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Check Out What’s New for Celebration V This Week

from StarWars.com:

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With summer in full swing, the Celebration V plans are heating up! Check out all of the latest updates, and take advantage of these incredible opportunities!

Star Wars Spike 4th of July Trivia Contest: Celebrate Your Freedom from the Galactic Empire!
Get ready as Spike presents the complete Star Wars Saga — all six movies — on July 3rd and 4th! Throughout the marathon, Star Wars Celebration V is presenting a series of trivia questions. If you can answer all six, you’ll have proven yourself a Jedi Master and be entered to win fabulous prizes, including tickets to the show this August! From four-day passes to the show and Last Tour to Endor event tickets, to limited-edition collectibles and DVD sets, we’re hooking you up with some serious Star Wars swag. Simply tune in this weekend, starting Saturday, July 3rd, catch the trivia questions on-screen, and click here to enter. May the lucky Force be with you!

Celebration V and Cartoon Network Present the Star Wars Ultimate Fan Getaway!
Orlando is already the vacation capital of the world, but from August 12-15th, it’ll be one of the hottest destinations in the galaxy! One lucky Star Wars fan will win a family vacation to Celebration V, the biggest Star Wars party EVER! Cartoon Network is proud to present the Star Wars Ultimate Getaway — a chance to travel to “a galaxy far, far away”, and stay in a pad that would make Lando Calrissian jealous. Winners will receive: Four Jedi Knight VIP tickets to Star Wars Celebration V, A Star Wars Dream Suite in the Peabody Orlando Hotel, Round trip travel for four from anywhere in the continental US, Transportation between the Airport and Peabody Orlando Hotel. The centerpiece of the Star Wars Ultimate Getaway is the Dream Suite — a two-level hotel room, decked out with Star Wars décor and accessories from Lucasfilm’s licensees and licensing archives! You’ll have your fill of DVDs, video games, action figures, collectibles, toys, apparel and household items, along with a treasure trove of rare, vintage collectibles from the Lucasfilm vault! And don’t worry — everything gets packed and shipped to your home address at the end of CV! Enter here by July 9th: cartoonnetwork.com/getaway. Good luck, and May the Force be with you!

Purchase your CV tickets today, with delivery straight to your door!
When you purchase your Celebration V tickets before July 11th at 11:59 PM (EST), you’ll receive them in the mail in advance of the show. Doesn’t get much easier than that! Tickets purchased after July 11th require an on-site pick up, and who wants to spend valuable show time waiting in line? Go to starwarscelebration.com now and purchase today!

Don’t Miss Out on Discounted Hotels!
You know you’re coming, so now it’s time to secure a great hotel room for as low as $65 a night! Book now by simply going to starwarscelebration.com and follow the link to take advantage of our exclusive hotel rates. You have until July 21st to benefit from these amazing discounts, so don’t delay! Reminder: OnPeak is the only official housing partner associated with Star Wars Celebration V. While other companies may contact you offering housing, they are not endorsed by or affiliated with Star Wars Celebration V.

Sport your Celebration pride by wearing exclusive CV gear now!
Got your tickets and hotel secured? Now it’s time to pre-order exclusive Celebration V t-shirts — available online now, with direct shipment to you! The deadline is July 25th, so head to the Celebration Store today and select your gear! Note: You must already be a Celebration V ticket holder to purchase these exclusive T-shirts online. International orders will not mail, and must be picked up on-site at the Official Celebration Show Store.

Weta: Mad Max, Prawns and Saturn Awards

from Weta:

Weta to work on Mad Max: Fury Road
We’re thrilled to announce our involvement with Mad Max: Fury Road, a long-awaited continuation of the Mad Max suite, the last installment of which, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, premiered 25 years ago. Read More Here!

