Gamorrean Guard Kubrick
Here’s the Gamorrean Guard. There’s a lot of sculpting on this, to the point where it’s getting pretty far away from the original LEGO-like Kubrick esthetic, but I think it looks really nice. He was part of Series 7.
Boba Fett Kubrick
Technically this is the Empire Strikes Back version of Boba Fett (the Return of the Jedi version has different colored paint on some parts of the costume). However the ROTJ version of the Kubrick is the rare “chase” version and can go for more than $100, so I’m happy just using this one in my Jabba display. He was from the first series of Kubricks — Series 1.
However, since they won’t be very expensive I will be using the special versions of C-3PO, Jedi Luke, and R2-D2 that will be coming with the Jabba wave, even though I already have very similar versions.
Han in Carbonite Kubrick
Here’s Han in Carbonite. Pretty cute if you ask me. 🙂 He was part of Series 3.
Leia as Boushh Kubrick
Here is Leia as Boushh. Her helmet comes off to reveal her face, and she has a separate hair piece that you can attach. I’m not sure where mine is, so look here for a picture of what she looks like without the helmet. She was part of Series 7, along with Skiff Guard Lando.
Lando in Skiff Guard Disguise Kubrick
Here’s another Jabba-related Kubrick: Lando as Skiff Guard. His helmet comes off, but he doesn’t have a separate hair piece to put on. He was part of Series 7.
Slave Leia Kubrick
As I mentioned in my entry on the Rebo Band Kubrick set, there’s going to be an entire Jabba-themed wave of Kubricks coming in the next few months. So I thought I should cover some of the individual Kubrick figures that I will be displaying along with the upcoming Jabba setup. One obvious choice is Slave Leia. She was originally part of Series 5.
Mark Hamill (Jedi Luke) Autograph
I suppose the connection to Jabba is a little tenuous, but this scene did occur on Jabba’s sail barge in Return of the Jedi, so I think it’s fair to include it here. This particular autograph is from Celebration Japan, as you can see. I believe this was some leftover stock from the convention — I got this for a pretty good price from Officialpix.com during a recent sale. It would have been nice to go to Celebration Japan, since I lived in Japan for a number of years and deal with Japanese on a daily basis in my job, but the timing didn’t work out. I do plan to go to Celebration V in Florida though. Hopefully there will be some good Jabba-related finds there. 🙂
Announcement: New Visual Collection List Posted
I have replaced the text-based Collection List page that I used to have with a new one that features thumbnail previews for all of the items in my collection. I like this a lot better, since it allows you to browse through the collection much more easily. Anyway, it was a fair amount of work to set this up, so I’m going to leave this post at the top of the blog for a while to make sure people know about it. I’m still tweaking some of the categories, but it’s basically finished. Click “Collection List” at the top of the page to see it.
Mad Magazine #354 (Alfred E. Newman as Jabba Cover)
Mad Magazine of course has a long history of parodying Star Wars, and this issue from 1997 is no different. It has Alfred E. Newman as Jabba the Hutt on the cover, and a couple of things featuring Jabba inside.
The first one is in a section entitled “Updating Star Wars for the Future” which was based on the idea of George Lucas updating the original trilogy in the form of the (then) soon to released “special editions.” This is one of their suggested improvements:
The second appearance of Jabba is in the “Star Wars Playsets You May Have Missed” section. I for one would certainly buy a “Jabba the Hutt’s Bathroom” playset. 😉 Click the image for a larger version.
I’m assuming that these “puffy stickers” are unlicensed, because there’s no copyright information (no information at all aside from “MADE IN TAIWAN”) and because the art is so off-model. Just look at Jabba the Frog and I think you’ll agree. Some of the other characters like R2-D2 are even worse, at least when it comes to their color schemes.
Mighty Jabba's Collection 