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I like to think outside the box or at least outside
the blister pack, so we're going to switch things up for this update.
Instead of reviewing the usual cheap toy with my typical snarky side
comments, I'm going to be reviewing the DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club 2006
Charity Pin...with my typical snarky side comments. Funds raised by this pin are going to benefit The Children's Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health). Here's a blurb from their Website: They dreamed of a
place where families could be with their children while they were being
treated at NIH, a place where they would not have the hardships,
isolation and expense of living in a motel. Working together, they
began to make the dream come true. In 1987, NIH set aside two acres of
land within walking distance to the Clinical Center of NIH. Merck &
Co., Inc. donated $3.7 million to build the facility. Several
congressional spouses formed The Friends of The Children's Inn and
raised $2 million to furnish the residence. With the establishment of
The Children's Inn at NIH as a private, tax-exempt nonprofit
corporation, a public-private partnership was born.
Kind of gets you right in the ol' genetically engineered heart, doesn't it? You can read more about The Children's Inn at NIH at its Website. (Go ahead and click on that link. It will open the site in another window, so you don't get lost and forget to come back here. But look at those kids faces, and think about what you would be telling them by NOT buying this pin.) There were only 1000 pins made, but the folks over at the DCSWCC tell me there are only about 300 of them left. So essentially, this Charlie Clone Review is going to be one big ol' advertisement for a pin...but a pin for a good cause. Also of note for you people who think that buying something with Star Wars written on it is an instantaneous investment guaranteed to appreciate in value over the years, this pin has been officially recognized by Lucasfilm. That's right, as an acknowledged fan club, the DCSWCC got the stamp of approval from the big cheese. Unfortunately, it looks like the Potomac might be blocking out the text indicating this on the actual package, but I've been assured that it's all legit. |
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CONCEPT:
The design, conceived and executed by the
highly talented Mike "Indy" Marosy, is a parody of last year's special
effects extravaganza King Kong, with a surly Chewbacca climbing the
Washington monument while clutching an Imperial TIE fighter. Now the
question is, has Chewbacca ingested some kind of maddening growth serum
and gone on an anti-American rampage, or has the U.S. national capital
been shrunken down to miniscule size? And what's with the TIE fighter's
buzzing around DC? Is that some kind of political statement about
Capitol Hill security?
I don't know. But as a clone whose DNA has been modified to blindly love the State at the expense of all else, I don't like the smell of it, no sir.
But don't let a little thing like politics
prevent you from helping the Children's Inn. Charity knows no political
color.
ACCESSORIES:
Furthermore, you get a handsome blue-hued backing, proudly displaying the logo of the DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club, as well as text proudly reminding every passerby that you generously made a donation to The Children's Inn at NIH.
And let me tell you, my male readers, nothing cancels out the disgusted stares of female co-workers regarding that Slave Girl Leia on your cubicle desk or in your locker faster than a little piece of paper that says you care about sick children.
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FEATURES: This is a pretty big pin. Just look at how big it is compared to me! It's also pretty darned heavy. It's a big, heavy, metal pin. Thus, you get not just one pin and clasp, but TWO...count them...TWO pins and clasps on the back of this dashing accessory. That means you don't have to worry about Chewie suddenly swinging upside down as you run to catch your schoolbus or carpool, so you won't suddenly have the Washington Monument pointing anywhere you don't want it.
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PLAY VALUE:
Pins are not toys! They are not to be played with! You could injure yourself or someone else. I know I broke skin on this thing at least twice just in the course of this promotion alone. But you can still have fun sticking them on things, like...
Your favorite hat...
Your bookbag...
Your bath towel...
Or you can even use them as shields for your
terrifying band intergalactic hoplytes!
Either way, you'll be sure to be the belle of
the ball at the next major fan event while sporting this illustrious
accessory on your home made Jedi costume!
Okay, that's all I got for this one. So go order
your DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club 2006
Charity Pin or, if you don't want to be the height of fashion at
the next science-fiction convention, go anyway and make a donation
without buying the pin!
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next time...
--Charlie Clone |
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