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...like me and have purchased the published screenplay, you know most of what transpires in the film. And if you're like me, your foreknowledge probably only makes you want to see the film even more, because The Phantom Menace is blessed with an infectiously enjoyable story that oozes the Star Wars-ethos out of every computer-generated pore...
...night of May 2, I got my first taste of the fervor that will surround the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace next week. On this chilly night, I found myself standing in line at approximately a quarter to midnight, waiting for doors to be opened--the doors of Toys 'R Us, which was holding a special event to commemorate the release of toys for the new film...
...culmination, of course, came on the night of May 2, as Kenner entered a new era of toy production with the Phantom Menace toys. But where once there were excited little kids, now there were 30-year-old collectors buying multiples of each figure, one to open and one or two (or more) to keep in the package...
After the big rush, many Toys 'R Us stores, including the one in Alewife, pulled most of their regular Phantom Menace action figures off the shelves a few days after the release, to hold them until the film opens, when they will reportedly be released for a lower price. While this may ostensibly serve to combat the collectors who took half the merchandise in the first place, I can't help but remember what it was like for me as a kid, when I went to get that new figure I was excited about and had to settle for some...
...night of May 2, I got my first taste of the fervor that will surround the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace next week. On this chilly night, I found myself standing in line at approximately a quarter to midnight, waiting for doors to be opened--the doors of Toys 'R Us, which was holding a special event to commemorate the release of toys for the new film...