July 28 Amazing ASCII Yoda A fan pointed me to a fantastic rendering of Yoda in ASCII from Echobase.com using the Star Wars script! Lest you think it's some simplistic line drawing head on over and see it for yourself. New Wallpapers A couple of new wallpapers added. Enjoy. July 27 Site updates Several things have been added to the site. There is a new wallpaper, a new custom Yoda to admire, a couple of new bootlegs, and the biggest addition, the new themes section, with The Official Yoda World Theme! Enjoy. More soon... Vote for Yoda World You know, Yoda Nut doesn't put a lot of hard work into the site just for no one to see. If you enjoy this site, please help me get more visitors by rating the site at BanthaTracks. |
July 23 Custom life-size Yoda statue The impressive Yoda sculpture pictured above was made by fellow Yoda fan Filipe Marques. I think his work provides the right note to kick off the new Customs section, which features some great fan-made items. More soon... New funky bootlegs... ....have been added to the Bootlegs/Unproduced section. Check 'em out. |
July 21 Interactive Yoda return address Rebelscum.com posted a different return address for the problematic Interactive Yoda toys than they had before. This one should yield faster results. I have copied it below for your convenience: Tiger Electronics 980 Woodlands Parkway Vernon Hills, ILL 60061 Attn: George or Jan They also said to include a note with your complete name and address as well as the specific defective part of the Yoda. Fate of the Jedi #2 Issue #2 of this great fan comic is on-line at TheForce.net and features some great Yoda art. It's also worth checking out for it's cool storyline. Check it out. Top ten Yoda gripes Many of you might have missed this cool Letterman-style top ten list from ImperialCenter.com. They had several other very funny lists and impressive wallpapers, so pay them a visit. |
July 19 Tiger responds Tiger sent a response to one of its' disgruntled Interactive Yoda buyers which you can read in its entirety at Rebelscum.com. The gist of it is that they'll send him a better one if he sends his back. Hmmm... Think we should all send them ours and teach them a lesson? July 17 Yoda on MTV?!? This is still unconfirmed, but someone informed me that Yoda appeared this week on Celebrity Deathmatch!!! He supposedly makes a cameo appearance fighting against Vader, who is part of the main matchup. Confirmation will have to wait, since MTV.com lists no repeats until Thursday. Anyway, it's something to look forward to. Site updates Three new wallpapers have been added for your downloading pleasure. I also added a new image at the top which I drew myself! Big achievment for me. It's available in larger format in the art gallery. July 15 Hallmark Ornaments available The new Hallmark ornaments, including the Jedi Council Members, go on sale today according to Yakface. They look pretty spiffy, so be sure to pick them up. July 14 Official site update The Official Site was busy with the updates today! They've confirmed that Frank Oz will return as Yoda in the next film (was there ever any doubt?) and added a new classic moment entitled Force Philosophy, which has a cool painting of Yoda. Oh yeah, and they added the first picture of Episode II, whatever that is. |
July 12 Interactive Yoda - The problems begin Less than a month after its release we realize that all is not right with the Yoda furby. If you read the review I wrote up, or if you've owned one for more than a week, you know that the eyelids on these are prone to wear. Well, the complaints are being heard, first on Rebelscum's QnA, now on SWCU's mailing list, and you can be sure retailers are getting an earful. And the explanation's not pretty. Thanks to Sidi for this news: Well, this is the reason hasbro was holding off on this one. I think they should've still kept it until they got it right, but.... See the rubber used for Yoda really isn't that great, as we can see now. It's too thin, and with continuous play will tear. Sucks big time. I have a proto of lil Yoda that was mint, no tears when i bought him. Well guess what? Not major tears, just small lil ones. I almost expected though. See, Hasbro couldn't get the rubber right. First too thin, then too thick (Yoda had no movement). They went back to thin, but look. Sorry to say it's just a no-win situation. I heard they finally released cause retailers were not happy that it got pushed back so much. Well, we'll se how happy the are to see a line of customers with Yoda furbys to return. What do I think? The fact is that the tears aren't visible when the eyes are open, plus it really doesn't detract from the playability, but it does suck to see Yoda like that. I would have preferred to wait a bit for a toy that wouldn't wear out so quickly. Let's hope other toy manufacturers and retailers learn a lesson from this. |
