![]() ![]() Tom - whose band had a No1 album with Empire - hired a skilled model maker to craft the giant copies of the cult film’s robots for his growing collection of movie memorabilia. The singer used the force of his cash to have fabulous life-size models of R2-D2 and C-3PO created. KASABIAN frontman TOM MEIGHAN has added to his growing Empire of sci-fi toys - by splashing out £8,000 on Star Wars replicas. Here is a link to the full story at The Sun ( LINK): I don’t understand the point in acquiring something if you don’t have any respect for what it is or what it represents. It’s very unfortunate (presuming the piece is authentic) that such an important and iconic prop is not being cared for properly. But he didn’t buy it to leave in some sort of trophy cabinet, he bought it to have a laugh with.” “The bike is not quite as pristine as when he bought it. The most disturbing part of the story is this quote: There is an interesting story published in The Sun this week, about the lead singer of Kasabian acquiring (and unfortunately, riding) the original BMX bike used in the Steven Spielberg classic, E.T. ![]()
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