Not that I thought I had a chance, what with all the real fanatics out there (ahem), but I submitted a childhood photo of me posing behind my precious Star Wars figures to the Wired ‘Fandom Fever’ group on Flickr, as part of their Star Wars anniversary line-up (which is mostly older stuff unfortunately).
Anyway, thanks to some slim pickings, there I am, on Wired.com.
This actually makes me quite happy in a nostalgic kind of way, simply because of the period in my childhood that this particular photo encompasses. My biological father and my mother were still together at this point in time. A few years later they split up, and visits to my paternal grandmother, which I enjoyed, became fewer and fewer. She died a few years ago, the house was sold and the Star Wars figures have been relegated to plastic bags in a cardboard box somewhere up in northern Jutland with my mom.
Thankfully I still have great relationships with all fractions of my family, and despite some poor choices on George Lucas’ behalf over the last decade or so, I also still hold Star Wars in high regard (should it come as a surprise).
PS: Yes, the Wired version of this photo has been color-corrected to appear more ‘real’. A shame, though I can understand why they’d do that. But to me, the brown hues that come with old photos like it, are part of the mise en scéne of such a photo.
You the man now dog!
Ahem, that is very, very cool Mike. Congrats!
Wow. That’s pretty frickin’ awesome. Big up! Welldone.
i have them all and i gave them to my 6 years old son so now we get to play with them again
great photo
Wow, that’s insane. Congrats.
Very cool indeed! I too prefer the old film colors though.
What the heck is Chewie sat in?
That would be the 1983 (Return of the Jedi) edition of the INT-4 Interceptor, an utterly useless toy made to fit inside the AT-AT (which I didn’t have; the largest Star Wars toy I had was the X-Wing).
Ah, that explains why I’ve never seen one.
We had a good range of them as kids, never had an X-wing, but my brother had a tie-fighter (with pop-off wings), I, on the other hand, had the Millennium Falcon, with removable top, rotating guns, and even smuggling compartments. I still have a soft spot for the old bird.
I recently accuired a Salascious Crump figure from a drunken guy who told me I could have it, if I could name “this guy”. “Ha, easy suckah!” I said “that’s Admiral Ackbar” :)
How will you handle teh fame michael?
Dude, that’s great and despite the tinkering it still has that retro feel to it.
Speaking of Star Wars, I just picked up ‘The Making of Star Wars’ (paperback edition) at so far it’s really surprised me due to the wealth of information contained within it’s 500+ pages.
Did you get this yet, Mike?
Yes I did; I got the hardcover edition, and it’s fantastic! I’ve blazed through it in a few days, and loved every minute of it.
Now I know what a real Star Trek fan is.
Good luck,
I did this too. Although my photo is considerably different from yours.
Okay, dude, that’s pretty darn cool! :)
This package really must be 20 years old. I remember having nearly the same… Hey, that’s not weired at all, just a melancholic trip to the childhood to the good old 80s ;-)