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6" Figures / Re: 2013 SDCC Exclusive 6" Fett w/Carbonite Block
« on: May 29, 2013, 07:54 PM »
I think there may be more of these than past SDCC exclusives... Just a hunch.
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Other Collectibles / Re: Angry Birds Star Wars - The Toys
« on: May 29, 2013, 07:51 PM »
Meh, it's cheap I'm sure, and far less likely to offend the masses than, say, a set of TVC figures on the original 12 cardbacks... I mean, think about the pissy reaction at that point? Forget it.
SDCC exclusives have been impossible to get in recent years for most... Myself included among them since I'm usually at work when they're posted online. For me, this is not interesting and thus I'm not mad about it, nor am I happy about it. I just don't care.
SDCC exclusives have been impossible to get in recent years for most... Myself included among them since I'm usually at work when they're posted online. For me, this is not interesting and thus I'm not mad about it, nor am I happy about it. I just don't care.
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LEGO / Re: Lego 2013
« on: May 29, 2013, 02:10 PM »
Priced right around what Orthanc is in the LOTR line, so if you want to draw a comparison that thing's like 3 feet tall (albeit one big spire). That means an Ewok Village could be 3 trees at a foot tall each maybe? 
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The Prequel Trilogy / Re: Rumor: No more 3D Prequel Releases?
« on: May 29, 2013, 02:09 PM »
I'd still go see it... For all the PT bashing, I'd go just because it's Star Wars in a theater, so yeah, I'd watch.
I thought TPM 3D actually looked ok. Maybe I just don't know any better but I enjoyed it.
I thought TPM 3D actually looked ok. Maybe I just don't know any better but I enjoyed it.
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Feedback / Re: JediJman's feedback
« on: May 28, 2013, 07:26 PM »
Justin picked up some AT-ST's off me recently. Thanks man!
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The Prequel Trilogy / Re: Lucas and Kasdan hashing out Anakin's backstory in 1981
« on: May 28, 2013, 12:07 AM »
I viewed the line from Leia as more of a force impression than an infant's memory... Kind of the force at work in Leia. In that tone, I rather enjoy the thought. I still would've found it interesting if Padme had survived and gone into hiding as well, but passed away from something between trilogies.
Yoda fighting, I really hoped for a force showdown... Not the sabers. I felt like using the force to beat your opponent was A) Not used well at all in the Prequals, and B) established pretty nicely in ANH as the "gentleman's way", of sorts. Kenobi preferred it... Vader wasn't going to let him go that route, and then the whole thing about him becoming more powerful once struck down and all, but I felt like Kenobi established that use of the force showed one's TRUE power, and that was carried throughout the OT then...
Flash forward to the Prequals and there's these force stalemates that then require decisions be made with lightsabers. Meh. That's for the weak. Yoda/Dooku having Yoda hand Dooku his ass just by force beating him up would've been great. Then YOda being fought to a Force Stalemate with Palpatine... Have the saber reveal there. Have Yoda's basic character itself be broken by Palpatine because Palps leaves Yoda no other choice than to get brutal. Don't make it so hokey, just have it become almost something he uses to escape a situation he's pretty sure he's about to lose even. Yoda's exile to Dagobah is sort of in some kind of "shame" if you will.
Yoda fighting, I really hoped for a force showdown... Not the sabers. I felt like using the force to beat your opponent was A) Not used well at all in the Prequals, and B) established pretty nicely in ANH as the "gentleman's way", of sorts. Kenobi preferred it... Vader wasn't going to let him go that route, and then the whole thing about him becoming more powerful once struck down and all, but I felt like Kenobi established that use of the force showed one's TRUE power, and that was carried throughout the OT then...
Flash forward to the Prequals and there's these force stalemates that then require decisions be made with lightsabers. Meh. That's for the weak. Yoda/Dooku having Yoda hand Dooku his ass just by force beating him up would've been great. Then YOda being fought to a Force Stalemate with Palpatine... Have the saber reveal there. Have Yoda's basic character itself be broken by Palpatine because Palps leaves Yoda no other choice than to get brutal. Don't make it so hokey, just have it become almost something he uses to escape a situation he's pretty sure he's about to lose even. Yoda's exile to Dagobah is sort of in some kind of "shame" if you will.
