I've grown up in a semi-similar situation MWB, with parents who didn't get along...

Mine didn't cheat, but they stayed together for my brother's and I...  It was really ultimately the wrong thing.  My parents are sort of the old-school mentality though where the wife stays with the husband...  He worked, my mother didn't have the career and independance she could (should) have...  No infidelity or physical abuse or anything, but I can attest that mental abuse is just as bad if not worse.

Not the best situation for children or my mother...  Funny how you look at, say grandparents then, and see the traits that make your parents who they are, and act the ways they do...  What's scary is finding some of the same traits in yourself though.  I catch myself sometimes, and try to supress it.  I don't like it.

I've thankfully not had it happen to me (that I'm aware), and wouldn't wish it on my enemies even...  It's just one of those things I think is a deal breaker.  I've got a jealous streak, I tend to keep an eye on who I date...  They also know it is a deal breaker for me, and I don't accept cheating.  I also like it to be known that I can be hurtful when I am tread upon, and only ask that who I date respects me enough to leave me if they really aren't happy with me, and let it be done and over with.

It's one of the worst things you can do to someone else I think...  Not to mention the dangers involved in this day and age...  I put a lot of effort into relationships, so I really do expect to be respected in them...  I've been with the girls who don't, and they're quite easy to walk away from no matter what qualities I saw in them to be attracted to them in the first place.

And also...

WTF Force Guy, where've you been?  Welcome back.

I got a report from my buddy that went Friday...  I didn't go either Jades, and I'll give details why when I get a moment.

EDIT:

So anyway my buddy went to the con...  He said admission was $17, which was pretty sky high IMO.  I mean, the toy show has a lot more to entice me here (at the same con center) and to get in early it's only $10...  I don't know if Comic-Con does less foot traffic or not though, or if their overhead is really just that much more... 

He said he was there and that they had a weird mix of vendors...  Hardly any toys, and what they did have wasn't really all that good I guess...  He said the vendors were a weird mix though, and they had like some woman selling crafts.

He said the SW guests signing stuff were cool if you hadn't seen them before but that they had "people" outside of them that wouldn't allow you to really talk to them, or get pictures which I guess they've been able to get in the past.  THe guy I talked to was gonna have someone (one of the SW actors) take a picture with a sign for Bill Cable's site, and to just get a picture with the actor they told my buddy it was going to cost him.  So out of principle my friend didn't bother and left dejected at the whole situation since he said they're more accessible other times he's met the actors.

So I don't know...  $17 was enough for me not to bite honestly...  It's a 50 minute drive for me to the con, and I only wanted one autograph at it, so I'm looking at 1/4 or 1/2 tank of gas, $17 to get in, $20 for an autograph, $5 for the photos they sell you to get autographed...  And the stuff I'm generally enticed with like a good toy/collectibles show or whatnot was just not there...

It's tough to put the shows together though as mousedroid has told me, so I can empathize with that, but for me it wasn't financially worth it to go this year.  I doubt I go ever actually unless the entry fee comes down to at least $10.  Even then I'll be irked if I paid $10 and got the run-around from some show volunteer telling me not to speak to the stars...  In the past I've had some great conversations with the actors so that would've bothered me tremendously.

Star Wars is forever...  or so we've been told.

I wonder if Nader or Perot got T-Shirts?

Yours should read "I ran for president and all I got was this T-Shirt and an overly expensive membership to a POS fan club".

It's hard to take a loss on an item that already is "made" though.  It's a matter of just running it through the factory and shipping it out.  There's REALLY no excuse for the higher cost other than to milk fans for what they feel they can get...  TRU's never been known to come in short on exclusives too, so these could be widely abundant at that price.

Mold toolings are done for the thing...  Production costs are going to be eaten up in a $30 pricepoint, much less a $45 pricepoint, so Hasbro and/or TRU really have a screwjob for the fans on this one as far as the cost goes.

I'm assuming so.  The Hot Toyz SnapKit line has been 1:18 scaled so far...  And the detail is unmatchable really.  I'm guessing they only want to do male Marines right now using the same mold for most of the parts, and maybe Vasquez and that other chick later?  Ripley looks good though... 

The construction of the figures isn't the norm for this scale, but it works well, looks good...  Very poseable, if not a tad delicate.

If you haven't got any of these figs Ryan, they're great if you like Aliens and/or Predator films.

OOOOooooooo good news is out there my friends.

Series 2 Battle of the Bulge are becomign widely available online for good prices, and when you get a WHOLE torso with some figures, and 2 heads, and lots of gear...  Count me in.  I want a whole case, they're awesome, and I need the Autumn cammo German tankers anyway for my autumn cammo tank.

Now, the juicy news...

BBI has new modern figures on the market NOW, out of the freakin' blue, no words of warning whatsoever.

Among them, new SEALS, new headsculpts...  One guy with bare arms.  New articulation...  no pics yet that I've seen, but holy **** I gotta see these.  BBI's figures stepped it up a notch with their new WOrld War 2 series sporting advanced articulation.  I haven't gotten them yet but it's pretty fantastic judging by the Sherman Tanker.

Now, what could be better than this you ask?

I'll tell ya what...  unintentional pictures of the new Hot Toyz Aliens Snap Kit figures, AND, COLONIAL MARINES!  And Ripley too.  3 Marines, 1 Ripley, shitloads of Aliens, and Aliens fans getting massive erections as the sight of these SUPER detailed, SUPER articulated, SUPER accessorized figures.

Some of the aliens appear to have bullet holes too...  Not just straight re-releases all around.  Nice tough Hot Toyz.

Count me in for two cases of these.  now I gotta get series 2 right quick so I get that Alien Queen to chase Ripley.

I'm on f'n sensory overload right now.  I need to calm down.

Keep your eyes open.  They should be soon I'd think...  Every WM here seems to have gotten in this mysterious assortment of a larger case of figures.  So there's something to look forward to anyway at WM.