he also made a short cameo in the actual video itself. Later in post production, the editors, feeling it deviated too far from the Marilyn Monroe recreation, thought it best to remove the chrome dome from the crowd of adoring male counterparts. A heavy feuding occurred soon there after and was only one of the many factors that eventually contributed to the downward spiraling demise of this unusual friendship.

The partnership between Hasbro, who purchased Kenner, the original license owner, and Lucas Licensing, goes back to the first trilogy of movies and the toys that were released in 1978. After more than 10 years on hiatus, Kenner started producing new toys based on the classic characters in 1995. This new chapter in toys coincided with the 1997 re-release of the classic trilogy of movies to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Now, 25 years later, and many hundreds of action figures, Star Wars toys are still on the shelves and selling well. Mainly due to the 2002 release of the second episode in the Star Wars saga, "Attack of the Clones."

Fans everywhere were elated at this news. Hard-core collectors who love the obscure characters in the movies now have hope that they will see those characters immortalized in plastic. Said Danny Hefman of Indianapolis, "I love the Tonika Sisters. And given 15 more years of toys, Hasbro HAS to make them! And that droid, you know, from the back of the Sandcralwer in 'A New Hope?' Yeah, that'd be sweet!"

Parents with young children, who were themselves children at the time of the original trilogy, are enjoying this revival also. "I loved Star Wars as a kid and now I'm taking my children to see the new movies," said Lisa Lowe of Erie, Pennsylvania. "They play with the toys like we did. It's cool to play with Han Solo again!"

Others weren't so elated, "I already have about 45 'Luke Tatooine' figures. With Hasbroken's track record I'm going to have 200 by 2018. Look at the new Saga line, it's only in its second year and already I have, like, five Obi-Wan figures. Whatever," mumbled Steve-Dave from Red Bank, New Jersey.

However you break it down, though, Hasbro has faith in the license. Said spokesman Jared Asrod, "We are behind Lucas Licensing 100%. They have been good to us in the past and I think we can work with them well into the future. It benefits them and our fans. We want to bring Star Wars to a third generation of kids and now we have the opportunity."

Since much of the original Star Wars trilogy was shot in or around the United Kingdom it's of no doubt that R2 was able to meet with members of the Royal Family, but we had no idea he had also landed quite another catch. The mammalian protuberance and future British pop diva, Samantha Fox!

Samantha Fox became widely and well known for her largely revealing photos as a Page3 girl and numerous other high-profile modeling contracts. It was on Page3 that it's believed R2-D2 got his first glance at the objects of his desire. R2 has always had a fascination of objects with domes and here Samantha did not disappoint.

Using his now celebrity clout R2 was able to acquire a mutual meeting. The first visits, according to insiders, did not fair well for our feisty friend. Samantha was turned away by his challenged stature and the language barrier of two very different accents was a difficult hurdle. Samantha had also recently completed her modeling contracts and was focusing all energy towards rejuvenating her musical career. It was this musical career that helped R2 see his opportunity, his in if you will. He became Samantha's personal DJ, ripping out tunes stored deep within his processors giving Sam the ability to sing and write music wherever she went. They quickly became inseparable partners in business.....and business eventually turned to pleasure.

The relationship lasted as well as it could, though. Samantha was continuously touring the world barely stopping for a breath. Selling out arena's on nearly every continent. She was lavished with lucrative contracts and top musical honors in more than a dozen countries. She was on top of her game and home life had fallen away. R2, becoming restless, alone and frustrated, made way back to California to pursue his own career after Star Wars and soberingly, after Samantha Fox. The separation was tough on both but believed to be for the best. Today, still friends, they remain in contact and it's rumored that R2 may even have a cameo appearance on Samantha's newest album due later this year.

The following are a few photos from R2's own private collection, secretly acquired by the double-D loving staffers at CreatureCantina.com, recalling some of the happier times relaxing at Sam's flat. Double your pleasure!

Introducing the "Creature Cantina Grading Center!" We'll take your money, grade your figures, and GUARANTEE you'll see a 3000% return when you hock that sucker on eBay.

What makes CCGC superior to AFA? Well first of all, we've done away with those unsightly and difficult-to-display welded-shut acrylic cases. We've gone old-school, baby! Bags & boards! If it was good enough to protect vintage figures for the first 20 years, it'll be good enough for the next 20 years!

I know now you're saying, "Poly bags? How are you going to make sure these figures aren't tampered with??" Well I have a brilliant retort... our patent pending "Micromesh Silver" Seal! This time-tested method of permanent adhesion has been perfected by Cantina scientists to provide a very strong yet non-obtrusive binding.

