So, with the addition of R5-F7 (yellow-detailed Y-Wing fighter droid), R4-M6 (Mace Windu’s hilariously purple droid) and R4-K5 (young Darth Vader’s even more hilariously “dark” replacement for R2-D2 — the Nathan Spencer of robots!) I think my astromech fleet is once again up to date.
Yes, it’s a sickness. I don’t need to be reminded.
SlimJimm
25 October, 2007 at 10:50
Holy
Shit
M.Nicolai
25 October, 2007 at 10:53
I am simultaneously filled with awe, envy and shame.
eirikr
25 October, 2007 at 11:05
“Come on Parish, where’s the original 1978 R2? (unless I’m just not seeing it)”
^whoops, ’twas I.
Nich
25 October, 2007 at 11:06
Ooh, Drifting Classroom 8 is evidently out!
criminallyinane
25 October, 2007 at 11:10
At least you aren’t compelled to collect clone troopers like, uh, my “friend”.
PapillonReel
25 October, 2007 at 11:10
What in the world…?
parish
25 October, 2007 at 11:15
I only buy one of each individual droid, because who need a billion R2-D2s? (OK, so I have two R2s.) And I’m skipping the original Kenner droids because they sucked. Also, please bear in mind that this collection has accumulated slowly and almost accidentally over the course of about nine years.
FlipSide
25 October, 2007 at 11:24
Do you have R2-KT, the pink droid with a heart of gold?
parish
25 October, 2007 at 11:38
Indeed I do, which means my collection is saving lives. It (she?) is in the back row, first from the left.
Nicholai
25 October, 2007 at 12:00
I have a few similar collections that have built up over many a year, but now look as though I’m obsessed. Good to know I’m not alone.
Josh
25 October, 2007 at 12:57
You are a depressing nerd. But your shelves are very tasteful.
Reluctant Hero
25 October, 2007 at 13:33
I can’t see any of the pictures you post in your daily blogs. Whats up with that? Are they gif or jpeg format?
JP
25 October, 2007 at 13:39
It’s only a sickness if you custom make little drink serving trays for them and hold imaginary parties for no one.
An awesome sickness.
parish
25 October, 2007 at 14:21
Re: pictures
SIGH
Josh
25 October, 2007 at 14:23
Holy shit! When will these people learn to use Gamespite.net and not Toastyfrog.com? Is this a part of the Interwebs is ful o’ morons phenomenon? Seriously, every post since you acquired that eponymous url has been haunted by at least one question regarding your pictures.
You’re not a depressing nerd. I just didn’t want to sound too sycophantic when I obsequiously complimented your fine book holder.
Sven
25 October, 2007 at 14:29
Very nice. And an army of R2s is goofy enough that it can be looked at as a bit of ironic humour, rather than sick obsession.
(Mine’s more stealthy: all the Transformers Alternators and similarly-scaled realistic vehicle TFs, which 90% of people think are simply model cars at first glance.)
goldie
25 October, 2007 at 14:34
All that stuff is awesome. But I would run out of California beofore those turn into molten plastic in some california (very likely) pot induced arson.
Nemo Incognito
25 October, 2007 at 14:48
Your copies of Apollo’s Song and Ode to Kirihito mark you as a man of refined tastes. Tezuka fans unite!
By a stunning coincidence I reread Phoenix: Future just before seeing this. Just to remind myself that Phoenix really is the greatest thing ever printed.
JuanFrugal
25 October, 2007 at 14:49
I propose a motion to post a picture of higher resolution. Just please tell me that you know the story of each unit from the package.
Oh, and I dig the shelves as well.
parish
25 October, 2007 at 14:51
Nah, I’m not too likely to be affected by the fires. San Francisco is deeply urban and completely peninsular and therefore only likely to burn in the event of an earthquake, not wild brush fires.
And yeah, the astromech collection began as a sort of goofy novelty back when it was R2 and a handful of other Phantom Menace droids, and they only actually issue two or three new ones each year. Really, it was the 12-pack last year that put it over the top.
Reluctant Hero
25 October, 2007 at 14:54
@Josh: Yeah, I apologize for being new to site and not knowing about the gamespite URL. Yeesh.
Hugh
25 October, 2007 at 15:03
The real mark of refined taste is filing Dragon Head right before Drifting Classroom.
Blake
25 October, 2007 at 15:10
What do you think you’re running from? The disease is inside you!
Calorie Mate
25 October, 2007 at 15:16
I can’t wait until the day gamespite ACTUALLY has a problem displaying pictures, and Parish ignores all of us.
parish
25 October, 2007 at 15:19
OK, the image is now clickable to see the full resolution version in all its digital camera crappiness. Notice now that the R2-D2 in the front row is looking directly into your soul.
Also the book on the bottom shelf is not “How to Draw Manga,” it is “How NOT to Draw Manga,” which is far more useful.
goldie
25 October, 2007 at 15:19
You know what’s unforgivable? That anyone has failde to make a comment on the awesome fact that SLASH and other awesome 80′s guitarists are featured in Guitar Hero III and that that’s my pick for most awesome game of forever!
It makes me feel hot blooded, check it and see, I got a fever of a hundred and three.
Sheana
25 October, 2007 at 15:23
I demand a stop motion video of them doing the Thriller dance.
JuanFrugal
25 October, 2007 at 19:10
Oh, that cheeky R2-D2 breaking the fourth wall.
goldie
25 October, 2007 at 19:30
I always thought R2-D2 was kinda phallic. And Chewbacca is also pretty disturbing. He is naked all the time for the entire original trilogy. It kinda makes you think. Also, the sarlac is kinda yonic itself, so I guess if R2-D2 had fallen into it on Episode VI that would have been pretty hilarious. One of those movie moments that make the entire audience laugh loudly.
SRaymonds
25 October, 2007 at 19:52
Is that UMD FInal Fantasy Tactics?
parish
25 October, 2007 at 23:29
Yes, it is, and that’s eerie. Stop it.
I can tell you where maybe a third of these robots are seen in the movies, and only then because I remember the photos on the cards or whatever. But if you MUST know, my sickness is a mild head cold compared to this full-on malaria:
http://www.astromech.net/Lists/Galleries/astromechs/Default.htm
JuanFrugal
25 October, 2007 at 23:54
Man, what the hell is wrong with me?
Now I know the quirks of the entire R series.
Figure Four
26 October, 2007 at 01:53
I just think it’s awesome that you have copies of Manga Manga and Dreamland Japan. Two very fine books.
SRaymonds
26 October, 2007 at 16:42
Get the kids and get out, Mr. Parish! His comments are coming from inside the house!