What a fantastic read.  And what a great number of pages added after only just an evening away.

I seriously have to laugh though...  I love the "They're obsessed with me" defense KitKatFlimFlam pulled over at RS.  The same lame-ass defense every knob has tried since the dawn of the internet when everyone calls them out on douchebaggery. 

I love that he seems to know more about what is going on this thread than anyone knows about what's going on with him anywhere.  Obsessed?  Indeed, but not the way he sees it I guess.

Really, this pain could end if he'd really just be civil, turn over a new leaf, be the stand-up guy and admit that he acted like a dick throughout his early times elsewhere to earn a bad name among his "elder" forum members over yonder.  It's not like the hostility towards him is unwarranted...  He's notorious for attacks, he's notorious for holding grudges, he's arrogant and condescending, he's a troller and flamer at forums he's on...  I'd have more respect if he'd admit the fact that he picked the fights that have earned this reputation for him now...  That he came by this honestly and regretted being the same "idiot noob" he so hates and openly loathes over there.

Either way though, whatever...  He's an angry guy, he can't get his jollies unless someone hates him because he likes stirring **** in a social setting...  He's the girl (in any girl clique) that talks **** behind every one of her friend's backs while watching the chaos ensue, and he enjoys seeing the anger and focus on what he started...  It's why he dumps on people who like the classic trilogy, it's why he dumps on collectors who have complaints, it's why he dumps on anyone...  It's just who he is.  People like that are on all forums, and generally in every social setting anywhere you go.  He's not even the only one of his kind at Scum...  He just makes his voice the most known.

 

Quote from: Rob on January 19, 2006, 11:42 AM

I'd like to invite Mister Kenobi back to continue our discussion from last time.

Yes, his "Jackhole" account has indeed been unbanned here.  In fact, it was kind of a mistake that he wound up being banned in the first place, as we were rather excited to be able to chat with him over here.

So Jackhole, please come back and play with us.  We'd love to have you... 

- Matt

Matt speaks the truth here btw.

That night Dale/myself/Matt were on and Dale (doing his job) quickly canned MattKattNadam for being a peckerhead.  Everything about his nic and profile was bannable, much less his actions on the forums which were blatantly meant to start a fight here with staff.  So **** happens.  He got canned and left, and I think I quickly reinstated him but he was gone...  Like Matt says though he wasn't meant to be banned and only got re-banned because none of us were around to basically babysit the kid (which he needed).  By all means though, he's welcome to defend himself but from what I saw last time he just came to try and throw a few insults out with the full intent of getting tossed out on his ass right away.  Hardly anything that would compell any of you to read what he said.

He's far more interesting to tallk to, and a very attractive man.

 

Ah haha, yes.  I like that.

Oh - and then they always go to JD to post their jokes about me (and Dustin, Philip, DBB, etc) because they all lack the required "hardware" to post it here and to our faces

I LOVE this quote...  Why?

Because it's MisterKenobi's lameass way of trying to drag Dustin, Philip, and DBB into his little ****fest, and hopefully have them take action on people there, for what is said here.

Fact is, nobody who's isn't banned there is saying much about those three.  I don't make fun of any of them.  I don't care for their way of running things at RS either and I voice that, but I hardly "offend" any of them.  I'm sure DBB when he comes to Pittsburgh (he keeps saying he wants to go to Comic-Con some year) will get a PM from me to let him know he can contact me when he's in town.  I don't care.  Dustin and Philip would too if they were coming to Pittsburgh just because I'm a cordial kinda guy even if we have had disagreements...

The thing is though, KitKatFlimFlam's just trying WAY too hard over there to really get people in trouble for **** they do here.  If anything, if I were Philip or Dustin, I'd be GOOD and pissed right now that wonder twat Mister Kenobi decided to bring stuff FROM here over there.  You want someone to throw the book at?  It's that sopping wet ******bag, because he should have his head far enough out his ass not to bring up JD...  Afterall, our staff have learned what the response is when you do, so why would he think his saying stuff there is any more acceptable on their site?  Stupid.

Seriously, when will he get "it" that people talk about RS here because they CAN'T talk about it at RS?  Because a lot were banned for criticizing the site, so now they're basically saying everything here about everything wrong with that site in this thread.  We don't care...  If anything, it's good to vent and god knows we all share that common bond in how we feel about over there.

I like how he brought out people's names directly over there...  I'd really think that those attacks openly there, where he knows he can't really do that, would be looked at closely by their site's staff.  I know Rob and efranks have good names there among the membership.  It's only MisterKenobi who they don't like, and who they talk openly about OVER HERE.  I don't know when he'll ever "get it".

I wonder who's name he dropped?  I missed that, but yeah it's funny to think about it.

Well...  Hmmm

Are you looking to expand it left, right, the center, etc.?  That'll sort of effect my opinion.

