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A Rebel's Ramblings

by: FAN4YRS

date posted: Feb 03, 2008 9:42 PM | updated: Feb 03, 2008 9:42 PM

8 Things I Hate about IG-88

#1-All the EU stuff about him is cool, but in "Empire" he just stands there like a moisture vaporator.

#2-His name sounds similar to IGA, a grocery store chain here in the Midwest.

#3-He out-cools my favorite bounty hunters from "Empire"

#4-He talks in the comic books, but I'm inclined to believe he would speak in a robot language, more like R2-D2 (only more sinister)

#5-In the comics and cartoons (i.e., Droids) he is partnered with another bounty hunter, but according to TALES OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS he wouldn't do that

#6-If his metallic body is loaded with weapons why does he carry blasters?

#7-His arms fell off easily (well, I'm referring to the action figure)

#8-His large-size action figure was difficult to find

BONUS COMPLAINT: There's no photo of IG-88 on file under "Episode V"

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	nob01 Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Feb 03, 2008 11:54 PM LOL - check out my previous car. This is why I cannot concur

	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 3:30 AM I refer you back to #3

	usetheforce19 MasterMonkey13
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 5:58 AM Indeed, IG-88 would have to be my least favorite bounty hunter for many of the same reasons you stated above. MTFBWY! God bless!

	Smuggler Jedi Hokey Religions and A Good Blaster at My Side
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 9:16 AM Awesome license plate, Nobo. I thought the name complaint, reason 2, was particularly funny. I remember as a kid trying to figure out how he would be an effective bounty hunter. The EU really helped that.

gold5
I lost Tiree, lost Dutch!..or How I learned to stop worrying and love the Death Star.

date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 11:43 AM

Though he was such an ominous imposing figure standing in Empire. He always seemed too awkward a design to really be all that functional especially in the profession he was supposed to be in. Maybe if they had draped a cloak over him like his brother robot models used by Grievous.

I agree about the IGA similarity. in the back of my head whenever I saw those stores my mind went directly to IG-88.

	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 12:30 PM Thanks, gold5, I knew I couldn't be the ONLY one.

ketal13
HanAnWan

date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 4:36 PM

Ha! I had to check this blog out. You see last week I asked my soon to be 7 year old what he wanted on his birthday cake. Expecting something out of Star Wars, I was, but I wasn't expecting this... I want an icing sculpture (meaning fondant) of IG-88 on my cake. My response was "Huh? Are you suuure?" So I made him his 'sculpture', but I searched long and hard to find a good pic of IG-88 and I came to the same conclusion as you
There's no photo of IG-88 on file under "Episode V"

btw Until recently I didn't even know the silly looking robot bounty-hunter thingy had a name!

Great blog Fan!

	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 5:00 PM Thanks, ketal13! I would LOVE to see a photo of the cake if you have one. I'm sure that was one happy 7-year-old who got a sculpted IG-88 on his cake.

	Green Am I Mudhole? Slimy?! My blog this is!
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 5:45 PM You forgot reason #9- He was an annoying boss in the Shadows of the Empire video game. Has anybody other than me even played that game...?

	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 5:50 PM I haven't played it, but if it came after 1983 I haven't played it. When it comes to computer games I'm an asteroids, Pac Man, Ms Pac Man, and Frogger kind of guy.

	Trak Nar The Ramblin' Rodian
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 6:05 PM The only problem I have with Iggy is that building his costume to be wearable would be a big pain in the butt. Cosplaying as Iggy would be a bit difficult as his design doesn't grant much freedom. I'm also far too short to be a menacing assassin droid.

	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Feb 04, 2008 6:09 PM And probably not think enough. IG-88 doesn't lend himself to turning into a costume, that's for certain. Fans of his may have taken offense to my #1 reason, but in a way, I could see IG-88 standing real still on Tatooine and his victim thinking, "Oh, it's just a vaporator" and all of the sudden--zap!--IG has vaporized him!

	AdmirableAckbar Ramblings of an Irishman
date Posted: Feb 06, 2008 2:42 PM I only have four problems with IG-88: IG-88A IG-88B IG-88C IG-88D It gets hard to keep track of them after a while. The whole Death Star thing was a bit silly, too.

Trak Nar
The Ramblin' Rodian

date Posted: Feb 06, 2008 4:33 PM

[..] I could see IG-88 standing real still on Tatooine and his victim thinking, "Oh, it's just a vaporator" and all of the sudden--zap!--IG has vaporized him!

Lol! It'd be the ultimate disguise...

And probably not thin enough. IG-88 doesn't lend himself to turning into a costume, that's for certain.

Yeah, 'spite being boney and lanky, I'm still not thin enough for IG-88. Though... I wonder how well a huge puppet of Iggy would work...

	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Feb 06, 2008 4:38 PM A puppet might work.

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