Star Wars Return of the Jedi ROTJ Presto Magix... Rub One OFF!!

This is a flash back to the simple times of youth! PRESTO MAGIX!! I had about  million of these and loved to get doubles and triples so I could set up the scenes in different ways......ahhhhhh youth!! Anyway if you are unfamiliar with these you got a diorama scene and some transfers that you could rub with a pencil onto the scene and set it up for whatever action you wanted. There were so many sets available for different lines and such but Star Wars was my main attraction. I got these three MIP with the display box which brought back some memories!! They've been sitting displayed but I might have to do an update later because I am itching to rub one off with these beauties. I have some others that I'll be posting over time but this is the first batch.

Uhh huh huh, Hey Bevis, he said rub one off...
Hehehehehehehehe, yeah! Heheheehehheehe....

Pinball and Arcade games out in the wild !!!! Frogger, Elvis, Big Buck, Ms. Pac Man, Galaga and more!!

This weeks vacation travels took me to Lancaster Lanes out in Lancaster NY for some bumper bowling for Jr and some old people throwing a ball down the lane erratically for me and the Mrs. Inside I was able to capture some arcade games and pinball in their natural habitat!!

First up is the 2004 Elvis Pinball by Stern. This was a fun game to play! Multi ball, lots o Elvis tuneage.... a great playing machine !!

Next up is the 2001 High Roller Casino pinball machine by Stern. OK play. Only played once and didn't fair well :(

Here is an awesome cabinet! A mini game center with Ms. Pac Man, Frogger and Galaga!! This is where most of our quarters went as my son loves all these games !! It was pretty dark over in this area and I couldn't get any good pictures of the cabinet :(

Didn't play the 2003 Sega Eighteen Wheeler but it looked pretty frikin cool!

or didn't play the Big Buck Open Season...the one that got away .......

Well, you never know what you can see out in the wild!

The Playmobil Sheriff rides the range fully loaded!!

Its the Playmobil sheriff!! I loved this cowboy as a kid. He's the only Playmobil figure I had but I still had alot of adventures. I could swear that I got him as a Burger King premium, just the figure, cape, rifle and hat...maybe the horse. I cannot confirm that but I had him either way and ow that I scored this guy it really brings back the memories!!

This guy is ready to Ride The Range with his trusty steed!!

He comes equipped for action: Horse, cape, hat, rifle and a pistol with a HOLSTER!!!

If Ive said it once Ive said it a thousand times.....FIGURES THAT HAVE HOLSTERS FOR THEIR GUNS JUST AUTOMATICALLY RULE!!!!

Waste a bad guy with this hand!!

 

or this one!!!!

For a Plamobil figure he is ready for action!! This plastic killing machine will blast holes in any bad guy that comes his way!!! I've seen that there are some accessories that m missing like a knapsack and bridle for the horse....I'll be pickin them up too!! Cant have this guy out on the range without all he needs to survive !!!!

R2 D2 in his many forms outside of Star Wars !!

Here is a funny look at R2 D2 in his many forms outside of the Star Wars universe!!

R2 D2 Keg!!

R2 D2 Trash Can !!

R2 D2 Bird House??

 Is that Blaster?? No its R2 D2 as a boom box !!

R2 D2 guitar!?!?!

This is very creative!!

Ummmmm......

R2 D2 Mailbox!! Send your snail mail in style !!!

An R2 D2 dragster?? What the R2 D2 flamethrower was too much !??!!

Heres an addition from http://shezcrafti.com/ .... R2 D2 as a phone!!

Dex over at aeiouwhy.blogspot.com gave this one up!!

Follow this link for the info on this: mit.edu

MIT students causing hijinks!!

Remember this??

Remember when the star wars hype machine started again?

Remember when you had hope and dreamed of what the future could bring for the franchise?

This was in the beginning.

The pepsi star wars special edition darth vader bottle.

I kept it as a reminder of when I really enjoyed star wars.

Before the dark times.

Before the prequels.

At least I have peter jackson.......

Peter Jackson announces on Facebook that The Hobbit Movie will be split in 3 parts!! A TRILOGY !!!

Peter Jackson, the Director of "The Hobbit" movie if you have been in hiding, announced on his Facebook account that "The Hobbit" movie will now be a Trilogy!

Here's what he had to say:

"It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie - and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life. All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved ‘yes.'

We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.

So, without further ado and on behalf of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films, and the entire cast and crew of “The Hobbit” films, I’d like to announce that two films will become three.

It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, "a tale that grew in the telling."

Cheers,

Peter J.”

All I can say is YYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am still of the mind that "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy could be revisited and made about 4 hours longer. I say MAKE THE HOBBIT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE!!!! Just cram all the wonderful footage you can into this movie as you can!!! There has been alot of chatter of the Blogosphere about there not being enough to put into this movie but ARE YOU KIDDING !!!! The meeting, Trolls, Barrelriders, SMAUG, the Battle of Five Armies, Rivendell, The Misty Mountains, FINDING THE RING, SPIDERS, Bard and the Thrush to name a few themes!!

and you thought there wasn't enough material..........

Vintage WWF Ice Cream Bars, you can lick your favorite wrestler.....

Reis over at dorkhorde.blogspot.com posted about his favorite childhood frozen treats and I started looking up WWF (currently WWE) Ice Cream Bars and what a nostalgia trip! The videos are funny as hell!! Check em out!!

(and while looking these up I found out that in the WWE - CM Punk - did some angle about the Ice cream bars so if you are a fan here is some history. If you are like me - got out of wrestling after the demise of the Philadelphia based ECW folded - then enjoy:)