I'd look up a plastics distributor in your area.  GE POlymer Shapes is mine, a division of GE of course, and they sell giant sheets (if you have a truck, it's something you're gonna need) for cheap.  Enough you could do several floors up for it...  Really nice.

For detail work you can hit up the local hobby shop that has a full evergreen display or plasti-struct display.  Mine, unfortunately, is being persnickity and not putting a good display up, so I gotta drive a little ways.  That's the detail work though.

The big sheets are what you need.  Not too thin, but not too thick either or it'll be too thick to just score and snap off pieces you want.  I have some here that I need to use a jigsaw to cut.  Cool for projects where "thick armor" is a neat look, but a pain to work with compared to T-squares and Box cutter blades, ya know?

I'd say, I could see you doing a single stright rectangular "box" pieces that attaches to one END of the playset you have set up in that picture.  If you could get a 3rd playset (mostly complete) and finish the guntowers at the top, you would really have a cool gunnery tower actually (there were I believe 3 in a row visible).  The sorta rounded end would be cool looking I think, and then you'd have the other side (say the right side for arguments sake) as a complete, large "box" that makes up a structure on the Death Star's surface...

On the interior of the sets you have, I'd elmiminate at least one of the "chasm swing" levels by making it a solid floor, or opening it up as a chasm with no bridge...  Wish I could draw this stuff for you DD, I have some cool mental images on it actually.

For the trash compactor I'd scrap much of what the set has and see if you can't actually build soemthing around the Screen Scene playset actually.  The base is fantastic, you'd have to build the walls though.

Sounds like a lot of work what I'm suggesting, and I'm sure it would be, but it's just some thoughts I had.  Not sure what kind of size you're wanting to go for with that beast.

"Super Articulation isn't defined by anyone, so complaining about it is stupid, blah blah blah blah"

Sorry, I'm just venting about some of the blabbering I read at some other site, from some of their assumed recent massive head trauma patients.   

Seriously though Paul, I figured you'd be on those two.  I'd probably settle for a handful of Tuskens to complement the impressive army I somehow accumulated of all the other scultps.  Not to say I wouldn't take a dozen, but 6 probably would make me happy.

The Scout Trooper though...  Ugh.  I want I think 20.  I want less than my Stormie army, however if I threw my CT's into that mix then I'm thinking I may want 30 or so Scouts if I can find them in that kind of abundance.  Stan (who shows up here from time to time) said a new Speederbike may be around the corner.  Could it be made with this figure in mind?  I dunno.

I'd like a hefty Scout army  though as they were in fairly heavy rotation with Stormies on Endor, and my Stormie army really shocked me as to how many I had when I tallied them up the other day, so now I know I want scouts to go with them.

I wish Hasbro would recirculate these VOTC figures that are prefection throughout the line.  The sculpt is there, use it.  Stormies need out on the pegs, that Chewbacca could be re-used with both its headsculpts, Han should be re-used.  I'd buy Leia again if they maybe put a hood-up head on her.  VOTC sculpts are as close to perfect as it gets generally, I wish we would see these re-used more often than they seemingly want to.  I mean, Cantina Han again!?  ****. 

Hey, anyone that knows me knows I'm the first to pipe up about articulation...  Cody, as of now, hasn't got me too upset.  I thinkt hose elbow joints are deceivingly posed, and I think there's more to that articulation point than we're thinking.

Ankle joints I like, but that's the one new articulation point we've seen in recent years that, if it came down to it, I can live without...

The things I'm sure, or semi-sure, are omitted on Cody are his shoulders aren't ball/socket, and his ankles don't appear to be articulated, and I'll live with that...  If his arms are angle-cut (AT-TE Gunner style joints), at that point I'm going to be highly disappointed.  It will render the figure barely poseable.  You'll get a couple poses, that'll be it.  The ball/socket elbow is much more important, and hides perfectly, so that will be disappointing.

I see a ball/socket torso, and knees, so I'm happy there.  Those elbows are my only concern, and I really can't tell what's doing, but I do know that a ball/socket can look like that, and so can the AT-TE Gunner's arm.  It's weird how they have him posed.

From a strict business sense, any noise is good noise, but of course things aren't that simple...  So Jay's got a point, but in the end I think if they go the "worst case scenario" route, then we'll see a negative backlash which isn't what the possible intent is...  Well it certainly isn't of course.

But, I'm leaning more and more to a packaging thing.  Still, people need to band together with local collectors, team up and get those sets if you want the exclusive...  I know I do, as odd as it is, but if these turn out hard to find it'll be a mess no matter what it is...  Packaging for (*gulp*) figures, that are the real "bounty hunt" item.

I hope for packaging since it's happening one way or another, but I have my sympathies for the carded guys, no doubt.