Biggest Buffy faux pas ever, this is very disconcerting... by chrisisall

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Biggest Buffy faux pas ever, this is very disconcerting...

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Friday, September 8, 2006 06:50
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Saturday, September 2, 2006 5:14 AM

In Smashed, one of the Evil Trio refers to the figure Spike takes hostage as a 'mint 1979 Boba Fett'.

We all know that Boba didn't exist for the fans until 1980 with the release of The Empire Strikes Back!
What am I to do? This ruins all of the Buffyverse for me...the lack of attention to geekdom...the disintegration of realism...
*busts out sobbing*

Help me

It isn't right, it isn't fair; there was no Boba anywhere Chrisisall

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Saturday, September 2, 2006 5:27 AM

JOLLY

I'm pretty sure a Boba Fett figure was released as a special offer by one of the cereal companies prior to the release of Empire. I also recall that Fett appeared in the Star Wars syndicated comic strip prior to the release of Empire.

Edit - I actually think the offer was through Kenner...one could get the figure by sending in proofs of purchase of the available figures at the time. I seem to recall they had a similar offer later with another one of the bounty hunters (Boask?).

Yes, I was a child of the 70s....

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Saturday, September 2, 2006 5:33 AM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Actually, Boba was first introduced in the 1978 TV program The Star Wars Holiday Special. He appeared in the animated segment of it.

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Saturday, September 2, 2006 5:48 AM

CYBERSNARK

Yeah, and you'll note that the trio's figure had the missile launcher backpack, a feature that was neutered in the official production toy for safety reasons.

Me = toy geek.

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Saturday, September 2, 2006 5:56 AM

SLAYER730

If this is your biggest problem in the world, I envy you. It just goes to show...Joss is human. And even geeks make mistakes (if it is a mistake at all: see above). Relax. Take a walk. Enjoy life. The sky is not falling.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

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Saturday, September 2, 2006 6:26 AM

JOLLY

Here's a link with a history of Boba Fett:

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/703/

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Saturday, September 2, 2006 8:12 AM

CORNCOBB

The Trio made another mistake. I forget the episode, and which of the trio said this. but apparently they'd seen ALL of Doctor Who. Which, given their ages, would be impossible, because most of the early episodes have been lost or destroyed and basically no longer exist.
Conversely, they hadn't seen all of Red Dwarf because it wasn't out on DVD. Surprisingly, neither was Doctor Who.
Methinks the geeks werent as geeky as they claimed...

"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."

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Sunday, September 3, 2006 4:01 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
Actually, Boba was first introduced in the 1978 TV program The Star Wars Holiday Special. He appeared in the animated segment of it.

Thanks, Adam, you have restored my faulty memory, and my fear in the face of the Evil Trio! I should have remembered, the animated segment was the only really good part; I guess I suppressed the memory because of the rest, heh heh.

Not the geek I used to be Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 3, 2006 4:03 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Yeah, and you'll note that the trio's figure had the missile launcher backpack, a feature that was neutered in the official production toy for safety reasons.

Yes, Andrew- er, I mean Cybersnark.

3Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 3, 2006 4:04 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by jolly:

Yes, I was a child of the 70s....

Did you also dance to 'Hot Stuff' when it was new?

I did Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 3, 2006 4:09 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by slayer730:
The sky is not falling.

Not now...thank goodness.
I can watch the Trio and tremble still.
Thanks everyone!

Got Faith (not slayer) restored Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 3, 2006 4:13 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Corncobb:

Methinks the geeks werent as geeky as they claimed...

With Dr. Who and Red Dwarf slips I can deal; Star Wars goofs I cannot. They have a stong influence on the weak-minded!
Er, not that I'm weak-minded, I just mean, you know....
IT'S STAR WARS!!!

For gosh sake Chrisisall, owner of a lightsabre and stormtrooper blaster, both home-made

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Monday, September 4, 2006 7:14 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Dude... Good to see you again.

The
Somnambulist

www.cirqus.com

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Monday, September 4, 2006 7:19 AM

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Don't forget the limited edition Babylon 5 collector plates that Xander was so proud of, which never existed in reality. These things happen. Even the geekiest of writers make a mistake here and there.

More animations available at http://desktophippie.googlepages.com

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Monday, September 4, 2006 8:03 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Don't forget the limited edition Babylon 5 collector plates that Xander was so proud of, which never existed in reality.

Yeah, but did we SEE them, or was he just boasting an empty?

Mocking you with my monkey Chrisisall

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Monday, September 4, 2006 9:29 AM

JOLLY

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by jolly:

Yes, I was a child of the 70s....
Did you also dance to 'Hot Stuff' when it was new?

I did Chrisisall

Not knowingly...I was eight years old in 1979, and pretty much oblivious to music still (my first audio cassette was Kim Carnes' "Mistaken Identity" in '81). Didn't attend my first "sock hop" until '83, and that was enough to convince me to spend a few more years in a friend's basement playing RPGs...

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Monday, September 4, 2006 9:47 AM

DUG

Well, with the destroyed eps of Doctor Who from the Troughton and Hartnell years I could point out one thing:

Mad science plus hefty magic skills could mean that the Trio could actually have watched them all. Come on, would early Hartnell look cool scryed through a crystal ball or what?

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006 12:49 PM

FLAKBAIT

Quote:
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Don't forget the limited edition Babylon 5 collector plates that Xander was so proud of, which never existed in reality. These things happen. Even the geekiest of writers make a mistake here and there.

Actually, there was one. My limited workplace surfing doesn't turn up a photo, but there is a listing here, in a B5 price guide:

http://www.webcs.com/b5/priceguide.html

It's listed as very rare.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006 1:13 PM

CHARLIETHEBLOODY

so maybe he had a few of the one plate? nice little nest egg for the future

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Friday, September 8, 2006 5:18 AM

CORNCOBB

Oh wow. I actually hadn't thought of that. I want a crystal ball that can download lost dr who eps lol

"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."

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Friday, September 8, 2006 5:52 AM

ZORPRIME01

What others have said is true... The Boba Fett figure did indeed exist prior to Empire, and was introduced for the holiday special.

I also remember the toy offer and the whole hoopla about replacing the shooting missile on his back. I remember because I sent in for the offer three times to get the figure, but I had apparently missed the deadline! The first two times I got a Bossk figure instead, but the third time was a charm. Hey, I was like six, okay...

"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak."

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Friday, September 8, 2006 6:26 AM

MSG

Guess I shouldn't tell you that my husband barbequed his 1979 boba fett action figure ( without realizing it's value and all) when he was a kid. He's kicking himself now of course.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Friday, September 8, 2006 6:50 AM

CHRISISALL

I know how he feels; I threw away all my Planet Of The Apes Meco dolls from the early seventies.....

Live and learn Chrisisall

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