SW fans are a caddy lot.

The only disappointment on those BBI figs is it seems some lack wrist articulation, a major flaw IMO.  Sure it'll show on some (bare-armed guy) but at the end of the day the wrist joint is too important to skip like that I think...  Be damned aesthetics, give him the articulation point.

Give him gloves or something...  just get it done.

Either way, some great figures, and fodder, in those shots.  I need those figures...  The Sniper.  Look at the Guille suit stuff on his head.  I love it.

$60 is waaaay too much for me...  Especially when it's a haphazard hodgepodge of ROTS "environments" more than anything else.  The displays are incredibly simplistic overall actually, as far as buying plastic bits and pieces goes.  If it were $20 I'd consider it, but at $60 it's way overpriced to me considering there's not much to it in the grand scheme of things...

I've not been really into the Pride Displays since they started coming out.  I think there's better ways to do displays than that...  Modular environments in particular, but that doesn't seem to be a route anyone is going to go.  May be bordering too closely to playsets over displays, and treading on Hasbro turf.

I bet there's someone...  Oh, nobody in particular, who buys up a whole bunch of these new cases for full price, then will bitch and moan when they're clearanced out for cheap (if they indeed are Target items).

I seem to recall that happening with someone and those ROTS Target cases...

Perhaps Ryan...  Especially U.S. troopers in greatcoats in particular.  Open or closed...  I don't have any but they're sorely missing from my BotB dioramas, haha.  I always thought the trenchcoats were more prevelant than Mackinaws too but what do I know?   

On 21st/1:18 scale news...  HOLY **** there's a ton of BBI stuff going on.

The WW2 figures have been showing, mostly online, but out of left field there's a WHOLE new series of modern.  The new modern figures take BBI from comparable to 21st to slightly superior IMO.  The articulation on the new ones is their new style articulation, which I honestly have to admit is better than 21st's due to the sculpting and engineering behind it (if you own the Infantry, you know what I mean...  Their elbow joints are perfect for holding rifles properly).

Beyond that though...  The new modern guys kick much ass.  There's 2 paras, one in Woodland and one in Desert fatigues.  Both look great with chutes and look like they have packs that make them look good without their chutes and combat ready too.

The Spec. Forces guys htough...  Holy crap.  They include a sleaveless guy, who is easily the best sleaveless custom fodder in history, guys have laptops and crap, there's SEALS in their combat gear with the dive stuff for them to wade onto shore into a zone...  Silenced pistols, the works.  New headsculpts, new bodies, new parts, new articulation, new weapons...

I really am stoked for modern again after seeing these.  BBI has taken this to another level, so 21st's extra heads/arms and stuff were REALLY needed to even keep up at this point.

Keep your eyes open at TRU for those BBI figures.  I must have those...  NOW!

Hobbytown USA is your best bet, however buying sheet styrene in quantity at hobby stores isn't wise.  It's very expensive.

Sheet ABS Styrene is just paper-like sheets of plastic.  You can get varying thicknesses and dimensions...  Shapes and things are available too.  Finding a well stocked plastics rack is tough in my area, and so far only HobbyTown has everything I need, but it's on the other side of the city so I go rarely.

It's not cheap buying sheets of styrene at the hobby shop though, so be warned....

I was at WM the other day and in the clearance area they had those "for sale" signs, or "No Trespassing" signs.  They were like $1 for the bigger signs, and a whopping $.25 for thin smaller signs.  These are simply ABS Styrene Sheets with printing on one side...  Perfectly useable though.

I have a plastics distributor I get my plastic from in bulk though.  A single trip when I can borrow a pick-up will supply me with plastic for quite a while.  Check the Yellow Pages for Plastics or Plastic Distributors and you should have some good luck.

BTW I suggest getting a good plastic welder if you're going to work with Styrene.  Glues like Krazy Glue and whatnot don't actually do much but bond the two pieces, whereas welders actually fuse sheet styrene, and make it much MUCH more durable.  Pricey but worth it.

Oh, and don't get styrene too thick...  Cutting is easy if it's not TOO thick.  When you get too thick though, you're going to require a saw to cut, and things become more complex.

There's a place down the road for $2.93...  The news says $2.89 is what they're seeing around the city, but I have not seen this yet...  It's still $2.95 and $2.99 at most every one I pass, save that one at $2.93, so $2.89 looks like a godsend by comparison.

$2.89...  Hell I could have that heart transplant I needed then.

At least Jeff's getting some...  You'd think that would've been a plus in his corner.