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Other Collectibles / Re: Unleashed Again

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:46 PM »

Quote from: mosnab on April 25, 2005, 03:38 PM

I believe one of the Q and A's (at GH maybe), asked if they would be returning in 2006...and they said "Yes, and no". Still sounds like they are continuing either way, so that's good news to me.

I think what they meant by that was "YES" as in there will be more unleashed out in 2006" but "NO" as in little to no NEW figures. Expect a lot of re-cards for now...

It sounded like they wanted to get some of the older pieces that are selling for fat cash on eBay re-released so that folks could pick them up.

And that sums up all the attention I gave to Unleashed over C3. Oh, that and the Emperor/yoda piece looks really cool. If I was collecting these, I'd love that one.

Jeff

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: Evolution: Silver now Holo

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:42 PM »

Quote from: Pete_Fett on April 22, 2005, 10:33 AM

Ok - this is going to sound stupid but, where did this figure come from?

Who's going to have it as an exclusive, how much, when is it available?

See HERE.

It is this summer's convention exclusive figure and will be on StarWarsShop.com in the fall...

Jeff

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Original Trilogy Collection / Re: Defender Wish Lists 2004: Original Trilogy Tournament of Champions

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:36 PM »

This is about as good a place as any to post this...

I handed over to Hasbro a copy of the JD Top Ten Polls for each of the movies, as well as this poll for the "best of the best" top ten request list.

They said they'd take that info home, so maybe, just maybe, we will have had a hand in helping them to plan out 2006/2007?

Jeff

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Celebration III: Indianapolis / Re: The "Official" C3 Picture Thread!!

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:28 PM »

Yes, that is him and he is surounded by a rather large group of JD dudes as well...

In fact, if you do a bit of detective work, you'll see that JD Staff members made their way into pictures posted at Rebelscum AND GalacticHunter. Man, did we get around...

Waldo's got nothing on Matt!

Jeff

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: "Evolutions" assortment...

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:25 PM »

Quote from: mosnab on April 25, 2005, 03:19 PM

Maybe this wasn't mentioned there, or maybe this is a dumb question....but are these expected to be a "wide" release? Not limited to a certain retailer or anything, right?

Right now, they are supposed to be everywhere, not exclusive, and should have a $20 price tag.

Also, they only have these 3 sets planned so far, but at the QnA they indicated that sales of this line will determine whether or not they go back and do more.

When we were talking to the Hasbro guys later, they said they had quite a few figures on the list already that they'd like to do if they get the chance to make more - Padme, Obi-Wan, 3PO. Almost made it seem like if there is a next wave, it'd likely be those three.

Jeff

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: JD Pics to Names Thread - The Celebration 3 Edition

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:15 PM »

Quote from: Lady Jaye on April 25, 2005, 03:11 PM

Umm how old is Chris Berry??

He is 35, but he has that disease like Emmanuel Lewis or Gary Coleman where you never get really old looking.

Jeff

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Princess, Please read...

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:13 PM »

Quote from: Lady Jaye on April 25, 2005, 03:12 PM

What no one snagged a pic of BDW??? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Why would we post a picture of BDW in the Princess Thread? Look someplace else (like the JD picture thread, C3 edition) for BDW.

Jeff

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: "Evolutions" assortment...

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:12 PM »

Quote from: evenflow on April 25, 2005, 03:01 PM

I dont know how i feel about the packaging, but i love the line. I hope they keep it going.

The packaging is VERY cool in person. The figures are actually in a tray that is designed to slide out without opening it. You can see the notch to grab the figures out on the far right of the JD picture. That way, you can get a good look at them without opening it.

Each package has a large head shot on the left of the package. Very cool and a bit different from what we are used to seeing.

Jeff

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: What Hasbro really wants to do...

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:08 PM »

Quote from: rebeltrader on April 25, 2005, 02:38 PM

So for those who went to C3, can you give any feedback on the unproduced toys? You could not make out squat on any of the pics shown. And as far as the proto Death Star Playset. I realize it was only a drawing? but what could be made out on the layout?

Quote from: Nicklab on April 25, 2005, 02:52 PM

Nothing of the sort was said about the Death Star being in development, and there were no images whatsoever.

