95 comments on “U-Decide”

  2. I thought that my wife (the lovely Tayna) was going to hyperventilate! To quote: “That’s funny, I don’t care who ya are.”

  4. I vote for irresist-I-ble kitsch.

    Now, what kind of prize are you offering when the final results are in? 😉

  5. It’s neither.

    “Kitsch” is the unintentionally bad of taste, the accidental ironic.

    This seems to me to fall into the clearly intentional camp, which would be, umm, “camp”.

    Me, I want an Artoober Detoober.

  8. Yeah, I saw this on the net a couple days ago. I had to do a double take. I do like it though!

  11. You have got to be kidding! This is a joke, right?

    My vote: It is irresistable from a fan point of view. If I was Lucas, though, I would say it was a low point. If you are wanting your villain to be universally looked at with fear and awe, you don’t make a cute, adorable version of the villain!

    Jim in Iowa

  16. A friend of mine sent me a picture of this… thing yesterday, and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to laugh or cry. I’m still not.
    Guess I’m in the minority here when I say that this is just… wrong. Oh, so very, very wrong.

  18. Lines you know you’ll do with the product:

    “No! You’re not my Tuber!”

    “Obi-Wan told me enough…you fried my tuber…”

    “No Luke…I am your tater..”

    Then you can watch Darth Tater julienne Luke.

  23. Anyone who has a problem with this needs to lighten up. That thing is GOLD! GOLD, I tells ya!

    I haven’t bought any SW “Collectables” *coughcough*toys*coughcough* since TMP came out.

    But, BY GOD, I’m going to get this!

    fûçkìņg genius.

  24. I’ve got to get one. Admittedly, I think the same internal voice that makes me want one is the same internal voice that tells me to slow down and stare, looking for severed heads, when I pass an accident on I-95, but I want one.

  28. This is why “Star Wars” as cultural phenomena (and for some, a religious and philosophical touchstone) is dead. I’m almost afraid to ask if there is a “Princess Leia” Barbie and a “Luke Skywalker” Ken.

    Here, Lucas was such a control freak, trying to make sure that the role playing games written in the SW Universe were checked by Lucasfilm LTD staff for “appropriateness,” and now he’s releasing this commercial product.

  29. I want one too. I can have him locked in mortal combat with a Larry-Boy figure from Veggie Tales.

    JSM

  30. It doesn’t talk! Bummer! No voice of Don Rickels. *sigh*

    Is a Mrs. Potato as Amidala in the works too?

  31. I like it. And I’m not even that big of a Star Wars fan.

    I don’t think that this means the phenomon of Star Wars is dead – I think it’s proof about how much of a huge part of our culture it’s become. How many people in the U.S. would fail to recognize that that’s Mr. Potato Head dressed like Darth Vader?

  36. The fervor over this is why America is dying…

    Do you want fries with that doom and gloom? 😉

    Jim in Iowa

  37. Personally, I’m waiting for the crossover where Darth Tater slaughters the VeggieTales characters.

  38. “If I was Lucas, though, I would say it was a low point.”

    After the first two prequels, I don’t think there’s anything that Lucas will call a low point.

    –R.J.

  41. I saw a picture in yesterday’s paper, and my first reaction was similar to Peter’s: I want one, NOW!!
    Frankly, I can’t wait for the Luke Frywalker toy!

    “Join me, Son, and we’ll rule the galaxy and Father and Spud”!!

    Hooper

  43. Low point is still the bar of Jar-Jar Binks glycerine soap with a misshapen plastic Jar-Jar head embedded in the center. “Hey kids!
    Who wants to take a bath with Jar-Jar?”

    Yes, I still have one. No, you can’t have it.

  45. “”U-Decide: Low point or irresistable kitsch?””

    Oh, like the two have ever been mutually exclusive…

    Needless to say, I’ll be getting one of these.

  46. Personally, I’m waiting for the crossover where Darth Tater slaughters the VeggieTales characters.

    No, he’d try, but he would eventually be brought back to the good side by his illegitimate son, Junior Skywalker (and his friends Larry Solo, Bob Calrissimato, Obi-Pa Kenogrape, Princess Laura, and Percy-Threepio).

    Yes, I have a three-year-old daughter. Why do you ask? 🙂

    And I’m firmly in the camp (and I do mean camp) of those who need to find Darth Tater!

  47. “If you are wanting your villain to be universally looked at with fear and awe, you don’t make a cute, adorable version of the villain!”

    You mean like this?

    (I freely admit that my fianc

  49. I’m with Malvito on this one, Once they did the Holiday Special that pretty much did it.
    So now we know just exactly how he goes over to the Dark Side- The toy company made him turn evil. I knew it!
    I gotta get me one!

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