How Star Wars walked away from the world’s first self-retracting lightsaber toy [The Verge] (www.theverge.com)
from theangriestbird@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org on 02 Sep 2024 00:09
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adespoton@lemmy.ca on 02 Sep 2024 03:39 next collapse

…one step at a time.

Wait… Star Wars has feet?

theangriestbird@beehaw.org on 02 Sep 2024 05:17 collapse

<img alt="the “always has been” astronaut meme. The first astronaut is looking at Earth, with overlaid, warped images of the feet of Yoda and Darth Maul. The first astronaut is saying, “wait…it’s about feet?” and the second astronaut is saying “always has been.”" src="https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/409fe8c5-2561-4eaf-8f03-043c7e35eea0.webp">

jarfil@beehaw.org on 02 Sep 2024 03:49 next collapse

Smart to have a buyback clause in the contract, otherwise this would’ve been lost and locked until the patent expired.

Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 02 Sep 2024 04:24 collapse

Making Disney licensed toys is a legal nightmare even for Hasbro