That's no moon, that's La Luna

September 6, 2010 7:14 AM

Space Loteria. The Mexican memory game Loteria illustrated using characters from the Star Wars universe. Click on a card to see it larger, along with its traditional counterpart.
posted by adamrice (13 comments total)

I honestly don't know how the word "memory" got into my write-up.
posted by adamrice at 7:21 AM on September 6, 2010

I like it, but can't help feeling that it would have been better with (for instance) vintage pulp sci-fi imagery rather than the Star Wars stuff.

Because there's enough Star Wars on the Internet and it needs to stop. Right now.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 7:30 AM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

That's no moon.
posted by Neale at 7:46 AM on September 6, 2010 [6 favorites]

it took me a while to realize this was a local thing. I didn't know there was more than one Live band karaoke group in town, but at the same time, i don't think that was what i was supposed to take away from this.
posted by djduckie at 8:05 AM on September 6, 2010

This is the first Star Wars-related thing to make me happy in years.
posted by EarBucket at 8:45 AM on September 6, 2010 [2 favorites]

(Oh, and because it's not immediately obvious: Be sure to click on each one to see it next to the original card.)
posted by EarBucket at 8:46 AM on September 6, 2010

(And now I see that adamrice addressed that in the FPP. Disregard.)
posted by EarBucket at 8:47 AM on September 6, 2010

These are really nice. My favourites are the jug (?), the pear and the bandolon (mandolin?), I think because of the completely matter-of-fact way the Star Wars item is presented in each one, as if it's obvious that one of those Cloud City spacecraft corresponds symbolically to a pear.
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 8:48 AM on September 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

The Vader-as-Atlas one is genuinely inspired.
posted by griphus at 10:02 AM on September 6, 2010 [2 favorites]

This is cool. I'm feeling like an expedition to investigate may be in order. I just have to remember to keep repeating that I have no room on my wall and I'm not allowed to buy art unless I can display it.
posted by immlass at 10:36 AM on September 6, 2010

Oddly enough, El Negrito link is broken. Here' s the image.
posted by Robin Kestrel at 6:30 PM on September 6, 2010

Do you want to play a game?
posted by unliteral at 12:33 AM on September 7, 2010

Indeed, El Mundo would make a t-shirt I would gladly wear. El Cameron is also inspired.
posted by chairface at 12:49 PM on September 8, 2010