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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Target "Skirmish At The Senate" Battlepack
« on: December 24, 2005, 01:17 AM »
I dunno, #6 Shocks weren't easy to find on basic cards around here...  However I've blown the photo up and the nubs definitely aren't a packaging distortion, however I can't say what they are...  They look like the antenna's to me but even if it is the #41 it doesn't mean that's what we'll wind up getting either so it's neither here nor there at this point.

I don't think it's always easy to tell an articulation point either by photographs.  For my money, I can see a vague line/difference at the torso but nothing significant to conclusively prove to me it's either sculpt.  The SA Clone's torso joint is fairly "tight" on the figure though and I don't notice the separation of the pieces on any figure really unless the picture is just at the right angle.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: 12/16/05... Stern's Wrapping Up
« on: December 24, 2005, 01:11 AM »
Well Boozley Friggin' Bop for you.   >:(


This is our Tool Du Jour...   ::)  It's unfathomable really.

Though...  And I'm a big Carolla fan overall, but I still think he's gonna suck.  His show on Comedy Central is a HUGE failure and just is painful to watch when it (was) on.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: A Festivus, for the rest of us!
« on: December 23, 2005, 09:58 AM »

Happy Festivus, and with the skism and the flizzle and the Jello Brand Pudding.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Christmas Songs that Suck
« on: December 23, 2005, 09:52 AM »
A truly horrible song indeed Scott, and let me add this to the contemporary list of yule turds...

Can't think of what it's name is, but it's a song where this kid's buying his dying mother a pair of shoes.  First, I don't like songs that completely ruin Christmas happiness anyway.  It's a time to be happy, to enjoy life, not to depress yourself...  Second, it's so incredibly over the top.  They play it incessantly on the local station that's playing all X-Mas music right now and I hate this song...

I have NOT heard Snoopy Christmas yet this year and it's bugging me.  I love that song.  I've had to listen to my .mp3 of it but was hoping it'd be on the radio.  I know it's not a favorite and made this list but man I loves me some fighter pilot Snoopy.

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: TSC Recent Purchases
« on: December 23, 2005, 09:45 AM »
$6.99 is going to force me to be a good bit more choosey with what I buy...  Army building is going to be a bit more calculated, custom fodder too...  And figures like Fett won't be on my "to buy" list now whereas they likely would have been picked up at the $5-ish price range...  Things start jumping in price and I gotta alter my habits to accomodate.

I'm hoping a competition war will cause some drops at Target and Wal-Mart at the least...  TRU hopefully will come to the $6 range and KB and KM can just suck it.

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Power of the Force 2 / Commtech Stormtrooper Issues
« on: December 23, 2005, 07:36 AM »
The CT Stormie is probably one of the most produced figures in the modern line...  It's been seen repacked a number of times, it was in the popular 4-pack army builder sets...  It's just a figure that's seen lots of production.

So I was going through my CT Stormies tonight doing a count on them and I have over 80 which I was surprised I didn't have 100.  Kind of made me feel like I am a bit lazy but that's neither here nor there...  My VOTC Stormies put me over 100 so that's cool.

The CT stormie rocked but I noticed something about the original figure...  The temperature change "deco" on the chest is prone to yellowing.  Not all of mine are, but a few were yellowing I noticed and they've been kept in an absolutely perfect environment (no smoking, etc.).  I'm sure it's just the make up of the decoration itself...  It's yellowing somewhat to how a decal yellows on model kits, and really the way it's applied it looks like it was some kind of a decal (there's even a clear film surrounding where the blast mark is).

Anyone else noticing this anyway?  It's not major, and my figures aren't yellowing at the limbs and things, but it's just surprising to me a bit.

BTW 80 figures is impressive...  Some are still in their white mailer boxes but I have 60 opened and once I get some hands casted for them (and lop off the stuck hands) this figure will be 100 times better.  I put some spare Clone hands on a CT Stormie and it really does improve the figure completely.  A total 180 in quality.  No VOTC, but a good passable figure and army builder. 

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Power of the Force 2 / Re: Cloud Car
« on: December 23, 2005, 07:28 AM »
I was perusing my junk the other day and came across the EU Airspeeder and I have to agree with the first poster on this (albeit old thread) that it's an underrated toy.

The concept cloud car fits in perfectly with the canon film CC I believe and the figure with the ship was really ahead of its time in sculpt.  Whoever made the figure over at Hasbro should really be proud of the detail he captured...  There's even evidence of a high cut boot under the tight pants...  That's some pretty remarkable detail for the time.  I think the EU pilot makes a good "citizen" figure for your Bespin set up or other dioramas where you'd need some background filler.  The figure's pretty sharp looking though and was good for its time certainly...  The airspeeder pilot was good too but very large/tall compared to other figures.