July 10 Official site update The Official Star Wars site updated today with a great Classic Moment entitled "The Casting of a Legend." Guess who they're talking about? Check it out. July 9 Collectibles archive tops 100 items! Have you visited the collectibles archive recently? I'm constantly adding stuff, so check it out! Review what you've got, see what you're missing, find out what crazy stuff has Yoda's mug on it! Fun for the whole family! I also added a couple of items to the Bootlegs/Unproduced section. Check it out as well. July 3 Hilarious Entertainment Weekly article 11 questions with Interactive Yoda. Very funny. Check it out here. Site updates I recently added a couple of new wallpapers, and a new section on bootleg and unproduced collectibles. Also added an awesome Yoda model for the PC game Half-Life, in case any of you are fans of it. Enjoy! Interactive Yoda supply meets demand It feels good to say that! We haven't seen much of that for recent Star Wars toys. As I write this, it's in stock at ToysRUs.com, KBKids.com, and Suncoast.com. Suncoast is still the cheapest at $33. |
June 22 Interactive Yoda back at etoys! They just got some more in. Better head over and make your purchase quickly becase these are selling like crazy! Search for Interactive Yoda below to go right to the page. Update : Out of stock again! Doh! Hope you were able to place your order. New pictures of 2000 Hallmark ornament Hallmark's website put up pictures of their year 2000 Star Wars assortment of Christmas ornaments, including the upcoming Jedi Council which features Yoda. Click on the thumbnail above for another image. Looks nice! |
June 30 Interactive Yoda available Currently in stock at toysrus.com for $40 and suncoast.com for $33! Having trouble finding it at Suncoast? Click here to go directly to the Yoda page. June 29 Interactive Yoda review I wrote up a little review for this new toy in case you're still wondering whether it's worth buying. Read it here. New Yoda screen saver I added one more screen saver to the Media section. It's a bit out of season, but hey, at least it's there! June 27 We got mentioned at Yakface! Yakface.com put up our Suncoast news yesterday and linked to us! Many thanks to the folks at Yakface and a big welcome to all the new visitors. I hope you bookmarked the site, 'cause it's only going to get bigger and better. New Poll I put up a new poll yesterday and, despite the influx of new visitors, got only two votes! Is it that you didn't notice or do you just not care? Hmmmmm.... Guys, I'd really appreciate your vote. I'm aware that the poll is unusable on Netscape, but I'm looking to fix that. If Netscape users would like to vote, please click here and a new window wih the poll will open up so you can vote. Hope to see those numbers go up. June 25 Interactive Yoda at Suncoast.com The coolest toy on the market is now at suncoast.com for only $33 plus shipping! Cheapest price I've seen yet. It definitely won't last long so head on over and place your order. Click here to go directly to Yoda. June 24 Section Updates I've added a couple of new wallpapers to that section, I've added the Screen Savers section, and I added a new section to the Art gallery which features a chilling look at original pre-production paintings for The Empire Strikes Back. Head on over and cringe at what could have been! |
June 21 Interactive Yoda at etoys The Interactive Yoda is now available there for $39.99. Search for Interactive Yoda below. They also have lots of Star Wars toys on sale, so check them out as well. Update : They sold out of Interactive Yoda! Still lots of sale toys, though, so click on their ad to the left if you'd like to check them out. June 20 Interactive Yoda at TRU.com The Interactive Yoda toy is now in stock at ToysRUs.com at $39.99. It's listed right on the home page, so go get it if you haven't found it yet. Official Site update on FAO Yoda The Official Star Wars site updated with a small article on the 15 foot Yoda in front of FAO and with a couple of new pictures. Click here to see it. June 18 Master Dude in "Bad Dudes Strike Back" I just finished watching this awesome fan cartoon, and I must say it's completely worth the download time, especially since it's the first fan film to feature the Master Dude, aka Yoda. Available for download at TheForce.net Theater. |
June 17 More Yoda furby reviews Yakface.com put up some comments that were sent in to them about the Yoda furby. Of course, you heard it here first, but they comment about the sound being very good. They also mention how they interact with each other. Go to the site and check it out. |
June 15 Larger than life Yoda! Yahoo news put up this picture of a huge Yoda placed outside the New York FAO store to advertise the Yoda furby. All I can say is wow! First Interactive Yoda Review My pal Sinjin from SWCU not only bought the Interactive Yoda at FAO yesterday, he actually won the Frank Oz autographed one that was being raffled! Some people have all the luck... Anyway, he was nice enough to send me his impressions on the toy, and dispeled some of those ugly "cheap speaker" rumors: "The sounds are actually pretty good...there are only some flaws to the sound but i give it an 8 out of 10....I really like this toy...I was playing around with it for a while and the sensor mechanism is VERY sensitive and picks up all your moves if you do them correctly...it's REALLY AWESOME!" Woah! Can't wait to get my hands on this one! Know that while the official release date was yesterday, but that's only at FAO in New York, but expect other stores to receive them in the next few weeks. |
