Celebrating Life Day with Galaxy of Toys Podcast
Happy Life Day everyone! From 4-LOM to Zuckuss had the honor of celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special with our good friends at Galaxy of Toys Podcast. Jason and the cast of Galaxy of Toys have put together a celebration of the Holiday Special that is unlikely to be topped. An all-star cast of some of the world's finest Star Wars podcasters and collectors join the party and offer their views on one of the most unique media experiences in Star Wars history. Look for appearances by: Rebel Force Radio This Week in Star Wars Retroist Retroblasting Star Wars Action News Star Wars Beyond the Films Gus Lopez The Forcecast Starwarsholidayspecial.com Dan Curto Republic Forces Radio Network Dave Filoni The Cantina [...]
The Star Wars Holiday Special Action Figure Celebration
In any self respecting vintage fan's house, the holiday season does not begin with Thanksgiving but instead with Life Day. That’s right, tomorrow, November 17 is the 35th anniversary of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. And like many old school aficionados, we'll be dusting off our bootleg DVDs (purchased from some shady booth at a comic-con long past) in order sit down and enjoy close to two hours of mostly forgotten Star Wars lore. Shown only once in 1978, virtually denied by George Lucas himself and never released since; the Holiday Special is a “special” type of Star Wars media. It holds the honor of being one of the first Star Wars spin-offs to ever be produced. A fact that is widely forgotten in today’s Star Wars saturated [...]
From 4-LOM to Zuckuss Attends Jet City Comic Show
On Saturday, From 4-LOM to Zuckuss attended the 4th Annual Jet City Comic Show in Tacoma, Washington. As being just a one day event, it was deemed a show rather than a con due to its smaller venue. Jet City has previously been held actually in "Jet City" AKA Seattle but this year it made the move to "Grit City" but kept their Seattle name. Despite its size it was great to see Star Wars was ever present at the show. From 4-LOM to Zuckuss attended the show as an exhibitor in our new campaign to swap superhero figures for Star Wars figures. And where only 2 figures were officially "swapped" many were sold and bankrolled for future figure releases. The exhibitors booths included the classic [...]
Is Forbes saying Star Wars Toys will ruin the Franchise?
Many of you have probably already heard the reports that Lucasfilm and Disney are reportedly at odds over the release date of Episode VII. Forbes.com contributor, Scott Mendelson, has offered his view point on the subject in an article titled "Will Disney Sacrifice 'Star Wars' Films for 'Star Wars' Toys?" found here. Now the question we pose to you is: Do you think this article is unfairly blaming our hobby and passion, of collecting Star Wars toy, for the potential ruin of the Star Wars franchise? We would love to hear your thoughts on this subject on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/4LOMKUSS.