Identify yourshelf!… and win a signed copy of VWORP!1

For the “about the author” photo in the back of VWORP!1, I constructed a “set” using plastic shipping crates that a local store’s been getting rid of fairly cheaply; they’re awfully handy things to have around. For lightweight items, they actually make pretty nice shelving. I threw a few knick-knacks from my vast knick-knack collection in there, set them up next to a window where I already have marquees from old arcade games set up, and boom, it looks like I live in a warehouse full of geek-a-licious relics. Which, of course, I do.

But here’s where it pays off for you – if you can identify all of the relics, you could win a free signed copy of VWORP!1. No problem, right?

But there are a few things in here that might stump you. Generally, if you know my viewing/listening/playing preferences, you’ve got a pretty good chance at guessing it, but you’ll have to be specific with your guesses.

If it’s a toy, you don’t have to say it’s a toy. Identify the character or object, and what it’s from: it’s a flux capacitor from Back To The Future! (Wow, if only.) It’s Yak Face from Return Of The Jedi! (Example only: I can’t even afford one of those.) If it’s a game, just identify the game (you can name what system it’s for if you really want to, just for style points); that should be easy since most of these have the name printed on them.

There are 20 items in total which have to be identified, and they are numbered in the pictures below. After midnight central time on Saturday, June 9th, I will put the names of those respondents who have submitted a complete and correct list in a hat and I’ll have an impartial third party – probably Portia – draw a name to determine the lucky winner of a copy of VWORP!1. If you’re coming to OVGE, that makes things easy; if you’re not, I’ll ship it out on my dime after OVGE.

Why am I leaving it open until Saturday? Because there are a couple of things you may have to do some research on to make sure you’re right. You can Google stuff. You can also look stuff up on this site – chances are, a lot of the suspects have already been shown off in past entries in this blog, or in ToyBox.

Answers must be submitted to my e-mail address:

(Please don’t send answer via snail mail, you will be unable to outrun the internet. That’s just the graphic I have on hand to display my e-mail without letting the spambots get at it.)

(Don’t worry about this, it’s a marquee beauty shot which also shows that HAL 9000 was overseeing things, and yet HAL could barely be seen in the final photo. Rest assured, HAL can see you, and will not open the pod bay doors. Until you take off that pesky helmet.)