Episodes
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
The Rantcor Pit #68 Hey Hasbro! (Part 2: Back in Black)
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
It's time to talk Star Wars toys that don't exist - yet - once again.
Welcome to the second (and final) part of 'Hey Hasbro!" in which Cole Houston and Eddie Medina dig deeper into their modern Star Wars toy wish list. What characters and creatures do they favor that they did not get to last time? Can they stick to talking about just the 6" scale Black Series? Can only two episodes of the show truly suffice to cover so much ground?
Find out what Your Favorite Star Wars Guys hope to check off of their collecting bucket list in the upcoming years. This (and the episode before it) will be something to look back at in a few years and see what, if anything, got the toy treatment and satisfied the Rantcor Pit's ravenous appetite for collectbles.
Friday Jun 16, 2017
The Rantcor Pit #66 - The New Black
Friday Jun 16, 2017
Friday Jun 16, 2017
What better way to follow four episodes covering 40 years of Star Wars than to talk about one of the most important and endearing offshoots of the Saga, toys! Most specifically the "Black Series" line of 6" tall action figures launched by Hasbro in 2013.
The Black Series label is most largely associated with the 6" figure line that has encompassed the original cinematic Saga, what remains of the Expanded Universe, and even the first anthology film, Rogue One. With so many characters to cull from, and with collectors flocking to this relatively new line, it is little wonder that so many figures have already been produced with so many more on the way!
"Your Favorite Stars Guys" talk up this popular toy line in all of its myriad incarnations.
Saturday May 20, 2017
Saturday May 20, 2017
The saga of four decades of Star Wars continues!
Cole Houston and Eddie Medina launch headlong into the seemingly bleak decade when the potential for an "Episode I" was called heavily into question. Yet despite a lack of new films every three years (as promised back in the late 70s and early 80s), Star Wars remained an essential aspect of contemporary American and international life.
Join your hosts as they highlight those myriad little events that served to keep the Galaxy Far, Far Away close to the hearts of fans until LucasFilm again brought new Star Wars adventures to the big screen.
Friday May 05, 2017
Hey Kids, Comics! #226 - Expanding a Universe
Friday May 05, 2017
Friday May 05, 2017
When Star Wars turns 40 and "Hey Kids, Comics!" release date falls on May 5, aka Revenge of the Fifth, there simply is nothing for it but to do an episode about "The Star Wars"!
Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston, joined by Eddie Medina of "The Rantcor Pit" examine the phenomeonon of Star Wars through one of Marvel Comics' most successful licensed titles. From the initial six-issue adaptation of the film to what is arguably the genesis of what would come to be known as the Expanded Universe.
Disney may have declared that nohting that occured during the 107 regular issues and three anuals (apart from the adaptations of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back during said run), but that does not dismiss the importance of Marvel's first run of Star Wars comics. Harken back to 1977-1986 with a celebration of nearly a decade of classic Marvel lore.
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
The Rantcor Pit #56 - Malice in the Palace
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
No, it's not the popular Three Stooges two-reeler from the 40s! It's The Rantcor Pit's tribute to Jabba's Palace, specifically the couriers that peopled one of the most memorable set pieces of the Star Wars saga to date.
Wednesday Aug 06, 2014
The Rantcor Pit #19 - Nutts For Hutts
Wednesday Aug 06, 2014
Wednesday Aug 06, 2014
It's Rantcor Pit time again and this time Cole Houston and Eddie Medina take a trip to Jabba's Palace to discover all they can about the Hutts! Do It Yourself's host Vegabomber joins the fun as a connection between Bill Cosby and Jabba the Hutt is inadvertently discovered!