http://www.bothanjedi.com My small corner of the Star Wars Universe Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:12:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just stumbled on this while browsing Wookiepedia and thought I'd share. From a blog entry on their site from last year STAR WARS OUTSIDER, a new fan-produced, Expanded Universe PDF-magazine. The idea is to bring well-known fans in the community together to create an entertaining magazine that is sure to please fans that ... http://www.bothanjedi.com/star-wars-outsider/ I'm always amazed what people can build from Lego. Here's a bunch of Artoo's I found on Flickr This full size Artoo is from an FAO Schwartz store somewhere in the world I'm pretty sure this one from Comic-Con 2007 is the same design This one is from Lego Land in California. The ... http://www.bothanjedi.com/lego-artoos/ I used to play this game all the time as a kid. http://www.bothanjedi.com/the-new-spy-hunter/ Here's a couple of great shots of a screen used R2 in Anakin's Starfigher from the Star War Expo in Brazil Don't forget to click through to see the high-res photos showing R2 pocking through the bottom of the Starfighter (minus is feet!) Full gallery of the expo here. Original photos posted ... http://www.bothanjedi.com/sw-expo-brazil/ One step closer to C3PO or a Terminator.... http://www.bothanjedi.com/exoskeleton/ This weekend kids of all ages help build an 8 foot Lego R2D2. Here's some great photos from the event. Photos originally uploaded to flickr by thpomer More details here. http://www.bothanjedi.com/8-foot-lego-r2d2/ Is it just me or does the new Hasbro 3 3/4" C3PO shown at Toy Faire last week look a lot like a Cyberman, maybe it's just the pose. http://www.bothanjedi.com/cyberman-3po/ Looks like they're finally taking orders on that R2 Projector that's been taunting us for months Here's a real cool photo of the assemble line Limited to 4,000 and price at just over $4K. I think I'd rather invest in a micro projector for my own droid. http://www.bothanjedi.com/r2-d2-dvd-projector-up-for-pre-order/ http://www.bothanjedi.com/which-r2/ There's a bunch of new Galactic Hero's in the way from Hasbro. My favorite has got to be Sail Barge R2 with Slave Leia :) http://www.bothanjedi.com/new-galactic-heros/