OMG - for a minute i thought this was a picture of the Exploding General Grevious Action Figure in the picture selector!!! Well, we can't have everything I guess!!

I hit the publish (and not preview) button, so I appologize for anyone who got to see a blank blog a few minutes ago!!

In 2005 we purchased many Star Wars Toys for our Padawan. We, as parents, have our favorites, and of course our son, as the demographic, has his! Here we go!

Mom & Dad's favorite action figure: Galactic Heroes series, ANH Princess Leia. She's so much smaller than the other characters and with her hand behind her back, she looks like she's really "up to something."

Padawan's favorite action figure: Jedi Heroes figures: ROTJ Luke w/bike speeder & light-up lightsaber. Mostly he plays with the lightsaber, but the speeder bike rocks his world.

Mom & Dad's favorite ships: the mini-die cast series. These things get torn out of the boxes so fast I still haven't read the packaging! These are great - just big enough that a 4-year-old will not to choke on them but small enough that he can carry 2 or 3 in one hand. Fit easily into pockets, purses and back packs.

Padawan's favorite ships: Anakin's Jedi Fighter. This thing, despite it's large size, goes with the kid everywhere! Grocery store, play dates, road trips, to the bathroom.... you get the hint. He cannot live without it. Does he have an Anakin Action Figure to stick in it? Nope. Empty cockpit! Doesn't matter. Because Anakin's was such a big hit, Santa also brought Obi-Wan's matching fighter. Of course he loves this as well and now begs us daily to also get us Mace Windu's from Clone Wars and wonders if every Jedi has a toy fighter for him to buy. Everyone, keep your eyes open for me!!

Most entertaining toys of the year: Well, I'm at a loss for what to put here.... Could it be Exploding General Grevious? I think so!! The padawan has opened the 2nd one he received back at xmas and some how all the parts keep ending up in my bedroom, next to my bed, in the strategic places for me to step on them every time I get up in the middle of the night. Exploding General Grevious is not only fun & entertaining, but he's a RIOT in the middle of the night when you have to dig his little claw feet out from the sole of your foot at 2:32am.

Please include your favorite and your kids' favorite toys from this year!! There's some great stuff out there and I'm always on the lookout for things out of the ordinary.