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Early Universe 1 Zoidberg

The new "Universe 1" Zoidberg figure we reported on will make an early appearance at Wizard World Chicago, which takes place August 9th - 12th.
Wizard Entertainment sent us a new picture of alternate Zoidberg (click to enlarge) and also offered to send us one of the neat blue crustaceans, which you can order from their web shop. We figured that we should hand over our free copy to CGEF readers.

Mini contest:
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Potential participants need to be living in the US and either be adults or 13+ years old with permission of their parents. The winner will be picked by our one-woman-jury 'edel' and then contacted for shipping details.
Task: Send an email to [email removed, contest over] before August 15th 2007 and make up a funny Zoidberg quote in which he gives a reason stating why he should be picked as the winner. The email should also say that, yes, you are living in the US and yes, you are old enough/have permission to take part.

I might post a few of the funnier answers later on.

Update: Contest is over, and the winner is ... 'Phil', with the following quote:
ZOIDBERG: "They laughed at Zoidberg when Zoidberg said he would win! Zoidberg's mother laughed, Zoidberg's bus driver laughed, even Zoidberg himself laughed! But now it is time to show them all. Show them all my fancy new action figure with the blue shell. Zoidberg will make them jealous for once. They may have their houses and their cars and their more-than-one-change-of-clothes, but I will have the toy. I will have the toy! And a meatball sandwich, maybe, if it's not too much trouble? Zoidberg is very hungry. Even one meatball and a crouton? Hello? Hellooo? Did you hang up on me? Ohhhhhh."
Congrats!

Some runner-ups in our new "click me to expand" section:
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Myke:
Zoidberg: "The robut stole my last Zoidberg figurine and beat me over the head with it until it broke... broke my head, I mean. I'm telling you he's risking my friendship with him!"
Travis:
Zoidberg: Blue, blue you say...Blue tastes better then red why not.
Retell:
Zoidberg: Ahhh such a delectable treat, its like my uncle Harold always said, there is no shellfish too discolored to eat!
Allen:
Zoidberg: "Zoidberg MUST have the statue. You see, funny story: ever since the Package Express Medical plan replaced my old shell, my little pupating buds don't recognize their Big Daddy Zoidy! So you see, unless I have this reminder of what I, Zoidberg! looks like, my Spawn will scuttle away in fright, emptying their ink pouches along the way, leaving me crying like the last fiddler crab to the picked clean carcase of a rotting whale!"

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[-mArc-]Aug 8th 2007, 11:13
PS: sorry for the non-Americans (me included). But Wizard Entertainment is going to be paying for the shipping. Didn't want to make them pay too much on that.
SalAug 9th 2007, 02:37
Sucks to be British.

Zoidberg: I won a contest just for giving my credit card number, expiry date, security number (last 3 digits located on the back of the card in the signiture box), full name as it appeaers on the card, and just signing some baloney legaly binding waver allowing the contest runners to use my identity. Hurrah! God bless AMERICA.

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dmossAug 10th 2007, 02:19
I sent mine in...good luck, everyone! :)

Thanks for throwing this contest, [-mArc-]! I can't wait to read some of the answers!
TregAug 11th 2007, 23:30
Just sent mine in today. I hope it's up to par heh ^^ Good luck everybody.
GreatInchesAug 14th 2007, 23:32
Why is it called Universe 1 Zoidberg? I thought that alternate universe was called Universe B.
RichardAug 15th 2007, 02:57
At first it was going to be "A" and "B", but then they decided on "1" and "A"...I think.
SteveAug 15th 2007, 16:00
When are you going to announce who the winner is.
DazOfBritainAug 15th 2007, 19:06
haha, if i payed the shipping could i enter!?

Daz of Britain
dmossAug 16th 2007, 00:34
So, [-mArc-]...define "shortly"...:p

Good luck, everyone!
ChrisRofSacramentoAug 16th 2007, 22:18
Zoidberg's mother? She's dead! The decapodians die after sex!!!!!!
[-mArc-]Aug 16th 2007, 22:26
If one can turn in one's (underwater) grave, I think laughing would be possible, too ;)
hmmAug 16th 2007, 22:36
> Zoidberg's mother? She's dead! The decapodians die after sex!!!!!!

Yeah, but don't decapodians have THREE parents? Zoidberg says something like that in his letter to Uncle Zoid. Also, in that same episode, I'm pretty sure we SEE Zoidberg with his mother in flashback...

Maybe only two of the parents die?
HelloAug 17th 2007, 08:00
I thought these were supposed to be funny
STEVAug 18th 2007, 03:25
dang i didnt win....

but of course i didnt enter either
PhilAug 19th 2007, 06:17
Hooray, I won! Hooray for Phil!
DavidMacardyAug 29th 2007, 16:37
I dont want to rain on your parade... but did anyone actually note the incorect contradiction made by the'winner' of the quotation competition. He writes and I quote 'Zoidberg's mother laughed', but this is incorrect, for how can she laugh if there species dies directly after they pass on there genetic material. 'a life without sex or a horrible gruesome death'
[-mArc-]Sep 1st 2007, 11:44
Right, see comment #10 + #11.

And don't worry, we'll have more contests once the DVDs start hitting stores.