If it's the early Collection 1 figures I'd actually buy it just because I waited on most of them.  Not like htey're "rare" or anything, so buying in one fell swoop would be alright.

Still, not the best little item, especially for such a high pricetag, but what do I know.

I want all of them except for Han and Luke. I'm undecided on the Rebel Trooper.

He sucks.

That's easily the most pathetic thing I've seen over there.  

I mean, Matt's got one of the biggest feedback lists, he was nothing but helpful over there (as he is over here and elsewhere), and Scum locked his feedback thread.  Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!  You have someone who's obviously a community asset, who works overtime to make the hobby better, and they locked the all positive feedback for him because they're bitter.  Hah!  Hell it's not like Matt can even post there or anything, but his feedback still represented A) posts for their site, and B) it looked to most as if there was someone really great/helpful lurking...  Now everyone knows Scum removed someone from the site that just went above and beyond to help everyone...  Scum cares just about THAT much about that community.  Nada...  Zilch.

Where's that picture of a baby crying?  It's never been more appropriate than now after Dustin's move there.  That's pathetic on levels he probably can't even fathom.

Ginanalbri,

If you can't add any substance to the conversation it's probably best not to post at all instead of posting that you seem to not care about the conversation in the first place.

As far as the name I've always wondered this as well...  Could be a Clone Officer amongst the 41st since that's who Palpy took with him, but does every officer in the Clones have a name?  Seems odd and even odder for Palpatine to use the name(s).

At the same time I've always kind of had it in my mind/view of the Republic military that there has always been some form of standing army/navy the Republic uses even during peace time.  The starship crew for the Republic Vessel that took Obi/Qui-Gon to the Trade Fed ship in E1 is an example...  Danl Faytonni (I don't buy his EU story so I assume he and Ach Med Beq are NOT con-artists but just republic military personnel) is an example of Republic military too...   To me anyway.

They just don't have a huge army that could stand up to the Separatist forces at the onset of the Clone Wars.  The Republic, IMO, still was forming militarily by recruitment during the CW though and I figure that command crews, maintenance (You see some of them in the Clone Wars toon running around the Clone Fighters), and officers (Admirals, etc.) would be non-clone humans. 

This tradition of non-clone personnel then would grow in the Empire in my little vision of Star Wars, and the Clone personnel would diminish greatly or vanish all together even, as recruitment slowly took over.  WIth that then, the "Clone Wars" would come to their close, and the new wars would be a basic civil war being fought "brother against brother".  Empire Vs. Alliance.  No Clones, no droids.

That's of course just my point of view on the Star Wars galaxy's evolution of wars.  It's what let's me sleep easy at night as an uber dork.

-Kashyyyk Beachead:  SA BARC Trooper, Repaint Preview Wookiee Warrior (new gun), New Sculpt Wookiee Warrior, Beach Obstacle(s).  To me this set would be worth sinking LOTS of money into for army building purposes.

-Temple Investigation:  Yoda, #41 Sculpt 501st Trooper, New 501st Clone w/hideable hole in chest for Yoda's Saber.  Another set I'd buy at least a couple of for the Clones.

-Separatist Assault:  More an army building set than anything, but it'd just be a new SBD, and 2 (non-bendy-cheap-plastic) Battledroids.

-Shaak Ti's Demise:  The prototype Shaak with the chest hole, a good Grievous with removable cloth cape, New Magna Guard (SA).

I'm all for some of these figures making it to basic cards too.  I think Hasbro's short-sighted with figures they slip into "multi-packs" or exclusives and not put out into the basic line.  The Wookiee's, clone's, etc., would all make good basic release to make a little more moolah...  Maybe not when the set's released, but down the road a short foreseeable distance perhaps.

My ideas are more 3-packs and less scenes (kinda lacking in accessories which sorta make the screen scenes what they are), but I think they'd make nice 3-figure boxed sets.  Worth the $15 - $20-ish pricepoint.  I think $20 you HAVE to dish out something special though in that the figures must be highly desireable and new...  The Jedi Council sets have proven that $20 for rehashed crap isn't really acceptable to the masses.

Hmmm, new here, one post, and not back for his own thread?  Man...    Guess maybe he didn't wanna stay?

Yeah I say open it.  Motti's not COMMON but "rare" is tough to apply to any figure that isn't fetching tons on Ebay.  Good figure, one of the better IO's they've made, and I think the "smooth" sculpt of the uniform is more realistic than the more heavily textured Ozzel/ROTS Tarkin figures (Tarkin's not bad at all).

I have 2 loose Motti's, one's for future possible customizing needs.  Good figure, just needs more articulation to sit down at his seat he gets choked at.

General Madine's sporting a beard like this, however both the Royal Marine and US Spec. Forces figures from 21st Cent. Toys have just the facial hair you're looking for...  The bad news though?

Not the easiest figures to find and not figures you'll find out at retail I don't believe.  Best bet is checking line stores like BBTS or the now defunct Small Blue PLanet used to have them.     Yeah, not much help.  If I had my collective **** together I'd offer you a cast Fritz, but I don't at the moment have that together.

CFL?  Wha?

Kicking a beaver around or something?