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Customs Community and Group Projects / Re: What are your plans for 2006?
« on: December 30, 2005, 10:16 PM »
I plan on finishing up my "Brotherhood Of The Serpent" and "Galactic Intelligence: Joint Operations Elite" lines as well as churning out a whole slew of new pirates, smugglers, mercs, starfighters, etc.

Just wait until you see my HUGE Pirate Salvage/Hijacking Tug made from a G.I.Joe Defiant space shuttle and tons of model and toy parts!

I also plan on founding the "CSOTC (Customize Something Other Than Clones) Society" to return our great hobby to the heights of design diversity it had before the release of "Revenge Of The Sith"! Just kidding, don't throw any stones ;)

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Vintage Kenner / Re: What Vintage Do You Still Have From Your Childhood?
« on: December 30, 2005, 03:48 PM »
I sold off al of my Vintage Star Wars Toys (along with just about every other toy I owned) about 10 years ago when I needed some scratch for bills/car repairs/etc :(

Any Vintage I have now was aquired through e-bay lots and have become customizing fodder as they really don't stand up, detail-wise, to the newer toys :(

I currently have a TON of Mini-Rigs (several multiples of all except for the stupid steam roller one and the crappy little tank), several Vintage TIES and a TIE Interceptor, 5 or 6 Landspeeders, most of a B-Wing (missing battery cover and wing-tip guns- all easily replicable), an Imperial Troop Transport, 3 mostly complete Deathstars, 3 Falcons (2 complete, 1 missing the gun and radar dish), and a ton of other items that I'm forgetting right now.

I only have about 50 Vintage figures, mostly droids, as I really do not care for the look of the Vintage figures compared to the modern ones.

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Vintage Kenner / Re: Vint Rebel Transport
« on: December 30, 2005, 03:41 PM »
I've wanted one of these for ages :(  It is one of the few toys that I never had back in the Vintage days and is now the only one I do not own in either it's original Vintage form or a rerelease :(

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Feedback / Re: CHEWIE's feedback
« on: December 30, 2005, 01:38 PM »



Just completed a fun parts swap with Chewie! Thanks for the great fodder Justin :D

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Modern Trading / Re: Spectre's Swap Shop
« on: December 30, 2005, 01:12 AM »
Added a bunch of complete figures from various lines as well as a Frag-Viper that amost looks like he just came off the card (joints are TIGHT, Cobra symbol is dead solid perfect, and the only paint wear is very slight and is on the right glove and the blue strap on his butt)!

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Photonovels and Movies / Re: RE#18 - DARK EXCHANGE
« on: December 28, 2005, 11:31 PM »
Justin, my friend, you are welcome to use any of my vehicles, figures, you name it, I'm just flattered to be a part of your Saga :D

After I set up my new Star Wars Room next month (I just moved), I'll have everything unpacked again so I'll have access to my customs. I'll even be able to take additional pics of everything if you know of a specific angle or pose you need for future chapters. As I finish up more vehicles, I'll give you first crack at pics of them as well ;)

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Photonovels and Movies / Re: RE#18 - DARK EXCHANGE
« on: December 28, 2005, 08:29 PM »
Quote from: Clone Hunter on December 28, 2005, 07:50 PM
I am interested in a better pic or description of that Skyhawk/TIE Interceptor ship.


That's one of many vehicles of mine that are "virtually on loan" to Chewie for this series. The primary components are a G.I. Joe Skyhawk cockpit (hand laid glass panels), a vintage Ertl Darth Vader's TIE model, vintage Ertl TIE Interceptor model, and lots and lots of model and toy parts :)

Here's some additional pics:

Note: the forward landing gear is a last minute replacement as the puppy chewed up the original as I was about to take the pics (damn dog :(  ). The gear will be painted to match the rest of the ship eventually.










Chewie, GREAT job on this latest installment. You really improve in leaps and bounds with each one. Your pacing, pictures, effects, etc. are very professionally done. I cannot wait to see the next one :D

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Modern Trading / Re: Spectre's Swap Shop
« on: December 27, 2005, 11:45 PM »
Added a bunch of new merchandise to the Swap Shop as I'm thining out my collection so the new place is not overrun with toys (more will be added each day as I unpack more boxes ;) ).

