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coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months ago

How Star Wars walked away from the world’s first self-retracting lightsaber toy [The Verge]

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How Star Wars walked away from the world’s first self-retracting lightsaber toy [The Verge]

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coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months ago
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The Goliath Power Saber.
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  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    Making Disney licensed toys is a legal nightmare even for Hasbro

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    Smart to have a buyback clause in the contract, otherwise this would’ve been lost and locked until the patent expired.

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    …one step at a time.

    Wait… Star Wars has feet?

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      the "always has been" astronaut meme. The first astronaut is looking at Earth, with overlaid, warped images of the feet of Yoda and Darth Maul. The first astronaut is saying, "wait...it's about feet?" and the second astronaut is saying "always has been."

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