I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passing by
One of my hobbies is collecting 3.75" Star Wars action figures. I've got a fairly comprehensive collection and I try to keep up with the latest developments. It can be exhausting at times because demand has a tendency to outstrip supply, as is common with most collectibles.
Anyway, Hasbro is running a poll for people to vote for an upcoming figure. They're going to release the final list of 25 shortly, but one of the candidates is the Ice Cream Maker Guy. He even has a name - Willrow Hood. If he makes it, he could steal the title of "most improbable character to be made into a figure" from Jek Porkins - the fat X-Wing pilot from the first Star Wars movie. Hasbro even pimped Porkins in an ad campaign.
Comments
Oh, poor Jek...
Stay on target...
Posted by: a2daj | March 13, 2006 08:55 AM
So, a Hood family member almost brushed shoulders with the Skywalkers long ago! :-)
Posted by: John Hood | March 15, 2006 08:33 AM
Oh man... the ICMG thing is too funny! Is there anyone left they haven't made a figure of? How about the stormtrooper who bonks his head in Star Wars? They could just put a little dent in his helmet.
I never knew they made a Porkins action figure. Do they have a whole line of "guys who bit it over the Death Star" figures?
Posted by: Nathan Strum | March 24, 2006 03:43 AM
"Do they have a whole line of "guys who bit it over the Death Star" figures?"
A surprising number of them have been made, yes. There's a "Biggs" figure (http://actionfiguresbygofigure.com/product4200.html)
There's also a "Gold Leader" (Dutch Vander) figure (http://actionfiguresbygofigure.com/product3062.html). Also the same actor that played Rosie LaRose in Strange Brew.
Sadly, no "Red Leader" figure yet. "Stay on target! Stay on target!"
Posted by: Brad Oliver | March 24, 2006 02:54 PM