Star Wars Black Series

[joshsquash729]

"Franchises are built on Glup Shittos" - George Lucas, probably. I may be the only person out there who would unironically love an Elan Sleazebaggano in the Black Series. #gimmedatglup

 

[Justice]

I was so sure you had just made up that character that I went to Google and he is in fact real.

 

[AceofKnaves]

I was so sure you had just made up that character that I went to Google and he is in fact real.

The more a prequel-era name sounds ridiculous and totally made-up, the more likely it is real.

I mean holy shit, Darth Maul’s brother is named “Savage Opress” and the baddest prequel-era bounty hunter is named “Cad Bane”. Did they think “Badguy McEvil” was taken?

 

[NORM]

Even Vader means father. They weren't reaching.

 

[Justice]

The more a prequel-era name sounds ridiculous and totally made-up, the more likely it is real.

I mean holy shit, Darth Maul’s brother is named “Savage Opress” and the baddest prequel-era bounty hunter is named “Cad Bane”. Did they think “Badguy McEvil” was taken?

Apparently!

 

[docsilence]

This is a franchise that had a very short lived Jedi named Ima-Gun Di.

 

[Super Camel]

Ima-need an Ima-Gun Di in figure form ASAP.

 

[joshsquash729]

And let's not forget our dear departed friend from the OG Clone Wars, who was based on Shaggy from Scooby Doo, aptly named "Sha'a Gi" . Naming Star Wars characters is, I imagine, a lot like being the person who gets to write greeting cards- just a whole lot of nonsensical fun.

 

[Super Camel]

And let's not forget our dear departed friend from the OG Clone Wars, who was based on Shaggy from Scooby Doo, aptly named "Sha'a Gi" . Naming Star Wars characters is, I imagine, a lot like being the person who gets to write greeting cards- just a whole lot of nonsensical fun.

I'll take it! especially being a huge Scooby Fan.

They should give Sha'a Gi an Astromech Droid called SC00-BD0

 

[Ru1977]

I used to be part of Banthapedia, which no longer exists, but we set out to do a completely nonsensical star wars wiki where we named as many unnamed characters as we possibly could. Jedi, palace aliens, background rebels etc. for instance, one of Jabba's henchman in the added ANH scene I named Chuck Steak.

It was fun and COMPLETELY dumb. And I eventually quit because I was wasting so much creative energy naming and giving silly back stories to someone else's characters!

 

[docsilence]

Apparently this week is "look for trooper figures who got canceled on me by big box store fuckery" because I forgot my Kamino trooper got canceled so now I am, of course, scouring eBay for one. Also stalking Appo. I'm actually supposed to have some downtime this weekend and I want to do some ridiculous setups with Clone Troopers, jedi, and xenomorphs.

Apropos of nothing all this tallk of the no-name alien characters has reminded me I've got a LEGO set that I've never had the time or a proper respectul place to build it, that massive Mos Eisley set, and I told my partner if she ever catches me building it just assume I got a health diagnosis that I've got six months to ive. Buuuuut I now want to build it to fill with no-name aliens. If I could rehome my old Heroclix Galactus and some oversized D&D minis I painted, I could find a proper shelf for it in my office...

 

[Hi-Fi]

Finally got myself an avatar as a campaign-starter for a Kleya figure.

 

[Super Camel]

I got my Obi Wan and Clone from Hasbro Pulse, and the box it was shipped in was SMASHED. I opened the box, and the Black Series packaging was, you guessed it SMASHED.

But General Kenobi had the High Ground, and he and the Clone were unscathed. If I was an MOC Collector, I'd be so pissed lol. But I'm not, So I threw away the damaged packaging and moved on with my loose collecting life.

But holy hell was this stuff smashed. I'm so glad the figures were ok. It was so Smashed I thought it came from Hasbro Flatline, because any indication of a PULSE was gone.

 

[Ru1977]

Anytime Pulse does anything you can ding them for, I would. Get something out of it!

 

[Super Camel]

Anytime Pulse does anything you can ding them for, I would. Get something out of it!

You're probably right. But I just wanted the figures, and they were fine. So, I hate to do it. Also, Hasbro Pulse has been very good to me in the very, very few times they've ever messed up.