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Messages - Jesse James

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Target "Demise of Grievous" Figure
« on: January 3, 2006, 05:03 AM »
Rob, not yet I don't think, but I'd imagine we're not TOO far off now.  Month or two maybe? 

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Top 5 Hotties
« on: January 3, 2006, 12:49 AM »
Scott's image makes me thirsty.

18423
Middle Earth / Re: LOTR Trilogy Figures
« on: January 3, 2006, 12:46 AM »
I saw him at TRU a bit but he's long gone now.  They were the only ones getting any LOTR in for a while it seemed.

I missed the Kings set and maybe the Elves one too.  I also missed the set that had Sauron, Elendil and someone else in it...  I forget.  I saw it and passed on it at the time because of money then went to get it for my bro and it was gone.  They had dozens too, literally, and they were all gone.

I did get him the battle troll set though, thankfully.  He'd wanted that.

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Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 3, 2006, 12:43 AM »
I feel incredibly inadequate right now.

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Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 2, 2006, 09:21 PM »
Not act like the biggest knob in his primary school at a forum.

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Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 2, 2006, 09:12 PM »
That's a man baby!

18427
Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 2, 2006, 08:59 PM »
And honest to god is an "I like man bum" sig necessary?  That's just meh.

And your profile says you're a 1000 year old man.  Hardly a woman named Elizabeth.  ::)

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Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 2, 2006, 08:56 PM »
You're planning a trip to Bankok then I see?  That surgery is possible there.

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Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 2, 2006, 08:50 PM »
My head only holds in my brain, some blood, and fluids...  So it's hardly a true dam.

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Newbies / Re: Hello What is up?
« on: January 2, 2006, 08:36 PM »
Yeah and telling our noderators they suck just isn't proper.  I cried before I had some Mac & Cheese, then it was all better.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Happy Birthday Victor_Von_Doom!
« on: January 2, 2006, 06:21 PM »
Happy birthday Victor, hope you had a good one man.

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Customizing Tips and Tricks / Re: Fodder Alert!
« on: January 2, 2006, 06:08 PM »
Where they are varies by store findswoman...  Sometimes its hotwheels, sometimes it's right alongside Star Wars, sometimes an endcap...  I hear all kinds of different spots.  The vehicles are rarely with the figures too which makes little sense at all.

I've also heard some stores clearancing them before they'd even been put onto the floor just because a shelf tag wasn't alotted to them on the plan-o-gram.  Now that'd be a great find if I ever stumbled upon tons of the XD figs for cheap.  And with 2 more confirmed lines on the way, this series is pretty hot as a collectible right now.

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Original Trilogy Collection / Re: tie fighter pilot???
« on: January 2, 2006, 05:55 PM »
I was for whatever reason thinking I'd reviewed the TIE Pilot but I guess I didn't... 

It is like night and day though with the POTF2 figure, no doubt, though the color lets you kind of hide the POTF2's in your Saga/OTC TIE Pilot ranks.

The articulation on the new TIE Pilot's improved but I was a little underwhelmed by it actually.  The right arm has swivel bicep and wrists making it fairly articulated while the left arm has just the glove/wrist swivel.  And of course it has standard shoulder joints.

The knees are ball/socket joints, that's where the big improvement really was.  I was disappointed in the arms though and I think Hasbro can obviously do better.  The Clone Pilot and Saga AT-AT Driver are more what the TIE Pilot should have been.  I can tell what they were basing their TIE Pilot off of though.  You can pose him just like a production still of a TIE Pilot extra from ROTJ, it's uncanny the way the arms are made to match that still identically.

The sculpt is 100x better though.  This was a figure I actually didn't care to see made anytime soon.  I just wasn't a huge TIE Pilot fan, so he wasn't high on my list (kind of like the AT-AT Driver actually).  The sculpt is real crisp though, with lots of detail in the uniform.  The helmet is amazingly detailed as well.  One more articulation downside though was that he has no waist articulation.  He's sculpted separately at that point, but the way he's constructed doesn't allow for his waist joint to move.  The same problem was on Saga's Captain Antilles figure however it was possible to pose him at the waist with a little work and care.  Not the TIE Pilot.

I remember the OTC TIE Pilots were in mass abundance for a while.  I got some on clearance as I recall even.  Wal-Mart had tons, so finding them shouldn't be too too hard.

EDIT:

By the way Ithorian Clergy,

If you wanna post images in a thread you just copy/paste their URL in the image tag lines by using this button    up in the toolbar.  I just used the technique to show the button actually. 

If you click the button it shows you the text code in brackets.  You just paste the URL into between the text brackets.  voila!

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Battle of Geonosis Wave
« on: January 1, 2006, 11:51 PM »
I'm almost hoping they don't just repaint the figure though.  There were differences in each one's gear and little extras on the armor and such as I recall...  I could be wrong though. 

I could see the figure being a base though that they add the appropriate gear and paintjob too.  That'd be just fine by me.

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Battle of Carkoon Wave
« on: January 1, 2006, 11:49 PM »
I'm hearing weird stuff about the arms (I haven't looked at him too closely).  Are the shoulders not poseable?  If that's the case, man that really sucks ball to be perfectly blunt.  I'm cool witht he legs being a uni-pod, what witht he robes and all, but the arms are about the only part of the figure Hasbro had almost an obligation to focus on.  I mean, look at Mas Ameda for criminy sake. :)  That figure has better arm articulation than most classic trilogy army builder figures and still had leg articulation.  That's pretty impressive for a dull chunk of plastic.  I'd think old Lobster Bib could have had arms that good... 

The neck fat is what I'd heard most gripes about.  I thought the face was off...  Passable to me, but not spot-on likeness like we'd all enjoy I'm sure.  If the arms are not poseable though, this may as well have just been a PVC figure you could get for $.99 then.

Still love that knife in the belt though.

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