Not too much to post about today.  I just wanted to point you to an AWESOME Lego creation.  I found this over at SuperPunch and there’s more images to see on flickr.  I love Legos, and toys, OH! and Star Wars.  :D

I am pleased to announce that there are people actually bidding on my custom Mugg.  It’s not as high the high bidder, but happy that somebody wants it.  You can bid on it here.  I took this photo of it in the display cases at the Star Wars Pavilion at the San Diego Comic-Con.

The auction for the custom Mighty Muggs has begun.  I’ve even got a bid on my Mugg!  You can see the auction here.

“Artists, comic book creators, toy designers, and celebrity fans are getting out their markers, paint brushes and glue guns to transform blank Mighty Muggs into one-of-a-kind Star Wars art to be auctioned by The Make-A-Wish Foundation.”  This is from the Star Wars website.  I along with several other artists got a blank Mighty Mugg to paint.  I’d never worked on one of these before so I wanted to do something a little bit different and add some elements to it.  I think it turned out pretty good!

I tried to do a complete turn around of the character before I sent it off.  I put the images together in the video below.

The website ThinkGeek is famous (well I think it’s famous) for some of the most creative and catchy products.  They know their geeky audience and they stock what they need.  Well, every April Fools day, they have a slew of joke products that are so fun you find yourself saying, “That should be a real product because now I WANT IT!”  This year’s gag gift idea was so great that they’re actually trying to bring it to life.

A Tauntaun Sleeping bag.  Many of you may know this already but in Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back we open on the snow planet of Hoth.  Our Hero Luke Skywalker has been injured and his friend Han Solo has ridden off in on his trusty Tauntaun to find him.  Well Han did find Luke, but he was freezing to death.  Han’s Tauntaun died from exposure to the elements and so Han used Luke’s lightsaber to cut open the Tauntaun and stuff Luke inside to keep him warm.

Now look at this cozy sleeping bag!  The zipper is a lightsaber so you can simulate cutting open the Tauntaun.  Look at that intestine lining!  Absolutely wonderful! 

I had seen this floating around online last week.  I thought it was pretty cool, but I really didn’t stop to take notice until I saw some notes on my Facebook page that one of my friends at Lucasfilm was sending the link to another Lucasfilm friend who happens to work for the Star Wars Shop.  The website ThinkGeek got such a huge response to this prank that they have decided to start the process to see if they can make it real.  I don’t know that anything will happen with it, but I DO know that the people at Lucasfilm are aware of their efforts and that’s good.

Thanks to Jeff at Sirvus Design Studio for pointing me back to the story.

Brian’s Toys is offering a complete set of all the vintage from Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.  12 monthly-payments of $299.99, plus shipping charge of $15 each month ($180 total S&H) and they’ll send figures each month that total approximately $399.99.  This brings your grand total to only $3,499.99!!!

I’m not a huge toy collector, but I do happen to own every single Star Wars Galactic Heroes set (except for the brand new Slave Leia and drink serving R2, I haven’t found them yet).  So for today’s post I’ve put together a few shots of the new toys.

I started with of course the classic scend of the guard’s had sticking out from the Rancor’s mouth, and then had a few other shots with Luke added to the scene.  This last one has been included to let you know that the guard is safe and well, and that he is leaving the handy little back door to the Rancor.