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I had heard recently that he had been dealing with heroin addiction.  Sad news indeed.

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The Black Series 3.75" / Re: The Black Series 3.75" - 2013 Wave 2
« on: January 31, 2014, 10:14 PM »
Scored a Mara Jade today during my search for Darth Plagueis.  And that's the last of TBS wave 2 for me.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: X-Men/Wolverine Movies
« on: January 29, 2014, 04:53 PM »
It seems to me that the screenwriters wanted to inject some sort of jeopardy into the mix for Wolverine.  Between his healing factor and the adamantium laced skeleton,  Logan is almost impossible to kill.  So what to do?  Take away his claws and put the character in some serious danger.  That doesn't jibe with the comics, but I think the producers of the Marvel movies have made it abundantly clear that they're prepared to take some license with the characters in an effort to produce what they think is an entertaining film.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: X-Men/Wolverine Movies
« on: January 29, 2014, 02:54 PM »
IIRC, the story was that the Silver Samurai's sword may have been made of adamantium.  But I skipped on seeing The Wolverine, so I couldn't say for certain.

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The Bullpen / Re: Captain America: Winter Soldier: The Toys!
« on: January 24, 2014, 05:09 PM »
I picked up the 3.75" Red Skull and Winter Soldier today.  Cap in the new uniform looks pretty cool, but I passed for now.

Also, is it me, or does the modern Cap look pretty much identical to the modern uniform Cap from the Avengers 3.75" movie line?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: A Game of Thrones (HBO)
« on: January 23, 2014, 02:58 PM »
If I can plan it out, yes.  I seem to remember you saying that the lines were pretty long for last year's exhibit.

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The Black Series 3.75" / Re: The Black Series 3.75" - Wave 5
« on: January 23, 2014, 09:19 AM »
Hmmm.  Two snowspeeder pilots in successive waves?  To me that definitely says there's a snowspeeder on the way.  My guess is that with the state of vehicles at retail, it's probably going to be a TRU exclusive.  Maybe that would include a new Wes Janson (he was offered in an Evolutions pack, IIRC) if they want to offer up Wedge's snowspeeder?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: A Game of Thrones (HBO)
« on: January 23, 2014, 09:16 AM »
The Game of Thrones exhibition will be returning in advance of season 4 on HBO.  North American stops for the exhibit tour include:

 -New York City (1/27 - 2/1)
 -Mexico City (2/15 - 2/19)
 -Austin at SXSW® (3/7 - 3/11)
 -Toronto (5/14 - 5/18)
 -Vancouver (8/16 - 9/1)


There will also be stops in Europe and South America:

 -Belfast (Dates to be announced)
 -Rio De Janeiro (4/5 - 4/9)
 -Oslo (4/26 - 4/30)

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The Black Series 3.75" / Re: The Black Series 3.75" - Wave 5
« on: January 22, 2014, 08:56 PM »
Nice to see some HTF figures making their way back out.  To say that Bastila was scarce is a massive understatement.

The Dack reissue makes sense given the theme of the wave, which is *MOSTLY* Hoth / TESB.  The figure wasn't super scarce.  But maybe there's a Snowspeeder reissue on the way, and they want a figure to go with it?

I'd also be happy to see some of those later TVC figures get reissued.  Shae Vizla, Starkiller, the Old Republic Trooper and the Emporer's Royal Guard were all woefully under-distributed.  They could all benefit from another go-round at retail.

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The Black Series 3.75" / Re: The Black Series 3.75" - 2013 Wave 2
« on: January 22, 2014, 06:15 PM »
It seems that Hasbro has recognized their good in the paint apps for the 41st Elite Clone, because it looks like there's a running change of this particular Trooper on the way with the correct markings.

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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars Episode VII
« on: January 22, 2014, 03:20 PM »
Mark Hamill, who is *PROBABLY* reprising his role as Luke Skywalker in Episode VII, will be conducting a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session starting at 4 PM Eastern time.  I imagine the Episode VII questions will be bountiful.

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The Bullpen / Re: Avengers Infinite
« on: January 22, 2014, 03:17 PM »
And yeah, if you can let me know where to get a Bespin Leia on the cheap, please unveil the curtain.  I still need one.


I know where to get one locally for about $8 or $9.  Not a total bargain, but if you need one PM me.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Television Thread
« on: January 20, 2014, 07:18 PM »
I've been checking out True Detective for the past couple of weeks on HBO.  Thus far it's in keeping with the dramatic tone that HBO has been able to strike with it's original series.  I think it captures some of the painstaking search for details that detectives have to undertake in order to solve a real crime.  And it also seems to capture the darkness that's in some of the people who are called to investigate murders. 

I get the sense that this show might take some patience.  At least before things really pick up.  But they've definitely got my interest for now.

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The Black Series 3.75" / Re: Toy Fair 2014
« on: January 20, 2014, 05:02 PM »
Given the reveal of the Inquisitor over at the official site?  Rebels is probably going to be the big push at Toy Fair.  But I'm also wondering if the Star Wars line is going to get scaled back the way we've also seen the Hasbro Marvel movie lines get scaled back.

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The Bullpen / Re: Avengers Infinite
« on: January 19, 2014, 04:17 PM »
Deny the trends as much as you want.  The fact remains that female characters sell more poorly.  I know that flies in the face of what YOU and other collectors may want.  But in the broader market?  Female characters just don't sell as well.  Hence, they get short-packed.  If they didn't, the retailers would give the manufacturers grief regarding case assortments that don't sell through.

As for short packing being used to create artificial demand?  We've seen it plenty of times.  Do we really need to go back to some of the golden oldies?  How about as far back as 1999, with the POTF2 CommTech R2-D2 with holo Leia?  Shortpacked at 1 per case and only offered in once case.  At it's peak that figure sold for as much as $80.  Or how about the Ultimate Galactic Hunt foil cards?  That wasn't even discrete.  Hasbro called them what they were:  chase figures.  We also saw EU characters in the TVC line which were only offered as one per case like Bastila, Galen Marek/Starkiller, and Shae Vizla.  All offered in only a single case assortment and packed one per case.  Lo and behold you wound up with these as "HOT" figures, and some collectors NEVER saw them at brick & mortar retail.  THAT is called creating artificial demand.  And it's been done numerous other times, all in the interest of driving the collecting chase.

If you still need a Bespin Leia?  I know where there are plenty of them if you want one.

As for Wasp?  She's an important character in the scope of the Avengers comics.  And IIRC she wound up making an appearance in one of the Ultimate Avengers animated features.  But I don't think you're likely to see her in an Avengers figure assortment at more than 1 per case until her character winds up in one of the Marvel cinematic universe's feature films.

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