Christopher Johnson and son — Prawns in District 9
Exiled by fate to an alien and hostile planet where he is placed in a ghetto and forced to survive on black market pet food, Christopher Johnson is on a relentless quest to escape. With the help of his son and a few close confidants, he has managed to scrape together enough alien fuel to attempt a get-away. Beneath his ramshackle shelter hides a secret waiting to be unearthed. It’s now or never. From Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, Weta brings you a sculpture of the two hero “prawns” as they are condescendingly referred to by the humans of Johannesburg. They stand amid the rubble that is both their immediate source of nourishment and also offers a faint glimmer of hope to a people marooned. Preorder the Prawns Here!

Avatar scoops it big at Saturn Awards and District 9 Best International
The 36th Annual Saturn Awards (The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films) were awarded recently and not surprisingly, Avatar and James Cameron featured heavily. Weta Digital’s Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri, Visual Effects Supervisor Stephen Rosenbaum and Animation Director Andrew R. Jones along with Animation Supervisor Richard Baneham of Lightstorm, were recognised with a Best Special Effects award. Huge congratulations!

Xenofi… Fenoxy… Xenodefugio Subtiltus
Trust Greg Broadmore, evil genius and creator of Dr. Grordbort’s to come up with a name like that. All we know is that this is a fantastical insect specimen, even if it is from Venus, and it would look awesome in any home. That only 50 are hand made here at Weta Workshop also makes it into a highly sought-after collectible piece of art. It joins the two previously released specimens, the Blue Sacked Pillock and the Nandy Duke which were released earlier in the year. Order yours here!

Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition moves to Shanghai
After Sichuan and Hong Kong, it’s time for Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition to travel to Shanghai. This was announced at a press conference with actor Jackie Chan, director Stanley Tong and Richard Taylor. The exhibition will open in Shanghai on 8 August, during the World Expo that’s currently taking place in Shanghai.

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Minas Morgul? Doors of Durin? Rivendell? Lothlorien?
Since we announced our return to Middle-earth a year ago, we have released The Argonath (sold out), Bag End and The Prancing Pony environments from The Lord of the Rings. What should be next? Minas Tirith? Grond? Orthanc? The Green Dragon? Black Gate? Join in the discussion and vote!

Gandalf — where art thou?
There is a persistant rumour that Gandalf may have visited Weta recently to re-acquaint himself with Glamdring? You will HEAR more next week…

Last Chance for Collectors! Running Out…
Warning flags have started pinging in our stock reports — some products are getting very close to selling out. The time for hesitation is past. Now is the time for ACTION:

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Shout! Factory at San Diego Comic-Con

from Shout! Factory:

Hark! The San Diego Comic-Con Is Nigh
We’re working at full tilt to finalize the details for this year’s extravaganza, happening July 22–25. Here’s a sneak peek at what to expect from Shout! this year. A panel! Signings! Gifts with purchases! Max Headroomize yourself. Let us explain… Join us for the Roger Corman: King of the Independents panel in Room 25ABC on Friday at 5:30. The “we promise it will be riveting” panel stars Roger and Julie Corman, directors Joe Dante and Allan Holzman, actors Sid Haig and Mary Woronov, and moderator Alex Stapleton, who recently completed a film about this maverick filmmaker.

At our booth — the same as last year, #3749 — we’ll have the following signings (dates and times to follow): Larry Blamire and cast (Dark and Stormy Night and The Lost Skeleton Returns Again), Roger Corman and Joe Dante (the Roger Corman’s Cult Classics series, including Piranha [1978]), Stephen Collins (Tales of the Gold Monkey) and Gregg Berger (the animated G.I. Joe: The Movie and The Transformers).

We’ll also be selling a number of our DVDs and offering special gifts with purchase for Max Headroom: The Complete Series, Dark and Stormy Night and The Lost Skeleton Returns Again, Gamera, G.I. Joe: The Movie and Piranha.

Lastly, we’ll have a Max Headroom photo booth set up where you can “become” Max Headroom. Stand behind the cut-out, sport the nifty Max glasses and have your picture taken. It’s going to be fun! We’ll have more details soon.

We’re offering an ode to Comic-Con sale, with an exciting list of titles on sale at greatly reduced rates! Check out the goods.

