Noooooooooooooooo! The death of Padme? No, just stolen Star Wars toys...
A disturbance in the Force of Jedi-betrayal proportion occurred yesterday...
Likely suspects and reasons for stealing this fine, fine collection:
1. Mom. Unable to get rid of them when he lived with her, she finally fulfilled her destiny by bribing the superintendent for the key and backing up a dump truck next to the basement door. With a couple of hired help, Mom finally sealed the poor guy's childhood with the sound of plastic limbs snapping under the weight of X-Wing Fighters and AT-AT Walkers.
2. Wife. With recent catalogue purchases from Pottary Barn and Crate & Barrel, the old furniture needed to go somewhere. She probably didn't think he'd mind that she was creating some extra storage space for him, either...
3. Next door neighbor. While discussing their respective collection over shots of Cuervo Gold, Mr. Scott let slip that he had the coveted "blue snaggletooth" figure. To cover his crime, the neighbor broke into the storage unit and basically stole everything in there, selling what he did not want and keeping the rest. Look for the nieghbor to avoid Mr. Scott's mistake by storing his booty in a treasure chest containing Hitler's brain and cursed, Aztec gold...
4. Punk kid brother. In retaliation for years of wedgies, Indian rug burns and being left out of the cool "Star Wars Club" by his bigger brother, he and his own "Superfriends Club" broke into the storage unit, removed and sold the contents to a Columbian drug cartel to fund their new "Justice League Unlimited Club."
Collector Wants 'Star Wars' Toys Back
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Angry he is. Jason Scott wants his "Star Wars" collection back, including his 12-inch model of a beast called a tauntaun and his C3PO and Darth Vader carrying cases. And especially the original and rare "blue snaggletooth" figure that showed up in the first film's cantina scene. Scott said Monday that he's posted a $1,000 reward for his stuff, which was stolen last week from his padlocked storage unit inside his Lincoln apartment building. "These figures are vintage," he said. "Some were the hard-to-find 1985 figures" - like a Death Star play set, for example. Scott said he's posted reward notices around his apartment complex and remains hopeful, but the loss is uninsured. He'd been collecting seriously since 1994, and he said his 92-piece collection of action figures is only five short of the 97 total. He estimated the 92 pieces together could fetch $3,500 or more in an Internet auction. "It would be nice if the person just set the stuff back on my doorstep," Scott said. "Fifty percent of it is I want the person to get busted, but I want the stuff back more," he said. (June 7, 2005)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Angry he is. Jason Scott wants his "Star Wars" collection back, including his 12-inch model of a beast called a tauntaun and his C3PO and Darth Vader carrying cases. And especially the original and rare "blue snaggletooth" figure that showed up in the first film's cantina scene. Scott said Monday that he's posted a $1,000 reward for his stuff, which was stolen last week from his padlocked storage unit inside his Lincoln apartment building. "These figures are vintage," he said. "Some were the hard-to-find 1985 figures" - like a Death Star play set, for example. Scott said he's posted reward notices around his apartment complex and remains hopeful, but the loss is uninsured. He'd been collecting seriously since 1994, and he said his 92-piece collection of action figures is only five short of the 97 total. He estimated the 92 pieces together could fetch $3,500 or more in an Internet auction. "It would be nice if the person just set the stuff back on my doorstep," Scott said. "Fifty percent of it is I want the person to get busted, but I want the stuff back more," he said. (June 7, 2005)
Likely suspects and reasons for stealing this fine, fine collection:
1. Mom. Unable to get rid of them when he lived with her, she finally fulfilled her destiny by bribing the superintendent for the key and backing up a dump truck next to the basement door. With a couple of hired help, Mom finally sealed the poor guy's childhood with the sound of plastic limbs snapping under the weight of X-Wing Fighters and AT-AT Walkers.
2. Wife. With recent catalogue purchases from Pottary Barn and Crate & Barrel, the old furniture needed to go somewhere. She probably didn't think he'd mind that she was creating some extra storage space for him, either...
3. Next door neighbor. While discussing their respective collection over shots of Cuervo Gold, Mr. Scott let slip that he had the coveted "blue snaggletooth" figure. To cover his crime, the neighbor broke into the storage unit and basically stole everything in there, selling what he did not want and keeping the rest. Look for the nieghbor to avoid Mr. Scott's mistake by storing his booty in a treasure chest containing Hitler's brain and cursed, Aztec gold...
4. Punk kid brother. In retaliation for years of wedgies, Indian rug burns and being left out of the cool "Star Wars Club" by his bigger brother, he and his own "Superfriends Club" broke into the storage unit, removed and sold the contents to a Columbian drug cartel to fund their new "Justice League Unlimited Club."
posted by Alan at 8:17 AM
2 Comments:
Hey I'm curious. Where do you get your news stories from and how often do you peruse the periodicals,internet sites, and cable news stations for such information?
Go to www.1010wins.com for your curious news. There is actually a section for unusual news. You can tell by the picture of the flying pig.
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