Biggest Buffy faux pas ever, this is very disconcerting...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, September 8, 2006 16:50
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In Smashed, one of the Evil Trio refers to the figure Spike takes hostage as a 'mint 1979 Boba Fett'.
We all know that Boba didn't exist for the fans until 1980 with the release of The Empire Strikes Back!
What am I to do? This ruins all of the Buffyverse for me...the lack of attention to geekdom...the disintegration of realism...
*busts out sobbing*
Help me 
It isn't right, it isn't fair; there was no Boba anywhere Chrisisall
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I'm pretty sure a Boba Fett figure was released as a special offer by one of the cereal companies prior to the release of Empire. I also recall that Fett appeared in the Star Wars syndicated comic strip prior to the release of Empire.
Edit - I actually think the offer was through Kenner...one could get the figure by sending in proofs of purchase of the available figures at the time. I seem to recall they had a similar offer later with another one of the bounty hunters (Boask?).
Yes, I was a child of the 70s....
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Actually, Boba was first introduced in the 1978 TV program The Star Wars Holiday Special. He appeared in the animated segment of it.
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Yeah, and you'll note that the trio's figure had the missile launcher backpack, a feature that was neutered in the official production toy for safety reasons.
Me = toy geek.
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If this is your biggest problem in the world, I envy you. It just goes to show...Joss is human. And even geeks make mistakes (if it is a mistake at all: see above). Relax. Take a walk. Enjoy life. The sky is not falling.
***Never judge a book by its movie***
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Here's a link with a history of Boba Fett:
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/703/
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The Trio made another mistake. I forget the episode, and which of the trio said this. but apparently they'd seen ALL of Doctor Who. Which, given their ages, would be impossible, because most of the early episodes have been lost or destroyed and basically no longer exist.
Conversely, they hadn't seen all of Red Dwarf because it wasn't out on DVD. Surprisingly, neither was Doctor Who.
Methinks the geeks werent as geeky as they claimed... 
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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Quote:Thanks, Adam, you have restored my faulty memory, and my fear in the face of the Evil Trio! I should have remembered, the animated segment was the only really good part; I guess I suppressed the memory because of the rest, heh heh.
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
Actually, Boba was first introduced in the 1978 TV program The Star Wars Holiday Special. He appeared in the animated segment of it.
Not the geek I used to be Chrisisall
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Quote:Yes, Andrew- er, I mean Cybersnark.
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Yeah, and you'll note that the trio's figure had the missile launcher backpack, a feature that was neutered in the official production toy for safety reasons.
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Quote:Did you also dance to 'Hot Stuff' when it was new?
Originally posted by jolly:
Yes, I was a child of the 70s....
I did Chrisisall
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