Not really an End of Civilization post.

So it’s been a while since I’ve done an End of Civilization post (this notwithstanding) in which I go through the distributor catalogs and crack wise about some of the goodies appearing therein.

Part of the reason this series of posts went into decline is the lack of time I’ve had to put them together since opening my own shop back in 2014. Another is that my mindset seemed to have changed slightly because I was now a store owner, and…I don’t know, I don’t think I was more sympathetic to distributors, publishers and their products by any means, but I felt perhaps a little less inclined to be openly mocking them as I had been .

And of course, with the demise of the original Diamond Comic Distributors and their Diamond Previews print catalog, my main source of material has fallen to the wayside. Yes, every current comics distributor has their own catalog, or set of catalogs, that they release monthly, but making fun of just comic books isn’t quite the same as pointing out some new ridiculous Monopoly variant or a PVC statue of a schoolgirl in a bikini or whatever.

Plus, it was easier, at least in terms of “planning out a hopefuly-humorous blog post” if not “placing orders for the shop” to have everything in one spot. Now that it’s decentralized, I have to work harder for the laughs, and you all know how much I hate to work.

That said, I do have an account with the current owners of the Diamond brand, via which they primarily sell just toys and game pieces, and from whom I’ve received exactly one item (a Halloween Michael Myers action figure, ordered from the old Diamond long before its final collapse). I’ve spent many a week looking through their offerings, new releases and final calls to order, and have found basically nothing making it worth the effort I took to get an account at this new company in the first place.

But I found something this past weekend that almost makes me think End of Civilization could perhaps rise from the ashes. And that’s the “Star Wars: Rogue One Director Krennic Cape,” available in multiple sizes:

Yes, for only $200, you can have a cape that you’ll want to wear to work, to jury duty, to weddings, pretty much every waking hour to justify dropping two C-notes. When I pointed this price out on the Blueskies, that I hadn’t priced capes in a while and had no idea if this cost was in line with your standard cape expenses, I was told “yeah, it’s in the proper range.” I don’t recall if the rest of the costume as shown in that picture was also available for sale, but maybe the manufacturer just assumes you have the clothes already. I mean, don’t you?