Out there

Out there, as the song goes, it's about a million degrees.

So, we're staying inside. Where it's cool. And cute!



( Stitch joins the cuties! )

Both sides now

This was the source of some amusement. This is a deck of cards available at the Disney parks, and it's another element in the Star Tours/Disney crossover series, with beloved Dizzney chara in drag as beloved Star Wars chara.



Stitch has evidently had some trouble deciding whether he's being good or naughty, as he's been tapped as both all-wise Master Yoda and eeeevil Emperor Palpatine. We'd love to see him face himself in a lightsaber duel.

The links

Nothing says "Teed off!" like Darth Vader we guess.

tiki's twits

todays twisted twittering:

• 18:34 Where to go in Japan? Hrm.... #
• 10:08 10 am, back from grocery shopping, now intending to hide inside the house until horrible, horrible sunlight goes away. #
• 10:13 Here's how we'll be spending our day: gizmodo.com/tag/legotrip Thanks Gizmodo! Thanks Lego! Intarnets R awesome! #
• 10:21 Things we learn from Intarnets: "There are about 62 Lego bricks per person of the Earth’s population." #
• 13:30 When tiki is elected Ayatollah, her first law: no email "wisdom" shall be forwarded before it is put through a snopes.com filter. #

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iDance Wall*E

So, given our current constraints, mainly, that we have too much frakkin' STUFF, we decided to limit ourselves to one and only one toy from Disney/Pixar's insanely cute new movie, Wall*E. Our rule wrt licenses we don't collect has generally been that we must promise to use the item in daily life. Therefore, even though we don't seek out anime merchandise any more, an Astro Boy umbrella is OK, as it keeps us dry at the bus stop on rainy days.

Thus, we figured iDance Wall*E fit within our guidelines. After all, he plays MP3s. And, we listen to MP3s! Yay!! Thus, 'twas off to the Toys R Us in Bellevue, after a brief stop at the Car Place to get Mr. Tiki's beloved convertible all spit shined and pretty, we arrived at Toys R Us.

Now, tiki doesn't get out to toy stores much any more. But, given that we were looking for an item relating to the newest Disney movie, in fact, the Disney Pixar movie of the summer, we expected to wander in the door, and, after a momentary shudder from the blast of sweet, sweet air-conditioning, wander over to a vast end cap filled with licensed merchandise, from Wall*E inflatable pools to Wall*E electric golf carts to Wall*E charcoal briquettes to Wall*E aluminum siding.

But, there was nothing at the front of the store. Nothing. There was a Batman display, one supposes, aimed at the many 6 year old tots keening after Heath Ledger merchandise.

After a good 20 minutes of wandering around aimlessly, we finally located a Spiderman iDog. Which was, frankly, not what we were looking for. And then we finally found a few Wall*E figures on the pegs, tucked behind the action figures.

But no iDance. And we wanted iDance Wall*E. Dammit.

So, we went to Tar-jay....