Ian's Newsround - 19/03/04
Business as usual, if you please, folks. Let us start with some pleasure, spiked with pain. The Starbug Playset is a-coming. Hurrah! Unfortunately, it's not coming until October. October! Oh well. At least we know it's not been forgotten about, and we've got some lovely pictures. We're told the paintwork design isn't complete yet. A little hint, fellas: make the '1' on the top smaller. Other than that, this thing is awesome. Even the box looks amazing. Although, look at this picture. Apparantly, the set will include "KRYSTEN". He's a robot version of Jesus.
Juliet May. Romeo's hopeful. Thanks. Yes, folks, Mr. Flibble, the internet's second most popular penguin, after that one in the polar bear game, has interviewed Juliet May, who once directed a sit-com about Hitlers (pictured). We all know, of course, that you can make good comedy based on Hitlers, as long as someone scuffles with him and nicks his briefcase. This interview deals with all the pre- and post-Dwarf stuff very well, but there's not too much on Juliet's brief time in charge of Series V. Presumably, they're saving the meat for the DVD, which is understandable. We do get one snippet, though: Rob and Doug "patience ran out" with Juliet. Excellent! Oh, and she's wrong about V not being as funny as its predecessors. Yes, there's more sci-fi, but the comedy doesn't really suffer. It's got Jake Bullet, man.
Comments
> "Apparantly, the set will include "KRYSTEN". He's a robot version of Jesus."
Yes, APPARENTLY...Or was that a deliberate mistake for ironic purposes?
Meanwhile, the Juliet May interview was surprisingly revealing.
Posted by Pete Martin at March 19, 2004 07:30 PM
That looks great, but what's the hold-up from Corgi?
Posted by Mike at March 22, 2004 09:18 PM
Corgi hold-up explained (from 03rd March 2004):
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Dear Mr Neale
Thank you for your email, these models have been delayed and we have now been advised that they are due for release in April.
regards
CORGI CUSTOMER SERVICES
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Tut, tut, tut.
Posted by Blake at March 23, 2004 12:03 AM
That's not really an explanation, is it.
Posted by Darrell Jones at March 23, 2004 02:24 AM
Corgi also provide a sincere apology here:
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Alright folks, you'll notice I'm late in the office today, which means all the stuff I was going to do will be shunted on a bit, so you'll certainly have to wait.
Corgi.
Posted by jesley carrion at March 23, 2004 02:13 PM
You're quite right, that is not an explanation. But having asked Corgi to explain the hold-up, that's what they said.
Posted by Blake at March 23, 2004 04:51 PM
"Rather than your standard, bland box, we have created an 'environment'"
Is this the correct time to bring up Boglins again? Yes, I think it is.
Posted by jesley carrion at March 30, 2004 03:29 PM
Thought I'd mention that the RD Product Enterprise website has been updated:
http://www.productenterprise.com/reddwarf.html
No new info other than "Coming October 2004" instead of May 2004. Still, it really looks like a great piece of kit, so is sure to be worth the wait.
Posted by Blake at April 1, 2004 12:39 PM
GAH MORE DELAYS WAH. Still, it looks great, etc.
Meanwhile, why can't they design a website that works in resolutions smaller than 1280x1024 (and that's with your browser fullscreen)? That's just bloody stupid.
Posted by John Hoare at April 1, 2004 05:34 PM
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