I'm going to be hitting every random IP I can to vote for my character(s) I believe.

But yeah, the voting is on...  I wonder who will make the top 25?  Should be interesting.

Oh...  Ouch.

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By the way JohnH, I apologize for NOT coming in and digging up random tidbits of his past to post.  Missed it before the lock, but damn that would have been great because he set himself up for much ridicule.  Not that anything positive like a banning would have come of it...  Well, maybe mine since I work here.

Lots of figures I want...

SA Fleet, Hoth, and Endor Trooper...
Hermi Odle
SA Death Star Trooper
Sgt. Doallyn
New SA Kyle Katarn

I've got tons I want, but Hermi Odle's probably the single weirdest figure I want at this point

Vagina isn't a dirty word, you can say it, but yeah Mid-wife probably works better...  Or "Ooba Droid" is my preferred name since for some weird ass reason it says that...  "Oooba...  oooooba..."

WTF is that about?  Anyway, I'd take one and the Vader 2-1B-ish droid.  I'm all about wonky background droids and aliens mixed into the line.  Troop Builders always get my preferential treatment, but yeah the background characters are what make this one of the broadest toy lines ever.

A couple points I don't know I agree with...

-Trooper Designation...  I see your point Brad, but while I think it's applicable and "generic", I still think that a Clone Army would have a substantially less diverse ranking for "troopers".  I think Sergeant is a leaping point for rising through the ranks, but that anything below Sergeant is "Trooper".  I could see at the same time "Trooper 1st Class" or some such, but I think Corporals and Privates are non-existant ranks within the Clone military...  To me, the Clones come out as skilled soldiers.  More skilled perhaps than even recruits would come out of training as, and thus they're treated differently...  How that plays out with the Imperial military (which I view as recruits), I don't know.  I could see Corporals and Privates and PFC's and such.  I don't know.  Just how I view it though.  I see a simplification as being something the Clone military would have adopted at least.

-On the Pauldron Issue...  To me, the pauldron works a dual role.  First it serves as a means for civilian interaction on some level...  Who they can talk to, who they can't talk to, etc...  I think that makes some sense if Stormies are doing a policing role at all.  But also I think that a HUD system is something prone to failure, or something that isn't reliable in combat situations.  The Pauldrons don't indicate specific ranks but rather a generalization...  Orange being the "highest" color indicating an officer on the field but it could be anything from a lowly Lieutenant to whatever the highest rank is that dons the armor (not sure on Generals from my own POV but I could see Captains at least being the highest ranking Stormtrooper Officers).  The colors make the fog of war clear up a little bit, and you can see where your sergeant is, or your specialists...  The Pauldrons aren't always used, and often it's more the environment that dictates their use rather than anything.  Tatooine's sandstorms and such give good reason to use them there, and a planet prone to fog for instance, or rain/snow (though not a frigid world like Hoth, just a battlezone seeing snow flurries or whatnot) would make sense to have the easily identifiable Pauldron.  I figure Corpsmen, if they exist, use them too...  I have this concept of them having their own pauldron with a striped design.  I even actually thought of doing a custom Stormie Corpsman with a red/white stripped AT-TE Gunner's Pauldron.  Just a weird idea I had that I thought would look cool (I figured you'd appreciate that Brad).

-The Issue of "Field Commanders"...  I don't look at them as being as high ranking as a general in Earth Military terms...  To me, I'd liken them more to an "active" Colonel perhaps.  I view the Jedi as clearly above the Clone in rank, and as the true General on the field...  The strategist.  It's the Clone's responsibility to coordinate that strategy on the field then, so I view them as a bit lower rank than General but not terribly lower.

I do see them as being active soldiers on the field too, more than others, but even the Jedi are generally active in battle...  Which is odd and unique to Star Wars but it's how I just view Cody and others.  Bacara was at the front, Cody was at a place where blasts were zinging past so I viewed his position as more of a frontline Commander because of that...  Gree I could see being similar but standing with Yoda because maybe that's what Yoda wanted him to do?  Otherwise though, my view of CLone Commanders is that they're active fighters too...  Probably better protected and surrounded by "better" soldiers than just "Troopers" (Lieutenants, Captains, Sergeants, etc.), and not AS active in the fighting as any random grunt, but I view them as definitely active fighters...

I then view military structure of the Republic as having a SUBSTANTIAL Sentient grouping.  Strategists like a young Jan Dodonna for instance, a young Wilhuff Tarkin, etc., etc...  And sentient soldiers.  Maybe doing mop-up work, acting as support and such for fighter crews, crewman for destroyers and such...  I think the republic military was "small" (for a galactic military anyway) prior to AOTC, but it would swell during the Clone Wars and while Clones would make up the main fighting bodies that there would be substantial sentient support military personnel and some fighting bodies too. 

Just some more random thoughts...  Fun turning a rather pointless topic into something tollerable.

It's kind of cool for being very specific.  I like it overall but I know the price I'm going to just despise.  This, like Jeff said, will be anywhere in the $10 - $15 range I'm sure...  Like everything else Target gets.

I do think it's kind of neat and surpasses the exploding Grievous in every way as far as looks.  Love the fire effects, and he comes with the pike too which is cool.

Ones like this kill me though...  I am cool with the Lava figures being left on card, but this figure I sorta want one opened to set with a Pilot Obi-Wan holding the pistol.  I don't wanna buy 2 though so I'll most likely just get one and open it.  Unless by some miracle Target decides to lower prices.  Even if it was $8 or so I'd consider 2.

Some things of note...  At the end of ROTS, Tarkin's uniform isn't far off from Classic Trilogy Imperial...  It's my belief that the Republic Military dress changed during the Clone Wars from the Blue Tunic/Slacks to the Imperial Colors, but I also am a big fan of the notion that there's more to the Republic military than Clones...  A LOT more.

As far as gear, the fighters seemingly take a big change at some point, but EU's shown an early AT-AT in use in the Clone Wars, and AT-ST (and other walkers in their class) in use in the Clone Wars as well...  Then other EU shows AT-TE's and other CW era vehicles in use during the Imperial era...  I think the "change" isn't real obvious, at least not anywhere but with fighters where maybe technology is advancing quicker within the arms race? 

I figure Stormtrooper armor becomes a standard at a point where the Emperor wants a more structured, and unified military with less individualistic ideals...  I figure the Individuality was something Jedi instilled in their Clones through some odd sentimentality or some subdued attachment, and the Emperor wants to wash that away with "new standards".  This could tie to ideals of the "New Order", "The Tarkin Doctrine", and other structural foundations of the Empire.

Just some random thoughts...  There is some cross-over being shown though where some technology is still gladly used, some changes slightly, and some more seems to change greatly like fighters where they go from a very unique design with the V-Wing to the "TIE" class of fighters...  Seemingly abandoning the other classes for the most part after the X-Wing is lost to the Alliance early on.

Interesting thing to watch though I believe.