When i opened the mailbox today, a wave of geek-sweats kicked in as I spotted the tiny Hasbro logo on the plain white box. Could it be? Had they arrived? Indeed they had.
My Early Bird Certificate had run its course, and my four throwback Star Wars figures had arrived. I opened the box with the same exuberant excitement I had displayed 25 years ago when my mail-in Boba Fett arrived. R2-D2, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia had come home in all their 2005-sculped glory.
This was a great idea by the Hasbro marketing team – cheers to them for selling us all a piece of cardboard with an attached promise…AGAIN! Genius. I’m off to play…