Buy Pricey Costume Replicas

[lazypadawan]

Now that starwarscelebration.com has hotels available at its convention rate (hint: check other travel/discount hotel sites before booking), you'll have start thinking about what you're going to wear.

ShopStarWars.com has for sale several costume items that are movie-accurate and have prices to match. Some, like the Imperial officer's cap isn't too bad ($39.95), while others are crazy expensive (Obi-Wan Robe: $294.99). I saw a pair of shoes that are replicas of Padmé's shoes from AOTC. I don't plan on buying a whole outfit but the shoes are cute and I could use them IRL. They were $74.95 or something, which is pretty reasonable for a good pair of leather heels, which these are. When I first tried to pre-order them, the price on the drop-down menu shot up to $350! What? Who made these, Jimmy Choo? Manolo Blahnik? Which was the right price? After contacting ShopStarWars.com, it turns out the price was $74.95 after all.

If you head over to http://starwarsprequelappreciationsociety.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/the-ongoing-jihad-against-tpm/, you can read my lovely little rant du jour.

Comments

[ansketil-rose.livejournal.com]

*agrees with everything in said rant* Well done.