Ah...I love the smell of ancillary products in the...afternoon.
Which is when the UPS Guy showed up with a box of books for me.
This is where you smile and nod in agreement with the awesome.
Actually, he brought two books...the first was the new Sookie Stackhouse mystery (Ultra <3 for the books, major HATE for the show) and...the...the Alien Force Complete Guide.
Yeah, I know it is for six year olds, but hey, it is pretty comprehensive for something that could be UBER LAME. Plus, it has entries for Mike, Darkstar, AND Albedo...nice to get a little bad guy representation...AM I RIGHT, Bandai?
Anyway...a lot of people are probably wondering what's in it...well...a lot...and surprisingly few examples of ENGRISH. I'm happy and sad at the same time. Sad that that significantly lowers the amount of LOL! worthy content the book has, but happy that children reading it won't proclaim that Helen is Pierce's brother or what Kevin "gave up the wrong week to fight with monsters." It is up to date as far as Season 2 goes...and hints at other things...mostly things we already knew...like Vilgax returns (at least in a video game) and that Darkstar will show up again.
First of all...wow...check out Page 50....THAT IS SO NOT! TYLER!
Either that...or that twenty-six year old ages way faster than anyone else ALIVE. LOL.
Page 48 answers an fandom age old qustion:
It is spelled "Magister Prior Gilhil."
Surprisningly enough, Vilgax is in it (Page 74) and gives something spoilery away...something about Ben fighting him with a broken Omnitrix...and winning...again. LOL! The artwork for Villie is clip art from the first show.
There is a nice glossary section, "Best of" section, and if you were a bad guy for more than three minutes on the show...you get a spotlight page...if you are lucky (like Darkles) you get two. If you were a good guy who appeared in one or more episodes...you get a spotlight (Lu has a page...remember Lu? He was in "Birds of a Feather" and Tiny gets one too...I love her alien baby cuteness ^_^)
Darkles also has a reason to hate on the heroes again...his info page says he "came through...(by saving the world)- but he disappeared before he could be sent back to the Null Void."
Darkstar: Asshats.
Is it worth six bucks?
I would like to think so...but that's me....and I'm probably not a great judge for stuff like. I mean, I did spend the same amount of money on turning a Ken doll into a Mike Morningstar doll. I love having something like this book in my Ben 10 collection. I mean, the original show didn't get a complete guide, but Alien Force did.
The mind kind of boggles on that one, but ah well...it is fun in its own way.
It entertained me for at least and hour...*snicker*...It even has alien personality quizzes.
Apparently, I most resemble Goop (a sentient puddle of green goo) and Big Chill (an ice powered moth man) XD.
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