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dancerjodi) wrote2007-05-01 09:13 am
dancerjodi) wrote2007-05-01 09:13 am
How to make a geek happy?
Give him an old Ben Cooper Boba Fett costume for his son to use.
My co-worker is a big Star Wars fan, and he revealed recently that Boba is his favorite character. We started talking about the upcoming SW stamps which lead to a conversation about collectibles in general. He said that he's been killing himself to try and get one of those old Ben Cooper costumes for his son to wear.
Brian's had one in his display cases for a while. Its been worn before but was in good shape, and we picked it up one day at Outer Limits. Its not like we could do anything with it, but it just seemed like the sort of thing you shouldn't leave behind. It was still in the box, albeit a very beat up box. The original price tag read $5.xx (the right side of the tag was ripped) and we paid something like $20-$40 for it.
We were up in Brian's room last night and he pointed out where the new Galactica helmet will go once its completed, and how he needed to make room elsewhere in the display cases. I remembered my co-worker and told Brian how he had been searching for one of those Ben Cooper costumes. Brian looked at me, looked at the case, opened the door and dug it out. "Are you sure you want to give it to him"? Brian replied "What am I going to do with it? If some little kid can get some use out of it, it will be much better than sitting here. Besides, it frees up room for more stuff".
Sometimes my husband is such an old softie! This is also why I enjoy the little SW fandom universe. There are geeks everywhere if you look carefully enough, and oftentimes folks are good at trying to help each other along in their pursuits. My co-worker John tells me that he'll "get me back big time" at some point. We shall see how this plays out. If anything it does well for building relationships between departments. :)
My co-worker is a big Star Wars fan, and he revealed recently that Boba is his favorite character. We started talking about the upcoming SW stamps which lead to a conversation about collectibles in general. He said that he's been killing himself to try and get one of those old Ben Cooper costumes for his son to wear.
Brian's had one in his display cases for a while. Its been worn before but was in good shape, and we picked it up one day at Outer Limits. Its not like we could do anything with it, but it just seemed like the sort of thing you shouldn't leave behind. It was still in the box, albeit a very beat up box. The original price tag read $5.xx (the right side of the tag was ripped) and we paid something like $20-$40 for it.
We were up in Brian's room last night and he pointed out where the new Galactica helmet will go once its completed, and how he needed to make room elsewhere in the display cases. I remembered my co-worker and told Brian how he had been searching for one of those Ben Cooper costumes. Brian looked at me, looked at the case, opened the door and dug it out. "Are you sure you want to give it to him"? Brian replied "What am I going to do with it? If some little kid can get some use out of it, it will be much better than sitting here. Besides, it frees up room for more stuff".
Sometimes my husband is such an old softie! This is also why I enjoy the little SW fandom universe. There are geeks everywhere if you look carefully enough, and oftentimes folks are good at trying to help each other along in their pursuits. My co-worker John tells me that he'll "get me back big time" at some point. We shall see how this plays out. If anything it does well for building relationships between departments. :)
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Off topic - Moody Street Sighting
http://www.onbroadwaythemovie.com/) was filmed at The Skellig. Check out the trailer! It features Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) and Eliza Dushku (she from Watertown and was in "Bring it On"). MAN! I wished I had seen it at the Idependent Film Festival of Boston!
Re: Off topic - Moody Street Sighting
Part of it was (there was this big write up in The Tribune when they were filming). :)