Well, last night's game deserves a big "Randy Award":




This one goes to "Mr. At-Best Adulterer":


Hero of Game 2, Goat of Game 3.  ONE point in the first half?!?  My favorite part of the whole thing though was the pre-game interview in which this dorkwad was talking about how he'd like to leave the Lakers for the Knicks next year to play with Stephon saying that his heart isn't in it anymore with the LAkers.  

HUH?  Complaining about your current team just hours before a pivotal Game 3 in the Finals?  Way to have your head in the game jackass!

Jeff
"Asleep at the switch?  I wasn't asleep, I was drunk!" - Homer Simpson

I heard the song "The Future Freaks Me Out" on the radio and thought it was kind of catchy:
The Future Freaks Me Out Free Download

I saw that the CD was $10 at Target so I bought it.  Great little CD.

Jeff

Trio of NHL All-Star Defensemen named to Hall of Fame:

Bourque, Coffey, Murphy to the Hall of Fame in 2004

Three VERY talented defensemen.  All three won the Stanley Cup at one point and played for the teams that most of here root for (Edmonton, Pitsburgh, Detroit, LA and more).

Jeff

Huh.

Nothing new and no news on Agen Kolar or sets #3 and #4 other than to say they are coming this fall.

Nice to see Hasbro updating their site more often though... they have such a chance to use the site to generate early buzz, but just sit on pictures and info until everyone already knows about the stuff... wouldn't it be nice for them to post a few surprises every now and again?

Jeff

Well, Memorial Day has come and gone...

The highest I saw prices here reach was $2.29⁹ per gallon, Wednesday before Memorial Day.

Prices have been slowly trickling back down over the last two weeks.  I filled up the car this morning at $1.78⁹ per gallon!  

I was actually excited to pay less than $1.80 per gallon again... funny how time change so quickly.  Seems like just a year ago I was paying around $1.25 per gallon and thought that was high.



Jeff

http://lucasarts.com/games/swbattlefront/index.html

Coming for PC, PS2, & X-Box (around $50 at release).

I'd imagine that the figure will come with the PC version (the usual way they do things, consoles get no freebies), but that could be wrong.

Due in stores around Sept 21st of this year, BattleFront is an on-line Multi-player game much like Batlefield 1942 and the rest.  Lots of people running around pounding on each other.

A trailer and playable Demo is set to be included in the OT DVD set, so I supposed if you happened to pick up one of those by chance, you could try it out there and then buy the game if you like it.

Jeff

From the
GH Swami:

Hasbro does plan on releasing a Cantina Aliens 3 pack in OTC packaging. While Swami is not 100% certain if Big H will include figures such as Kitik Keed'kak and Dr. Evazon in this new assortment, he'll bet his turban that this will be the case. The 3 packs will come in 2 sets.

Sounds to me like the Swami was on board... did it get conflicted elsewhere?  Maybe we have yet to see it just like a lot of other stuff in that Swami report?

Jeff

Hmmm...

-4-LOM
-Zuckuss
-Banniss Keeg - Duros Cantina Alien
-Bom Vimdim - Cantina Alien
-Gotal - Cantina Alien
-Hem Dazon - Cantina Alien
-Darth Vader - Bespin Dinner
-Imperial Gunner (reportedly a new sculpt)
-Luke Skywalker - Endor
-R5-D4
-AT-AT Driver (new sculpt, possibly along the lines of the SAGA TIE Fighter Pilot)
-Astromech droid (designation unknown)
-Ree Yees

Like it was stated earlier, if Hasbro sticks with the themed waves, this doesn't make sense to me, but whatever.  It's probably nuggets here and there, where we learn two figs in the wave and the rest is filled in later maybe?

And regarding the Cantina figures, what ever happened to the rumor of the Cantina wave 2 being released via K-Mart?!?  Wasn't there supposed to be a second set of three as well or something?

And couldn't the "Astromech" on the list just be the Ep3 preview Obi-Wan's droid that the GH swami predicted on?  I'll bet that's who the little droid is.

CLONE WARS
The Clone Wars may not be over quite yet. Rumor has it that a third and fourth wave of animated figures may be on the way.

Well, now that we know there are more episodes on the way, that will only bolster the rumors of more figures.  Why?  Beating a dead horse.  Do we really need Padme, R2, 3PO, Greivious, Bariss, Kit, Luminara, Obi-Wan in Armor?

DELUXE FIGURES & MULTI-PACKS
-Darth Vader - 500th Edition Figure .This is a commemorative edition figure. It's reportedly the most accurate rendition of Darth Vader ever, and may surpass the 300th Edition Boba Fett in quality.
-Max Rebo Band 3-Pack. This is currently being reported as a similar presentation to the Return Of The Jedi era Max Rebo Band 3-pack.

Vader interests me, the band pack does not.  I've already got the vintage band and the PotF2 version.  Do we really need a third version?  I hope it's just a repack so I can skip it.

BEASTPACKS
-Rancor
-Bantha

Nice for those who missed them.  I'll pass though.

VEHICLES
-Twin Pod Cloud Car

Didn't Mike at GH say that Hasbro lost the original mold so we'd probably never see it.  They couldn't possibly be working on a new one could they?  I'll go ahead and write this one off, especially since it's been rumored since 2000 and it still isn't here.  As the last real OT vehicle that's yet to be re-done, it will be constantly rumored...

Just my $0.02,
Jeff