I bought that at Starbucks.  Who ever thought that you'd have to start buying CD's at the same place you get coffee?  But with record stores going the way of the dodo, it seems to be a more viable option.

My tape isn't all that great.  I might see about getting it transferred to DVD at some point.  I know that there are all sorts of things that have made their way to DVD and wind up on the convention circuit.  Maybe I'll be able to find one at SDCC.

We know for certain that the Wedge X-Wing is a Target exclusive?  The packaged images didn't have any kind of an exclusive sticker.

What, is this supposed to be Hasbro's homage to Jason from Friday the 13th?

****! There's no Walmarts in NYC. This looks really cool though. I need to figure out a way to get a couple of these! I'm hoping the sandtrooper has articulated hips, but it also seems like he may just have a split-leg stance.

There's one just on the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel Lando.  Never fear.

The big debate is whether to get a 720p or 1080p.  According to CNet I'd probably just be better off with a 720p LCD since its not larger than 50".

I would say go with the 1080p right off the bat.  720p will serve you well enough with any kind of broadcast signals.  Simply because most broadcasts don't have the bandwidth to give you a true 1080p signal, and the network HD broadcasts max out around 720 p...even sports.  But if you have a BluRay player or a gaming console like the PS3 or X-Box 360, you'll get a far superior image on a 1080p set.

As for the 120 MHz refresh rate?  I can't say that I'm a fan of it when it comes to watching movies.  Because that refresh rate is in contrast to the quaint 24fps look of film.  It makes movies look more like they were shot on video, and they lose some of that "cinematic" quality.

These look cool to me.  They definitely deliver in the Jedi department, and this seems to be a much more interesting part of the line to me now than the majority of troops.  I'm curious to see what the final painted versions will look like.  My concerns about Agen Kolar?  He better have the softgoods cloak.  And what is with the green lightsaber?

The figures were produced in the usual numbers, they are going to show up eventually.

Au contraire.

Sir Steve's Guide Hasbro Q&A

QUESTION:  As the first generation of TLC and Clone Wars packaging nears the end of its run, we are noticing smaller amounts of new waves hitting local stores, and odd case assortments in those waves and their revisions. The ESB wave seems to be trickling in very slowly, with many collectors not having seen it "in the wild". The AOTC wave has appeared online, but still not in stores as of June. Clone Wars wave 5 has appeared in short supply and with a case assortment that still only includes 1 of each new figure, padding shelves with existing figures that aren't in short supply and don't seem to need significant restocking, while ensuring new figures get choked out, and it seems to be continuing for the next few CW and TLC waves (we understand the Hasbro argument about not having enough new product manufacturing volume for a wave, but there seem to be less revisions to address that, and more figures not moving fast enough to make way). While we understand that there is always a retailer reset of the lines with new packaging, a holding of the breath, it seems like this year it's been a longer-term problem and many collectors are growing frustrated with the scarcity of newer figures. Are there other reasons behind the lack of new figures on shelves, is there a remedy for it before the new packaging comes in?

ANSWER:  Clone Wars continues to be a monstrous hit with kids, necessitating waves with only 1/case of the new figures and constant repacks of the "greatest hits" to ensure that the most popular characters remain in rotation. The problem has been with Legacy; with sales not where we were expecting them, the new waves are having a harder time getting in to retail since there is still a good amount of previous waves on the shelves. However, there here should be plenty of EpV to go around by now. The challenge will be with the EpII wave - we cut back production on this one and it will be the scarcest of all the Legacy waves, and we needed to give new production over to the red/white waves to make sure they get in to retail approximately late August/early Sept. If folks want to be sure they can get the complete EpII wave, we recommend one of the Internet-based suppliers as they are able to order product directly from us by the specific wave, whereas the brick and mortar retailers do not have that precision and there is no telling which stores will get it. Just as an FYI - there is no hard planogram reset date this year for Star Wars, so the new red/white packaging will flow in right after the previous waves have gone through retail, and will not be the same for all retailers depending upon stock.