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Shadows of the Dark Side / Re: Imperial AT-AT
« on: June 25, 2010, 11:21 AM »
Hmm, would it be impossible for them to release everything all at once internationally?
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2010 "Vintage" Collection Wave 1 - ESB
« on: June 25, 2010, 11:20 AM »No offense or anything, but do you go to counseling for collecting SW stuff? You seem awfully high strung here at JD.
Why do you feel the need to call me out bro? Just put me on "Ignore" if you find my personality tiresome. Life is too short for you to be worrying about what goes on inside my head.
I just love toys. I am excited for the relaunch. Anything I collect, I collect with passion.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2010 "Vintage" Collection Wave 1 - ESB
« on: June 25, 2010, 09:01 AM »Looks like these have hit Toys R Us here in the UK, with a little luck I'll get my mitts on some of them tonight after work.
I saw the photos this morning. How can you even work knowing that stuff is out on the shelves? I would be going batsh*t crazy thinking about that all day.
I'm going to be a complete wreck by the time we get to August.
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Shadows of the Dark Side / Re: Imperial AT-AT
« on: June 25, 2010, 09:00 AM »
Can someone explain why Hasbro doesn't release stuff in the US FIRST, and the rest of the world afterwards?
They're a US company, their biggest market share is probably right here, I just don't get it.
I understand the stuff is manufactured abroad, but they're not cranking them off the assembly line in the UK or Australia. Why does those countries rate ahead of us?
I assume they must have a good reason, but I'm curious what it is.
And I know this doesn't apply to everything in the various lines, but particularly the figures always seem to hit abroad first, exclusives aside.
They're a US company, their biggest market share is probably right here, I just don't get it.
I understand the stuff is manufactured abroad, but they're not cranking them off the assembly line in the UK or Australia. Why does those countries rate ahead of us?
I assume they must have a good reason, but I'm curious what it is.
And I know this doesn't apply to everything in the various lines, but particularly the figures always seem to hit abroad first, exclusives aside.
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars Wave 11 (aka 2010 Wave 1)
« on: June 23, 2010, 02:30 PM »
Posted this in the other thread, but in case anyone missed it, I found 2 full cases from this wave on the pegs at TRU today during lunch. You could have knocked me over with a Pilf Mukmuk.
No idea if this was an aberration or whether these might start showing up again, but I had no inkling these would be back around, so it was a great relief. I grabbed a Hondo and Aayla for openers immediately.
Might be worth checking around if any of you guys still need these.
No idea if this was an aberration or whether these might start showing up again, but I had no inkling these would be back around, so it was a great relief. I grabbed a Hondo and Aayla for openers immediately.
Might be worth checking around if any of you guys still need these.
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: June 23, 2010, 02:26 PM »
Surprise, surpise!
I strolled into TRU at lunch today on the offchance they might have anything interesting, and what did I happen to find but TWO full cases of TCW figures from the Hondo/Aayla wave earlier this year. My eyes just about popped out of my head!
I scored BOTH Hondo AND Aayla for openers, which I have wanted forever it seems like. I was on the verge of caving and going the eBay route but I'm so glad I didn't now.
Now all I need is another Magnaguard redux for openers and I am totally and completely 100% done til the relaunch.
I strolled into TRU at lunch today on the offchance they might have anything interesting, and what did I happen to find but TWO full cases of TCW figures from the Hondo/Aayla wave earlier this year. My eyes just about popped out of my head!
I scored BOTH Hondo AND Aayla for openers, which I have wanted forever it seems like. I was on the verge of caving and going the eBay route but I'm so glad I didn't now.
Now all I need is another Magnaguard redux for openers and I am totally and completely 100% done til the relaunch.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Last Minute....WORLD CUP Pick 'Em
« on: June 23, 2010, 12:13 PM »
That was too close...when is this team going to have an offensive explosion ala Argentina or Portugal?