Keep up with the latest Shout! news throughout your day by following us on Twitter and Facebook. Plus, visit our YouTube page for trailers, clips and music videos.

Dark Horse Launches Company Blog!

from Dark Horse Comics:

If you’ve recently visited the Dark Horse website, you may have noticed a new addition to the homepage. Just over a month ago, Dark Horse joined the blogosphere, and has been posting exclusive content ever since.

Combining a mix of feature content, interviews, and first looks, the Dark Horse company blog will become the premier venue for Dark Horse news online.

“The Dark Horse blog will provide a world-class experience for pop-culture fans looking for more information about our incredible line of comics, books, and toys,” said Dark Horse’s vice president of marketing, Micha Hershman. “By leveraging interactive technologies, providing direct-feedback mechanisms, and streamlining our distribution of news and editorial content, Dark Horse has taken another step toward fulfilling our promise as the most community-focused comic publisher in the world.”

The Dark Horse blog will slowly replace the existing Dark Horse press-release list. Please subscribe to our blog RSS feed for the latest Dark Horse news!

Visit the Dark Horse blog now at www.darkhorse.com/blog.

MIMOBOT Core Series 2.5 is Here to Celebrate Our 5 Year Anniversary!

from Mimoco:

MIMOBOT Core Series
Hailing from Planet Blõôh…
the original MIMOBOTs that started it all have returned to Earth to celebrate Mimoco’s 5th Anniversary! Say hello to the new green Isadore and MIMOpals and learn more about our summer-long MIMOBOT extravaganza!

Infectious X MIMOBOT Design Challenge: Unmasked
Deadline: July 15, 2010
Call for Entries!

Video: Welcome to Planet Blõôh!
Meet the new Core Series MIMOBOTs with the help of Dr. Knowledgeus from his floating space lab in Galaxy 4210. Watch Now!

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J!NX: Wil Wheaton Strikes Again!

from J!NX:

Wil Wheaton Goes Back to His Roots
Wil Wheaton’s brain is a deep well of creativity, which is why we have teamed up with him to bring you a series of tees that express what it means to be a geek. This week we bring you the second design of this series, where Wil has worked in collaboration with J!NX Artist Miguel “Borrador” Rojas to remind all of us where we come from, when gaming didn’t involve graphics cards, headsets, or authenticators. Like what you see? We’ve got two more shirts from this collaborative series being released on 7/5 and 7/12!

J!NX Design Arcade — Now Open for Voting!
The first round of Design Arcade entries have been uploaded and are available for voting! We asked you all for your best art and design concepts, and we were not disappointed. Whether you’re a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, ninjas, zombies, hacking, or spiritual enlightenment, there’s something in there for you. Vote for your favorite and earn 10 exp per vote!

-Team J!NX

Split Reason: June 2010 Newsletter

from Split Reason:

E3 is over and it was a hell of a show. Laughs and gasps were in abundance amidst a barrage of announcements, hands-on demo’s, and doctored presentations. Microsoft tried to show the pinnacle of digital river rafting with controller-less Kinect, Sony gave us a Black Wii with an illuminated tumor, and Nintendo dropped a 3D bombshell sending DS fans into rabid obsession. (Soon to be camping outside their nearest video game retailer with a bag of rupees.) In a nutshell, the event was an interactive game of paper-rock-scissors after a case of Bawls and a few shots of espresso; a sight to behold and cherish, as the competition is what drives innovation so we can play awesome new games in awesome new ways, forever, and ever.

Extra Life is creeping closer by the day, don’t forget to play a few games and heal the kids! It takes place on October 16th, 2010. The event aims to raise money and awareness for Childrens Miracle Network Hospitals. To date Extra Life has raised more than $300,000 dollars to help kids live long happy lives by providing hospitals with much needed funding for equipment and programs. 100% of the money raised stays where it is raised. In the gamers LOCAL CMN Hospital. Read more…

This month, we’re happy to announce the launch of the Co-Optimus Store @ Splitreason.com. Co-Optimus is a website dedicated to Co-Op games. Their job is to bring you the most comprehensive list of games that support co-op play, and give you all the details you need to stay up to date. Stop by their site to check out the latest in co-op gaming and don’t forget to stop by the store for a new t-shirt!

