BK promo turns Han Solo into a midget
 Generally, my interest in all things Star Wars is decidedly—what’s the word?—non-existent. But apparently even I have my standards, as I discovered over the weekend while dropping by a Burger King (without a huge blow-up Darth Vader on its roof) and securing a promotional Star Wars toy for our 7-year-old. It took me a while, as he flew the toy around the backseat of the minivan, to realize who, or what, it was. But, no, it’s unthinkable! It was that hunky Han Solo/Harrison Ford character rendered ... as ... a ... midget! A midget wind-up toy! (Gasp!) I mean, the dude is so short and squat he’s got panty lines on his rear end, not to mention his head is 25 percent longer than his body. (This is just an estimate, mind you, but the head is positively massive.) This unfortunate, um, interpretation of Harrison Ford was lost on my son, of course. But Mom was speechless.
—Posted by Catharine P. Taylor
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May 18, 2005 in Burger King | Permalink
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That's just SO wrong!
Posted by: Jane | May 18, 2005 9:53:32 AM
I thought this was a joke when I saw you mentioned it on the other post about the trilogy. Woe was me when I scrolled down to see it was true. Indeed, like Jane says, that is just SO wrong. I saw the first trilogy as a kid, and the way the sense of wonder has been ruined is indeed wrong. A midget Han Solo? What will they conjure up next? Eww.
Posted by: Itinerant Librarian | May 18, 2005 1:06:47 PM
those huge blow up darth vaders are sweet i wonder how much they are worth to a true fan
Posted by: Ikcarus | May 23, 2005 7:22:24 PM
Have you played with the Han Solo? It kicks ass. Wind it up and put it on A flat surface, Han Dances!
Posted by: Travis | Jul 18, 2005 11:31:37 PM
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