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Return of the Jedi - 30th Anniversary
« on: May 28, 2013, 12:01 AM »
Jedi's finer pionts are tough to argue... The Space Battle, the Endor fight... Ewoks, I never got WHY people hated them? I didn't. I loved them. I didn't want to believe any of them died.
Speederbikes, Luke going batshit on Vader, Jabba's Palace/Sarlacc Battle... I probably lean to Jedi over Empire a little though the Battle of Hoth always gets me sucked in. But after that first 45 minutes or so that the battle encompasses I start to drift just slightly. There's obviously lots of greatness, but Jedi keeps me for the entire ride just a little bit more I think.
It's like deciding between Diamonds, Platinum, and Solid Gold though... You're winning regardless.
Then the next three films it's like picking from Silver, a lump of coal, and petrified dog ****.
Speederbikes, Luke going batshit on Vader, Jabba's Palace/Sarlacc Battle... I probably lean to Jedi over Empire a little though the Battle of Hoth always gets me sucked in. But after that first 45 minutes or so that the battle encompasses I start to drift just slightly. There's obviously lots of greatness, but Jedi keeps me for the entire ride just a little bit more I think.
It's like deciding between Diamonds, Platinum, and Solid Gold though... You're winning regardless.
Then the next three films it's like picking from Silver, a lump of coal, and petrified dog ****.
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12" Figures / Re: New 1/6 Vader?
« on: May 27, 2013, 11:56 PM »
Yeah no ESB one that I recall just this and the ANH Vader...
UGH man, I'm soooooooooo tempted. I keep clicking on it, staring, and backing out.
UGH man, I'm soooooooooo tempted. I keep clicking on it, staring, and backing out.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NHL 2013
« on: May 27, 2013, 11:54 PM »
Always a good series against Boston who always have a great team. You guys were always fighting for a top spot in the East too Jesse, so I think it's going to be a tough series.
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12" Figures / Re: New 1/6 Vader?
« on: May 24, 2013, 12:03 AM »
Jesse, where are you with this? I'm mulling... a lotta mulling...
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Middle Earth / Re: The Hobbit - Toy Line
« on: May 23, 2013, 08:48 PM »
I'll have to check that out as I've passed on the Goblin King but want that set a lot... also bolg. TRU's stuff was just way too much for the most part, for me to commit.
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The Wookiee Arcade / Re: Knights of the Old Republic
« on: May 23, 2013, 08:42 PM »
Yeah not sure WHY I like this so much, but I do... My gf's iPad will come in handy finally. Forget candy crush and words with friends.
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Movie Heroes / Saga Legends '12-? / Re: 2013 "Mission Series" Figure 2-Packs
« on: May 22, 2013, 07:58 PM »
I had a joke but I'll refrain. 
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12" Figures / Re: New 1/6 Vader?
« on: May 22, 2013, 03:04 PM »
All that light-up stuff, man... I want a center-piece Vader figure of sorts for my collection. This seems like a good way to go despite that price, but that price is very high.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Star Wars Rebels - Coming Fall 2014
« on: May 22, 2013, 03:03 PM »
Clone Wars' biggest issue, to me, was it was a very short window... Another reason the PT itself was flawed. The Clone Wars should've been longer than 3 years IMO.
I don't think it's a Clone Wars hatred on anyone's part... I loved the toon, though it sucked a lot more in the last 2 seasons than the earlier years. I think it lost its way a little bit.
This new era has a lot going for it...
A) It's largely unexplored turf... There are some small stories but nothing epic or expansive... Clone Wars had material already and that too could be viewed as a bit of a flaw. Its rampant stomping all over things was not good.
This era though, it's got a LOT of room for creativity without offending people. I think the biggest fear(s) are if OWK and Yoda get whored out in it too much... At all may be too much for some. I'd rather not see much on Yoda save for maybe a one-off of him landing on Dagobah or something. OWK, I guess I could handle seeing him on Tatooine doing something, but I really don't want to see him doing anything else or either one leaving their respective exiled planet.
B ) There is obviously a lot more OT tie-in available... One would have to assume Leia, Mothma, Tarkin, Dodonna, some of the Rebel Pilots, Antilles, Vader etc. are going to turn up in this series. And that's not getting into Jabba, Boba Fett, and their ilk. I think you'll have a distinct ability to sneak in even Ahsoka or other surviving Jedi getting hunted, and Stormtroopers, AT-AT's, TIE Fighters, Y-Wings... The OT goodness is just very likely to flow. You have a lot of things adults AND kids will like... I think that can only be good for it.