Anyway I popped a CC Pilot in the EU vehicle and he looks good...  Just that much more reason to want the real Cloud Car released, but this is a nice, believable looking vehicle for Bespin too.  Who's to say they didn't use both models ya know?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: 12/16/05... Stern's Wrapping Up
« on: December 23, 2005, 06:12 AM »
Ugh...  I saw, for the first time, commercials on my local CBS station for David Lee Roth who takes over for Stern in the mornings here...  They're horrible commercials and really are just the kind of thing to give you a hint of the bad taste in your mouth that Roth is about to leave across the nation I think...  or at least where they're airing him.  I know Pittsburgh's one of the unfortunate cities to get his lame ass.

Looks like it's time to turn my dial to the oldies station till I get my Sirius...  I can only fathom how bad his show will be.  I may listen the first day just to see if he gets pounded by prank calls.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: A Festivus, for the rest of us!
« on: December 23, 2005, 06:10 AM »
It's Festivus for the rest of us I guess...

Happy Festivus and happy holidays to you all.  Enjoy the weekend...  Be safe traveling for those of you who have to and have fun.

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Customizing Tips and Tricks / Re: casting ?
« on: December 23, 2005, 12:54 AM »
Plasti-Dip is not resin...  It's a material used for dipping handles on tools into to coat them.  It can be used for capes I suppose but I've NEVER tried using Plasti-Dip to "cast" with.  I don't even know what kind of effect it would have on a mold.  It may be polyeurethane rubber (likely is actually) and stick to your mold curing as part of it if you're using rubber molds.

As far as casting with resins/plastics, when you look into them they have shore hardness ratings you can gauge by as to the flexibility of the material when cured.

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: SAGA price hike?
« on: December 23, 2005, 12:46 AM »
Seems like the price increase may be on...

At $6 I'm alright...  $7's a bit much though and I'll be cutting back a bit if that's the case.  $6 I'll still get some for customs and army buidling but unfortunately less than I likely would have otherwise.

I still wholely expect some kind of price reduction as the whole competition thing kicks in.  Target's not even reportedly getting anything yet...  When they do I expect WM to try undercutting them.

KM and KB will always be high though, and TRU was higher than WM or Target this past year so I'm not expecting them to come down much.

EDIT:

BTW it's so great to say this here without some dickless wonder telling me how "If a $1 or $2 increase is really that big a deal to you, you probably should quit collecting and being so cheap, or go get a real job"...  Last I looked, that was a popular thing to spout off about elsewhere for some folks...  Glad to see we can talk price increases here and not have to demean each other about how we view value and our spending habits.  Good knowing we've got a solid respectful group guys, seriously. 

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Ultimate Lucas Collection
« on: December 23, 2005, 12:44 AM »
Yeah I do like seeing NEW stuff sold as exclusives...  That's a plus.  I'd dig that McQuarrie set a lot myself as I think it's the best way to offer concept figures.  The Stormie sold well but I think that's a bit of a fluke honestly.  I love the concept stuff but I think Vader and the like would sit on the pegs if it got shipped as heavily as other new figures do.

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: Target Exclusive Utapau Shadow Trooper
« on: December 23, 2005, 12:39 AM »
I've heard a LOT about either reshipments of these (maybe a 2nd wave of them was sent out at one point or another?) or just that stores were really stocked up with them.  I know that I had hit a store here and they'd had some and I got one there.  Then they didn't have any my next trip (at least that's what the computer told me).  Then a buddy said they had about a dozen on the pegs weeks later.  Very strange this figure was.

It's a good figure too so it's nice people didn't seem to have a horrid time finding it if they used the DPCI...  It's neat having it, but I just wish they'd had more at a cheaper price.  It's one I'd have loved to army build with.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Robot Demonstrates Self Awareness.
« on: December 22, 2005, 01:13 AM »
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Because you want coverage from when the metal ones come for you.



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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NHL 2005-2006 Thread
« on: December 22, 2005, 01:10 AM »
Oh come on, it's KC...  it's got...  Uhm...  Hmmm. 

Oh wait, it's got this really cool...  Uhm...  No, wait.

OK, they suck, sorry.

The Pens thing was basically saying they don't need public funding because a gambling group's backing a lot of it I guess...  I didn't catch all the details but it's a huge push forward.  It's forcing politicians to sorta give the slots license to Lemieux's group or there'll be hell to pay publicly.

It'd be huge for uptown in Pittsburgh which would have a nice retailing, office, nightlife complex plus the arena would be a huge improvement to the city...  Downtown's getting a new skyscraper supposedly to be done by 2008 so the whole core of the city is looking to get a facelift much like the North Shore has gotten (where the Stadiums are at on the other side of the river from downtown/uptown).

Good stuff really...  We just need a mall built into the buildings downtown like Indianapolis had, and some improved mass transit like our T, but expanded to the North/East/West instead of focused on the South...  That'd be a big help.

Anyway, things are looking a lot brighter for the Pens and the arena, though they'd been on the positive side for a while.  Now if the Pens can just get on track to win games, cut the fat, and build their Defense...  It'll be great.

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