I know when Luke's saber came last week from MR, he said "So, is this what part of the tax refund went for?" and I honestly answered "No, of course not",  as it went for another prop...again not my fault he asked the wrong question.

That's too funny jadesfire!  

As for me, this isn't a major concern quite yet, as my girl and I are still several months away from officially engaged status.  So for now, my finances are solely mine to be concerned with.  But I suppose if I don't find a nice enough rock to stick on her finger, she might seriously start eyeing my collection and pointing out the lopsided discrepancy!  

But once we're engaged, and obviously even moreso once we're married, I'll have to get a feel for her tolerance on my SW spending habits before I officially decide if "sneaking" stuff will be necessary.  I'm guessing it might just be.  But I suppose as long as she's allowed to continue on with her massive clothes and shoes collection, she should hopefully not have much of a problem with my Star Wars stuff.   Keyword: Hopefully.

Well there would still be the minor task of meticulously removing the edging of the original bubbles, which is still currently attached.  Then finding perfect new bubbles for each one (along with the respective figures of course) and meticulously resealing them.  Pretty challenging task, though I'm sure there's some pretty good counterfeiters out there who might be able to pull it off.  

But if you look real close, you'll be able to identify some of the small cuts, tears and scrapes on that occurred when the original bubbles were removed.  But I suppose if craft reseals are thrown up on eBay, with no way to get a good close look at them by the potential buyers, then anything could happen.  Might be too late by the time the buyer receives the items and realizes he just got his chain yanked!  

Nice to have you aboard Barfly!  You picked a great site to chat Star Wars on here.  These are some of the friendliest folks around!  Have fun.

Grant

Welcome Josh!  You'll soon discover (if you haven't already) that this place is great.    Friendliest bunch of collectors I've ever come across on the net!  I haven't even seen the slightest hint of chaos, disruptive behavior, arguing, flaming, insulting, disrespecting, etc., etc., etc.  Everyone here is just a big bunch of buddies!  Very refreshing to be a part of.  So welcome to the friendly bunch!  Have fun.

(Big JD group hug)  

Grant

Welcome to the party Matt!  This is a great place to talk shop, with some of the friendliest and and most personal collectors around!  Nice to have you here!
Grant

Wow, that's very cool!  You're right, I never have seen one of those.  The $3,500 BIN is "a little" out of my league, but thanks for the heads up DSJ.  It was certainly worth a look!  

I'm really glad to see the added availability for the silver Fett figure.  Though I doubt I'll be able to get to any of the conventions myself, it sounds like many people will be able to, and that's definitely good for a lot of the collectors out there.  Hopefully the Fan Club gets a nice supply of them in afterwards to satisfy the rest of us who can't get one on the convention route.

And welcome to JediDefender Vic!  It's great to see you visiting this site as well now.  I know you'll get some good input from these guys (and gals)!  Best gang around the net from what I've seen so far.  

Entertainment Earth just put up a pre-order for the Yoda, Han, and Boba Fett Unleashed figures.  You can get a piece of the action right here.  Only $57 for the set - not too bad for an e-tailer.  Nice picture too!