I think kids will react positively because it's a Star Wars toon... One with the Disney push behind it. I think adults will react more positively to an sorta-OT toon than Clone Wars. From the day the movie came out I remember adult complaints being rampant on TCW... Some justified, but I think many of the older crowd felt it was an even more juvenile version of the PT which was already viewed as dumbed down Star Wars. It won't hurt to have a much broader appeal is what I'm saying.
C) And of course, toys toys toys... A new toon is a new cash cow, potentially. A new era, if it takes off. Something earlier than the newest movie too, which is a year later. I think that might be a nice bridge... Right now the toy line looks to be sort of slow even into 2014, so this could be a major help in that regard, however the toys ultimately look.
That said, I still say separation of lines was a flaw in 2008, and that's about when the main line started to decline... TCW rose and fell with the cartoon too, it seemed, so I think less separation (stylized vs. realistic) is a major issue... Since adults largely didn't seem to support the stylized figures, and treated them as a wholely separate line of toys, I think it makes sense to not do that alienation to yourself. Will kids not buy because they don't look exactly like the toon (tough to say what this toon will look like even) they're watching? That's debatable. Hasbro didn't think so in 2008 when their Legends figures were all realistic "supporting" characters to the line that didn't have an animated looking figure. So I lean to a realistic look as being the safer, more logical way to go to keep the majority happy and interested.
I don't think it's a Clone Wars hatred on anyone's part... I loved the toon, though it sucked a lot more in the last 2 seasons than the earlier years. I think it lost its way a little bit.
This new era has a lot going for it...
A) It's largely unexplored turf... There are some small stories but nothing epic or expansive... Clone Wars had material already and that too could be viewed as a bit of a flaw. Its rampant stomping all over things was not good.
This era though, it's got a LOT of room for creativity without offending people. I think the biggest fear(s) are if OWK and Yoda get whored out in it too much... At all may be too much for some. I'd rather not see much on Yoda save for maybe a one-off of him landing on Dagobah or something. OWK, I guess I could handle seeing him on Tatooine doing something, but I really don't want to see him doing anything else or either one leaving their respective exiled planet.
B ) There is obviously a lot more OT tie-in available... One would have to assume Leia, Mothma, Tarkin, Dodonna, some of the Rebel Pilots, Antilles, Vader etc. are going to turn up in this series. And that's not getting into Jabba, Boba Fett, and their ilk. I think you'll have a distinct ability to sneak in even Ahsoka or other surviving Jedi getting hunted, and Stormtroopers, AT-AT's, TIE Fighters, Y-Wings... The OT goodness is just very likely to flow. You have a lot of things adults AND kids will like... I think that can only be good for it.
I think kids will react positively because it's a Star Wars toon... One with the Disney push behind it. I think adults will react more positively to an sorta-OT toon than Clone Wars. From the day the movie came out I remember adult complaints being rampant on TCW... Some justified, but I think many of the older crowd felt it was an even more juvenile version of the PT which was already viewed as dumbed down Star Wars. It won't hurt to have a much broader appeal is what I'm saying.
C) And of course, toys toys toys... A new toon is a new cash cow, potentially. A new era, if it takes off. Something earlier than the newest movie too, which is a year later. I think that might be a nice bridge... Right now the toy line looks to be sort of slow even into 2014, so this could be a major help in that regard, however the toys ultimately look.
That said, I still say separation of lines was a flaw in 2008, and that's about when the main line started to decline... TCW rose and fell with the cartoon too, it seemed, so I think less separation (stylized vs. realistic) is a major issue... Since adults largely didn't seem to support the stylized figures, and treated them as a wholely separate line of toys, I think it makes sense to not do that alienation to yourself. Will kids not buy because they don't look exactly like the toon (tough to say what this toon will look like even) they're watching? That's debatable. Hasbro didn't think so in 2008 when their Legends figures were all realistic "supporting" characters to the line that didn't have an animated looking figure. So I lean to a realistic look as being the safer, more logical way to go to keep the majority happy and interested.