El Chuxter
01-31-2008, 03:25 PM
Dear Hasbro,
Given your recent forays into the Expanded Universe, Zorba the Hutt seems like a totally logical next step. A wealth of visual reference already exists for this character, most notably the painted cover of Zorba the Hutt's Revenge.
Though he debuted in a series of mediocre children's books that hold a dubious position in the canon, his existence as Jabba the Hutt's father has been confirmed in numerous other sources.
What makes this figure so great is that he could be kitbashed from the existing properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt with dais. Why, just take the existing properly-scaled Jabba and slap a braided beard--be it molded plastic or soft goods--onto him. Voila! Instant Zorba the Hutt.
And, he would cost very little to tool, since so much of him would be based on the existing properly-scaled Jabba th--
Wait, you say you don't have an existing properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt? Are you serious? I find that hard to believe. He's such an important character, and a favorite villain of kids and collectors alike. And you've been making Star Wars toys for thirteen years now?
This has to be a joke, right? Well, at least you'll be making a properly-scaled Jabba before such background characters as Pax Boknik, Neimoidian Warriors, Po Nudo, or Teemto Pagales. Right?
You'll at least get to making a properly-scaled Jabba before resculpting figures like Lobot, General Gree, Momaw Nadon, and Ceremonial Luke Skywalker?
Man, you had me going for a minute. I honestly believed for a second that we'd get bright yellow Y-Wings with mullet-wearing pilots before a properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt. Oh. Really? You're serious? For real-real, not for play-play?
Okay, I can only come to one conclusion. So, exactly how high up were you when your mother dropped you on your head as a newborn?
Dudes, you'd better get cracking on that properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt figure.
Because I'm not kidding when I say that only the slightest retooling could give us Zorba and Gardulla and Jiliac and all those other loveable Hutts.
We'd like those more than Rainbow Coalition Clonetroopers, Shadow Mon Mothma, Greedo with removable head to reveal Jango's face, or 256 Jedi Starfighters that represent the visual spectrum.
Given your recent forays into the Expanded Universe, Zorba the Hutt seems like a totally logical next step. A wealth of visual reference already exists for this character, most notably the painted cover of Zorba the Hutt's Revenge.
Though he debuted in a series of mediocre children's books that hold a dubious position in the canon, his existence as Jabba the Hutt's father has been confirmed in numerous other sources.
What makes this figure so great is that he could be kitbashed from the existing properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt with dais. Why, just take the existing properly-scaled Jabba and slap a braided beard--be it molded plastic or soft goods--onto him. Voila! Instant Zorba the Hutt.
And, he would cost very little to tool, since so much of him would be based on the existing properly-scaled Jabba th--
Wait, you say you don't have an existing properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt? Are you serious? I find that hard to believe. He's such an important character, and a favorite villain of kids and collectors alike. And you've been making Star Wars toys for thirteen years now?
This has to be a joke, right? Well, at least you'll be making a properly-scaled Jabba before such background characters as Pax Boknik, Neimoidian Warriors, Po Nudo, or Teemto Pagales. Right?
You'll at least get to making a properly-scaled Jabba before resculpting figures like Lobot, General Gree, Momaw Nadon, and Ceremonial Luke Skywalker?
Man, you had me going for a minute. I honestly believed for a second that we'd get bright yellow Y-Wings with mullet-wearing pilots before a properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt. Oh. Really? You're serious? For real-real, not for play-play?
Okay, I can only come to one conclusion. So, exactly how high up were you when your mother dropped you on your head as a newborn?
Dudes, you'd better get cracking on that properly-scaled Jabba the Hutt figure.
Because I'm not kidding when I say that only the slightest retooling could give us Zorba and Gardulla and Jiliac and all those other loveable Hutts.
We'd like those more than Rainbow Coalition Clonetroopers, Shadow Mon Mothma, Greedo with removable head to reveal Jango's face, or 256 Jedi Starfighters that represent the visual spectrum.