Link: “Moves Like Jabba” Video
I’m not sure how I missed this, but in case anyone else did, here’s “Moves like Jabba” — a parody of the Maroon 5 song called “Moves like Jagger.” The basic joke is similar to “Mick Jabba” coaster and socks that I have. It’s a pretty funny song, and now this print that Rodders showed me a few weeks ago makes more sense, especially if you know what “moobs” are. 😉
Jabba the Hutt and Boba Fett Pillowcase by Westpoint Stevens
Westpoint Stevens made a couple of different types of Star Wars bedding sets in the mid 1990s. One was the “Character Study” style that featured black and while photos of various characters in a sort of pointillistic style reminiscent of newsprint. That set had Jabba on the sheets, and they also sold a separate pillowcase with just Jabba and Boba Fett on it.
This pillowcase is for the other style of sheets they made. It also has Jabba and Fett on it, with black and white drawings of the characters on top of an imperial logo, along with the motto “Don’t underestimate the power of the force.”
You can argue that it doesn’t make much sense to have Jabba or Boba Fett over an imperial symbol, since neither one of them was actually a part of the empire, but I guess we can overlook that. I don’t find this design as attractive as the “Character Study” style, though, and the pillowcase itself seems rather rough (but maybe that’s because I haven’t washed it yet). I got it new in the package, but since you couldn’t see either of the characters in that state, it seemed silly to leave it that way. Interestingly, the same drawing of Jabba was also used on this Return of the Jedi baseball cap by Fresh Caps.
News: Hasbro Vintage Collection Jabba’s Throne Set Available for $16.99 with Free Shipping on Amazon
A reader alerted me to the fact that the Hasbro Vintage Collection Jabba’s Throne Set with Oola is available through Entertainment Earth on Amazon for just $16.99 with free shipping. Although I heard of it going for $9.00 on clearance at some Walmarts, I never saw it for less than $19.00 so this is a great deal. (The Amazon listing shows the original price as $47.99 but that’s actually incorrect — it was originally $34.97 and then was increased to $39.97 shortly after its release.) I couldn’t resist picking another one up, even though I have several. 😉 Interestingly, it seems that someone at Entertainment Earth or Amazon used some of the pictures I took of the set in the listing…
Here’s the listing if you’re interested. These things have a tendency to change in price or go out of stock with no notice, so if you want one get it now.
Upcoming: Jabba the Hutt Metal Model Kit by Knight Models
I first posted about this in May, and at that point I didn’t know much about the piece, including what company had commissioned the sculpt. But I now know that it is being released by the Spanish company Knight Models as a part of their line of metal Star Wars model kits. These are white metal kits that need assembly and painting, so the photo above is an example of how it could be painted. While skillfully done, there’s something a little strange about it. If I had just seen this image, I might have thought I was looking at a two-dimensional painting rather than a photo of a model. You can see a semi-finished version of the raw sculpt below, taken from Romain Van den Bogaert’s website, who did everything but Leia.
Leia was apparently done by a Spanish artist, who has posted more shots like the one below here. Both are quite impressive, if you ask me.
I haven’t been able to find a listing for the new Jabba model anywhere but on the Knight Models website. They list the price as €101.61 (around $132), which is a little pricey for an unfinished kit, but it appears to be quite large (assuming the production model is the same size as the one being sculpted). From what I can tell, Knight Models doesn’t ship to the US, so I’m going to have to find another way to get one of these, but I definitely will. I’ll probably also get their Gamorrean Guard.
Funko Pop Gamorrean Guard Vinyl Bobble-Head
Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of bobble-heads. I don’t really understand their appeal, or why they need to be a whole genre of figures. But I do think that Funko’s line of “POP!” bobble-heads are pretty cute on their own. I can sort of just think of them as urban vinyl figures and ignore the bobble-head aspect. The only Jabba-related one so far is this Gamorrean Guard, and I’m pretty happy with the design they chose. Interestingly, you can remove him from his base, although I’m not sure why you’re need to do so.
