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The Legacy Collection / Re: Legacy Collection Figure Returns
« on: August 15, 2009, 02:32 AM »
Hmmm.  I wonder if Pons Limbic will wind up in some discount stores?  I could use some more cantina tables!

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Offseason 2009
« on: August 15, 2009, 02:09 AM »
Eagles sign Michael Vick

Vick, Eagles Agree to Two Year Deal

HA! Stupid Eagles.

They deserve each other.  Low class franchise with lower class fans signs lowest class ex-con/dog fighter/overhyped player.

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I met Les on a few occassions. My father was friends with him and the singer in his trio. I even visited his house, and saw his original recording studio, the "octopus" multitrack recording machine and a new studio that he was planning. And more recently I had spent time hanging with Les's son.

So this is sad news on a personal front. It's something that I always knew would happen eventually, but it's sad nonetheless. Les loved to perform. The last time I saw him play live, he was still having a ball. He loved to play, and damn could he still play! Plus, he loved to talk with the audience between songs and was a genuinely funny guy.

Thank you for changing the way we hear music, Les!

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Who Is Left: The Empire Strikes Back
« on: August 14, 2009, 02:38 AM »
And how about Obi-Wan's Force Ghost on Hoth?


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The Legacy Collection / Re: Wal-Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: August 14, 2009, 02:30 AM »
I wasn't overly enthused about the Dark Trooper either.  But then I think this may have be the only format that Hasbro may have been able to shoehorn the Dark Trooper into.  I think it's probably too big for a basic figure card.

It's the completist in me that's after these sets.  But WalMart exclusives are always an infernal pain in the ass to get around here.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Toyfare 2009 Fan's Choice Voting
« on: August 14, 2009, 02:24 AM »
If anyone doesn't care, and wants to do me a favor, please vote Bib Fortuna on the mini-bust part. :)

Sorry dude.  I was all about a Kit Fisto bust.

As for my Hasbro vote?  I protested, and went with Tyvokka.  I know that George doesn't want anymore Wookiee Jedi, but he has to keep Hasbro from making a figure of one?!?!?

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Who Is Left: The Empire Strikes Back
« on: August 13, 2009, 11:08 PM »
I've got to agree about Hobbie being questionable.  The version of Hobbie that we have is in X-Wing gear, and not Snowspeeder gear.

I would also add an Echo base ground crewman to the list, like Corman Quien


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The Legacy Collection / Re: Legacy Wave 9 - Return of the Jedi
« on: August 13, 2009, 10:46 PM »
This isn't unprecedented.  We saw this back in the OTC line, when Hasbro offered Dagobah Luke with the handstand arms & head as well as the backpack arms and head.

As for the cup, that belongs to Jabba.  I watched ROTJ the other night, and he's holding in the Sail Barge scenes.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Legacy Collection Comic Packs
« on: August 12, 2009, 11:21 PM »
There's a prototype image of Nom Anor in the new issue of ToyFare (#146).  According to the article, he's due out in a comic 2-pack that should be in stores in Fall '10.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: 2009 Hasbro Star Wars Fans' Choice
« on: August 12, 2009, 02:19 PM »
I have not seen the official rules...so I am waiting for Jeff to answer that since he has them.  I know they have said those figures were off limits in the past but its our list, you know what I mean.  I know other sites specifically said that but it could be their own interpretation of what Hasbro has said in the past.

What I understand from the info Hasbro presented at Comic Con is that they will have a panel (consisting of whom is unknown) to sort through the candidates.  That panel will make the determination on which characters end up in ToyFare's online poll.  I think this Hasbro/LFL/ToyFare panel will probably be responsible for weeding out those candidates that are submitted but are verbotten by Lucas Licensing.

Still, I think it's important for the fan sites that are participating to be vocal about which characters they really want.  Will it have an impact?  That's debatable.  But if Hasbro sees results from a dozen+ of their Q&A sites that show people want the Tonnikas, Ackmena, Tyvokka or other forbidden characters, maybe it will get the wheels turning at Lucas Licensing and some change could take place on the so-called "forbidden list".

We've definitely been seeing some very strong trends in the voting over at JTA.  When you let people pick 30 characters, you're bound to see a number of them recurr.  And I think with the annual polling that JD conducts that this site was already well positioned to take part in the poll.  As for when things get to ToyFare's poll?  That remains to be seen.  But looking back at the last Fan's Choice poll, it was definitely a positive experience all the way around.  We've gotten nearly ALL of the characters that were candidates in that last poll over the past few years.  And I think that this group of 30 Fan Choice poll candidates will definitely be the source of a lot of figures for the next few years.

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Feedback / Re: Paul's (pka pmundheim) feedback
« on: August 11, 2009, 05:00 PM »
Made an excellent transaction with Paul for Comic Con exclusives.  Enjoy!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: G.I. Joe - The Movie (Live Action)
« on: August 11, 2009, 03:12 PM »
Wow, all of a sudden I feel really justified in the open disdain I expressed for both TF2 - ROTF and GI Joe.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Recent Legacy Purchases
« on: August 10, 2009, 08:55 PM »
Haven't seen a sighting yet.  But the fact that waves 6 & 7 are still shipping leaves some hope that there are still some cases with the second HRT out there.  I'm sure that when they surface some will pop up online and there will be a feeding frenzy.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Recent Legacy Purchases
« on: August 10, 2009, 08:08 PM »
I found at least one case of the TLC BLUE wave 7 revision case today.  The Hoth Rebel Trooper was in there with HK-47 parts, but it was still the bearded version.  This and other recent sightings give me more confidence that just MAYBE the beardless HRT is going to show up at some point.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 10, 2009, 08:06 PM »
Bought the new figures from the first CW RED wave today.  It was just the 6 new figures in that wave.  But I've been really surprised to hear that figures like Cad Bane are already being found.

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