But what would a state-of-the-art encasing system be without out a superior grading system? That's where the CCGC really shines! Instead of the paltry 12-level grading scale you find at AFA, we've instituted a 5000 point grading scale. Sick and tired of owning one of many AFA90s? Well with CCGC you'll know EXACTLY where your figure stands in relation to every other carded figure we grade. You'll KNOW you have the highest-graded 12-back Leia when it's a CCGC 4996! And you'll be able to track where your figures are on the totem pole using our web site! Got a "rare variation?" We're more than happy to confirm it! And not only do you get a numerical grade, you also get our own personal analysis of your figure stamped right onto the grading sticker.

I took a very cool photo while on the trip for the site. Here you go:

"I had them off the card for 2 minutes when I turned away. I looked back and they were setting up shop in the book case," said collector Troy Spizer. "Now they want me to have a library card, two proofs of id and a note from Yoda. *Beep*'in Yoda? What's that about?"

At last weeks Toy Fair held in New York City we asked Hasbro rep Richard Gifford about these toys. "Well, they are just toys, I don't know what you're talking about. Besides, people don't open those things to play with them. Do they?"

As the pictures with this article show, the droids of collector Walt Flanagan have occupied two different parts of his book shelves. One circulating novels and the other circulating reference material. Says Flanagan, "It's kind of odd but it has a comical high school feeling to it. A library card. That's original. Good thing I don't keep my comics in those shelves though." Minutes after that statement Flanagan was seen running for his bedroom chasing JN-66 who appeared to be carrying some cataloging equipment.

At a time of budget cuts across the US, schools and libraries alike are facing huge deficits. At times these two institutions get overlooked for funds. Stated library director Carla Jones, "These toys, at this time, are great. They are showing kids that research and libraries are important. If George Lucas feels it important enough to include in his movie and Hasbro in their toys, our society ought to listen."

At any rate, the droids will most likely be popular with both kids and collectors. Droids are always popular toys in the Star Wars line and the fact that they are from deleted movie scenes, only appearing on the DVD release, should make them more popular.

Little is known about this cat. Until today, the only key to it's existence were ancient cave drawings and an occasional find of bone or bone fragment. What is known about the Lightsaber-Toothed Tiger is that it was similar in size to today's Bengal tiger and had a ferocious appetite. The lightsaber fangs had many uses other than simply taking down and devouring prey. It is believed that the tiger also used these glowing fangs to aid in hunting both at night and in the day when light was scarce deep within the rain forests. It may have also used these marvelous glowing fangs as a way to lure in prey similar to the Firefly squid which uses it's glowing tentacles to attract prey in the dark mesopelagic zone of the open ocean. The fangs could have been used to frighten predators or communicate with and attract others of the same species. One theory is that the tiger could control the light output and, when it potential danger, increase the light output which would temporarily blind the predator and allow the tiger to escape.

The following two images are an artists interpretation of what the Lightsaber-Toothed Tiger may have looked like when it prowled the lands of Endor. The third image is that of an skull which was recreated from the first small bone fragments that were found only a few years ago.

It seems like members of the fighting 501st Garrison Carida and the Empire City Garrison were looking to shake up their day. They stormed into the ward and held the children in rapt attention for several hours. But their plot was foiled when two Jedi Knights snuck into the building and preformed the "Jedi Mind Trick" on the weak-minded Imperials. After several hours of intense negotiations with the Jedi, the children agreed to allow the Stormtroopers to leave in their custody, but only after the Troops surrendering a large number of toys and games.

Here is a photo of the imprisoned Imperials and their Jedi captors...

This week I'm running 63 eBay auctions... a new record for me! 57 of them have nothing to do with Star Wars. They're all for loose G1 Transformers... everything from Dinobots to Cassettes to a TargetMaster. Win multiples... save shipping!!!

I also have the other 6 are for actual Star Wars product, so I'll actually mention them specifically. The biggest item in the lot is a Droids Glasslite C-3PO. Of course, it's not my figure... it belongs to this guy Rafa in Brazil. He sent me two to choose from when I bought one from him, and this is the one I didn't choose. It's one of fewer than 15 examples on the planet. That's right - FIFTEEN EXAMPLES! It's one of the rarest vintage production figures in existence. It's right up there with Vlix... possibly even less common. BE SURE to check this one out... it's amazing:

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I'm also auctioning off the last 3 examples of vintage LucasFilm licensing sheets I intend to sell. Licensing sheets are sent to the licensees so they can make accurate products like Dixie Cups and puffy stickers. Then they're returned to LFL and destroyed. Me and Ed Lee found 40 examples that somehow survived this fate. Almost all are already in collections across the globe. Here's you chance to grab one of the few remaining. These are true pieces of Star Wars history.

