Star Wars Day at Vintage Stock

Last week I received an e-mail informing me of a “Star Wars Art Show” taking place at a local Vintage Stock location. Star Wars Day events were to include (quoting from the flyer here) “Take Pictures with Star Wars Characters, Star Wars Coloring Table for Kids, Enjoy Frozen Treats from Freddy’s Frozen Custard, and Drawings for Star Wars Prizes.” The show was scheduled to begin at 1pm and end at 4pm.

Let me say up front that there’s really no good way to critique a free event without sounding like an ungrateful jerk. I am going to try and be constructive as possible with what follows.

I will start with the art show, because it is the least that I have to complain about. The artist had about 40 pieces of art on display, and about 20-25% of those were Star Wars related. Some of the others were sci-fi related and the rest was not. If I had any complains about this it would be that I would have liked to have seen a sign with the artist’s name and/or website on it, or some business cards out with contact information (I did not see the artist nearby when we were there).

Next up was the Star Wars Coloring Table for Kids. The table was small (maybe four-feet-wide) and had one metal chair in front of it, meaning that only one kid at a time could sit and color. The table was located directly next to the store’s front door, which is a poor place to put a kids area. Even worse, because of where crowds were gathering, it was impossible to go anywhere else in the store and actually see your children if they were sitting at the coloring table. That meant if your kids were coloring you had to stand right behind them, directly in the path of the store’s doorway, which meant constantly having to say “excuse me/pardon me” to every single person trying to enter or leave the store.

Then there were the costumed characters, who came in around 2pm (we were about to leave when they walked in through the front door). Of the four adults that showed up, two (Darth Vader and Queen Amidala) looked great and were glad to pose with the kids for pictures. The third guy in costume was Indiana Jones. His costume was great and he also posed with the kids, but it was Indiana Jones at a Star Wars event. Then there was the fourth young lady, whose costume consisted of little more than a few strategically placed strips of narrow fabric. I asked a couple of people at the show what character she was supposed to be and nobody knew. Eventually we had to leave the children’s coloring area because this girl was standing right next to it and Morgan kept pointing and saying, “I can see that girl’s butt!” I am sure the people who came dressed up in character did so for free and they are certainly welcome to dress up in any way they wish, but for a kid-friendly Star Wars event, it would have been nice if they had all (A) been in Star Wars costumes, (B) been recognizable, and (C) had been wearing slightly more kid-friendly costumes.

There was a giant prize wheel to spin. I don’t know if that was the advertised “Drawings for Star Wars Prizes”, but that’s all we saw. Both kids spun the wheel; Mason got a 50% off coupon and Morgan won a $5 gift card. Hard to complain too much about that. There was some minor confusion when Mason tried to buy a toy and we discovered that his 50% coupon wasn’t valid for that, but we were able to use the gift card instead.

I did not see nor did we enjoy any frozen treats from Freddy’s Frozen Custard (which is located next door). As we were leaving we were handed coupons for a free mini frozen custard treat. One look at the line coming out of Freddy’s told me that wasn’t going to happen, at least not that day.

This post sounds more negative than the experience really was. The kids (not having seen the flyer) weren’t disappointed at all and had a good time.

6 comments to Star Wars Day at Vintage Stock

  • Zeno

    “…the fourth young lady, whose costume consisted of little more than a few strategically placed strips of narrow fabric. I asked a couple of people at the show what character she was supposed to be and nobody knew.”

    Just a guess: Could she have been “Leeloo” from The Fifth Element? Google it, but maybe don’t let Susan see you do it.

  • Rob

    It wasn’t her, but the costume was similar except it was red.

  • Jimmy Ipock

    Where the hell are the pictures of that chick with few strategically placed strips of narrow fabric covering her? I kept scrolling down hoping to see her.

  • Darren

    I agree, pics of the other chick are necessary to help identify her!

  • Dean

    Morgan kept pointing and saying, “I can see that girl’s butt!”

    alltogether now..

    “AND WE CANT…”

    hmm in 2 seconds I could google and see 10,000 images of a girls butt.. why the fascination for this one? is it cause Robs seen it and we havent?

    Maybe he booked her for a personal appearance at the next Pirates club thing?

  • The lady in red was Elektra. I was Vader at the event. I actually liked your article and will pass on to the show’s coordinators the information about the costumes, table placement, etc. Thanks for coming out and hope to see you, again, sometime!

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