If anyone is looking to save a few bucks, we’re running a promo for the next few weeks offering 10% off. Just enter the promo code REDRING at check-out. Stayed glued to our Twitter and Facebook page for more savings, contests, and give-a-ways! Now, on to our new products for the month of June…

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII

Shout! Factory relights the Movie Sign for their upcoming DVD box set, Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII.

The Mads of Deep 13 and the loyal yet helpless crew of the Satellite of Love — including Joel, Mike, Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot and Gypsy — cordially invite you to join them as they pay tribute to some of the finest-quality cheesefests this side of Gouda! The 18th laugh-filled edition of Mystery Science Theater 3000 promises to keep you as entertained as ever with four episodes never before available on DVD!

Lost Continent, Season 2:
A group of scientists and military men, their nitwit plane mechanic in tow, set off to find a failed rocket experiment that’s nose-dived into a land inexplicably populated by rubber dinosaur models. You’d think that in a movie featuring dinosaurs, they’d be the main attraction, but no; most of the movie focuses on eternal scenes of the expedition scaling a mountain (“Rock climbing, Joel, rock climbing!”) and slogging through the jungle, with barely a word of dialogue spoken. That the film is in black-and-white only adds to the tediousness of the rock climbing, to the point that the normally unflappable Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow lose their patience and snap at the film. The casting of Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver, Leave It to Beaver) provides an endless supply of Wally and the Beav jokes, and Beaumont (played by Michael J. Nelson) even visits the Satellite of Love during one of the host segments to inform Joel and the ‘Bots that he’s actually one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, spoofing on the iconically wholesome 1950s TV Dad image he secured in his most famous role. Shout! Factory warns at the beginning of the film that the “episode was compiled from the best possible surviving master”, so there are quite a few distracting image and sound flaws, but none bad enough to ruin the viewing experience. The bonus features on this disc are a new introduction by Frank Conniff (“TV’s Frank”), and the film’s original theatrical trailer.

Crash of the Moons, Season 4:
This episode opens with the B&W short General Hospital, the final entry in a three-part riff of the soap opera’s 1963 debut season. Mocking soap operas is almost too easy for Joel and the ‘Bots, who wring General Hospital for every drop of melodrama it has, and mercilessly lay on the camp. The episode’s main feature, Crash of the Moons, is cobbled together from three episodes of the space opera TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger to create a feature length collection of 1950s sci-fi clichés. John Banner (Sgt. Schultz, Hogan’s Heroes) steals every scene he’s in as the overly chipper, English-mangling ruler of one of the two doomed moons, and is the target of much good-natured ribbing inside and outside of the Satellite of Love’s theatre. One host segment is dedicated to the promotion of “Bannergrams”, and in the closing segment Bavarro (played by Michael J. Nelson) appears on the SOL’s viewscreen but is quickly redirected to Deep 13 to annoy the Mads with his cheerfulness. Crow and Tom Servo also have a musical number, “The Gypsy Moons”, in which they serenade Gypsy until the escalating competition gets completely out of hand. The bonus feature on this disc is the Crash of the Moons Original Mystery Science Theater Hour Wraps, a Biography-style film intro and wrap-up with host “Jack Perkins” (played by Michael J. Nelson).

The Beast of Yucca Flats, Season 6:
The main feature is preceded by two short films — Money Talks resurrects Benjamin Franklin’s shadow to lecture a teenage boy about managing his 1950s-era budget, while industrial video Progress Island, U.S.A. unenticingly hawks Puerto Rico to potential investors in 1973. In The Beast of Yucca Flats, fan-favourite B-movie star Tor Johnson (Plan 9 from Outer Space) plays a Russian scientist who flees his would-be assassins right onto a military test site, an atomic blast mutating him into a lumbering killing machine. The film, gloomily narrated by director Coleman Francis, is largely silent, leaving plenty of dead space for Mike and crew to fill with riffs. The bonus features on this disc are No Dialogue Necessary: Making an “Off-Camera Masterpiece”, a featurette that examines the making of The Beast of Yucca Flats, done in a style that mimics the film and guest-starring Frank Conniff; Coleman Francis: The Cinematic Poet of Parking, a retrospective look at the director and his filmmaking process; the original theatrical trailer for The Beast of Yucca Flats; and a stills gallery.

