I can't say for certain what I'd do in that instance.  I was faced with a similar situation not too long ago.  I look out for a number of things for some friends of mine.   One time, I found a Justice League Hawkgirl, and I knew a friend was looking for it.  So, I pick up that and something else, and head to the registers at my friendly neighborhood WalMart.  The cashier tries to ring Hawkgirl up, but it isn't scanning.  So, she doesn't even ask me a price, and just enters it at around $4.99.  I know something about toy lines, and that this figure should sell for about $6.99 or so.  But, she did this so fast, I didn't even have time to protest.  

In my opinion, you should try to be honest as often as possible.  I think in the long run, it will pay off in karmic value.  Honesty will pay off more often than dishonesty.

Count other big ticket items on sale, too.  I scored some of Clone Wars basic figure wave 2 for $3 and change, Clone Wars army builders for $6 and change, and the Clone Wars Command Gunship for $20.98.  Target is nice!

Hope everyone is okay.  It's a good thing that epicenter wasn't 100 miles south of where it happened, otherwise things might've been a lot worse.

I can't really identify, since we don't have very active faults around here.  The slight tremors we have had I've managed to sleep through.  However, when I worked in Manhattan, I worked in a high-rise building on the 19th floor.  On occassion, we'd get strong winds hitting the building, and it would sway so much that you'd get disoriented and nearly sick to your stomach.  And this could go on for hours.  Ugh!  It was like being sea-sick on dry land.

What's encouraging about Qui-Gon being listed is this:  it doesn't leave a Council member seatless.  We could get a standing robed EI Obi-Wan, as well as EII standing versions of Obi-Wan and Anakin.  Think of it like this:

EI Qui-Gon with Yoda & Ki-Adi Mundi
EI Obi-Wan with Plo Koon & Eeth Koth
EII Anakin with seated Shaak Ti &  Adi Gallia
EII Obi-Wan with seated Coleman Trebor & Saesee Tiin

I like Ozzel, and I like Dengar.  Ozzel with choking articulation is sweet!  I can see a custom Captain Needa in myfuture.

I'll als admit, I like this Bossk.  However, I'm still of the opinion  that if there was going to be another Bounty Hunter resculpt in this wave, it should have been 4-LOM.  The POTF2 Bossk has held up much better over time than the POTF2 4-LOM.  

So if that is definitely the case, where are the epic films like "The Odyssey", or "The Illiad"?

"As for peter Jackson  he gets way to much credit, all he does is transform the book onto the screen with the help of a few others, big deal." - Movie Critic GNT

In my own critical opinion....what a twit!  He doesn't even know the proper form of the word TOO, a descriptive word, as in "GNT posts way TOO much".

As for Peter Jackson:  PJ has really taken Tolkienn's vision and made it reality on screen.  He's done so through an extraordinary effort, having done a number of things never done before in major motion pictures.  Like?

-Using multiple units shooting footage simultaneously and using satellite hookups not only to communicate, but also to direct and view dailies from a completely remote location.

-Using new technology in digital animation like WETA's Massive software which enabled those immense battles.

-He and his wife lent such a complete air of devotion to the essence of the story due to their own fandom and love of Professor Tolkienn's work.

-He took 3 years to prepare for the filming of this trilogy, including building  working sets of Edoras and Hobbiton that took nearly a year to complete.

-His treatment was so deadon that he got the funding upfront for all three films from New Line Cinema.

-Gathering together the resources and talent to craft one of the best CG characters ever seen on the big screen in the form of Gollum.

Speaking as someone who works in television, and knows what massive efforts go into a television production, I can say with an extreme level of certainty that the film achievements of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy have been nothing short of miraculous AND revolutionary.  It takes a leader, in the form of a director and executive producer like Peter Jackson to make something like that happen.  Is the series perfect?  No, but I put the challenge to anyone to make a better rendition than Peter Jackson and crew have.