(Joules is posting for me again - still can't get into blogger...)

You know, if I can afford it, I might go and see KoH again this week. Don't think it'll be in the cinemas for much longer. Wonder if there's any merchandise around? Be neat to have a Balian figurine to add to the collection...

The M cub has decided that Darth Vader is the coolest thing ever. (He's currently in the shower, pretending to be DV... in the shower, wearing a water-proof suit so the electronics don't short out... : )
Anyway, I was talked into letting them go to Maison d'Target after school this afternoon so they could ogle the Star Wars toys. There was a limited edition SW chess-set for sale and - this made me giggle - the 'queens' were Darth Vader and Obi-Wan! Appropriate, somehow, given some of the fanfic I've read over the years. (And anyway, aren't the queens the most powerful or important or something? In which case it should've been Yoda and the Emperor being the queens, not the kings. Where was I? Oh yes...)
Also on the shelves was a money box with a figure of DV on top of it that moved, and lit-up and played the Imperial March when you pressed a button. There were 7 of these quality pieces of tat, all in a row. The cubs had a kind of neon light-sabre mexican wave going there for a while - which made me laugh. This is nothing new, really, they started doing that with interactive Sesame Street toys years ago. It's rather intimidating having 10 bloody Elmos dancing frantically at you - slightly out of synch. <g>