Darth Tater! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Blackthorn · 01-19-2005, 12:29 PM

I'm not sure why but I really want one of these. I think I could use this as a desk ornament!

Linkyness

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Darth Tater: The dark side of Mr. Potato Head

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Posted: 2:16 PM EST (1916 GMT)

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island (AP) -- A spud on the dark side.

That's how toy maker Hasbro Inc. is promoting its latest Mr. Potato Head figure, Darth Tater.

The toy spud will be available next month, ahead of the May release of "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," the latest installment in that film series.

Darth Tater will come with a light saber, cape and helmet, in addition to the regular Mr. Potato Head accessories such as eyes, mouth and nose.

The Pawtucket-based toy maker says children will be able to "have all kinds of mix n' match, Mr. Potato Head fun with this wacky spud dressed as the infamous `Star Wars' villain, Darth Vader."

The toy will retail in the United States for $7.99.

"Star Wars: Episode III," starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, will open in U.S. theaters on May 19.

Dingo2879 · 01-19-2005, 12:36 PM

That's kinda cute... Only $7.99... Wish that was around during christmas time for gag gifts...

Cynthetiq · 01-19-2005, 01:58 PM

LOL looks like it would make a great avatar

ubertuber · 01-19-2005, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

LOL looks like it would make a great avatar

I was just thinking the same thing!

Glory's Sun · 01-19-2005, 02:04 PM

that thing is just creepy looking to me for some reason.. think about it.. an evil killer potato.. it doesn't get any more evil than that

maleficent · 01-19-2005, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ubertuber

I was just thinking the same thing!

Perfect for someone who's got a potato fetish

Hmmmm....

It's cute... I want one... The Darth Tater that is, not the potato fetish

Hard8s · 01-19-2005, 05:09 PM

Dang,
I saw this on the news last night before I headed home from work, was going to post it today but someone (kjroh) beat me to it. I thought it was a very funny, clever, and an ingenous marketing idea!

Zephyr66 · 01-19-2005, 05:10 PM

gotta get me one of thems

El Kaz · 01-19-2005, 05:46 PM

Can you picture this thing saying:

"You have failed me for the LAST time ...."

I cannot O_O

guthmund · 01-19-2005, 09:04 PM

Quote:

-What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?
-Po-Ta-Toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. Lovely, big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.

Oh, sorry, wrong movie.

Luke, I am your.....crap. I've got nothing, Nothing!

Blackthorn · 01-20-2005, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by El Kaz

Can you picture this thing saying:

"You have failed me for the LAST time ...."

I cannot O_O

Or how about this....

*begin James Earl Jones voice*...."Bring the Wookie to me!"

absorbentishe · 01-20-2005, 08:47 AM

Oh I want one!

Fremen · 01-20-2005, 08:54 AM

"I will smash the Rebel Alliance at all cost!"

That's a cute little bug-eyed fella.

jbw97361 · 01-20-2005, 01:19 PM

"I fealt a disturbance in the force, it was as if a million potatoes suddenly cried out..."

Blackthorn · 01-20-2005, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jbw97361

"I fealt a disturbance in the force, it was as if a million potatoes suddenly cried out..."

HYSTERICAL!

Fallon · 01-20-2005, 06:55 PM

LOL, nice
I'm drawing a blank on Vader lines, I may just need to drive over there and wait at the doors for when they ship'm, it's only about 10 minutes from here

ryfo · 01-20-2005, 09:12 PM

hope its sent to oz cos i just gotta have it!

omega2K4 · 01-21-2005, 07:59 PM

Best. Toy. EVER. I must get one.

McG · 01-22-2005, 07:42 PM

I've had this as my MSN messenger display picture for over a week. Super funny, must have the real thing.

Lebell · 01-22-2005, 09:25 PM

Hasbro is going to sell a million of those.

Whoever thought of it ought to get a huge bonus.

wolf · 01-22-2005, 09:40 PM

That rocks, I want one on my desk so that the Star Wars buffs will get pissed.

cyrnel · 01-22-2005, 09:53 PM

Hope nobody gets pissed. Just had to try it for a day.

Unga · 01-22-2005, 11:59 PM

hahaha im so getting one
thats so sweet

basmoq · 01-23-2005, 06:24 AM

gimme one gimme one, I want I want

Cobalt_60 · 01-23-2005, 08:56 PM

That kicks so much ass, must make a trip to Toys R Us tomorrow! Ack, damn just saw where he's not being released until March. Well at least that gives me time to save up my pennies.

ironman · 01-24-2005, 09:45 AM

i so want one!!!

Cobalt_60 · 04-04-2005, 11:29 AM

YES!!! I got my Darth Tater today! Two cool little sayings on the back of the box. "Together we shall rule as father & spud!" and "As a Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Tater was once a promising young Jedi who lost his roots!". I picked up two at my local Toys R Us for $7.99 each. One for me and one for a friend.

Zeraph · 04-04-2005, 11:38 PM

Old one, but funny.