Yoda World News Archive June / July 2000 |
June 15 Larger than life Yoda! Yahoo news put up this picture of a huge Yoda placed outside the New York FAO store to advertise the Yoda furby. All I can say is wow! First Interactive Yoda Review My pal Sinjin from SWCU not only bought the Interactive Yoda at FAO yesterday, he actually won the Frank Oz autographed one that was being raffled! Some people have all the luck... Anyway, he was nice enough to send me his impressions on the toy, and dispeled some of those ugly "cheap speaker" rumors: "The sounds are actually pretty good...there are only some flaws to the sound but i give it an 8 out of 10....I really like this toy...I was playing around with it for a while and the sensor mechanism is VERY sensitive and picks up all your moves if you do them correctly...it's REALLY AWESOME!" Woah! Can't wait to get my hands on this one! Know that while the official release date was yesterday, but that's only at FAO in New York, but expect other stores to receive them in the next few weeks. |
June 17 More Yoda furby reviews Yakface.com put up some comments that were sent in to them about the Yoda furby. Of course, you heard it here first, but they comment about the sound being very good. They also mention how they interact with each other. Go to the site and check it out. |
June 21 Interactive Yoda at etoys The Interactive Yoda is now available there for $39.99. Search for Interactive Yoda below. They also have lots of Star Wars toys on sale, so check them out as well. Update : They sold out of Interactive Yoda! Still lots of sale toys, though, so click on their ad to the left if you'd like to check them out. June 20 Interactive Yoda at TRU.com The Interactive Yoda toy is now in stock at ToysRUs.com at $39.99. It's listed right on the home page, so go get it if you haven't found it yet. Official Site update on FAO Yoda The Official Star Wars site updated with a small article on the 15 foot Yoda in front of FAO and with a couple of new pictures. Click here to see it. June 18 Master Dude in "Bad Dudes Strike Back" I just finished watching this awesome fan cartoon, and I must say it's completely worth the download time, especially since it's the first fan film to feature the Master Dude, aka Yoda. Available for download at TheForce.net Theater. |
June 30 Interactive Yoda available Currently in stock at toysrus.com for $40 and suncoast.com for $33! Having trouble finding it at Suncoast? Click here to go directly to the Yoda page. June 29 Interactive Yoda review I wrote up a little review for this new toy in case you're still wondering whether it's worth buying. Read it here. New Yoda screen saver I added one more screen saver to the Media section. It's a bit out of season, but hey, at least it's there! June 27 We got mentioned at Yakface! Yakface.com put up our Suncoast news yesterday and linked to us! Many thanks to the folks at Yakface and a big welcome to all the new visitors. I hope you bookmarked the site, 'cause it's only going to get bigger and better. New Poll I put up a new poll yesterday and, despite the influx of new visitors, got only two votes! Is it that you didn't notice or do you just not care? Hmmmmm.... Guys, I'd really appreciate your vote. I'm aware that the poll is unusable on Netscape, but I'm looking to fix that. If Netscape users would like to vote, please click here and a new window wih the poll will open up so you can vote. Hope to see those numbers go up. June 25 Interactive Yoda at Suncoast.com The coolest toy on the market is now at suncoast.com for only $33 plus shipping! Cheapest price I've seen yet. It definitely won't last long so head on over and place your order. Click here to go directly to Yoda. June 24 Section Updates I've added a couple of new wallpapers to that section, I've added the Screen Savers section, and I added a new section to the Art gallery which features a chilling look at original pre-production paintings for The Empire Strikes Back. Head on over and cringe at what could have been! |
June 22 Interactive Yoda back at etoys! They just got some more in. Better head over and make your purchase quickly becase these are selling like crazy! Search for Interactive Yoda below to go right to the page. Update : Out of stock again! Doh! Hope you were able to place your order. New pictures of 2000 Hallmark ornament Hallmark's website put up pictures of their year 2000 Star Wars assortment of Christmas ornaments, including the upcoming Jedi Council which features Yoda. Click on the thumbnail above for another image. Looks nice! |
July 10 Official site update The Official Star Wars site updated today with a great Classic Moment entitled "The Casting of a Legend." Guess who they're talking about? Check it out. July 9 Collectibles archive tops 100 items! Have you visited the collectibles archive recently? I'm constantly adding stuff, so check it out! Review what you've got, see what you're missing, find out what crazy stuff has Yoda's mug on it! Fun for the whole family! I also added a couple of items to the Bootlegs/Unproduced section. Check it out as well. July 3 Hilarious Entertainment Weekly article 11 questions with Interactive Yoda. Very funny. Check it out here. Site updates I recently added a couple of new wallpapers, and a new section on bootleg and unproduced collectibles. Also added an awesome Yoda model for the PC game Half-Life, in case any of you are fans of it. Enjoy! Interactive Yoda supply meets demand It feels good to say that! We haven't seen much of that for recent Star Wars toys. As I write this, it's in stock at ToysRUs.com, KBKids.com, and Suncoast.com. Suncoast is still the cheapest at $33. |
