{"id":1086,"date":"2011-02-05T21:24:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T04:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2022-07-07T17:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T00:35:53","slug":"artist-spotlight-pack-rat-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/fans\/artist-spotlight-pack-rat-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight: Pack Rat Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/jbj\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jason B. Jones<\/a>, who pens a column on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GeekDad<\/a> at Wired.com, is clearly a Boba Fett fan. He recently penned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2011\/02\/the-many-faces-of-boba-fett\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Many Faces of Boba Fett,&#8221;<\/a> soon after a comment about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2010\/11\/first-grade-girl-bullied-for-liking-star-wars\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">slow-to-arrive mail-away Boba Fett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/packratstudios.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pack Rat Studios<\/a> is testing this question, with a four-figure line of alternate Boba Fetts: <a href=\"http:\/\/packratstudios.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/ww2-boba-fett-v4.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">World War 2<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/packratstudios.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/mideival-boba-fett.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">medieval<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/packratstudios.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/boba-fett-on-hoth-vs-wampa.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">on Hoth<\/a>; and, my personal favorite, <a href=\"http:\/\/packratstudios.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/steampunk-boba-fett.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">steampunk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>All four figures are currently available for bidding on eBay (direct links: <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/Custom-WW2-Boba-Fett-action-figure-Star-Wars-WWII_W0QQitemZ120678210546QQihZ002QQcategoryZ152947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ht_2715wt_1141\">WW2<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=120678209461#ht_2699wt_1141\">medieval<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=120678208226#ht_2677wt_1141\">Hoth<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=120678211062#ht_2696wt_1141\">steampunk<\/a>). As the listings say, the figures are for adult collectors, not real play.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WW2 sold for $49.75 after 17 bids; Medieval, $81.00 after 15; Hoth, $23.01 after 9; and Steampunk, $31 after 10.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1086 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_steampunk.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_steampunk-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_hoth.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_hoth-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_medieval.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_medieval-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_ww2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bobafett_ww2-e1296966255780-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For more, check out our listings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/fanart\/custom\/\">Boba Fett custom action figures<\/a> in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/fanart\/\">fan art<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110205113341\/http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2011\/02\/the-many-faces-of-boba-fett\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wired<\/a> [no longer online; archive.org copy])<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason B. 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