Hallmark Ornaments out today & new comics

[lazypadawan]

For those of you who collect Hallmark, today's the day the 2007 line appears in stores. Since this is the 30th anniversary of ANH, they're all ANH-themed ornaments: a small diorama with Luke, Ol' Ben, and Threepio, Tusken Raider, Jawa with Artoo, and the Millennium Falcon. Wonder which one celosia2 is gonna buy ;)?

On Wednesday, Legacy #14 and Rebellion #8 came out. Legacy returns to Cade's mission to rescue the Jedi he sold out some time ago, now a prisoner in the Sith Temple. Unfortunately, it doesn't go too well. This comic rocks every issue and I've developed a bit of a crush on Cade. Leave it to me to be drawn to the bad boys. It must be the Vader pants and the Han Solo attitude. Dark Horse needs to lock Legacy's team in a room forever and make them do SW comics ;). Rebellion is coming along pretty well too. Vader kicks some butt and chokes some losers.

Comments

[celosia.livejournal.com]

HaHaHa! You know me so well. :P

I will be going to Hallmark this afternoon. I cannot wait. I went to Hallmark's website and got a close up look the Jedi Legacy ornament it has 3 buttons (2) for Ben and Luke dialogue and (1) for the lightsaber. I plan to display it next to my Anakin/Obi-wan final duel ornament from last year. They will go great together.

I also really like the R2 and Jawa and the Millenium Falcon ornaments. I will have to wait on those.
I never saw the Hallmark booth at the Exhibit Hall during CIV but I did get a chance to see that Millenium Falcon ornament close up during the FanClub Breakfast since it was one of the raffle prizes given away.
I wonder if the Tusken Raider is considered the Limited Edition since the sculpt and craftmanship is so good? Other wise why would they mark this for Limited Ed?

Did you happen to look over the new DH comic line up for later this year and for 2008 on Starwars.com?
I think that Legacy of Obiwan looks really interesting. That will be my next comic after the Rebellion series.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm anxious to see the Obi-Wan one as well.

I don't know much about the Tusken Raider being a limited edition, unless they just decided to make fewer of them to make them more collectible. Beats me.

[celosia.livejournal.com]

I just got back from my Hallmark shopping trip. My friend Karrina and her daughter Olivia (6yrs.old) came along with me. We pretty much opened and played with every musical card and ornament inside the store. If I worked there I probably would have been pretty annoyed by our behavior. :)

I ended up buying the Luke/Ben ornament and also I couldn't resist the Millenium Falcon one, so I bought that too. It plays a pretty long version of the Star Wars theme, which is nice.

They need to make a Han w/Leia or Anakin w/Padme ornament. Those would be big sellers. Star Wars.com should run a poll and let their Hyperspace fans choose next years ornament designs.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

A Han/Leia or Anakin/Padmé ornament would rock!

I may wait until the ornaments go on sale after Christmas. It always works out so that the ornaments I think will be scarce hang around after the holidays for like 75% off, and the ones I think will be around are gone by early December. Go figure.