Jack Frost, Season 8:
In this trippy Russian/Finnish fairy tale, Ivan, a narcissistic young man with a blonde bowl cut, and the unfortunately named Nastenka, Russia’s answer to Cinderella, find true love despite Ivan being briefly turned into a werebear by Father Mushroom and Nastenka accidentally getting frozen solid by Jack Frost. Along the way to their happily-ever-after, they also encounter the inept witch Baba Yaga, a flying house, menacing trees, a pig transformed into a sled, and a band of unsavoury dwarves. Jack Frost borrows its palette of supersaturated colours from The Wizard of Oz — overcompensating for the lack of colour in the other three episodes of Volume XVIII — which just increases the film’s surreality. The snowballing weirdness makes Mike’s performance as the Lord of the Dance, and an appearance by Yakov Smirnoff (played by MST3K prop master Patrick Brantseg) on the Satellite of Love, seem normal by comparison. The bonus feature on this disc is a new introduction by Kevin Murphy (“Tom Servo”).

Steve Vance continues to illustrate the film poster style covers of the slimline DVD cases, copies of which are included in each MST3K box set as exclusive mini-posters. Their campy, retro comic book design perfectly fits the tone of the cheesy movies, and the easy-to-frame prints are ideal MSTie decor. The discs’ animated menus, always of exceptional quality, have practically become a bonus feature in their own right. Sound clips from the movies are cleverly edited together to create new scenes of interaction between Crow and Tom Servo, the vignettes serving as previews of the films they accompany.

Shout! Factory has obviously been listening to fan suggestions, as Volume XVIII is another solid set of most-wanted episodes. If you’d like to help keep the hits coming, be sure to e-mail Shout! Factory or post on their Cult Faves message board.

Pre-order at Amazon.com:
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII (Canada)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII (US)

Or order directly through the Shout! Factory website.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is distributed by Shout! Factory. For more Mystery Science Theater 3000 information, please visit The Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 Website and Satellite News: The Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 Fan Site.

Check Out What’s New for Celebration V This Week

from StarWars.com:

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Tell Your Story at Star Wars Celebration V
Fans of the Saga will have the unique opportunity to become a part of the Star Wars universe by contributing to Lucasfilm’s archive — The Star Wars Stories Project at Star Wars Celebration V this coming August in Orlando. Soliciting movie memories and fan nostalgia, the Stories Project is an ongoing initiative dedicated to chronicling the fan experience by inviting fans — young and old — to share their own anecdotes, missives and personal experiences through video testimonials. All four days of the convention, fans will have the opportunity to have their fifteen minutes in the spotlight, to tell their story as only they can tell it. Simply complete this form to reserve a timeslot during the event; a representative will contact you to schedule your 15 minute appointment. Reserve now! Appointments are filled on a first-come, first-reserved basis and once the slots are filled, we will not be able to accept addition reservations. Next door to the scheduled room, a walk-up Stories Project camera is planned, where fans can come without a reservation, for a limited number of hours each day. However, to avoid waiting in line, we recommend you make an online reservation. Sign up now to share your Star Wars memories!

