> I have a Millenium Falcon - you put a gear stick through it, pull, and
> it makes a whirring sound.
>
> The gal who gave it to me labelled it "Millenium Falcon Pocket
> Vibrator"
> :-)
> that's a story in itself...
>
> I also have plastic model kits of
> Millenium Falcon (1 with half of fuselage transparent to see inside
> detail),
> X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Speeder Bike, Tydirium Shuttle, Darth Vader, C3P0,
> and R2D2.
>
> And several 500 or more piece SW jigsaw puzzles.
> Not to mention all the coffee mugs, shotglasses, t-shirts, etc.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> >Oh and a die cast x-wing.
> >
> >duh.
> >
> >btw, you are the man :)
> >
> >I did something similar with Finn recently. While getting n his case
> about
> >cleaning up the living room I tripped over my doc martins.
> >
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:19 PM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: RE: Penquin Fun
> >
> >
> >Does anyone remember those old die-cast metal Star Wars vehicles you
> >used to be able to buy? There was a Star Destroyer that had a bay at
> the
> >bottom and a little white ship that was supposed to be the one the
> >Empire captured Leia in. Good weight to it, and very detailed.
> >
> >Anyways, I have had one since I can remember, but I hadn't seen it
> for
> >years. On Saturday, I'm cleaning out my closet and come across a box
> >filled with old stuff - GI Joes, Garbage Pail Kids, that Transformer
> >that looked like a Veritech, some 20-sided dice and a
> >Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book. The bottom of the box broke, and all
> >this stuff from when I was a kid spilled out onto the floor. I
> cleaned
> >it up but missed the Star Destroyer for some reason.
> >
> >Later, my daughter and I are picking up in her room, and I tell her
> not
> >to leave big messes all over the floor because I hate stepping on
> little
> >pieces of plastic left around by careless children. I go back into
> my
> >room to get something, and when I come back, OUCH, I step on
> something
> >sharp, BANG, I hit my head on the closet door, CRASH, I drop plates
> and
> >utensils from breakfast all over the place, and HOPPING AROUND IN
> PAIN I
> >step on the sharp thing again with my other foot.
> >
> >Moments pass as I leap unsteadily to safety. As I prepare the voice
> of
> >absolute parental condemnation and compare what I want to say to my
> list
> >of that which shall never be uttered aloud in the presence of a child,
> I
> >notice the thing I stepped on happens to be my old Star Destroyer.
> This
> >*blew* me away because when I was 7 my father stepped on that exact
> same
> >Star Destroyer and gave me a speech just like the one I gave my
> daughter
> >a few minutes before. I fall to the floor, the daughter runs over to
> see
> >what happened, and I have nothing to say.
> >
> >Cruel fate. I have learned nothing in all these years.
> >
> >M
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Marwan Saidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:31 PM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: Re:Penquin Fun
> >
> >>Or a pod racer, or my favorite....a Star Destroyer.....
> >
> >I have a Lego mini-Star Destroyer on my desk as we speak....
> > _____
> >
>
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