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And finally, I'm auctioning off two of my vintage carded doubles. These are Tri-logos that I upgraded (actually, one I upgraded, one I expected to be an upgrade but wasn't). Both are tougher to find on Tri-logo cardbacks - C-3PO Removable Limbs and Weequay. Sadly the Weequay has a bad sticker tear. The 3PO is very nice though. Check them both out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3117684340
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3117685128

So there you have it! If you wanna check out those Transformers, check out my other auctions!!

So what is SwampMuppet.com? From the looks of it, it's about a drunken, depressed, former Jedi master. At least that's the impression I get from the logo, which has to be one of the most unflattering renditions of Yoda these eyes have ever seen. If you're gonna create a site glorifying Yoda, use a glorious drawing... like this one! The color scheme is your Star Wars standard yellow letters on a black background. There's all sorts of hokey animated buttons and graphics. And there's even - get this - a CafePress T-shirt store!!! We've never seen that before!!!

But what it lacks in style and sophistication, it makes up for in content! Nate has some primo Yoda collectibles. The vintage TopToys Yoda is among the best of his pieces... that's something you don't see every decade and it has a very unique back that I just find stunning. And he also has some sweet items in his Misc. gallery... including one phenomenal portrait!

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Anybody know Chinese? I'd really like to know what these guys are saying about my comics. I tried to get the poster's E-mail address but you gotta be a member to get it...

Gotta love when someone uses your art to aid in an insult...

http://forums.delphiforums.com/...monkeyfight&msg=7.27

Or when someone uses it for their RPG character...

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And it's nice to know some of my work has reached the Dutch...

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Closer: Fox News reports that Natalie Portman has joined the cast of the Mike Nichols-directed flick as "a waif-like street-wise stripper". Jude Law, Cate Blanchett & Clive Owen are also onboard.

Why is this a problem? Well, I mailed him out some Cable Original art almost 3 weeks ago. It should have arrived at his place at the end of February. I should have posted the art in my gallery at the latest last week. But I can't, because I can't get in touch with Purple Dave . And it kills me to have to sit on the awesome art waiting for him to reply to an E-mail.

Holiday Special Boba Fett Prototype!!!

It's a prototype from the Holiday Special... just like the Chewbacca family viewable here:
http://www.toysrgus.com/images-conce/chewie-family.html

It's amazing how much work those Kenner sculptors put into this Holiday Special Boba Fett, considering that they just kit-bashed the Wookies. Check out the articulation above the elbow that we enjoyed so much on our vintage toys! Then there's the range finder on his helmet... damn shame they had to eliminate that on the production Fett. But what's really amazing is that they went to the effort of injection molding the legs, and adding a date stamp!!

OK... enough sarcasm. Come on guys, it's PAINFULLY obvious that this is a custom figure. The legs are straight off a production Fett. The arms are modified production pieces. I mean look at a photo! If this was an early prototype don't you think it would use non-production parts? If it was really only 1 of 2 examples it wouldn't have a freakin' date stamp! That's the last stage of production. At that point there are sculpts, hard copies, painted hard copies, and an array of first shots and mold tests.

Bombs away!

The rumor around the water cooler here in the dungeon that passes as the office at CreatureCantina.com is that R2-D2 is backing President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the crusade to erase a tyrant. R2 is one of the few Hollywood types supporting the war, so much so he is contemplating to forego E3 and join the armed forces to do his part to protect international freedom.

R2's decision comes as little shock to his family and friends, both of his grandfathers valiantly served during World War II. One of his grandfathers served aboard a B-29 Super Fortress, his other grandfather served aboard a B-26 Marauder, both flew many successful missions against the Axis forces. Both were also accidentally mistaken as ordnance during separate raids and were deposited behind enemy lines.

There is, however, a positive outcome to this tragic turn of events. Surprisingly both of R2-D2's grandfathers survived their terrible ordeal. Back in the home front, they were awarded the Purple Heart for their dedication and sacrifice.

Recently the staff came across these classified photos. The B-26 seen here is flying over Germany in an undated photo. The B-29 in this photo dated 29 May 1945 is shown flying over Yokohama, Japan. See them first, and only here, at CreatureCantina.com.

I mean, WHAT THE HELL AM I PAYING YOU PEOPLE FOR???? All I ask for is 1 story a month. That works out to two contributor stories a week. That's robust content!! But I get diddly-squat. And I simply don't have the time to write 5 stories a week.