July 12 Interactive Yoda - The problems begin Less than a month after its release we realize that all is not right with the Yoda furby. If you read the review I wrote up, or if you've owned one for more than a week, you know that the eyelids on these are prone to wear. Well, the complaints are being heard, first on Rebelscum's QnA, now on SWCU's mailing list, and you can be sure retailers are getting an earful. And the explanation's not pretty. Thanks to Sidi for this news: Well, this is the reason hasbro was holding off on this one. I think they should've still kept it until they got it right, but.... See the rubber used for Yoda really isn't that great, as we can see now. It's too thin, and with continuous play will tear. Sucks big time. I have a proto of lil Yoda that was mint, no tears when i bought him. Well guess what? Not major tears, just small lil ones. I almost expected though. See, Hasbro couldn't get the rubber right. First too thin, then too thick (Yoda had no movement). They went back to thin, but look. Sorry to say it's just a no-win situation. I heard they finally released cause retailers were not happy that it got pushed back so much. Well, we'll se how happy the are to see a line of customers with Yoda furbys to return. What do I think? The fact is that the tears aren't visible when the eyes are open, plus it really doesn't detract from the playability, but it does suck to see Yoda like that. I would have preferred to wait a bit for a toy that wouldn't wear out so quickly. Let's hope other toy manufacturers and retailers learn a lesson from this. |
July 19 Tiger responds Tiger sent a response to one of its' disgruntled Interactive Yoda buyers which you can read in its entirety at Rebelscum.com. The gist of it is that they'll send him a better one if he sends his back. Hmmm... Think we should all send them ours and teach them a lesson? July 17 Yoda on MTV?!? This is still unconfirmed, but someone informed me that Yoda appeared this week on Celebrity Deathmatch!!! He supposedly makes a cameo appearance fighting against Vader, who is part of the main matchup. Confirmation will have to wait, since MTV.com lists no repeats until Thursday. Anyway, it's something to look forward to. Site updates Three new wallpapers have been added for your downloading pleasure. I also added a new image at the top which I drew myself! Big achievment for me. It's available in larger format in the art gallery. July 15 Hallmark Ornaments available The new Hallmark ornaments, including the Jedi Council Members, go on sale today according to Yakface. They look pretty spiffy, so be sure to pick them up. July 14 Official site update The Official Site was busy with the updates today! They've confirmed that Frank Oz will return as Yoda in the next film (was there ever any doubt?) and added a new classic moment entitled Force Philosophy, which has a cool painting of Yoda. Oh yeah, and they added the first picture of Episode II, whatever that is. |
July 21 Interactive Yoda return address Rebelscum.com posted a different return address for the problematic Interactive Yoda toys than they had before. This one should yield faster results. I have copied it below for your convenience: Tiger Electronics 980 Woodlands Parkway Vernon Hills, ILL 60061 Attn: George or Jan They also said to include a note with your complete name and address as well as the specific defective part of the Yoda. Fate of the Jedi #2 Issue #2 of this great fan comic is on-line at TheForce.net and features some great Yoda art. It's also worth checking out for it's cool storyline. Check it out. Top ten Yoda gripes Many of you might have missed this cool Letterman-style top ten list from ImperialCenter.com. They had several other very funny lists and impressive wallpapers, so pay them a visit. |
July 23 Custom life-size Yoda statue The impressive Yoda sculpture pictured above was made by fellow Yoda fan Filipe Marques. I think his work provides the right note to kick off the new Customs section, which features some great fan-made items. More soon... New funky bootlegs... ....have been added to the Bootlegs/Unproduced section. Check 'em out. |
July 28 Amazing ASCII Yoda A fan pointed me to a fantastic rendering of Yoda in ASCII from Echobase.com using the Star Wars script! Lest you think it's some simplistic line drawing head on over and see it for yourself. New Wallpapers A couple of new wallpapers added. Enjoy. July 27 Site updates Several things have been added to the site. There is a new wallpaper, a new custom Yoda to admire, a couple of new bootlegs, and the biggest addition, the new themes section, with The Official Yoda World Theme! Enjoy. More soon... Vote for Yoda World You know, Yoda Nut doesn't put a lot of hard work into the site just for no one to see. If you enjoy this site, please help me get more visitors by rating the site at BanthaTracks. |
