Not Yeti Friday - A Wampa for the Holidays

The "glass-empty" types will say you have to face reality: Hoth isn't Earth.

They'll say: The wampa is not yeti.

But really, when you get right down to it, wampa's just a yeti on another planet. What separates them?

If you think it's the horns, guess again. Plenty yeti got horns. These days anyways.

Only difference in your mind. They're just brothers from another mother.

I think remembering such things is what This Time of the Year is all about. Nothing puts one more in the Holiday Spirit.

Open your eyes and what do you see? Hoth.


From here.

Embrace the wampa lover in your life. Find something for them to receive for the holiday-time. Here are my recommendations.


You can purchase Mimobot's Wampa USB. He is both decorative and functional. One can delight in removing his scalp again and again to reveal a strange silver input device. Wonder at the mysteries of Moore's Law as you stare at his little wampa belly and all the data it now can hold.


You can (maybe on ebay) purchase the Uglydoll-esque Scruffies Wampa, which has a bloody stump for an arm. It's festively derivative!


You can purchase the very affordable Star Wars Mighty Muggs 2009 Vinyl Figures Wave 1 Wampa. I added one to my wish list. No, that's not a microphone he's holding. It's a piece of meat on a bone. Wampa is well known for his enjoyment of bloody carcass meat. He likes to get his Tauntaun on.


You can purchase a wampa pelt Rug. Like, if you're made of money.



You (sadly) can't purchase these wampa plush by Denn Rodriguez (website|blog|etsy). She made them exclusivley for a 2009 event called Stitch Wars.

BUT! Santa grants all wishes: You can purchase sticker versions.


Even wampa enjoy bloodpainting.