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Marauder Inc.
« on: December 27, 2005, 08:51 PM »
The Wave 1 Pulse Rifles are great! I actually did a mod to them to make them fit the Star Wars aesthetic a bit more.:

I cut off the magazine and shortened the handle by about 1/6 the overall length.

I then glued the portion of the handle I removed to the left side of the rifle opposite the shell ejector (on the right side of the rifle) so it had a side-mounted powerpack. I would have just used the magazine, but I felt that the smooth handle looked more "Star Wars"-y than the ribbed magazine (not to mention that on the very first one I modded, the magazine flew off after being cut and disappeared ;) ).

I'll be posting pics when I finishe up my "Brotherhood Of The Serpent" Troopers as Marauder Inc.'s Wave 1 "Pulse Rifles" and Wave 2 "MCMPR" rifles will be their official small arms :D

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Customizing Tips and Tricks / Re: Durability vs. Detail
« on: December 26, 2005, 11:57 PM »
I am definately in the "Detail" camp. I have not played with toys in over 20 years and would rather have a "work of art" than something a child could play with. I usually try to keep as much articulation as possible so I can display a figure in my eventual diorama in just about any pose I desire unless a predetermined pose was already in mind during the figure's construction.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Marauder Inc.
« on: December 22, 2005, 12:35 PM »
Passing on an update from Marauder John!

Quote from: marauderjohn
Hey Folks!
Finally received the CORRECTLY reduced 1:18 scale prototypes of the second series weapons. Took some time, but believe me they were worth the wait! The detail of the items is amazing...the low res images don't even come close to doing the items justice.  To show the scale of the weapons took several images of the weapons WITH 3 3/4" figures. Chose dark figures on a dark background, so the light colored prototypes could be seen clearly (production will be black, like first series).


*Complete set of all Series 2 weapons "reduced" 1:18 scale prototypes (with a Series 1 AK47 to show size comparison).

* M4 w/ "under" shotgun, the NVR Rifle, Aug77 and MP5

* Samurai Sword, Socom pistil w/ silencer & "Modified" P38 Walther

*M16 w/ grenade Launcher, Tommy Gun, Mini MP5 & 9mm Pistol

* Saw, M60 & RPG

* Mac 10 w/ silencer, "NCMPR" Rifle, AK74 w/ grenade launcher & "Sci-Fi" Weapon

* P90, L85, G36 and Sig 550

* Close-up of P90

* Close-up of "Modified" P38 Walther

* Close-up of SAW

* Closeup of the "NCMPR" Rifle, to try and get a better view of the detail on the weapons (pictures still don't even come close to the real detail).

The final production items are still a few months away, but wanted you all to see the current progress.  Since many of you wanted to see the "reduced" prototypes with 1:18 scale figures as soon as possible.  The ammo cases on the SAW, Tommy gun & M60 are REMOVABLE (and a bipod can be mounted on the SAW).  Hope you all like the look of them!  If the final products turn out as good as the prototypes we will be set!  Final prices of each item will be in-line with the prices for the first series (still need to get the total tooling & production costs to finalize).
Marauder_John
PS The AK47 w/ wooden stocks are now back in stock and available.

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Modern Trading / Re: Spectre's Swap Shop
« on: December 20, 2005, 11:10 PM »
Updated to reflect current deals :)

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Marauder Inc.
« on: December 15, 2005, 09:34 PM »
Wave 2 has been delayed a few months due to a manufacturing glitch :)

Here's the "secret" weapon I hinted about earlier:



Heckler And Kotch G36
This is the same weapon that was used in "Aliens Vs. Predator" (the mercs had them collapsed inside their briefcases), "Doom" (standard battle rifle carried by The Rock and others), and the last 2 "Blade" films (in the hands of some of the Vampires and their human cronies).

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Modern Trading / Re: Need Loose *Updated*
« on: December 12, 2005, 01:28 PM »
PM sent :D

I have a Hoth Accessory Set figure if you still want it.

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Modern Trading / Re: Spectre's Swap Shop
« on: December 10, 2005, 08:26 PM »
Updated to reflect current deals :)

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