Monthly Archives: February 2011

Admiral Ackbar Doll – Best Thing Ever

BEHOLD. This is absolutely the best Ackbar in my entire collection. Read on for the story behind it…

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A Belated Valentine’s Day Greeting from Ackbar to You

A few years ago, a (now ex-)girlfriend bought me the Star Wars Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy for Valentine’s Day. It’s one of the coolest books I’ve ever seen in my life. Our friend the Admiral does indeed get his … Continue reading

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Sister Blog: Holding Sector MV-7

I’ve created a sister blog, Holding Sector MV-7, where I list the Star Wars collectibles and other such items that I would like for my collection. It’s mainly a reference for my fellow members of the PSWCS. I will maintain … Continue reading

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The Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society fed my Ackbar addiction

I recently joined the Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society. I just went to my first meeting, and made out like a bandit! A bandit with an inexplicable Ackbar fetish, that is! Here’s a quick picture of what my collection looks … Continue reading

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Ackbar Tie

I printed out a stencil design of Ackbar and cut it out with a razorblade. Then I used it to draw on a tie… and now I have a tie that looks like this: That’s right. An Ackbar tie, for … Continue reading

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Instant Trap

I just found this website. I can’t believe I’d never heard of it before. http://instanttrap.com/ I’m adding it to the Links section as well.

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Acky Road

Acky Road, featuring the hit song “Calamari’s Garden” (Sorry for the terrible quality photo; I took it with my cell phone camera.)

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LEGO: Customized Home One Briefing Room

The LEGO Home One set is, of course, fantastic, but there’s a little problem: Ackbar doesn’t have much of an audience for his Death Star attack speech! And even if I did get more Rebel LEGO dudes, they wouldn’t all … Continue reading

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Some more Ackbart: The Browncoat Admiral

Now, I said from the start that this was an Ackbar-only blog, and I meant it. However, the following post contains many Firefly and/or Serenity-related references, so if you are not a Browncoat, this is not the post for you. … Continue reading

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Ackbar-related art. Ackbart?

I don’t exactly consider myself an artist, but I do have a certain fondness for sketching every now and then. Unsurprisingly, I have been drawing a lot of Admiral Ackbar lately…

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