Back to the Dolphin marriage...

This just has me howling out loud right now in laughter:

"I made a dream come true. And I am not a pervert."

Oh I wish all stories could end that way...  Sadly there's always one part of that equation missing, isn't there?

If you HAVE to end your dream come true statement with "And I'm not a pervert", then you probably are.

BTW on the automatic weapons thing I actually know some guys in groups like that.  I've gotten to shoot some pretty sweet antique firearms like a Thompson used in WW2, and a German MG440.  I loved firing them at a range...  We didn't shoot a Thunderbird (I was pissed, I could've used some parts off that car before they blew it up) but it was still a blast to shoot at targets.  The Thompson was just great though.  I'd known about its kick and to aim low when firing and it basically can spray upward, and it does just that.  Cost the guy that owned it a fortune though, and he only brought it out like once a year at most.  Rest of the time it was on display in a case custom made for it.

Rob, not yet I don't think, but I'd imagine we're not TOO far off now.  Month or two maybe? 

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.

Not act like the biggest knob in his primary school at a forum.

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. 

My head only holds in my brain, some blood, and fluids...  So it's hardly a true dam.

Happy birthday Victor, hope you had a good one man.

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.

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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!