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Vintage Kenner / Re: Vintage Figure Checklist
« on: April 24, 2012, 09:02 PM »
I know exactly what you are talking about, and there really is none - it's a shame. Even the forums over at RS are pretty lackluster on this subject. I have been searching for awhile now and there really is no definitive catalog.

The best reference guide/checklist I have seen is the old SWCA/Toys R Gus one which I have bookmarked at work but not here at home, oddly enough. I will try to post it tomorrow.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2012 "Vintage" Collection Wave 13
« on: April 23, 2012, 09:39 PM »
IMHO, those Vintage stinkers sit around way longer than any alleged peg warmers from the Clone Wars line. All our local Walmarts have had those pre-TPM figures marked down to $4 or less for months now, and they're just not moving.

But good luck finding any Clone Wars figure in the SOTDS packaging at a Walmart or Target now. That stuff blew out quickly once it got cheap.

I agree with Adam that their secondary characters sell just fine, but since we are no longer getting any of these, it's sort of a moot point, really. 

People don't get excited to own toys that have current media support? I can't agree with that, Hasbro just has to make smart decisions.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Super Hero/Comic Book Movies
« on: April 21, 2012, 10:40 PM »
I never read the subsequent material, but I recall his first appearance in Omega Men. Man, that was a fantastic comic. I still have them all.


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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: April 20, 2012, 08:56 AM »
Quote from: Pete_Fett on April 19, 2012, 07:15 AM
Yes, I ordered them from Target.com over this past weekend. The Attack Recon Fighter is still in stock, but the Submarine set sold out pretty quick.

Thanks Pete, I checked last night and it looks like both of these are back in stock now. How badly did they rape you on shipping? I don't like sites that don't disclose that up front. I don't have the time or inclination to create an account there just to see how much they plan to gouge me on shipping.

I also noticed they have some sweet ass role play items they are not selling in stores for some inexplicable reason. I would buy Anakin's gauntlet and Pre Vizsla's Vorpal Sword in a heartbeat for $15 each if I ever saw them. More money left on the table...

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Official Darth Big Boy, Bearer of Bad Celebrity News RIP Thread
« on: April 19, 2012, 06:58 PM »
The Celebrity Death Trifecta is now complete...RIP, Levon Helm. And then this guy:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/04/19/jonathan-frid-original-dark-shadows-star-dies-at-87/?hpt=hp_c2

Was never a fan of The Band, but I will always remember Levon fondly as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter.

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Discover the Force / Movie Heroes / Re: Movie Heroes Battle Packs
« on: April 19, 2012, 04:59 PM »
Looks like Fonzie in a blond wig.  ;D

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: CW Deluxe Figure & Vehicle Line
« on: April 19, 2012, 08:30 AM »
I opened my Republic Scout Speeder last night and came away disappointed. It's just kind of boring. The design is cool enough, but I think pretty much EVERYTHING in the Class I line should have some kind of action feature, at minimum firing missiles. Nothing on this thing shoots. They work firing missile accessories into every other carded figure it seems, so I don't see why this is so hard.

$6 is about as much as I would want to pay for this thing, so I can't complain really, but meh.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Everything Rebelscum
« on: April 18, 2012, 10:11 PM »
Are you cereal?

That's ridiculous. I would have told them to shove it right up their ******* asses.

That place takes itself waaaaay too seriously. Rebelscum my ass, they roll much more like The Empire with that heavy-handed, humorless crap.

That just comes off as petty and immature. Get over it already.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: April 18, 2012, 10:02 PM »
Quote from: Pete_Fett on April 18, 2012, 05:52 PM
Got my MIB and opener sets of the Attack Recon Fighter and Republic Assault Submarine today.

Both are GREAT sets, it's just too bad that these probably won't ever be actually seen at retail, thanks to the stupid move of repacking 1999 toys at 2012 prices.

So did you end up ordering them online? Apparently these were only spotted in Texas and one random Walmart in Atlanta.  ::) I kept waiting for the eventual spread of other sightings but they never came.

I have a feeling I am never going to see these things either.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NHL 2011-2012 Regular Season
« on: April 17, 2012, 05:22 PM »
Reminds me of that old Rodney Dangerfield line:

"The other night I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out..."

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars Wave 27 (2012 Wave 2)
« on: April 17, 2012, 08:59 AM »
Quote from: Captain Piet on April 17, 2012, 06:38 AM
$50 for four figures? I don't think so.

co-sign. I'll just wait til they show up at stores...sometime in July or August, judging by the pace the current junk is moving.  ::)

It's amazing how quickly Hasbro managed to kill any sense of enthusiasm I had for this line.

The most exciting part of Clone Wars collecting now is finding old stuff being clearanced at the discount stores. That's sad.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: CW Deluxe Figure & Vehicle Line
« on: April 16, 2012, 10:54 PM »
Picked up the SOTDS Republic Scout Speeder at Marshall's today for $5.99. They also had the set with the battle droid, but not as enticing. Would love to find the Wheelbike with Grievous if that one should turn up.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Movie Thread
« on: April 14, 2012, 06:22 PM »
I don't watch many movies anymore, but I did recently make time for last year's remake of The Thing, which (SPOILER ALERT!) actually turns out to be a nifty bookend prequel to the Carpenter version. I liked that a lot. The movie itself was ok, not an embarrassment to the franchise at all. I thought the conception of the actual alien in (presumably) its unaltered state was pretty cool.

Somewhat less satisfying was Darkest Hour, which I watched last night. Aliens are somehow just less exciting when they're invisible.

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Vintage Kenner / Re: Wow - Vintage eBay Auctions
« on: April 14, 2012, 08:30 AM »
Quote from: DSJ™ on April 14, 2012, 02:23 AM
I should really get mine graded!   :o 

   
RARE 1979 Kenner STAR WARS COLLECT ALL 21 Bell STORE DISPLAY AFA 90 GRADED Mint

Shoot, you'd be halfway to an authentic Vlix with that kind of coin...

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Avengers (and sequels)
« on: April 13, 2012, 09:22 AM »
I saw footage from the Red Carpet Premiere last night.

WTF was Charlie from LOST doing there? Is that little weasel actually IN this movie? Dude must lead a charmed life...so far the only project he's been involved with that hasn't been an epic success was Flash Forward. (ugh)


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