Star Wars Stories Project at Celebration V

  • By reservation: W305 A, Thursday-Saturday, August 12-14, 11am-6pm; Sunday, August 15, 11am-5pm
  • Walk-up Star Wars Stories: W305 B, Thursday-Sunday, August 12-15, 11am-1pm, 3pm-5pm

Build Echo Base at Celebration V
Frank D’Iorio, the master diorama builder behind the fantastic fan-built dioramas at Celebrations II, III, and IV is returning for yet another Celebration, this time to lead fans in building Echo Base, the Rebel encampment on the ice planet Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. D’Iorio will set the stage in the Diorama building area, and then adults and kids alike can come and build a portion of the scene — free of charge — which takes shape as one huge diorama over the course of the weekend. Attendees who have been to D’Iorio’s building areas agree that one of the best parts of building a diorama at Celebration is getting to take their portion home on the last day of the show. Read more on the Celebration V Diorama Building Area here.

Celebration V Art Show
Star Wars artists of extraordinary vision will be exhibiting and selling their original prints at Celebration V. Each of the artists listed here will have a limited number of prints available, created exclusively for the show. Most of these artists will be within the Celebration V Art Show area, hosted by ACME Archives, in the Celebration Experience Exhibit Hall. A few others will appear in their own booths on the exhibit floor. Here are some of the artists participating.

Weta: meet Jackie Chan, Xenodefugio and Pomson

from Weta:

New Pin Joins the Ranks!
Readers of VICTORY — Scientific Adventure Violence for Young Men and Literate Women will no doubt have drooled over the Pomson 6000 — a stonker of a beautiful ray rifle. We are testing the market for these beasts by making available a smidge of trinketry for lapel application. This pin joins previous pins — the Unnatural Selector and the Goliaton 83. Acquire one or perish excrutiatingly! (one of each if you want to be ABSOLUTELY certain)

Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition gets Shanghaied by Jackie Chan!
It was announced yesterday by Jackie Chan, the rapscallion, that the Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition that has recently closed its doors after a successful stint in Hong Kong, is next headed for Shanghai. There is a locomotorial electropictogrammatic recording the revelation to the publishing hordes right here! The readables and audibles seem to be encrypted (or possibly in Mandarin). But by Jove — you will get the gist!

LAST CHANCE to acquire an Unnatural Selector Ray Blunderbuss — only 5 LEFT!
Out of the 50, only 5 remain. Order yours now.

Steampunk Fashion Show and Gala Ball
The hugely talented provincials in the township of Oamaru on New Zealand’s largely deserted South Island, have put on an extraordinary event — a Steampunk Fashion Show. Grordbort Industries sent Kim Graham along as a judge for the competition and we had a very hard time getting her back from the League of Victorian Imagineers, as they’ve monikered themselves. For the results and a description of the event, please visit The League of Victorian Imagineers in Oamaru!

Xenodefugio Subtiltus — a mouthful on a multitude of levels!
The hive is a-flutter as yet another species is awarded with extinction! With the latest, the Xenodefugio Subtiltus, it’s actually been a struggle to keep it alive this long. More about that — and the chance to OWN one — on Wednesday 30 June! Keep them peeled! No… your eyes, stupid! Here’s an excerpt of behavioural characteristica: “To ascribe the characteristic ‘retarded’ to its movement would not be unfair, as these simple little beasts move unpredictably in a manner akin to an unhappy grasshopper with mild brain damage.”

Greg Broadmore — Philosophising in Switzerland
Greg Broadmore will no doubt be entrancing his audience when he descends on Neuchatel, with talk about Weta Workshop design philosophy and about creating Science Fiction Worlds such as Dr. Grordbort’s and District 9. This all takes place at the Imaging the Future Symposium at this year’s NIFFF, the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival. In Neuchatel. Naturally. When? In the morning Thursday 8 July!

Dr. Grordbort’s for beginners
It is advisable, for beginners, not to throw themselves at the aether oscillating contraputronica straight away, but to familiarise oneself. We can think of no better way than to secure a “Dr. Grordbort’s for beginners” swag pack, consisting of no less (and no more) than seven items — all drawn from the blunter end of the Dr. Grordbort’s arsenal. There’s the book — Dr. Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory — a stylish pin, a sleek and sexy keyring and four postcards. Neither of which can be used (as far as we’ve been able to establish) to cause any major harm (young impressionable minds excluded).

