Thursday, August 28, 2008

New ESB EE-3 Blaster Greeblies


I have actually had these parts for several years now. The first one is part No. 65, Connecting Rod on a 1977 Revell Visible V8 Engine kit. These kits are very popular, making them on the pricey side, if you can find one. The second part is a set of Tyco Electronic 6-pin Molex Connectors. They normally come in 'white', but the individual selling them was able to 'dye' them black with a plastic dye that chemically bonds to the plastic, altering the color. Don't ask me about how to exactly do this, as I have no idea. But it's not painted black, which makes them all the more cool.

2 comments:

David said...

why is everything a "greebly?"

Patrick Kenney said...

Everything that has no official name as far as a real life application is refered to a greebly by Lucas. It's like calling it a 'do-dad' or a 'what-cha-ma-call-it'. It was given a official name like 'EE-3' blaster then that what we would call it to identify it. But all the little mics. parts are not individually named, so they are called 'greeblies' to call it something besides 'that thing'