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The Girl Potato and Boy Potato Story

Well, a Girl Potato and a Boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married and had a little sweet potato, which they called ''Yam.'' Of coruse, they wanted the best for Yam

When it was time, they told her about the facts of life. They warned her about going out and getting half-baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed, and get a bad name for herself like ''Hot Potato,'' and end up with a bunch of Tater Tots. Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get her into the sack and make a rotten potato out of her! But on the other hand she wouldn't stay home and become a Couch Potato either.

She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her Shoestring cousins. When she went off to Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Potato told Yam to watch out for the hard-boiled guys from Ireland. And the greasy guys from France called the French Fries. And when she went out west, to watch out for the Indians so she wouldn't get scalloped.

Yam said she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate with those high class Yukon Golds, or the ones from the other side of the tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks that say, ''Frito Lay.''

Mr. and Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U. (that's Potato University) so that when she graduated she'd really be in the Chips. But in spite of all they did for her, one-day Yam came home and announced she was
going to marry Tom Brokaw. Tom Brokaw! Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset. They told Yam she couldn't possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he's
just.......................

he's just....

well, he's just .....

a.......

COMMON TATER

fatbob · 04-04-2005, 11:59 PM

i bought one for my SO's brother, he is 28. he loved it! and i am jealous.

ryfo · 04-05-2005, 01:32 AM

they also bought a easter tater out it had big feet ears and large teeth. Not as good as darth tater but better than what was around when I was bought one when young.

01-19-2005, 01:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
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01-19-2005, 05:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Hard8s Addict Location: Wherever I am!	Dang, I saw this on the news last night before I headed home from work, was going to post it today but someone (kjroh) beat me to it. I thought it was a very funny, clever, and an ingenous marketing idea! __________________ If ignorance is bliss, then wipe this smile off my face!

01-20-2005, 08:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	"I will smash the Rebel Alliance at all cost!" That's a cute little bug-eyed fella. __________________ Google

01-20-2005, 01:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
jbw97361 Tilted	"I fealt a disturbance in the force, it was as if a million potatoes suddenly cried out..." __________________ JBW

01-21-2005, 07:59 PM	#18 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	Best. Toy. EVER. I must get one. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

01-19-2005, 12:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dingo2879 Crazy Location: Lisle, IL	That's kinda cute... Only $7.99... Wish that was around during christmas time for gag gifts...

01-19-2005, 02:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	that thing is just creepy looking to me for some reason.. think about it.. an evil killer potato.. it doesn't get any more evil than that

01-19-2005, 05:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Zephyr66 My custom title's the shit! Location: Canada	gotta get me one of thems

01-19-2005, 05:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
El Kaz Crazy Location: Canada	Can you picture this thing saying: "You have failed me for the LAST time ...." I cannot O_O

01-20-2005, 08:47 AM	#12 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	Oh I want one!

01-20-2005, 06:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	LOL, nice I'm drawing a blank on Vader lines, I may just need to drive over there and wait at the doors for when they ship'm, it's only about 10 minutes from here

01-20-2005, 09:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
ryfo Psycho Location: melbourne australia	hope its sent to oz cos i just gotta have it!

01-22-2005, 07:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
McG Crazy	I've had this as my MSN messenger display picture for over a week. Super funny, must have the real thing.

01-22-2005, 09:25 PM	#20 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	Hasbro is going to sell a million of those. Whoever thought of it ought to get a huge bonus. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

01-22-2005, 09:40 PM	#21 (permalink)
wolf Ravenous Location: Right Behind You	That rocks, I want one on my desk so that the Star Wars buffs will get pissed. __________________ Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this.

01-24-2005, 09:45 AM	#26 (permalink)
ironman Smithers, release the hounds Location: Guatemala, Guatemala	i so want one!!! __________________ If I agreed with you we´d both be wrong

01-22-2005, 09:53 PM	#22 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Hope nobody gets pissed. Just had to try it for a day.

01-22-2005, 11:59 PM	#23 (permalink)
Unga Crazy	hahaha im so getting one thats so sweet

01-23-2005, 06:24 AM	#24 (permalink)
basmoq It's a girly girl! Location: OH, USA	gimme one gimme one, I want I want __________________ "There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them."

01-23-2005, 08:56 PM	#25 (permalink)
Cobalt_60 Addict	That kicks so much ass, must make a trip to Toys R Us tomorrow! Ack, damn just saw where he's not being released until March. Well at least that gives me time to save up my pennies. Last edited by Cobalt_60; 01-23-2005 at 09:19 PM..

04-04-2005, 11:29 AM	#27 (permalink)
Cobalt_60 Addict	YES!!! I got my Darth Tater today! Two cool little sayings on the back of the box. "Together we shall rule as father & spud!" and "As a Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Tater was once a promising young Jedi who lost his roots!". I picked up two at my local Toys R Us for $7.99 each. One for me and one for a friend.

04-04-2005, 11:59 PM	#29 (permalink)
fatbob Insane Location: Edinburgh	i bought one for my SO's brother, he is 28. he loved it! and i am jealous. __________________ change happens when those who don't normally speak get heard by those who don't normally listen.

04-05-2005, 01:32 AM	#30 (permalink)
ryfo Psycho Location: melbourne australia	they also bought a easter tater out it had big feet ears and large teeth. Not as good as darth tater but better than what was around when I was bought one when young.