Jabba the Hutt Christmas Stocking
Christmas is over for another year, and one of the standout gifts this year (aside from this guy, of course) was this Jabba the Hutt Christmas stocking that my sister made for me. Last year, she also made the Hutt Christmas tree ornaments I linked to in my last post. Now Jabba can have a stocking just like the other members of my family. 😉
Of course this led to some discussion about what Jabba might want in his stocking. Froggy snacks seemed an obvious choice, and maybe some Jabba’s Palace chocolates. Any other ideas?
Merry Christmas from Mighty Jabba’s Collection!
Jabba Claus and baby Rotta would like to wish all of you the very happiest of holidays. Here’s hoping that you’re with the people you love and that your stocking will be free of bantha poodoo. 😉
Here are few other entries to help get you in the spirit:
LucasArts “Jabba Claus” Christmas Card from 1996
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas from Jabba Claus!
Handmade Hutt Christmas Ornaments
Star Wars Collectors Mug (Jabba the Hutt — “You’re Bantha Fodder”) by Long Island Distributing
Here’s an item I haven’t seen before. With places like Zazzle.com offering custom mugs created to order, you can literally get dozens of mugs with Jabba on them. I have a few and they’re nice, but as I’ve explained before I don’t really consider them to be a part of my collection focus, since they aren’t traditional products. If I started collecting those, there’d be no end to it since there’s a nearly infinite number of design combinations. But there haven’t actually been a lot of commercially available mugs with Jabba on them. I’m not positive if this was only available in Canada, but that’s where I got it from. It has French on the packaging and is marked “Long Island Distributing Co. Limited, North York Ontario.”
It has the quote, “You’re Bantha Fodder” on it. The full quote from Return of the Jedi (said by Jabba to Han solo) is, “You may have been a good smuggler, but now you’re Bantha fodder.” I guess the meaning is that Han Solo is worth nothing more than the food they give to banthas. In Huttese, the word is “poodoo,” and it seems to be used more like a swear word in some other Star Wars movies, leading many to assume that it means “poop” but apparently that’s not the case. On the other side of the mug is the Star Wars logo on a black background.
Sealed Case of Hasbro Jabba Glob Figures
Here’s a bit of an unusual item. I managed to win this sealed case of 6 Jabba Glob figures on ebay. This kind of box would have been sent to retailers, who would generally open them up and put the figures on the shelf, discarding the box afterward. So in most cases consumers wouldn’t even see them. I don’t know if this was just extra stock that a store never got around to opening, or if a collector special ordered a case of figures. The same seller was selling a number of other sealed cases, so I’m guessing maybe that was the case here. There’s an admonition not to put the figures on the shelf before May 3, 1999 — I assume that this and other figures were intended to coincide with the release of The Phantom Menace later on in the same month.
I won this box for less than you’d normally pay for a single Jabba Glob figure. True, the Jabba Glob figure isn’t a very popular one, so that could be part of it, but I think the seller using the phrase “Star Ware” instead of “Star Wars” also contributed to it. Now that I’ve got it, I have a bit of a dilemma. Do I open the case or leave it sealed? Generally speaking, items that are sealed are more valuable than opened ones, but this isn’t exactly a high ticket item and it doesn’t have attractive box art or anything. I’d kind of like to see how the items are packed, and it might be interesting to see 6 Jabba Glob figures all lined up. But I’ve already got one loose Jabba Glob and one still on the card, so realistically I don’t really need any more. Since it’s made it more than 10 years without being opened, and there can’t be a huge number of unopened cases left around, I guess I’ll leave it the way it is for the moment.
“Yo Jabba Jabba” Print by Chris Maghintay (Yo Gabba Gabba Parody)
As you may be able to tell, this is a parody of the Yo Gabba Gabba children’s TV show. I first saw this as a T-shirt design on Redbubble.com, but Redbubble’s T-shirt prices are pretty high. I considered getting a shirt for my son, but like me he’s never seen the actual show so I’m not sure how excited he’d be about it. I really liked the design, though, and thought it would go well with some of the other parody prints I have, such as the Dr. Seuss-style Jabba, so I contacted the artist Chris Maghintay to see if he could make a print for me. It’s 11 x 17. You can see the original graphic below:
Mighty Jabba's Collection 
