Monday, May 5, 2008

Star Wars Merch - from Sublime to OMFG!


Hi,

The creator of Star Wars continues to cash in on his success with merchandising. I say - Go for it Lucas at least two of your movies were great!

Just coming available now is a remote controlled droid (R2D2) which acts as a home media center. It projects your movies against a wall, plays your DVDs and CDs and will follow you around like a dog on a power lead.

The remote control is a step too far, but all in all it is pretty much excellent.

There is a definite dark side to this whole merchandising thing...

Lucas also does pet dress up costumes, and the only one available right now is this one.

Dressing a pug up as Darth Vader is one thing. But dressing a dog up as the Star Wars sex symbol Leia in a harem outfit?

That's just disturbing, and the people who buy it need to be closely watched. As a colleague put it "this is borderline bestiality".

I'm not sure if bestiality has a border-line. However now that I think about it I am sure that the way people act can be identified by what they buy for fun.

Or maybe it is already happening...

NP Out

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