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Power of the Force 2 / Re: POTF2 Playsets: Thoughts?
« on: June 17, 2008, 07:32 PM »
Thanks. I don't mean to highjack the thread, but that Death Star really is a love-letter to the POTF2 Playsets, so I had to share.
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That's awesome!  What did you use for the base structure?  Looks very Death-Star-ish.

Everything except the detention block, compactor base, and the bridge platforms (from the 25th anniversary Luke and Leia set) is hand made (by me) out of foamcore, foamies, and odds-and-ends. The thread detailing the creation of each level (with many more pics) can be found right here. The bottom level will be five years old next month, holy crap!

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Power of the Force 2 / Re: POTF2 Playsets: Thoughts?
« on: June 16, 2008, 04:52 PM »
I enjoyed the Death Star Escape set enough to build an entire Death Star playset around it...


I was a big fan of all the playsets back when I got them, but they haven't come back out of storage since I moved.

Actually, I think I much preferred the Cantina and Jabba's Palace pop-up displays to any of the plastic playsets. If they were looking to go back to a line of environments, I'd prefer them to explore them more to the playsets.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: Previews Exclusive Pirate TIE Fighter
« on: June 16, 2008, 04:12 PM »
I believe they were basically decoys meant to anger the Imperials, but I digress...

Big pass for me. I still haven't picked up a big-wing TIE, but at 55 bucks I don't think this is in my price range at all for what it is. Hobbie is interesting and a great use of existing parts to get a good exclusive figure out there, but I only plan on having one TIE and this one obviously ain't gonna be it.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: TLC Millenium Falcon
« on: June 16, 2008, 04:05 PM »
I was talking about the reality of this purchase with my wife yesterday (JangoTat's pics got me thinking and I had to make sure my display spot for it would work...it will), and I told her it's the only thing I'm really looking for Star Wars-wise this summer, but at the same time I don't really expect to see it right away. I'm not going to be combing the stores for it like I did years past for other must haves (POTF2 Rancor and Bantha come to mind as such hard targets), and if stores are getting 2 or 4 in per shipment, these will be gobbled up quickly in the beginning.

I don't want to imagine it being that scarce all the way through the holiday season, but the dice could roll the right way and this could be the next Elmo or Wii...or just an item scalpers realize they can buy all of knowing they can profit on eBay.

If I completely miss out on this version, (I am not going to pay above retail or shipping costs!) I know I can wait for the redecoed/new voice chip-ed  ESB's 30th anniversary version circa 2010. You heard it here first...

Either way I am not going to sweat getting it...but when I see it, it will be mine.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: 2008 Evolutions Sets
« on: June 13, 2008, 02:24 PM »
Quote from: jedi_master_sal on June 13, 2008, 11:19 AM
Quote from: ctonra on June 13, 2008, 09:37 AM
Sal,
     If Muftak passes on Bigg, I would be willing to trade/buy him from you,
Chris

Okay cool. For now I'm only looking for Kashyyyk troopers. Though when wave 2 Legacy hits I'll be looking for a few multiples there.

Consider the Biggs on hold for you, if Muftak passes. If I don't hear from Muftak by the end of the day, then the trade will default to you.

I'll let you know.
-Sal

He's all yours, ctrona. Thanks for the offer, Sal. I appreciate the gesture.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: 2008 Evolutions Sets
« on: June 12, 2008, 09:12 PM »
Well I wasn't gonna believe the red B-Wing pilot until I saw him, but YAY! close enough I guess.

Wonder if Biggs's body isn't just a Death Star Gunner...pictures aren't clear enough to tell. I don't need the clone pilots (though that is certainly an upgrade from the POTF2-styled ROTS pilot...just wish they would have tagged him as "Oddball") so I probably won't be picking this set up, but Biggs as an all-new sculpt would be enticing.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Build-A-Droid vs Running Changes
« on: June 12, 2008, 08:06 AM »
Looking over the latest rumor list for the ANH wave brought an interesting wrinkle to mind. I was thinking it would've been nice to see Han and Luke stormtroopers be a running change since the tooling difference and deco change are pretty negligible, and it would free up a spot in the wave for one more all-new character.

Then I realized any running change during Legacy/Build-A-Droid is going to result in an extra droid piece. (As will, in the larger context, army building as a whole.) Would you want Hasbro to hold off on running changes for the length of the BAD experiment (slotting two endor troopers, for instance, as individually numbered figures in the same wave or breaking them up over two waves to work out the change itself,) or would you still prefer running changes to get more variety out of the army builders and background characters of future waves, even if it means one more protocol droid arm?

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: TRU B-Wing Starfighter (Dagger Squadron?)
« on: June 5, 2008, 12:44 PM »
The wing and landing gear features were definitely on the vintage version...it was one of my favorite toys as a kid.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: Entertainment Earth 6-Pack
« on: May 29, 2008, 02:22 PM »
Shadows of the Empire, then.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: Wal Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: May 8, 2008, 04:45 PM »
Not to mention the fact that very soon one figure will cost eight dollars USD anyways. What's two more dollars at that point?

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The Vintage Collection '10-'13 / Re: Big Items of the Future!
« on: May 8, 2008, 04:42 PM »
If the Falcon is successful and they want to repeat that success, they very well could be looking at doing a companion ship in the Star Destroyer. Sort of the big good guy/bad guy ship dynamic.

Three feet long, with a detatchable top and hollowed-out center featuring Darth Vader's Bridge with crew pits and computer stations. A separate area with Vader's meditation chamber. Sort of the Kenner playset on steroids (which, of course, is exactly what the BMF is too.) Launching misslies, light-up engines, movie sounds ("No disintegrations!" "You are in command now, Admiral Piett!").

It would fail, I think, because while the fans are pumping their fists in victory over a 50% scale Falcon, there would be distaste for a 5% scale ISD. Instead of "I can't wait to shell out $150 for that" it would be "I can't believe they expect me to buy that!"

It would wind up sitting, and that would kill the big-ticket stuff again.

I have complete faith that we will see a Death Star before the end of everything, but I would believe a three-foot Star Destroyer toy would postpone it indefinitely.

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: Wal Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: May 8, 2008, 04:01 PM »
 :-[ Sorry Scott...next time I guess I'll read the whole !$@%&#ing thread before I reply.

Oh well, off to create my new Ice Cream Maker Guy petition...

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: Wal Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: May 8, 2008, 01:43 PM »
Quote from: iFett on May  8, 2008, 01:26 PM
Quote from: Ryan on May  8, 2008, 12:38 AM


Is this a joke?   ::)   I seriously got some good laughs out of that pic though.   ;D

The first thing I thought when I saw that was...it's Holiday Special Luke Skywalker!

"Oh, hi Malla! Where's Chewie? You mean he hasn't got there yet..?"

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: 2008 Evolutions Sets
« on: May 5, 2008, 07:18 PM »
I must be in the minority that really didn't care for Tycho's enormous hat, then....

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The Legacy Collection '08-'10 / Re: 2008 Evolutions Sets
« on: May 5, 2008, 06:37 PM »
We've known who and what this figure was going to be for quite a while now...I'm surprised by all the negativity. It's exactly what I thought it would be.

I think I'm looking forward more to this second pilots set than the first one.

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