The Force Unleashed Launch in Iceland. (TV show-link)

[mobius]

I saw this ad in the morning paper yesterday morning after I came home form my nightshift. It was from BT computers and it was announcing the launch of StarWars TFU at a midnight opening. And there was a Highlight, best costume awards.

I though hey I want this cam but here in Iceland it is 90$, I know after the financial market here in Iceland took a fall some months ago and the our currency fell everything cost more. Enough of that.

I decided to don My ESB vader hoping that I could atleast win the game for my PS3.

Well I went down there dressed up behind a building with the aid of my brother.

When I came in the store was not full but maybe 100 people and they all cheered and clapped. Then there was about an hours time of posing.

Then the host of a tv show called GAME TV approached me and told me that I won and I got a PSP limited edition and 2 games. Battlegrounds and TFU. But only wanted TFU for PS3 but hey I won. Here are some pics.




The rest can me seen here.
http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd94 ... unleashed/

All comment are welcomed.

And I would like to thank MAIA for the cape and being a wonderful human being.

[DarthStripe]

Gratz bud!!

It always makes all the hard work worth it when people react like that. I received a like response when entering Best Buy when EP III was released on DVD. I went down to try to win the Force FX lightsaber. I didn't make it in the foyer before people were trying to take pics with me and their kids. I spent 4 hours playing with the children, the big children too. The response of others was more rewarding than winning the contest. I just hope one day to have a costume half as good as the one you have. It looks great.

Congrats again.

[darkblade]

nice job
what's up with the stormtroopers?...especially the one on steroids

[darkraptor]

Congrats ultra suit are those Rubie troopers??

[mobius]

Those troopers were employees from the store. And they were too tall, in armour I´m 6,5. I just thought wow that´s not good. But 99% of people don´t know how tall vader is so if you have a good costume your ok.

[mobius]

Ok the show aired tonight and it was cool seeing oneself in gear. It is ofcourse in Icelandic so you better brush up on that.

He asked me if I was able to do a lot of fighting in the costume. I told him that I´ve seen when they thest fact from fiction, (they sometimes have a segment where they are crawling through airducts, hiding in trashcans and so one, things that are usualy done in computer games. I told him that you don´t do a lot of fighting in this costume.

Well here is the link, the segment with the midnight opening is at 3:40.
http://skjarinn.is/einn/veftivi/game_ti ... start=True

[darkraptor]

It is really great to see someone get a prize for doing something they really enjoy! Congratulations!! Very nice suit! Hows the game???

[mobius]

Just finished it, it is great, I did not have high hopes but I like it. I hate that you can´t save progress at the point where you want to. It is up to the game when it saves. So I just hate have to go through a difficult board and fight many villans and then while jumping over to a bridge you fall and have to start over again.