“San Diego Comic Convention”
A whole exhibition hall dedicated to compartmentalised picture essays? What a preposterous notion! And in the colonies? Pah! Alas, it seems to thoroughly have mesmerised Messrs Taylor, Broadmore, Launder and Tremont who are all going to attend Weta’s booth (#2615) alongside assorted totty. Again. Every year, the same debacle. This year, a number of hefty crates have been packed and forwarded. Contents include customised rayguns (on themes such as stripy animals, orientals with a death wish and Teutonic knife makers), a huge lump of faux stone, vaguely in the shape of the Matterhorn, which is allegedly to serve as a kind of beacon to the masses at the convention. And other shiny and desirable bits. Grordbort Industries production associates, “Weta” have a page of updates available for your perusal.

Gunstand. It’s a Universal thing!
Is your sidearm crying out for a cooling rack? Now we have these beauties in stock. A slap of cast iron with weight and heft to hold ANY of Dr. Grordbort’s range of aether oscillating handguns. The Pearce Atom, the F.M.O.M., the Goliathon 83, the Manmelter 3600zx, the Victorious Mongoose and last (and least) the space-age lightweight stealth pistol the Righteous Bison Indivisible Particle Smasher. Don’t singe your velour-clad travel case — cool and display your gear on a Universal Gun Stand today! (or in a few days, depending on the slackness of the freight forwarders).

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Star Wars: New comics from a galaxy far, far away…

from Things from Another World:

There are so many great Star Wars comics on the horizon that it’s hard not to geek out. It’s been a great ride, but Star Wars: Legacy is approaching its 50th and final issue. What’s in store for Krayt and Skywalker? Find out this July!

Star Wars fans around the world are absolutely giddy about the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic video game. The massively multiplayer online game promises to change your idea of the Star Wars Universe forever… and the new Star Wars: The Old Republic comic book series will kick everything off next month!

Shortly before the start of the Clone Wars, Count Dooku sends Jango Fett on a mission that will affect the course of Boba Fett’s life some twenty years later. But for now, neither of them knows what the future holds in store, and besides, they have their schedule filled dodging monsters and fighting bad guys! Star Wars: Blood Ties — A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett is a multigenerational tale of honor and redemption, starring two of the heaviest hitters in the Star Wars galaxy — the father-and-clone team of Jango and Boba Fett!

Star Wars: Invasion — Rescues started last month and we’re here to tell you that you’re missing out if you haven’t jumped aboard yet. The series features classic characters from the Star Wars universe like Luke, Han, and Leia and introduces us to Jacen, Jaina, Anakin (Han and Leia’s kids) and a slew of other characters. The Yuuzhan Vong pose a huge threat to peace in the galaxy — that is, unless the Solo children and their friend Finn Galfridian have anything to say about it.

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Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls: Hot Summer Sale, Cool Chibi Contest

from Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls:

Summer is officially here! And with this commencement of the summer solstice comes a SIZZLIN’ hot T-SHIRT SALE brought to you by your friends at MWGG Central Control.

Adult and Kids T-Shirts (originally priced @ $20) are now available at the MWGG Webstore for only 15 bucks! With savings at 25%, you couldn’t find a better deal even at zero gravity!

Is this sale too hot for you to handle? Well to keep things cool, we’re also having an exclusive MWGG POLAR FLEECE CHIBI CONTEST. Three lucky winners will win a hand-made, 15-inch, polar fleece Milky Way Chibi, designed and hand-sewn by creator Lauren Faust. These Chibis are not available in stores (yet) and will come with its very own certificate of authenticity.

All you need to do to enter the contest is purchase $15 worth of merchandise* at the MWGG Webstore or buy a MWGG Plush Doll online at FAO.com. Those who purchase a doll at FAO.com need only send proof of purchase to motherearth@milkywayandthegalaxygirls.com to be entered into the contest.

The T-SHIRT SALE and CONTEST will run until July 21st. Winners will be notified the following weekend.

Over and Out!
Mother Earth

* does not include shipping and handling