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It's going to be a very SUPER Christmas, I can tell.

I mean, I MUST have "Superman Returns" on DVD - whatever the specialist edition is. (hm...no release date announced yet?)

And now, they have announced new and prettier versions of the Christopher Reeve 'Superman' movies!

I really only want the first one (a 4 disc set by itself!!!!). Though I'm intrigued by this new "Donner Cut" of the second movie. Will it make it better? Worse? Do I even remember it well enough to know?

Here's the trailer for the DVDs -- you'll notice how they sorta kinda mention Superman III and IV and then quickly go back to discussing the features on Superman I and II.

Hey all - if you want to purchase one of the collectible pins that the DCSWCC made to help raise money for the Children's Inn at NIH, now is the time! The pins are limited editions, each are numbered. So far, I think the club has just under $4000, but they'd like to make it a nice even number so the check is all pretty when they hand it over.

The pin is adorable. Designed by one of our group members, it's Chewbacca hanging off of the Washington Monument ala King Kong, swatting at tie fighters, with the clubs logo on the bottom.

It's a cool pin. It's a good cause. And they'll make great stocking stuffers for any star wars fan in your life ;-)

and here's the ecommerce link again, just in case you missed it in the above babble

We ran out today and snatched up the new DS Lite. jimithingy found a coupon online last night from Best Buy that got us a free copy of 'Brain Age' so we went to Best Buy. Also picked up the 'New Super Mario Bros.' game, Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends, and Kirby's Canvas Curse.

now I'm just waiting.....it takes 3 hours for the DS to charge....it's so tiny and cute...*stares*.....is it 5:30 yet???? huh huh huh?

Yesterday was crazy and fun. I had to go in to work from 9-12 to train our Volunteens. I had been nervous about this whole thing, I mean who in their right mind puts me in charge of anyone, let alone allowing me to train them! But these kids were awesome! I'm so happy with how it went. They are all so friendly! And funny. So that made me feel really good that I picked the right kids.

After that I dashed home and changed into a star wars t-shirt so we could go to the DCSWCC Summer Social. verdatum came along with us. The social started at 12, but we didn't leave until 12:45. We were making really great time until we were on this tiny back road in Darnestown (near Shucksville and Oogly-Moogly-ville) and we were stuck behind a TRACTOR! A tractor so large that it was pretty much impossible to see around and therefore impossible to pass. jimithingy might have tried to pass it if he'd been behind it, but we had a minivan in front of us and he wasn't going for it. So we spent at least 15 minutes yelling at this guy hhaha. But we arrived in time to eat some hamburgers and get in on the Sarlaac Swap and raffle. I got a sandtrooper and 3 of the "titanium" figures (which are made my Mirco Machines which I LOVE. They were one of the first toys I collected, micro machines, so to get these in my bag made me very happy). In the raffle I won a one of the new "vintage" Luke Skywalkers, which is cool because I've refused to buy one (they are $10 for a basic figure, twice as much as a "normal" figure costs) but to get one for free was pretty great.

Galen, the resident Lego maniac, gave us a tour of his recent creations. I wish I had that kind of patience and talent, he had some really cool stuff. Padme's balcony, his own Sandcrawler (that he made before Lego put their own version out), the Star Tours ship, Palpatine's office during the Palpatine vs Mace vs Anakin moment. He also had one of the display cases from Toys R Us which he had set up an Order 66 set - each jedi we saw in the movie had his own little set up. It was really cool!

EDIT: StarWarsDaddy posted the group photo - ala Where's Waldo, can you Spot Sammy?

The weather was perfect too. Just lovely. I felt like such a dork though, I got home and all the sunshine and fresh air had zapped me of my powers. I was ready to go to bed and it was only 7pm! haha. But instead, we watched 'The Producers' which was pretty good. Not as good as the original movie, but as far as adapting a broadway play ot screen, it was a lot of fun to watch. Lots of outtakes too. haha.

*stares at clock* why has it only been 15 minutes? It needs to be 5:30! I want to play Mario and then make a puppy and possibly paint a rainbow with Kirby!!!

Well, for a "Free Comic Book Day", we ended up spending a little bit of cash when we went out.

First, I did my run after blu_harvest called to remind me. Dashed down to Twilite Zone comics and got my free copy of Xmen/Runaways by BKV, the Star Wars comic, and an Archie comic for jimithingy. Then I made the mistake of browsing. They had the latest 'Nextwave' so I snagged that. And I noticed the two TPBs of 'Y THe Last Man' that I was missing soooo snagged that too. So now I have 1-6 and am waiting impatiently for 7 to come out next month.

