Comments on: Rejected Star Wars toy ideas

By: jramboz

jramboz — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:03:00 +0000

That’s what she said…

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:26:00 +0000

Han Solo?

By: skyhawk1

skyhawk1 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:56:00 +0000

When are they going to make the slave Leia popsicle mold?

By: jimh

jimh — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:30:00 +0000

It would be as if millions of servers suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:48:00 +0000

You’re right. Come to think of it, since the internet is made for porn but made OF cats, it would crumble if someone tried to remove the cats. It would be like taking the wheels off a car and still expecting it to work. Extracting Star Wars would be like taking off an axle.

By: samhandwich

samhandwich — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:14:00 +0000

How did they come up with SO MANY bad ideas?

By: jimh

jimh — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Mesa not wanna go into theesa hole, nossir! Mesa gettin’ very very scared!

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:42:00 +0000

Maybe the inflatable throne will show up in Henchman 21′s dorm room.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:27:00 +0000

Goddamn CATS!

By: leidentech

leidentech — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:37:00 +0000

What’chew’talkin’bout willis? I’d still mo’fo buy that throne.

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Obligatory “get off my lawn” comment duly noted.

That said. NO. Don’t like it? Find another internet or less geeky sites to haunt.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:17:00 +0000

I’m genuinely astonished to learn that any Star Wars merchandising, ever, anywhere, was rejected for any reason whatsoever.

Well that seems like a challenge for somebody to create a Jar Jar Binks buttplug.

By: Hanglyman

Hanglyman — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:54:00 +0000

These are really imaginative, but I can see why some of them wouldn’t sell well. Even the most rabid Star Wars fan would be embarrassed to have a goddamn R2-D2 slide projector or Star Wars golf set. Well, maybe the second most rabid fan would be, anyway.

By: pupdog

pupdog — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:42:00 +0000

Come on dude, it’s a penis. Not that hard…

By: Sparrow

Sparrow — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:03:00 +0000

If you’re making it yourself and not selling it, copyright shouldn’t be an issue.

By: grimatongueworm

grimatongueworm — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:55:00 +0000

Man, they would have sold a Brazillion of those Academy rings.

By: Bucket

Bucket — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:54:00 +0000

I don’t even use windshield sun blockers, but the one (from the first installment) with the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon is pure genius.

ThinkGeek has Han Solo in carbonite ice cube trays, very similar to your popsicle molds in most respects.

By: yobar

yobar — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:45:00 +0000

That Vader lavalamp and my black light would have gone together so well!

By: Daniel Friesen

Daniel Friesen — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:38:00 +0000

Who the hell rejected the Han Solo in carbonite popsicle mold?

By: jimh

jimh — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000

What a missed opportunity for the Jar-Jar Binks™ inflatable punching bag.

By: jimh

jimh — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000

I was thinking “All too easy.”

By: Tim Nolan

Tim Nolan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:08:00 +0000

How long does the copyright stand on these. I would love to make a speederbike pushbike for my son…

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:08:00 +0000

That’s sad. Training academy class rings that would have been awarded to the younglings if they hadn’t been [*spoiler alert*] massacred by Anakin.

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:07:00 +0000

Yeah, and also CATS! Dang internet.

By: i_prefer_yeti

i_prefer_yeti — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Going back to the original list, the inflatable Death Start would work well using the same tech as those flying/floating remote controlled sharks. Indeed, I won’t be surprised in the least to see a tie fighter or one of those new-fangled clone wars series ships on the market shortly.

By: Jason Geyer

Jason Geyer — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000

The straw would have come out of his (unsculpted) crossbow blaster as the “laser”.

By: dasanjos

dasanjos — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000

I guess the site was boing-boinged :)
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.actionfigureinsider.com

But fear not, way back machine has a copy!
http://liveweb.archive.org/http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2012/02/26/rejected-star-wars-strikes-back/

By: HahTse

HahTse — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:56:00 +0000

I would have bought the throne at once.

I mean…HOW COOL IS THAT THING?!?!?!111

By: Wisconsin Platt

Wisconsin Platt — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:33:00 +0000

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/wp-content/gallery/rsw_pepsi/toppersculpts.jpg

I can understand that the straw would emerge from the light saber on the Yoda Cup Topper.

But what about Chewbacca?

Chewbacca doesn’t have a light saber to extend and become a straw.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Can we as the great internet community make some sort of agreement to take a year long break from Star Wars? God knows I loved that movie as a kid and saw it a dozen times in the theater, but Jesus, I think enough is enough. What is left to take from it? The movie is 30 years old and I don’t think I can go a day without seeing some reference to it on the internet. It’s tired. Let’s move on. Maybe we can do a funny take on those Shepard Fairey Obama posters. That would be clever. Or spoof those old inspirational posters with the black borders?