Wa tetu dat uta, gang! Here’s some fun that’s akin to the old The Wizard of Oz and The Dark Side of the Moon trick, but with droids and classic Looney Tunes cartoon music:
When you're watching Attack of the Clones, cue up the little tune embedded below on your phone (or device of your choice) and start it playing between the 93:51 / 1:33:51 mark and the 93:52 / 1:33:52 mark. (Just as soon as Anakin steps through the door and the Droid Factory scenes start.) Stick with it to the end of the tune. You will love it.
Time it JUUUUUUSSST right, and it synchs up BEAUTIFULLY.
Oh, and Certified Awesome Fact: the drummer in Raymond Scott’s group is Johnny Williams. His son, John, wrote a bunch of music for some movies and TV shows that quite a few people seemed to like . . . .
After verifying it was safe to use aluminum with DOT3 brake fluid, I lined up my figures to give them a bath. When I filled the tray, I discovered a small problem...
It turns out action figures float in brake fluid. This was something that hadn't occurred to me. So I was really lucky I'd purchased a foil tray 2-pack, which allowed me to do this:
I figured that'd make sure the figures were mostly submerged. I left them to soak overnight, then tried to use a toothbrush to scrub off the chrome. And I discovered 12 hours of soaking wasn't super effective...
On some of the figures the chrome blistered nicely. On others, nothing happened at all. I gave it another 24 hours and had a bit more success. To my surprise, the figures that weren't just plain off-white were the easiest ones to strip. The chrome fell right off the two I had that have darker plastic bodies. But even after 72 hours some of the figures were just barely stripping.
So this is going a lot less well than I'd hoped. My hands cramped from scrubbing the last time. This chrome is stubborn...
I'm gonna take another crack at the rest later today. Here's hoping another 72 straight hours of soaking does the trick!
My next Droids Custom is gonna be an adventure - exploring new things I've never tried and hoping I don't fail miserably. It'll be most similar to my Droids R5-D4 where I repainted a bunch of old figures so they'd be in the Droids style. But with R5-D4 the sticker did most of the heavy lifting. A Droids-style Death Star Droid will need to be completely hand-painted. And I worry about the eyes. I tried to paint R5-D4's dome and it went terribly, so I abandoned that and used vinyl stickers instead. There's not option for that here. I either paint them right or the custom looks awful...
So I'm gonna research how those Warhammer dudes do it.
But first I gotta prep the figures for their base color. It'll be blue... I still need to shop for the spray paint. But you can't just spray chrome cuz it won't stick. That's where the brake fluid comes in...
We've finished processing our invoices, and have placed the order for our 2026 medallions with the manufacturer. We expect to ship out the medallions in early June.
We tried something completely different this year, and it succeeded beyond our expectations. We ended up producing a run of 715 medallions, far more than the minimum 500 we needed to make the fundraiser happen. And that was only possible thanks to the efforts of the volunteers who agreed to publicize the fundraiser within their communities. PSWCS.org would like to extend a special thank you to these selfless individuals!
Brian Angel - SW 12 Backs and Early Vintage Collectors
David Carr - Star Wars Friends, Fans and Collectors
Matt Erickson - Ohio Star Wars Collectors Club
Alexander Gates - Hawaii Star Wars Collectors Club
Mark Huber - California Vintage SW Collectors' Club
Stephen Kaarbo - Minnesota Star Wars Collectors Alliance
Vinny Tricomi - NorthEast Star Wars Collectors Club
Narayan Naik - Georgia Alliance of Star Wars Collectors
Chuck Paskovics - Jedi Temple Archives
Josh Phillips - Tennessee Star Wars Collectors Club
Michael Ritter - Empire State Star Wars Collectors Club
Martin Thurn - D.C. Star Wars Collecting Club
Gary Wines - SoCal Star Wars Collectors
New Regal Robot Indiana Jones Wall Decor Available!
Add more adventure to your space with Regal Robot's 1:1 prop-style wall decor!
Today the company released their third Temple Trap Wall Decor, inspired by the incredible Chachapoyan Temple set from the opening of Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark.
At 15" tall, this heavy resin recreation is incredibly detailed and hand-painted by the FX artists in the company's NY studio. The high-relief stone-look sculpture feels like it came right out of the movie and this one even comes with a removable resin dart to enhance the display.
You can reserve yours now and take advantage of their payment plan option to get the cost to only $60 a month!
Happy 25th Anniversary to CreatureCantina.com! Let's break out some beer and celebrate!
Now, this beer makes me a little miffed that I already used the Decepticon Pirate, Cannonball, for my review of The Bluebeard’s Revenge, but Hasbro made another good partner for this brew, so that’s ...
So, I'm gonna be honest... I didn't realize this was happening until this very morning. I woke up knowing it was April Fool's Day, and thought "Oh yeah, it's CreatureCantina's anniversary then. I should post something." Then it dawned on me that this is actually CreatureCantina's TWENTY-FIFTH anniversary! So I ...
This one was a bit more challenging than most. It took me a while to envision a scene I liked, then I had to revise it a couple times before I was happy. The background was a lot of work. But all the effort was worth it - this one turned out great!
This one features an actual aluminum coin instead of resin - a give-away produced by Mark Huber and Broc Walker for Star Wars Celebration generously donated to me by Mark. I painted it gold to match the Droids MOCs (and the previous General Madine using a coin from the same give-away). It's a really nice upgrade to the piece.
Nien Nunb was produced in a limited, one-time run of 21 pieces. It'll include a signed COA. And, I guess that's all you need to know about it.
Nien Nunb is available for $130 shipped within the USA, or $125 + actual shipping international. Any tariffs are on the buyer. If you're paying by PayPal, it's F&F only. If you'd like to claim one,
you're too late, sadly. They've already sold out.
It was a long, arduous weekend, but the results were spectacular:
It started Saturday morning, when I realized after mounting 17 of 21 sheets to their comic book backers that I did the wrong ones (usually I mount the backs first - this time I mounted the fronts). I was scared they'd be unusable, but I salvaged them all AND I discovered doing it this new way was actually much cleaner than what I had been doing since 2004! It was a bit more work, but I think going forward it'll be the way I always do it. Unless I screw up again, in the other direction...
Sunday I cleaned the figures then began taping stuff to bubbles to get them ready to mount to the cards. Occasionally I'll find this gray film on the inside of the bubbles which I assume is a remnant of the production process. Probably something that keeps the bubbles from sticking to the molds. But this time the substance was in more than half the bubbles. And to get rid of it you need to scrape it away with your fingernail. It's awkward and time-consuming, which ended up making the entire process take way longer than normal. I think I did a good job of finding all of it... fingers crossed!
These will be posted for sale on Wednesday, March 11th at 9:30am Eastern US time (New York City time). They'll cost $125 + shipping. First-come, first-served. I suggest you bookmark this page and start refreshing at 9:30 rather than waiting for an announcement on Facebook, as the algorithm might not show you anything before they sell out. Good luck!!
