R2-B0025
The Halloween astromech for 2025.
Happy Halloween!
#starwars
#astromech
#trickortreat

Good Grief! Just in time for Halloween the Thursday Troll dropped this off yesterday.
There seems to be a theme this year.
#peanuts
#igotarock
#actualthursday

Happy Halloween! This year’s Halloween Gonk is inspired by a Halloween classic.
I got a Gonk!
#starwars
#peanuts
#3dprinting
#igotagonk
#gonk

Snowboard Sunday
1996 K2 Zeppelin 153
@arrietyactual.bsky.social second snowboard. Still in the collection.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#k2snowboards

Star Wars Saturday.
Tony Gachapon Pull Back R4-P17
Another Japanese Astromech vending machine toy. This is one of the Prequel Astromechs. And while I know it was named by Lucas, this droid is clearly an R2 unit!
#starwars
#astromech
#Gachapon

Snowboard Sunday
1996 Burton Amp 153
The mid-90s. Terrain parks were popping up everywhere & the bonk/jib thing was in full swing. So I decided to get into carving.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#burtonsnowboards
#kook

Star Wars Saturday.
Tony Gachapon Pull Back R2-D2
A friend of mine randomly gave me a small box of these Japanese Astromech toys. You’d get them in a large plastic capsule from a vending machine. Just pull them back and watch them go!
Thanks Andrew!
#starwars
#astromech
#Gachapon

Snowboard Sunday
1996 Avalanche P-51
The last Avalanche in the house. This one also belongs to @arrietyactual.bsky.social As a pilot, it caught her eye.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#avalanchesnowboards

Star Wars Saturday.
Bend-Ems
More antique show sightings. Bend Ems box set. One of the rare Star Wars toys during the dark times. Fortunately the POTF2 line was soon to come.
#starwars
#vintagestarwars
#starwarsinthewild
#thehorror

Snowboard Sunday
1995 Sim Shannon Dunn
My wife’s @arrietyactual.bsky.social first snowboard. She got off to a good start with this classic.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#simssnowboards

Snowboard Sunday
1995 Burton Brushie Cruzin’ 153
Most likely the first retro graphic on a snowboard.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#burtonsnowboards

Star Wars Saturday.
This Guy
Went to an antique show at the MN State Fair & spotted this figure. My Star Wars knowledge does run pretty deep, but I have to admit I don’t know who this Ewok X-Wing pilot is. Reach for the stars little guy!
#starwars
#vintagestarwars
#expandeduniverse
#nubnub

Day 3
Back at The Turf (first 3 pics)
Then at Lake Delton (second 3). Lake Delton looks like a lot of fun when dry, I’ll have to stop again sometime when I haven’t left my legs at The Turf.
#bmxcontent
#tiredarms
#tiredlegs
#goodtobehome

Day 2 at The Turf.
Once again the rain & I seem to have an understanding. After storms overnight, I found the Turf to be perfectly dry. Got in bit a morning & afternoon session in. Pics from morning.
#bmxcontent

Sun’s out in Cottage Grove Wi over the spine.
6. And another hip!
7. Small air in a big bowl at the Turf. Back at that tomorrow
#bmxcontent
#wetdog
#itsallinthehips

Wisconsin skatepark tour day 1
Rain threatened to wash it out, but day ended up ok.
1. Rad bowl at Lake Delton Skatepark. Too bad it was a pool today
2. Rolled the dice in a wet park and got a line over a small hip,
3. A banked wall,
4. And a big banked wall!
5.

Snowboard Sunday
1995 Avalanche Road Trip 147
The ‘long’ Road Trip. It’s also a lot stiffer than you’d expect. Still fun to ride.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#avalanchesnowboards

#theycallhimbellosh

Star Wars adjacent Saturday
Belloq
During an unexpected trip to MOA this week, we discovered that Toys R Us is back. Completely stocked with figures that have already made the dollar store lap. Including 2 rows of nuthin’ but Belloq from the defunct Retro Indiana Jones line!
#vintagekenner

Snowboard Sunday
1994 Santa Cruz Roach
Chris Roach pro model.
Took this one out for some runs in 2018. It’s such a noodle that I’m pretty sure this one is completely broken down.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#santacruzsnowboards

Sure, I could have taken a second look at the reference photo, but I’m happy with it.
#starwars
#vintagestarwars
#retrostarwars

Star Wars Saturday.
Trash Compactor
Our new 3D printer has a garbage chute of sorts for excess filament waste. Just seemed like it needed a trash compactor to catch the trash. I designed one inspired by the one in Kenner’s Death Star playset, complete with Dianoga monster!

If I’m only going to have one grind, why not a tooth?
I did see the dentist yesterday after all.
#bmxcontent
#maybeanoccasionaldoubleorfeeble

Snowboard Sunday
1994 Lamar WMF 169
Big board that’s fun to ride.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#lamarsnowboards
#boomstick

Star Wars Saturday
Work in progress.
#garbagechute

Snowboard Sunday
1994 Lamar Lamar.
The 94 Transworld Buyer’s Guide lists this as the LaMar LaMar but everyone just calls it the Lamar Bowling Alley.
#alltheboards
#vintagesnowboards
#lamarsnowboards
#riseabove

As it turned out - I got one I needed!
Also, I did throw caution to the wind and tried the gum. I can’t say if this any harder or worse tasting than it was in 1983. But it is no longer gum. It just disintegrated into a sort of silt. Gross.
#starwars
#vintagestarwars
#toppsstarwars
#starwarsinthewild

Star Wars Saturday.
Topps Return of the Jedi Series 1 cards.
Picked this up at a recent antique mall trip. Even though I only need 18 cards to complete my collection, this pack was priced low enough for me to grab if only for the fun of opening a pack of 40 year old cards.

I haven’t ridden this bowl since the beginning of summer. It may not look like much, but it was feeling really good today.
Perhaps it’s actually better to feel good than to look good?
#bmxcontent
#howdoyouhookupavcr