I think he was talking about the pictures Vic Wertz had at the Collector Panel about unproduced toys. At that Panel they DID have a drawing/plan shown for a DS playset that was planned around 97.

Both JesseJames and I were at that panel, and some of the toys they showed were great! Specifically on that DS Playset though, it was basically a 3ft diameter round ball It opened into 2 halves and inside each of the halves were removable "environments" that could be taken out and played with separately (like removable shelves). There was a Trash Compactor shelf, a DS Detention Shelf, a Falcon Hangar shelf and more.

You could use it as a HUGE diorama, one big playset, or several smaller playsets. So, you basically had a 3ft tall "Death Star" for your X-Wings to fly around OR a kick-ass diorama or a super-fun toy for kids. It was verycool, just waaaaaaaay too expensive to ever get made. It was targeted at a $250 price point!

No wonder it never got made.... no retailer thought they could sell it.

Jeff

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: "Evolutions" assortment...

« on: April 25, 2005, 02:51 PM »

Quote from: mosnab on April 25, 2005, 02:38 PM

It looks like SirSteve's Guide has pics of a packaged sample of the Anakin to Vader Evolutions set. You can view them HERE, and scroll through the pics to see a few more shots.

Hey!

We got pictures HERE at JD too ya know!

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Celebration III: Indianapolis / Re: Everyone Get Home Safe?

« on: April 25, 2005, 02:04 PM »

I got home last night and crashed...

My flight landed at 6:30pm after a small delay. I left the airport, grabbed some food on the way home, and was in bed by 8pm.

I woke up at 8am for work today.

12 hours of sleep, not counting the 1.5 hour nap on the plane, and BOY could I use it.

I had a grand total of 18 hours of sleep over the 4 nights of Celebration 3 (Wed-thurs-Fri-Sat) and some of the other guys got even LESS. Now that's a party worth attending.

Jeff

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Watto's Junk Yard / JD Pics to Names Thread - The Celebration 3 Edition

« on: April 25, 2005, 01:56 PM »

In the ~~shameful~~ proud tradition of JD and Hooters...

Group #1 (Wednesday Night)

From Left to Right):

Jesse #1 [JesseJames] - red/white shirt
Jeff [Nataku] - orange/blue shirt
Jared [Tydirium] - hiding behind Jeff
Adam [BigDumbWookiee] - tan shirt
Mr. jadesfire - hiding behind BDW
Beth [jadesfire]
Matt [JediMAC] - always near the girls
Brent [Morgbug] - hoarding the yellow bag o'treats
Jamie [jjks] - now with White Hat!
Chris Berry - standing next to Jamie (YEP, that's Chris)!
Ms. JesseVader08 -sitting in front of CB
Jesse #2 [JesseVader08] - standing near his lady
Jason [HoloElvis] - the head above Jesse #2's head
and last (and least

), Dale [DSJ]

Then, we got this shot of Matt and his best pal Shannon (Princess):

Group #2 (Friday Night, after Smokey Joe's):

From Left to Right):

Brian [soggybottomboy] - standing
Brent [Morgbug] - with fancy Canadian mustache
Dave [jokabofe]
Jeff [Nataku]
Ed [Landothescoundrel] - making sure his gal is cool with him being soooo close to Hooter's gal #1
Hooters Gal #1
Chris Berry - one can only imagine how many ways we've warped him after this trip.

Hooter's Gal #2
Matt [JediMAC] - distracted by Hooter's gal #2
Shannon [Princess] - wearing her shirt again for Matt
Apokolips - GH dude slumming with the JD crew.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Met any other SW forum members?

« on: April 25, 2005, 01:40 PM »

Quote from: BigDumbWookiee on April 25, 2005, 01:15 PM

We've met?

Wow, what else happened these past four days I dont remember?

Well, I was at Hooter's on Wednesday night... how many of those Guiness did you have?

You'll laugh when you see the picture...

Jeff

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: Celebration 3 Figure: Talking Darth Vader

« on: April 25, 2005, 01:13 PM »

Celebration 3 Vader - In Stock

It says limit 4 on one part, and limit 2 on another part of the text.

Why the hell did I bust my ass bringing these back for people?

On one hand it's cool for those that missed it, on the other hand it sucks ass because I wasted 5 hours of my life getting my figures before they started spreading the word you could buy them later.