Once again this year I made the trek to the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo in Chicago, Illinois. Below is a sampling of the cool and not so cool stuff that can be found there. Some of the highlights were the new area just for indie artists called “The Block”, and the awesome display of graded vintage Star Wars toys at the “Vintage Toys & Pop Culture Auction.”
Tag: Star Wars
Cinco de Mayo Can’t Stop Star Wars Day – May the Fourth Be on Your TV at Woot.com
What? You thought Star Wars Day was over?!
You might have missed out on the extra special deals at Amazon for Star Wars Blu-rays and DVDs (Star Wars stuff is still on sale at Amazon, just not as much as yesterday) – if so, Woot has got deals on Star Wars Blu-rays, DVDs, and CDs of the original soundtracks for the movies. They also include a couple seasons of The Clone Wars as part of this deal, which goes until May 9. That’s just two days shy of making it Star Wars Week.
Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday commemorating the ideals of freedom and democracy – you know Obi Wan would have celebrated this holiday, if not cut down by his former apprentice (spoiler!)
May the Fourth Be With You – Star Wars Store Deals on Amazon.com
I suppose that Star Wars Day would be incomplete without some sort of deal on the movies themselves. I suppose I would have seen Amazon promoting May the Fourth on its homepage for the past week if I wasn’t always clicking straight through to the action figures page. They’ve got deals on Star Wars movies and books in the Amazon Star Wars Store.
- Save 53% on Star Wars Trilogies on Blu-ray
- Up to 60% off Family Guy Star Wars titles
- Save 50% on Star Wars: The Blueprints and more
Most of these deals end today, May 4, so jump on them faster than a Wookie jumps on Bantha poddo. I just made that up. Used the Force.
May the Fourth Be With You – Win a Set of Deluxe Clone Troopers from Sideshow Collectibles
When I posted the Sideshow giveaway for Jabba’s throne room, I somehow missed that they would also be giving away a full set of their deluxe Clone Troopers for Star Wars Day.
And that’s not all – on their special May the Fourth landing page for Star Wars Day they’ve also revealed their upcoming deluxe Darth Vader 1/6 scale figure – before today, the page had shown only a mysterious shrouded silhouette. Darth Vader will be opened up for pre-orders on May 23 this month.
May the Fourth Be With You – Limited Edition Mimoco Star Wars R2-A6 Astromech MIMOBOT Flash Drive
I’m still trying to forgive Mimoco for their exclusive Jar Jar Binks MIMOBOT, but here they go again with more prequel love on Star Wars Day. At least this time it’s a cute astromech droid.
Mimoco and Lucasfilm Announce Limited Edition R2-A6 MIMOBOT® USB Flash Drive
May the Fourth be with you this Star Wars™ Day!Mimoco (www.mimoco.com), makers of the MIMOBOT® line of designer USB flash drives, in collaboration with Lucasfilm and in honor of the Star Wars fan favorite holiday May the Fourth Be With You, announce the R2-A6 MIMOBOT®. R2-A6, an astromech droid in the same family as R2-D2, is translated in the MIMOBOT’s stylistically illustrated flash drive form. Available in up to 128GB and USB 3.0 capabilities, the drive comes in a run of 1,000 limited edition hand-numbered units. The R2-A6 MIMOBOT drive also comes preloaded with bonus Mimory® and the MimoDesk® personalization suite of wallpapers, icons, and avatars.
R2-A6 is known as a good-luck charm to the Royal Naboo Security Forces and now, in MIMOBOT form and function, can be a positive omen for your data storage. The droid’s green and white color scheme is derivative in design and function of fellow mechanically-versed droid, R2-D2. Just as a proper astromech droid would be expected to perform, R2-A6 MIMOBOT allows documents, music, photos, and data to be shared, transported, and collected for its master. Just don’t expect it to repair a starfighter malfunction in our earthbound orbit!
“Luck is always a nice bonus when you are talking about technology,’” says Mimoco’s PR Gal Jessica Smiley. “It’s no coincidence that A6 is green, it has good memory juju written all over it.”
The R2-A6 MIMOBOT flash drive joins several other Star Wars MIMOBOT characters like fellow faithful droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. The limited edition R2 unit is now available at www.mimoco.com in a run of just 1,000 units.