Then I went to Target. The new 'Dinosaurs' DVD was there so I grabbed the last copy. I also noticed that the Veronica Mars dvds were on sale for $23...which sounded like a very good price but I wasn't sure if it was less than the all mighty Amazon.com, so I decided to double check when I got home.

So I went home and told jimithingy about the VM dvds and saw that Amazon actually wanted more for them, so we ran back over to Target and grabbed a boxed set, and on the way to the checkout they also had the Wallace & Gromit adventures DVD for $10! *yoink*

Then we bought snacks and drinks because Bill & Beth were coming over to hang out, so cha-ching there. And then we did sushi for dinner.

All in all, not our cheapest weekend. But we had a lot of fun with Bill & Beth so that worked out. I kicked MAJOR butt during Tripoly. Didn't do quite as well at Mario Party 6. Mario Tennis and Mario Golf I'd say I was about average.

Anyway, the moral of the story is - orangerful should not go into a comic book store the day after payday.

imabandmagnet alerted me to a new BtVS shirt that just came into Hot Topic so I ran in today on my break and bought one. It's a pretty cool shirt. VERY soft. I bought an 2X Large because it's a "fitted" T-shirt and hot topic fits them on insanely tiny fairy women with no breasts, so I gotta get the biggest size possible. Plus, I usually shrink them by accident.

ANYWAY - the shirt is odd (I'd post a link but it's not up on the Hot Topic site yet...weird. there's a really ugly looking Spike shirt up there though) It has a circle logo on the front with what looks like season 2 Buffy, season 1 (of Angel) Angel, season 6 Spike, and a picture of Alyson Hannigan that looks like it's from a photo shoot circa Season 2, but not a promo shoot for buffy (her hair looks off). But I bought it anyway, because I need a buffy shirt! haha. Plus, the Serenity/Firefly t-shirt sold out SO fast, I didn't want to miss this.

Other items in the Whedon-related clothing category with extra points for my comic book obsession - check out this jacket Adidas is putting out! It's a collection of Dark Horse heroes, and who is front and center? Melaka Fray. Sweeeeeeeeet. Unfortunately, it's a limited edition kinda thing, which means it will be freckin' expensive! But still, it's cool to see some Fray-related merch!

oh man, two great looking DVD sets on the horizon here -
Jim Henson's Storyteller - the Definitive Collection (yes, I have the regular one already, but this one is DEFINITIVE! Plus, it has the greek myths which I don't have.)
The COMPLETE adventures of Brisco County Jr !!!!! FINALLY! Release date is July 18th, though the price tag is really steep - $100! yowza. Hopefully Amazon.com will have a little sale on that one. Plus, it's the only Brisco DVD I'll ever need to own so I suppose it's money well spent. Not like I have 6 more coming out...

Ooooh, and look, more officially licensed Serenity merch I must have! I still need to spin by Hot Topic and get my t-shirts from imabandmagnet -- did the River T ever show up??

Yesterday, I was spoiled yet again. Went to the mall while we were out, because one of the members of the DCSWCC reminded me that the Illyria figure was out and I had seen her before christmas but felt silly buying her. So I ran back into Suncoast to get her. And as a bonus, they had the Buffy Halloween PaLz set for 75% off! So I snagged that too. Because they are so darn cute. (though whoever made the jacket for Xander was a doofus, as I can't get it on him...so he's staying in Army costume for now).

These purchases spawned a re-arranging of my desk. Moved all my Yodas around, bumped the other PalZ set down next to the middle shelf and put Illyria next to Spike...I'll post photos of that later.

Then we went and saw jimithingy's brother and got our christmas presents (hey, better late than never!). jimithingy got a cat calendar and 40-year old virgin. I got a new DDR game, plus, addressed to both of us, was a copy of Karaoke Revolution Party for PS2, which part of me really wants to try, and the other part wants to go hide the game. hehe. We have to buy a microphone before we can even try it out though. (though I think the game should come with a case of some sort of alcohol...)

We also found out that there are a few gifts in limbo. Apparently, jimithingy wishlisted 'Batman Begins: Deluxe Edition' and that turned out to be a Best Buy exclusive. So Amazon ran out of items to fill the order and decided not to send it until it had a copy...along with about 5 other things that he had asked for.

ack, library is closing, must go!

Okay, so I have to order the Joss DVD after Christmas...now I also have to order at least one of these t-shirts from Hot Topic.

imabandmagnet, do you guys have any of these in-stock in the store yet or are they an online only kind of thing?

EDIT: ooh and Hasbro is making a Poncho!Luke for 2006! And a new battlepack called "Skirmish at the Senate" with Palpy, Yoda, and two red shock troopers plus a senate pod. I might need to get that one, it just looks cool.