Dude, Where's My Yoda?
Radar(Baba)O'Riley
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Someone lifted a 170-pound bronze statue of Yoda, the "Star Wars" Jedi master.
The theft from a flatbed truck was reported to police last weekend and artist Lawrence Noble, 55, of Crestline has offered a $1,000 reward for its return. The limited-edition bronze is worth up to $20,000.
"It's a real high-end collectible," Noble said.
The statue was one of four bolted to a flatbed truck parked overnight Jan. 17 at the Westway Inn on Colorado Boulevard. The driver parked the truck in the parking lot so they could keep an eye on the statues, police spokeswoman Janet Pope said.
But someone grabbed Yoda that night or early the next morning.
"We are treating this as a burglary and we'd appreciate any information the public might have," Pope said.
The statues were being transported from Artworks Foundry in Berkeley to DKE Enterprises in Los Angeles to be sold, Noble said. Lucasfilm Ltd. commissioned the statues, a part of a planned series featuring other "Star Wars" characters.
The theft from a flatbed truck was reported to police last weekend and artist Lawrence Noble, 55, of Crestline has offered a $1,000 reward for its return. The limited-edition bronze is worth up to $20,000.
"It's a real high-end collectible," Noble said.
The statue was one of four bolted to a flatbed truck parked overnight Jan. 17 at the Westway Inn on Colorado Boulevard. The driver parked the truck in the parking lot so they could keep an eye on the statues, police spokeswoman Janet Pope said.
But someone grabbed Yoda that night or early the next morning.
"We are treating this as a burglary and we'd appreciate any information the public might have," Pope said.
The statues were being transported from Artworks Foundry in Berkeley to DKE Enterprises in Los Angeles to be sold, Noble said. Lucasfilm Ltd. commissioned the statues, a part of a planned series featuring other "Star Wars" characters.
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who says yoda didn't lift himself?
he did it in the movie?
yessir, what we'uns got here is a real HIGH-ayend col-lect-ible. ayup.
that goldurn muppet up and got himself STOLE in the middle a'da night even while we were a-keepin our blind-eye open, ya git me?
and I'll be goddamned if it wasn't on Colorado Boulevard... it was probably one of those hippy beatnik mothers from out east eh? I'd git mah 10gauge but hell, puppy's in the shop. Ol' Jed tripped the safety right outta the stock.
These jedi masters and done me no bit o good a-since ah got mah hands on em.
Screw the Force and a-let me go home ta bang tha wife a-fore she leaves me for that neighbor down the hall.
Hell THAT boy's got CABLE. Not ta mention that walk-in. Some dudes just gettin hoity toity, ya know?
I don't give a rats ass if that goddamned green raisin better off dead lookin mother fuckin bronzed statue comes back or not.
Where the hell is mah dinner? Wa'ant I promised a STEAK for this yere interview?
and how'nda'hell did the pope get here?
Obi-Wan: "Uh, Master, ya know how we put in that Taco Bell next to your meditation chamber? Well, the manager is here and wants to know why you haven't paid your bill."
Yoda: "These aren't the Chalupas you're looking for."
hahaha thanks that was great!
Only thunder gives me rest.
Thanks though, man!
Dammit... I thought I was cool, too.
Turns out to be just another ill-fated wisp of hopefullness in my world of broken mirrors.
::finds solice in a tub of Ben & Jerry's::
I weep for you.