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: General Vehicle Discussion Thread
« on: June 23, 2010, 10:59 AM »
So apparently the re-deco Republic Tank is part of the same case assortment as the Cloud car and Snowspeeder. I guess we knew this, but I saw confirmation on SWAN from some lucky bastage that already picked up a haul of new stuff from his local comic shop.
I assume this is where the whole August 6th Street Date talk started...
I don't think I can wait another 5 weeks!
I assume this is where the whole August 6th Street Date talk started...
I don't think I can wait another 5 weeks!
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Hasbrotoyshop.com and Clone Wars
« on: June 23, 2010, 10:55 AM »
Posted this in the other thread, but the Fall Wave 1 figures are up now...all say "Sold Out".
I wonder why they would say Sold Out and not Pre-Order though. Did some lucky SOB's manage to score these already?
I wonder why they would say Sold Out and not Pre-Order though. Did some lucky SOB's manage to score these already?
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars Wave 14 (aka Fall 2010 Wave 1)
« on: June 23, 2010, 10:53 AM »
HTS now has this wave listed on their website. All are shown as "out of stock" though...damn. 
Gettin' closer...
Gettin' closer...
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Are Stormtroopers Clones?
« on: June 23, 2010, 09:15 AM »
I think if that was true Leia would never have made the comment about Luke being "a little short" for a Stormtrooper. If any old schmoe could be a Stormie she wouldn't have batted an eye. But the fact that she picked up on Luke's height right away implies to me that all the Stormies are of identical physical dimensions, IE: clones.
The whole thing about "running out of DNA" seems rather sketchy to me, as they could simply grow more samples in the lab, if only in a petri dish.
Another explanation would be that they're continuing to take samples from Boba Fett. That's probably why Vader had him on Speed Dial when he needed bounty hunter services. It's not like no one would have made the connection to Jango.
And the point about the Empire not wanting to get infiltrated by rebels seems plausible to me and would support the Clones only theory, as well as the whole implied xenophobia thing.
You really can go either way, I just have a lot more logical problems with the idea that they're NOT clones. That seems way more complicated to me.
The whole thing about "running out of DNA" seems rather sketchy to me, as they could simply grow more samples in the lab, if only in a petri dish.
Another explanation would be that they're continuing to take samples from Boba Fett. That's probably why Vader had him on Speed Dial when he needed bounty hunter services. It's not like no one would have made the connection to Jango.
And the point about the Empire not wanting to get infiltrated by rebels seems plausible to me and would support the Clones only theory, as well as the whole implied xenophobia thing.
You really can go either way, I just have a lot more logical problems with the idea that they're NOT clones. That seems way more complicated to me.
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Are Stormtroopers Clones?
« on: June 22, 2010, 10:32 AM »
The simplest and most sensible answer IMHO is that they're just clones. You can dream up any of a dozen different reasons why they would have lost their accent, that's a minor detail.
As far as I'm concerned, any sort of anti-clone argument that uses any EU material as "proof" is flimsy at best. I can dream up any old nonsense and throw it in my blog and that holds about as much legitimacy.
Rant over.
As far as I'm concerned, any sort of anti-clone argument that uses any EU material as "proof" is flimsy at best. I can dream up any old nonsense and throw it in my blog and that holds about as much legitimacy.
Rant over.
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Exclusive R8-B7
« on: June 22, 2010, 08:39 AM »
Is this perhaps going to be a Target exclusive? K-Mart, TRU and Walmart have already unveiled their own, sort of...
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars Wave 18 (aka Fall 2010 Wave 5) RUMORED
« on: June 21, 2010, 08:13 PM »
I thought Bossk came out ok, but mini-Boba seems like a real yawner.
Can't wait to see Robonino!
Can't wait to see Robonino!
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: CW Deluxe Figure & Vehicle Line
« on: June 21, 2010, 08:12 PM »
That's cool as hell. Might need one just for opening...does the helmet come off the figure?