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UPDATED! Contest time! Who wants that awesome Sideshow Premium Format Boba Fett?

Published at: Oct. 13, 2007, 12:20 a.m. CST

Hey guys... We have a winner already. It actually was neck and neck, with multiple parties needing to revise their entries. The winner just barely beat out another competitor by a sending in the revised entry a few minutes before I got the second batch. I'll post a story in the next day or two that announces the lucky winner and shows the winning photos. Thanks for all those who entered and who were going at this contest fast and furiously!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another contest. This time the good folks at Sideshow contacted me saying they have a second chance offer on one of their best Premium Format figures ever. Check him out:

Next to their Han Solo, this is my favorite piece they’ve done in their STAR WARS line. It retails at $324.99, so it’s not a cheap piece. In trying to figure out a decent contest that wouldn’t drive me crazy and that had nothing to do with Photoshop I came up with what I think is a fun one. Boba Fett is a bounty hunter. In this case the bounty is Fett himself, so to earn your bounty you’re going to go hunting. Below you’ll find a list of items, some generic, some very specific. This is going to be a scavenger hunt of sorts. I want you to pick up your trusty camera and shoot a ton of stuff. The first person to get back to me with all the below from the list will win The Fett. Be careful you don’t cut any corners, though, because if something doesn’t smell right (ie you just downloaded a picture of an item instead of shooting it yourself) your entry will be looked over. I’ll let you know what’s not kosher, so you’ll have a shot to fix it, but that valuable time might cost you the bounty. I’m going to want everything I mention to be something tangible unless specified. For example, if I say I want a photo of a 1969 Dodge Charger you can’t just open up Google, find and image and take a picture of your computer screen. I want a real photo taken by you yourself of a 1969 Dodge Charger. There are exceptions… there are specific things below I want you to take off of your TV or computer screen, but I’ll make sure to say it’s kosher in the list below.

Here’s the list: - HALO 3 Special Edition X-Box 360 (in box or out) -A vintage (folded) movie poster (pre-1989) -A pair of red Converse -A pretty girl -A bowl of steamin’ hot spaghetti -The Making of Star Wars book on a bookshelf -A figure frozen (your choice on who the figure is and how it’s frozen… but I have to be able to make out the toy in the ice… or carbonite if you have access to it) -A movie related tattoo -A lizard -An iPhone -A John Williams CD -A gun -A lightsaber -Boba Fett (screenshot, figure, toy, drawing, whatever) -Bossk (screenshot, figure, toy, drawing, whatever) -IG-88 (see above) -A Vern review on your computer -Something with your picture on it -A gas station sign (with all prices) -A flying saucer -A baby -Something “Made In China” (with the stamp clearly visible) -Someone in uniform -The Moon -Your local newspaper with Friday, October 12th or Saturday, October 13th’s date on it -The Orion logo (can be a screenshot, but I want to know what movie the screen shot comes from) -The Cannon Logo (same) -20th Century Fox Logo (same) -A suit of armor -An original NES -Any issue of Robert Kirkman’s THE WALKING DEAD -Any movie related T-shirt -An original hardback Stephen King book pre-1986 -A Mexican Coca-Cola bottle -A living lobster There you go. That’s 35 items. The contest begins now and ends when I get all of the above sent in photos to my satisfaction. On the off chance that 2 weeks pass by and I don’t get a full list I’ll make an announcement on the site and I’ll pick whoever has the most of what I want. To submit, please email to: quint@aintitcool.com with the subject line Photo Fett Hunt. To avoid bounced mail, please send your 35 photos in a zip file or, even better, send a link to an online photo album. The contest is open internationally (except to those places listed below in Sideshow’s Terms and Conditions). Here are Sideshow’s Terms and Conditions:

Delivery for the contest winner: **The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after announcement of win to receive the product from Sideshow Collectibles. All prizes are non-transferable, with no cash redemptions and/or substitutions except at Sponsor's sole discretion. See below for more International Shipping Terms. To get the latest news from Sideshow Collectibles, join our Newsletter! Delivery time & Restrictions: All continental US orders are shipped via either UPS or FedEx ground service. Because FedEx cannot provide tracking numbers for P.O. Boxes, Sideshow Collectibles will not ship to a P.O. Box. Please provide your street address or your shipment will be delayed. For FedEx Ground deliveries, please allow up to 6 business days for delivery from the date your order is shipped. International Shipping Restrictions: At this time Sideshow Collectibles is unable to make shipments to Venezuela or Nigeria. Please Click Here for further international shipping information and restrictions. All taxes are the responsibility of the winner. All prizes are non-transferable, with no cash redemption and/or substitutions except at Sponsor's sole discretion. All international winners will be responsible for any duties, tariffs, taxes or import fees assessed to their prize. Further some countries outside of the U.S. do not have reliable mail services. In the event that a prize has been stolen or mishandled during shipment to an international destination, Sideshow may not be able to replace the specific item and will substitute a prize at its own discretion. If the winner prefers a specific quicker shipping method, they are responsible to notify Sideshow immediately, and will also be responsible to cover the additional costs if any. At this time, we do not accept credit cards from Mexico. Refer to our Help Desk for alternative payment options.

Get snapping. If you have any questions, I’ll be checking the talkbacks or you can email me directly at quint@aintitcool.com. Good luck and happy hunting!

-Quint quint@aintitcool.com



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