Ackbar's Trap

Erik Bauersfeld interview

Marissa — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:54:41 +0000

Erik Bauersfeld, voice of Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi, was recently interviewed about his Star Wars experience. There’s an article, along with a video, here.

“It’s a trap” – one of the SW saga’s best scenes

Marissa — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:36:25 +0000

TotalFilm just put out a list of the 50 greatest Star Wars scenes. While I certainly don’t agree with some (actually, most) of the list, our buddy Ackbar shows up at #7 here.

(Ackbar previously showed up on another TotalFilm Star Wars list, 50 greatest Star Wars characters, where he’s #15 here.)

One year of Ackbar’s Trap!

Marissa — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:49:14 +0000

It’s been a year ago today since I started this little Ackbar blog. Since then, I’ve gotten over 2400 views, got Bill “Crow T. Robot” Corbett to comment, and have been (not-always-consistently) updating with Ackbar news and Ackbar information as well as showcasing items in my personal Ackbar collection.

I couldn’t have done it without you. Yes, you. Thanks to all of you. My readers, my friends at the PSWCS, and anyone who’s ever given, traded, or sold me an Ackbar item. I love you all.

Here’s to another great year of Ackbar!

Chuck & Beans comic

Marissa — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:33:12 +0000

Today’s Chuck & Beans comic features Admiral Ackbar.

Kitt-O Buildable Models

Marissa — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:06:04 +0000

At Toy Fair 2012 UK, Kitt-O showed off some buildable papercraft models – and one of them is Ackbar!

Click for full-size image.

This picture was taken from the blog Idle Hands, which has some more pictures and information here.

Ackbar for my birthday

Marissa — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:59:56 +0000

Today is my birthday!

I started collecting Ackbar almost exactly a year ago, because I got some Ackbar stuff on my birthday last year. (It hasn’t been exactly a year yet; I got the Ackbars a few days after my actual birthday.)

Today I got a real gem in the mail: a vintage 63-piece mini Ackbar puzzle originally from Greece. There’s not much information I can find on these things beyond this little note on the SW Collectors Archive.

Here's a quick webcam shot of me holding up the puzzle box. Click for full-size image.

Other than a little bit of creasing in the box’s sides, it’s in FANTASTIC condition. It’s hard to believe this is vintage.

More on that Star Wars chess set…

Marissa — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:54:09 +0000

Remember when I posted about that Star Wars chess set that was in Spanish and therefore I couldn’t figure out any details about the set? (For the record, that post is here.)

Well, it looks like the set is being released in Germany as well! And, lucky me, I happen to understand German, at least a little bit.

The DeAgostini Germany website for the chess set is here. Ackbar has not been released yet, but now that there’s information in a language I understand, I’ll be able to provide more information about the Ackbar pawn when it comes out.

Daniel Perez Ackbar Coasters

Marissa — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:22:41 +0000

First of all: Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while! Hopefully I’ll get to more of it in the new year! I hope all of my readers had a happy, trap-free holiday!

Before I get to blogging about anything else, I wanted to give a quick shout-out to Daniel Perez of Perez Graphics. I recently bought a set of 4 coasters from his Etsy shop, and they arrived today!

Read on for pictures and more information…

Here is a picture from his shop of the coasters. They look even better in person, and came carefully bubble wrapped in great condition:

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I love them!

As of this writing, he has another set of four coasters, including a glass one of the same Ackbar design, available at his Etsy shop here. Check it out!

UPDATE: I took a few quick webcam shots of the coasters! Click the thumbnails for full sized pictures.

ANOTHER UPDATE: As of this writing, he has another set of 4 coasters for sale. These ones are glass!

Licensed Trap shirt

Marissa — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:48:51 +0000

There are plenty of unofficial T-shirts out there featuring Ackbar, usually involving a trap joke of some kind. I’ve recently been seeing this shirt on eBay, and just thought it was another in a long line of trap-related shirts… until I realized it’s an officially licensed shirt!

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It is apparently made by Fifth Sun, and though I can’t find anything about it on their website, they make a few Star Wars-related shirt designs, though this is the only Ackbar.

Their Star Wars shirts can be found at Big Bad Toy Store, among other places. I’m probably going to end up picking one up eventually. Though I’m not really interested in collecting all the various unlicensed Ackbar shirts out there, I might have to pick this licensed shirt up. (Of course, since I’ll be wearing one of them, I’ll have to buy two…)

Another focus blog, and some more collection updates…

Marissa — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:29:09 +0000

Another focus collector — this time not a character collector, but a Millennium Falcon collector — has linked to this blog, and I’m returning the favor. Check out Mffanrodders’ Falcon collection here!

(You can always find this and other collecting links in their own section on my blog here, of course.)

In other, Ackbar-related news, I can report that I’ve gotten another carded vintage figure, this time on a ROTJ 65B back.

And my girlfriend recently did a painting for me. I’m going to do a full write-up about it later, but here’s a preview…

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He looks great, and pictures don’t do the painting justice — he looks even better in person.